Product Description

Always a prolific artist, Elton John put out a record a year during most of the '80s. On his recordings from the era, he collaborated with a slew of new producers, lyricists, and arrangers; and session musicians had largely replaced the core group who played on his biggest hits. Meanwhile, his troubled private life was becoming increasingly public. On 1983's TOO LOW FOR ZERO, he gathered up his old band, even Kiki Dee on one song, and worked exclusively with Taupin for the first time in years. The result was one of his most solid andsuccessful records of the era, a clear signal that Elton John had remade himself into an '80s-style hitmaker.
The monster hit "I'm Still Standing",is a driving, in-your-face brag to a callous lover that also testifies to the singer's survival of an ill-advised marriage, a career that seemed in danger of slipping away, and the excesses of the rock-and-roll lifestyle. "I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues", with Stevie Wonder's guest harmonica solo, isn't a blues at all, but it made the Top 10; and "Kiss the Bride", with its whomping guitars and booming drums, rocks with swaggering authority.

Track Listing

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 - Lord Choc Ice
12. Dreamboat
13. The Retreat

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29697 in Music
• Released on: 1998-06-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Running time: 63 minutes

Customer Reviews

THIS IS A TRUE CLASSIC
I have just purchased this CD and I truly forgot just how Wonderful it is and just how Talented Elton John is.

I am 30 years old and I remember as a young girl my Dad and Mum always having this Cassette playing in our Car. Back then I loved it and I now own a Copy myself and I love it as much as all those years back.

Too Low For Zero is my Favourite Song on the Album, you never hear it on Radio or Television.

THANKS ELTON FOR BRINGING BACK WONDERFUL CHILDHOOD MEMORIES!!!!!!!

Probably his best album of the 80s
The last 3 tracks on this remaster are additional to the original 10 track 1983 release which ended with the very sad and emotional 'One More Arrow' which Elton sings mostly falsetto, and effectively so. The song appears to be about someone who died long before his time. There are some great songs on here, not least the singles 'I'm Still Standing' and 'I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues' along with the lovely but sad 'Cold As Christmas'. Try to catch up with 'Saint' if you can; it is a good listen. 'Whipping Boy' is weaker, but apart from that, the album stands up well and I think that that it is a good album in an era which is well-documented as not being his strongest. We had to wait until 2001 for something which would give us something as wonderful as his early 70's stuff.

Excellent album with 4 excellent singles on it
This album is one of my favourite Elton John albums and includes 4 quality singles Cold as christmas, the wonderful Im still standing, the beauitiful Guess thats why they call it the blues and Kiss the bride all of which are worthy of buying the album alone. However every song on the album is brilliant and I would suggest any fan of Elton john would find it an excellent piece of work.