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Elton John- BREAKING HEARTS- CD- 1984/2003- Mercury Records Ltd.- 044007711125- 400 grn
BREAKING HEARTS is the eighteenth studio album by English musician Elton John. It features the quartet of John, Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray and Nigel Olsson. Digitally remastered edition of John's 1984 follow up to the resurgent success of Too Low For Zero. BREAKING HEARTS would produce two Top 10 singles in "Sad Songs (Say So Much") and "Passengers". This edition includes enhanced packaging and sleeve notes by John Tobler. Released on June 18, 1984 – just over a year after Too Low For Zero – the new album, now titled BREAKING HEARTS, continued John's '80s hot streak, peaking at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 and going gold by September 1984. In terms of singles, it proved a bit of a comedown, with only one song – the closing track "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" – making much of an impact. A Top Five single is never anything to sneer at, of course, but in retrospect BREAKING HEARTS presaged a period in which John released a slew of rapid-fire albums to diminishing returns: Neither 1985's Ice On Fire nor 1986's Leather Jackets are widely considered among his finer works. BREAKING HEARTS, however, captured a moment that found John happily reunited with his longtime songwriting partner and surrounded with some of the musicians who'd helped create his biggest hits. If it doesn't contain many of the delirious highlights fans had come to expect from his best albums, neither does BREAKING HEARTS fall prey to most of the traps that would ensnare him later in the decade. For John, what mattered at the time was being able to work his way back from an artistic nadir and reclaim the simple fun of playing rock 'n' roll.
PERSONNEL: Elton John – lead and backing vocals, synthesizers, pianos, Hammond organ, harmonium, Fender Rhodes, harpsichord, clavinet; Davey Johnstone – backing vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, sitar; Dee Murray – bass guitar, backing vocals; Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals; Andrew Thompson – saxophone.
Building off of the success of his previous long player Too Low For Zero, Elton John retained his 'classic quartet' for the follow-up BREAKING HEARTS. After an eight year ('75 - '83) hiatus Dee Murray, Davey Johnstone and Nigel Olsson briefly reunited with John and Bernie Taupin to attempt a musical resurrection of their early-to-mid '70s sound. Without question this is one of John's most consistent efforts during his half decade on Geffen Records ('81 - '86). However the shift in pop music styles since 1975 as well as lack of edgy material, seemed to stifle the band's return to full form circa Goodbye Yellow Brick Road or Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy. BREAKING HEARTS was not light on hits either, yielding "Who Wears These Shoes" as well as the Top 5 smash "Sad Songs (Say So Much)". The oft over looked "L'il 'Frigerator" is a high octane rocker that could be considered a post script to "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n' Roll)" from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. The opening cut "Restless" is also one of the spunkier tracks and came off particularly well when John hit the road with his formidable sidemen to support the disc. The vast majority of BREAKING HEARTS however, is met with varying degrees of success. Both "In Neon" and the reggae-dub influenced "Passengers" were best suited to the lighter pop genre and Adult Contemporary radio format where John joined the ranks of Phil Collins, Lionel Ritchie and George Michael. This stylistic direction, while concurrently popular, also criminally under-utilised the synergy between the artist and band. With the exception of the noir 'unplugged' title performance "Breaking Hearts (Ain't What It Used To Be)" a majority of the LP is indistinguishable from much of the rest of his mid '80s and early '90s catalogue.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Clear Tray Includes 16-Page Booklet.
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