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Elton John - Songs From The West Coast (2001) [2002, 2CD, Special Edition]
Pop/Rock, Singer-Songwriter | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:17:16 | 626,15 Mb
Label: The Rocket Record Company/Mercury (EU) | Cat.# 063 087-0 | Released: 2002-07-22 (2001-10-01)
Pop/Rock, Singer-Songwriter | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:17:16 | 626,15 Mb
Label: The Rocket Record Company/Mercury (EU) | Cat.# 063 087-0 | Released: 2002-07-22 (2001-10-01)
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"Songs from the West Coast" is the 26th studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John, released worldwide on 1 October 2001. Many critics have said that this album brought him back to his piano-based musical roots. Special Limited Edition features bonus CD with 8 tracks, 'Your Song' (With Alessandro Safina), 'Teardrops' (with Lulu), 'The North Star', 'Original Sin' (Junior's Earth Mix Edit), 'Your Song' (Almighty Mix Edit), & the videos 'I Want Love', 'This Train Don't Stop There Anymore' & 'Your Song'.
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Elton John - Songs From The West Coast (2001) [2002, 2CD, Special Edition]
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Throughout his songs for The Road to El Dorado, Elton John hinted at his classic sound of the early '70s, but it's still a refreshing surprise to find him largely returning to that sound on his 2001 album, Songs From the West Coast. It was easy to think that John wasn't interested in writing like this anymore, given not just his continued success, but the ease with which he was crafting pleasant adult contemporary records. There are still elements of that on Songs From the West Coast - a few of the ballads are a little too even-handed, and since this is a modern recording, it lacks the resonant warmth of such classics as Honky Chateau and Tumbleweed Connection. Still, this is the richest, best record he's released in a long time, an album where it feels like a hit single is secondary to the sheer pleasure of craft, whether it's crafting a song or an album. And this is an album that flows easily and naturally, setting the mood with the story sketch "The Emperor's New Clothes" and then heading in a number of scenic directions. Of these, "American Triangle," his elegy for Matthew Shepard, will likely receive the most attention, but the most interesting are songs like the bluesy "The Wasteland," "Ballad of the Boy in the Red Shoes," which recalls the Tumbleweed epics, the neo-Captain Fantastic tune "Dark Diamond," the soulful closer "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore," and "Birds," a terrific, spare, rolling country-rocker. His songwriting hasn't been this diverse or consistent since the early '80s, and he hasn't made a record better than this in years. No, Songs From the West Coast won't make you forget Tumbleweed Connection, but it often recalls those peaks, which, frankly, is enough.
~Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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The music video for the song "I Want Love" was directed by Sam Taylor-Wood and features actor Robert Downey Jr. lip-synching to the song. He was the only one to appear in the video. The entire video is one long shot where the camera follows Downey from room to room of a large empty house (Greystone Mansion).
Release of the album: 2001, October, 1 [CD The Rocket Record Company/Mercury (EU), Cat.# 586 330-2 / UPC: 731458633020]
Release of this CD: 2002, July, 22 [CD The Rocket Record Company/Mercury (EU), Cat.# 063 087-0 / UPC: 044006308708]
Disc 1 ℗ 2001 Mercury Records Ltd.
Disc 2 ℗ 2002 Mercury Records Ltd., except tracks 3 and 6 ℗ 2001 Mercury Records Ltd.
This compilation ℗ 2002 Mercury Records Ltd.
Made in the E.U.
Notes: Special Limited 2CD Edition. For sale in the E.U. only.
Disc 2 is Enhanced CD. Tracks 6-8 on it are videos that are not presented in this post.
Credits:
Design – Peacock
Lyrics By – Bernie Taupin (tracks: 1.1 to 2.1, 2.3 to 2.8)
Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen
Mixed By – Bill Bottrell (tracks: 1.1 to 1.12)
Music By – Elton John (tracks: 1.1 to 2.1, 2.3 to 2.8)
Photography By – Sam Taylor-Wood
Producer – Patrick Leonard (tracks: 1.1 to 1.12, 2.3, 2.4)
Tracklist:
Disc 1
01. The Emperor's New Clothes (04:28)
02. Dark Diamond (04:27)
03. Look Ma, No Hands (04:22)
04. American Triangle (04:49)
05. Original Sin (04:49)
06. Birds (03:52)
07. I Want Love (04:35)
08. The Wasteland (04:21)
09. Ballad Of The Boy In The Red Shoes (04:52)
10. Love Her Like Me (03:58)
11. Mansfield (04:56)
12. This Train Don't Stop There Anymore (04:40)
Disc 2
01. Your Song (feat. Allesandro Safina) (04:21)
02. Teardrops (feat. Lulu) (04:47)
03. The North Star (05:32)
04. Original Sin (Junior's Earth Mix) (Edit) (03:55)
05. Your Song (Almighty Mix) (Edit) (04:30)
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Thanks to the original releaser