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Top 10 Elton John Album Covers,
Elton John has a long list of albums that have been certified Gold, Platinum, and Diamond. He has sold more than 250 million records worldwide.
Elton John Album Covers are one of the most popular topics to discuss. This paper is an analysis on the top 10 Elton John Album Covers and how they reflect various themes found in his songs.
Band members who contributed to Elton John’s album covers include: Neil Aspinall, George Martin, Dee Murray, Ken Scott, Trevor Morais, Bev Bevan , Geoff Emerick and Ken Townsend.
These covers were mainly created for the singles that Elton John released in the 1970s and 1980s. They represent different artistic concepts and moods.
The songs on these albums often convey a story or emotion, which makes them hard to create as album covers. However, these album covers are still captivating even today.
Elton John is one of the most successful artists in pop history. He has sold over 300 million records worldwide and has produced nearly 100 albums in his career. Because he has been around for so long, his discography exists in abundance. Like any great artist that stays relevant for so many years, Elton John also comes with an extensive catalogue of album covers that makes it difficult to choose a specific cover to showcase. That is why I have compiled this list of the top ten album covers by Elton John himself.
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#1 Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Album's Content : 17 Songs;
1-Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding, 2-Candle In The Wind, 3-Bennie And The Jets, 4-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 5-Grey Seal, 6-Jamaica Jerk-Off, 7-I've Seen That Movie Too, 8-Sweet Painted Lady, 9-The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-1934), 10-Dirty Little Girl, 11-All The Girls Love Alice, 12-Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock'n' Roll), 13-Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting, 14-Roy Rogers, 15-Social Disease, 16-Harmony, 17-This Song Has No Title,
Release Date : 5 October 1973
Producer : Gus Dudgeon
Genre : Pop rock
#2 Elton John: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Album's Content : 13 Songs;
1-Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy, 2-Tower Of Babel, 3-Bitter Fingers, 4-Tell Me When The Whistle Blows, 5-Someone Saved My Life Tonight, 6-(Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket, 7-Better Off Dead, 8-Writing, 9-We All Fall In Love Sometimes, 10-Curtains, 11-Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, 12-One Day At A Time, 13-Philadelphia Freedom,
Release Date : 19 May 1975
Producer : Gus Dudgeon
Genre : Pop rock
#3 Blue Moves
Album's Content : 18 Songs;
1-Your Starter For., 2-Tonight, 3-One Horse Town, 4-Chameleon, 5-Boogie Pilgrim, 6-Cage The Songbird, 7-Crazy Water, 8-Shoulder Holster, 9-Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word, 10-Out Of The Blue, 11-Between Seventeen And Twenty, 12-The Wide-Eyed And Laughing, 13-Someone's Final Song, 14-Where's The Shoorah?, 15-If There's A God In Heaven (What's He Waiting For?), 16-Idol, 17-Theme From A Non-Existent TV Series, 18-Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance!)
Release Date : 22 October 1976
Producer : Gus Dudgeon
Genre : Pop rock
#4 Too Low for Zero
Album's Content : 13 Songs;
1-Cold As Christmas (In The Middle Of The Year), 2-I'm Still Standing, 3-Too Low For Zero, 4-Religion, 5-I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues, 6-Crystal, 7-Kiss The Bride, 8-Whipping Boy, 9-Saint, 10-One More Arrow, 11-Earn While You Learn, 12-Dreamboat, 13-The Retreat
Release Date : 30 May 1983
Producer : Chris Thomas
Genre : Pop rock
#5 A Single Man
Album's Content : 16 Songs;
1-Shine On Through, 2-Return To Paradise, 3-I Don't Care, 4-Big Dipper, 5-It Ain't Gonna Be Easy, 6-Part Time Love, 7-Georgia, 8-Shooting Star, 9-Madness, 10-Reverie, 11-Song For Guy, 12-Ego, 13-Flinstone Boy, 14-I Cry At Night, 15-Lovesick, 16-Strangers
Release Date : 16 October 1978
Producer : Elton John
Genre : Rock
#6 The Fox
Album's Content : 9 Songs;
1-Breaking Down Barriers, 2-Heart In The Right Place, 3-Just Like Belgium, 4-Nobody Wins, 5-Fascist Faces, 6-Carla/Etude - Fanfare - Chloe, 7-Heels Of The Wind , 8-Elton's Song, 9-The Fox
Release Date : 20 May 1981
Producer : Chris Thomas
Genre : Rock
#7 21 At 33
Album's Content : 9 Songs;
1-Chasing The Crown, 2-Little Jeannie, 3-Sartorial Eloquence, 4-Two Rooms At The End Of The World, 5-White Lady White Powder, 6-Dear God, 7-Never Gonna Fall In Love Again, 8-Take Me Back, 9-Give Me The Love
Release Date : 13 May 1980
Producer : Elton John
Genre : Pop
#8 Leather Jackets
Album's Content : 11 Songs;
1-Leather Jackets, 2-Hoop Of Fire, 3-Don't Trust That Woman, 4-Go It Alone, 5-Gypsy Heart, 6-Slow Rivers, 7-Heartache All Over The World, 8-Angeline, 9-Memory Of Love, 10-Paris, 11-I Fall Apart
Release Date : 15 October 1986
Producer : Gus Dudgeon
Genre : Pop rock
#9 The Diving Board
Album's Content : 15 Songs;
1-Oceans Away, 2-Oscar Wilde Gets Out, 3-A Town Called Jubilee, 4-The Ballad Of Blind Tom, 5-Dream # 1, 6-My Quicksand, 7-Can't Stay Alone Tonight, 8-Voyeur, 9-Home Again, 10-Take This Dirty Water, 11-Dream # 2, 12-The New Fever Waltz, 13-Mexican Vacation (Kids In The Candlelight), 14-Dream # 3, 15-The Diving Board
Release Date : 13 September 2013
Producer : T-Bone Burnett
Genre : Rock
#10 The Captain and the Kid
Album's Content : 10 Songs;
1-Postcards From Richard Nixon, 2-Just Like Noah's Ark, 3-Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (NYC), 4-Tinderbox, 5-And The House Fell Down, 6-Blues Never Fade Away, 7-The Bridge, 8-I Must Have Lost It On The Wind, 9-Old 67, 10-The Captain and The Kid
Release Date : 18 September 2006
Producer : Elton John
Genre : Pop rock
