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词条 Songs from the West Coast
释义

  1. Background

  2. Critical reception

  3. Track listing

     2002 Reissue bonus disc track listing 

  4. B-sides

  5. Music videos

  6. Personnel

     Production 

  7. Accolades

     Grammy Awards 

  8. Charts and certifications

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts  Certifications and sales 

  9. References

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| type = studio
| artist = Elton John
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| released = 1 October 2001
| recorded = 18 September 2000 – 30 April 2001
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| genre = Rock, pop rock
| length = 54:06
| label = Rocket, Mercury
| producer = Patrick Leonard
| prev_title = Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Greatest Hits 1970–2002
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Songs from the West Coast
| type = studio
| single1 = I Want Love
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| single2 = This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
| single2date = 2002
| single3 = Original Sin
| single3date = 1 April 2002
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|rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev2score = A−[2]
|rev3 = Jam!
|rev3score = favourable[3]
|rev4 = Los Angeles Times
|rev4score = positive[4]
|rev5 = Rolling Stone
|rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}[5]
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Songs from the West Coast is the twenty-sixth studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John, released worldwide on 1 October 2001. Many critics have said that this album brought him back to his piano-based musical roots.

Background

Elton once again collaborated with long-time lyricist Bernie Taupin. Drummer Nigel Olsson returns to the band full-time. Tata Vega makes an early appearance as a backup vocalist and joined the EJ band later. This album marks the first time John and Taupin wrote together in person. From the album, "I Want Love" was a single and a Grammy nominated song, and "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" and "Original Sin" also became hits. None of the songs from this album hit the Billboard Hot 100, which froze John's record of 31 years with at least one song in the Billboard Hot 100 (30 with at least one in the top 40). George Strait tied that record on the Country charts in 2011. Stevie Wonder, who previously worked with John for the songs "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" and "That's What Friends Are For", played harmonica and clavinet on "Dark Diamond".

"I Want Love" reached #110 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under chart, and No. 6 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It also reached No. 7 in the UK and No. 9 in Canada.

Patrick Leonard produced the album and played keyboards on several songs, as was the case for The Road to El Dorado soundtrack. Guy Babylon, Bob Birch and John Mahon, three of John's band members at the time, do not appear on this album.

It was the first non-soundtrack studio album from John to be released after PolyGram and Universal Music Group merged, consolidating distribution rights to his entire catalogue.

Rufus Wainwright sings backing vocals on the track "American Triangle", which is about Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who was brutally murdered in 1998.

The restaurant shown on the album's cover is Rae's Restaurant, which is frequently used as a location for many Los Angeles-based film shoots, including 1993's True Romance and 2005's Lords of Dogtown. John's partner David Furnish and his Director of Operations Bob Halley appear on the album cover: Furnish as a cowboy at the bar and Halley as the man getting handcuffed.

John has said that the inspiration for many of the songs on this album came from when he listened to Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams.

In an interview with Jon Wiederhorn in 2001, John revealed that the album was recorded using analogue tape, as he believes "the voice and instruments sound warmer".

The album was dedicated to Matthew Shepard and Oliver Johnstone, Davey Johnstone's late son.

In 2002, the album was repackaged as a special edition containing a bonus disc with remixes, b-sides and non-album singles from the time of its release.

Critical reception

For the most part, Songs from the West Coast was warmly received by music critics. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine was glad that Elton made a record that sounds like his classic albums from the early seventies, even though he still included some adult contemporary material. Erlewine went on to say that the record doesn't have all the "warmth" of his classic albums, but that it is still the best album he has made in years.[1] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly stated that the album effectively sounds like Elton's early recordings. He feels that Taupin's lyrics, such as "American Triangle", devalue the song, but at other times make Elton "liberated".[2] Jane Stevenson, writing for Jam! CANOE, felt glad that Elton returned to his roots, even if he doesn't quite make it there.[3] Barry Walters of Rolling Stone wrote that back-to-the-roots albums by artist rarely work, but Elton was able to make it work on Songs from the West Coast even if some songs, such as "American Triangle" and "The Emperor's New Clothes", miss the mark. Others, like "I Want Love", effectively manage to sound like his earlier work.[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

  1. "The Emperor's New Clothes" – 4:28
  2. "Dark Diamond" – 4:26
  3. "Look Ma, No Hands" – 4:22
  4. "American Triangle" – 4:49
  5. "Original Sin" – 4:49
  6. "Birds" – 3:51
  7. "I Want Love" – 4:35
  8. "The Wasteland" – 4:21
  9. "Ballad of the Boy in the Red Shoes" – 4:52
  10. "Love Her Like Me" – 3:58
  11. "Mansfield" – 4:56
  12. "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" – 4:39

2002 Reissue bonus disc track listing

  2. "Your Song" (with Alessandro Safina) – 4:21
  3. "Teardrops" (with Lulu) – 4:46
  4. "The North Star" – 5:32
  5. "Original Sin" (Junior's Earth mix) (Edit) – 3:55
  6. "Your Song" (with Alessandro Safina) (Almighty mix) (Edit) – 4:31
  7. "I Want Love" (Video)
  8. "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" (Video)
  9. "Your Song" (Video)

