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Blue Moves

Blue Moves, Elton John’s 11th studio album and one of his own personal favourites, is his second double vinyl effort as well as the first on his own record label, Rocket Records. Recorded in Toronto, Canada, it reached No. 3 both in the UK and on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Its first single, Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (one of Elton’s most performed songs) reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on their Adult Contemporary chart.

BPI status: Gold
RIAA status: Platinum

Listen on:

Disc 1

  1. 1.Your Starter For… 1:23
  2. 2.Tonight 7:52
  3. 3.One Horse Town 5:57
  4. 4.Chameleon 5:28
  5. 5.Boogie Pilgrim 6:06
  6. 6.Cage The Songbird 3:26
  7. 7.Crazy Water 5:42
  8. 8.Shoulder Holster 5:09

Disc 2

  1. 1.Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 3:48
  2. 2.Out Of The Blue 6:15
  3. 3.Between Seventeen And Twenty 5:18
  4. 4.The Wide-Eyed And Laughing 3:28
  5. 5.Someone’s Final Song 4:11
  6. 6.Where’s The Shoorah? 4:10
  7. 7.If There’s A God In Heaven (What’s He Waiting For?) 4:25
  8. 8.Idol 4:09
  9. 9.Theme From A Non-Existent TV Series 1:19
  10. 10.Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance) 6:43

Liner Notes
Music & Lyrics by ELTON JOHN, DAVEY JOHNSTONE,
CALEB QUAYE, JAMES NEWTON HOWARD, BERNIE TAUPIN
Produced by GUS DUDGEON
Orchestral Arrangements by PAUL BUCKMASTER & JAMES NEWTON HOWARD
Vocal Arrangements by BRUCE JOHNSTON, CURT BECHER & DARYL DRAGON
Recorded at Eastern Sound, Toronto, ON, CA; Abbey Road Studios, London, UK;
Brothers Studio, Santa Monica, CA, US; Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, US