Home Again Elton John Capitol Records
| The Diving Board | ||||
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| Studio album past Elton John | ||||
| Released | xiii September 2013 | |||
| Recorded | January 2012, January 2013 at The Hamlet, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Rock, soft rock, vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 57:45 | |||
| Label | Capitol (U.s.a./Canada), Mercury | |||
| Producer | T-Bone Burnett | |||
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| Singles from The Diving Board | ||||
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The Diving Lath is the xx-ninth studio album by English musician Elton John.[ii] It is the 2d of his studio releases since 1979's Victim of Love without any of his regular ring members.[3] [iv] The album was released in the Britain on xvi September 2013, and debuted at No. 3 on the UK album chart, his highest-charting studio album in his home country since 2001's Songs from the West Declension, and at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. Information technology is too his highest-charting solo anthology in the United States since Blue Moves in 1976.
The album'south premiere single, "Home Once again", was released on 24 June 2013, the same day the album became available for pre-order. On 28 August 2013, a video for "Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)" was released on YouTube.
Product [edit]
The anthology was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin and produced in Los Angeles by The Union producer T-Bone Burnett. Burnett suggested that John return to the pianoforte, bass and drums format of his very early years and the issue, John says, is "the near exciting solo record I've done in a long, long time."[5] The Diving Board was initially written in ii days.[six]
The album's release engagement was pushed back: though the record was originally planned for release in the autumn of 2012, it was revealed on Taupin'due south website that it would instead be released in February 2013 for promotional reasons.[7] Afterwards, information technology was pushed back again.
Information technology was revealed on 28 September 2012 in Rolling Stone magazine that John was dissatisfied with the balance on the album and that he had started to write more new songs for the album. He believed that many of the songs had a theme and that he wanted to write more songs after sitting on the projection for so long.[8]
During a concert at the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia on 10 November 2012, John revealed that The Diving Board 's release would exist pushed back farther, to May 2013.[nine] The delay in release was considering John was to record more material for the album with Burnett in January 2013.[10]
On viii January 2013 information technology was revealed past Taupin'southward website that the title of the album had been changed from The Diving Lath to Voyeur.[11] [12]
An article on Billboard published on 23 Feb 2013 revealed that the release date had once again been pushed dorsum, this fourth dimension until September 2013; the title of the album was back to The Diving Lath again. The article also revealed the revised rails list, which includes four new songs mixed in with the original material. A song originally stated for release on the album, titled "fifth Avenue" (6:eighteen), had been dropped. John called the revised anthology "The most piano-oriented album of my career" and said "It's my most adult album".[xiii] In total the album's release had been pushed dorsum four times.
The album'southward premiere single "Home Once more" was released on 24 June 2013, the aforementioned day the anthology became available for pre-order.[xiv]
On 28 August 2013, a video for "Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)" was released on YouTube, being the album'south second single.[1]
Reception [edit]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 71/100[xv] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [16] |
| The Guardian | [17] |
| The Independent | [eighteen] |
| Los Angeles Times | [xix] |
| Rolling Stone | [20] |
Disquisitional [edit]
The Diving Board received by and large positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 24 reviews.
Many critics praise the album as a "nifty render to class" and one of John'southward all-time albums of recent years and of his career.[21] Alan Light of Rolling Stone gave the album a four star review commending its spare instrumentation and focus, saying that John has "regained his sense of musical possibility and taken a brave, graceful leap".[22] Robert Hilburn, who famously reviewed John's American debut at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, praised The Diving Board's "finely crafted and deeply moving" songs that gloat the by in a "fresh and revealing" mode. Hilburn goes on to say that if these songs had been played at the Troubadour in 1970 John would still have been "showered with applause and acclamation".[23] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic was less enthusiastic. In a mixed review, he stated that the album is an "exceptional idea in theory; in practise information technology is ever so slightly formless."[sixteen]
Commercial [edit]