B-sides

Song Format
"God Never Came There" (3:51) "I Want Love" CD (UK)
"The North Star" (5:28) "I Want Love" CD (UK)
"Did Anybody Sleep with Joan of Arc" (4:20) "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" (UK)

Music videos

The music video for the song "I Want Love" was directed by Sam Taylor-Wood and features actor Robert Downey Jr. lip-synching to the song.[6] He was the only one to appear in the video. The entire video is one long shot where the camera follows Downey from room to room of a large empty house (Greystone Mansion).

The music video for the song "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" features Justin Timberlake portraying a young Elton.

The music video for the song "Original Sin" features Elizabeth Taylor and Mandy Moore. It also features John playing the father of Moore's character and the husband of Taylor's character. Moore was the centre of the video, who plays a huge Elton John fan from the 1970s who is transported by a dream (à la The Wizard of Oz) to one of his concerts, where she socialises with various celebrities of the period (Bette Midler, Sonny and Cher, Barbra Streisand, etc.) played by look-alikes. Then at the end she wakes up and Elton's character asks, "Who is this Elton John, anyway?" It also has more of an upbeat dance mix to the music.

Personnel

  • Elton John: piano, harmonium, vocals
  • Rusty Anderson: electric guitar, bouzouki
  • Gary Barlow: backing vocals
  • Jay Bellerose: percussion
  • Paul Buckmaster: horn and string arrangements, conductor
  • Paul Bushnell: bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Chamberlain: drums, percussion
  • David Channing: acoustic guitar, dobro
  • Bruce Gaitsch: acoustic guitar
  • Davey Johnstone: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Kudisan Kai: backing vocals
  • Patrick Leonard: Hammond B3 organ, Mellotron, keyboards
  • Nigel Olsson: drums, backing vocals
  • Billy Preston: Hammond B3 organ
  • Tata Vega: backing vocals
  • Rufus Wainwright: harmony vocals on "American Triangle"
  • Stevie Wonder: clavinet, harmonica on "Dark Diamond"

Production

  • Produced by Patrick Leonard
  • Mixed by Bill Bottrell with Alan Sanderson assisting.
  • Mixed at Cello Studios (Hollywood, CA).
  • Mastered by Stephen Marcussen[7]
  • Engineered by David Channing, Joe Chiccarelli, Brian Scheuble and Ralph Sutton.
  • Assistant engineers: Andy Green, Jennifer Hilliard, Steve Jones, Katrina Leigh, Johnathan Merritt, Alan Sanderson, Todd Shoemaker, Tom Stanley and Darrell Thorp.
  • Photography by Sam Taylor-Wood

Accolades

Grammy Awards

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| style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2002
[8] || Songs from the West Coast || Best Pop Vocal Album || {{nom}}
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|"I Want Love" ||rowspan=2| Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male || {{nom}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2003
[9] || "Original Sin" || {{nom}}
|-{{End}}

Charts and certifications

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Weekly charts

Chart (2001)Position
Austrian Albums Chart[10]15
Canadian Albums Chart[11]9
Danish Albums Chart[12]10
Dutch Albums Chart[13]13
French Albums Chart[14]19
German Albums Chart[15]14
Hungarian Albums Chart[16]33
Italian Albums Chart[17]3
Japanese Albums Chart[18]68
New Zealand Albums Chart[19]24
Norwegian Albums Chart[20]2
Polish Albums Chart[21]18
Spanish Albums Chart[22]21
Swedish Albums Chart[23]8
Swiss Albums Chart[24]7
UK Albums Chart[25]2
US Billboard 200[11]15
Chart (2002)Position
Australian Albums Chart[26]7
Finnish Albums Chart[27]22
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Year-end charts

Chart (2001)Position
UK Albums Chart[28]34
Italian Albums Chart[29]80

Certifications and sales

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References

1. ^1 {{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r552794|tab=review|pure_url=yes}} |title=Review: Songs from the West Coast by Elton John |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=AllMusic |location=United States |accessdate=9 July 2011}}
2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,176668,00.html |title=Review: Songs from the West Coast by Elton John |first=Ken |last=Tucker |authorlink=Ken Tucker |work=Entertainment Weekly |issn=1049-0434 |date=1 October 2001 |accessdate=24 September 2011}}
3. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/J/John_Elton/AlbumReviews/2001/09/30/771167.html |title=Album Review: Songs from the West Coast by Elton John |first=Jane |last=Stevenson |date=30 September 2001 |accessdate=24 September 2011 |work=Jam! Music}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/oct/28/entertainment/ca-62494 |author=Hilburn, Robert |work=Los Angeles Times |title=Strong Selections From Worthy Voices |date=28 October 2001 |accessdate=18 September 2011}}
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