Elton John Album by Album
About this book
Guides readers through Elton John's extensive discography, revealing the stories, musical intricacies, and hidden meanings behind his legendary albums. In 1969, Elton John and Bernie Taupin gave the world Empty Sky, a heady mix of rock, folk, rhythm and blues, jazz, psychedelia, and classicism that announced the arrival of one of the most potent creative teams in the history of popular music. In the fifty-five years since that release, Elton's astounding output of thirty-one studio albums, nine soundtrack albums (ten if you count the unreleased Lestat!), and three collaboration albums has enchanted new generations, as grandparents who grew up with "Your Song" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" on their turntables have shared their love of Elton with parents who played "Sacrifice" and "The One" on their cd players who in turn are sharing it with their children who know The Lion King soundtrack by heart and dance to "Cold Cold Heart" in their bedrooms through Spotify playlists and YouTube remixes. Elton John: Album by Album takes you on a guided journey through those forty-four albums that have engaged three full generations of music lovers, exploring the history behind the production of each, uncovering the hidden stories and meanings of each track, and delving into the musical nuts and bolts of Elton John's unique gift for conveying the meaning of Bernie Taupin's lyrics through his unrivalled and almost otherworldly sense of tonal architecture. Whether you have been spinning Elton records since the days of "Lady Samantha", or found your way to his work in the post-Rocketman revival of appreciation for his legendary career, Elton John: Album by Album has what you need to navigate your way through the vast richness of his recorded catalogue, allowing you to answer such questions as "How did Ray Cooper make a gong sound like a spaceship?", "Why is "Ego" in Lokrian mode anyway?" and "Just what is the Pilot, and why would anybody want to be taken there?"
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Book Title
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Regimental Sgt Zippo
- Chapter 2 Empty Sky
- Chapter 3 Elton John
- Chapter 4 Tumbleweed Connection
- Chapter 5 Friends
- Chapter 6 Madman Across the Water
- Chapter 7 Honky Château
- Chapter 8 Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
- Chapter 9 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Chapter 10 Caribou
- Chapter 11 Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
- Chapter 12 Rock of the Westies
- Chapter 13 Blue Moves
- Chapter 14 A Single Man
- Chapter 15 The Thom Bell Sessions
- Chapter 16 Victim of Love
- Chapter 17 21 at 33
- Chapter 18 The Fox
- Chapter 19 Jump Up!
- Chapter 20 Too Low for Zero
- Plates
- Chapter 21 Breaking Hearts
- Chapter 22 Ice on Fire
- Chapter 23 Leather Jackets
- Chapter 24 Reg Strikes Back
- Chapter 25 Sleeping With the Past
- Chapter 26 The One
- Chapter 27 Duets
- Chapter 28 The Lion KingOriginal Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Chapter 29 Made in England
- Chapter 30 The Big Picture
- Chapter 31 Aida
- Chapter 32 The Muse
- Chapter 33 The Road to El Dorado
- Chapter 34 Songs From the West Coast
- Chapter 35 Peachtree Road
- Chapter 36 Billy Elliott Original Cast Recording
- Chapter 37 Lestat Never Released
- Chapter 38 The Captain & The Kid
- Chapter 39 The Union
- Chapter 40 Gnomeo and Juliet
- Chapter 41 The Diving Board
- Chapter 42 Wonderful Crazy Night
- Chapter 43 Rocketman Music from the Motion Picture
- Chapter 44 The Lockdown Sessions
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover
