The Greatest Discovery
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| Studio album by Elton John | ||||
| Released | 10 April 1970 | |||
| Recorded | January 1970 | |||
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| Length | 39:27 | |||
| Label | DJM | |||
| Producer | Gus Dudgeon | |||
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| AllMusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | (B) |
| Rolling Stone | (not rated) |
Elton John is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John, released on 10 April 1970 by DJM Records. It was released by Uni Records as John's debut album in the United States; many people there assumed it was his first album, as Empty Sky was not released in that country until 1975. Elton John includes his breakthrough single "Your Song", and helped to establish his career during what was considered the "singer-songwriter" era of popular music. In the US, it was certified gold in February 1971 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In the same year, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
This was the first of a string of John albums produced by Gus Dudgeon. As Dudgeon recalled in a Mix magazine interview, the album was not actually intended to launch John as an artist, but rather as a collection of polished demos for other artists to consider recording his and co-writer Bernie Taupin's songs.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 468 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. On 27 November 2012, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as an album cited as exhibiting "qualitative or historical significance".
The song "No Shoe Strings on Louise" was intended (as homage or parody) to sound like a Mick Jagger song.
All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
Disc one – original album
Disc two
Notes
Grammy Awards
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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