In the Great britain, The Diving Board reached No. three on the anthology chart on its starting time week of release backside indie rock ring Chill Monkeys and Swedish trip the light fantastic music producer Avicii,[24] selling 22,000 copies in its first week. The anthology was certified Silverish by the British Phonographic Industry on ten January 2014, signifying sales of 60,000 copies in the UK. In the United states, the album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on its first week, with 47,000 copies sold. It is Elton John'south 18th acme ten album on the chart.[25] As of December 2015, the album has sold 150,000 copies in the U.s.a..[26] It too debuted at No. vii on the Canadian Albums chart.[27]
The single "Can't Stay Solitary This evening" became Elton John's 70th vocal to appear on the Adult Contemporary chart in the US, further extending his record for the well-nigh appearances on that chart that get-go began with "Your Song" in 1970.[28]
Accolades [edit]
Rolling Rock placed the anthology at No. 25 on its list of the 50 Best Albums of 2013.[29]
Runway listing [edit]
All lyrics are written by Bernie Taupin; all music is composed by Elton John.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Oceans Away" | iii:58 |
| 2. | "Oscar Wilde Gets Out" | 4:35 |
| iii. | "A Town Called Jubilee" | four:30 |
| 4. | "The Ballad of Bullheaded Tom" | four:12 |
| five. | "Dream #1" (Instrumental interlude) | 0:40 |
| 6. | "My Quicksand" | 4:47 |
| 7. | "Tin can't Stay Solitary This night" | 4:48 |
| viii. | "Voyeur" | 4:16 |
| 9. | "Home Again" | 5:01 |
| 10. | "Have This Dirty Water" | 4:25 |
| eleven. | "Dream #2" (Instrumental Interlude) | 0:43 |
| 12. | "The New Fever Waltz" | four:38 |
| 13. | "Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)" | 3:34 |
| 14. | "Dream #3" (Instrumental Interlude) | 1:37 |
| 15. | "The Diving Board" | 5:59 |
| Total length: | 57:45 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 16. | "Candlelit Sleeping room" | 4:14 |
| 17. | "Dwelling Once again" (Live from Capitol Studios) | v:19 |
| 18. | "Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)" (Live from Capitol Studios) | 4:28 |
| 19. | "The New Fever Waltz" (Live from Capitol Studios) | four:42 |
| Full length: | 76:28 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| ane. | "T-Bone Burnett introduction" | |
| 2. | "The New Fever Waltz" | |
| iii. | "Mexican Holiday (Kids in the Candlelight)" | |
| 4. | "Dwelling house Again" | |
| 5. | "Behind The Diving Board with Elton John" | |
| half-dozen. | "Closing credits" |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Oceans Away" | 3:57 |
| 2. | "Oscar Wilde Gets Out" | four:35 |
| three. | "A Town Called Jubilee" | 4:29 |
| 4. | "The Ballad of Blind Tom" | four:12 |
| 5. | "Dream #1" (Instrumental Interlude) | 0:39 |
| vi. | "My Quicksand" | iv:46 |
| vii. | "Tin can't Stay Alone Tonight" | 4:48 |
| 8. | "Voyeur" | iv:16 |
| nine. | "Dwelling Once more" | 5:01 |
| 10. | "Take This Muddied H2o" | iv:24 |
| eleven. | "Dream #2" (Instrumental Interlude) | 0:43 |
| 12. | "The New Fever Waltz" | 4:38 |
| xiii. | "Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)" | 3:33 |
| fourteen. | "Dream #3" (Instrumental Interlude) | 1:36 |
| 15. | "The Diving Lath" | 5:55 |
| 16. | "Candlelit Bedroom" | 4:13 |
| 17. | "Gauguin Gone Hollywood" | 4:18 |
| 18. | "fifth Avenue" | iv:22 |
| nineteen. | "Domicile Again" (Alive from Capitol Studios) | five:nineteen |
| xx. | "Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)" (Live from Capitol Studios) | 4:27 |
| 21. | "The New Fever Waltz" (Live from Capitol Studios) | 4:42 |
| Total length: | 84:54 | |
Charts [edit]
Release history [edit]
Editions [edit]
- Standard edition: 15-rail album[44]
- Deluxe edition: 19-rails album[45]
- Super deluxe edition: 19-track anthology with DVD Live from Capitol Recording Studios [not bachelor equally MP3][46]
- Double LP [47]
- Amazon.com USA exclusive edition: Deluxe album with a reproduction of 1970 Troubadour Concert Poster[48]
- Walmart.com USA exclusive edition: Deluxe album with a bonus DVD of Live at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, AR, June 2013 For Walmart Shareholders
- Target.com USA exclusive edition: 2CD version with three session tracks. Two unavailable on any other format[48]
- BestBuy.com Usa exclusive edition: Deluxe album with a bonus DVD of the making of The Million Dollar Piano Bear witness
- Japanese exclusive edition: SHM 2CD version with three session tracks. 2 unavailable on whatever other format[48]
Personnel [edit]
- Elton John – acoustic piano, lead vocals (one-4, six-10, 12, 13, 15)
- Keefus Ciancia – keyboards (2, 3, iv, 6-x, 12)
- Larry Goldings – Hammond B3 organ (15)
- Doyle Bramhall II – guitars (iii, 10)
- Raphael Saadiq – bass (two, 3, 4, 6, vii, eight, 10, 12-xv)
- David Plitch – bass (9)
- Jay Bellerose – drums (ii, 3, 4, six-ten, 12-xv)
- Jack Ashford – tambourine (3, 4, 7, 8, x, 13)
- George Bohanon – baritone horn (9), trombone (12, xv), euphonium (12, fifteen)
- Bruce Fowler – trombone (ix)
- Ira Nepus – trombone (12, 15)
- Chuck Findley – flugelhorn (ix)
- Darrell Leonard – flugelhorn (9, 12, 15), horn arrangements (9, 12, 15, trumpet (12)
- William Roper – tuba (nine, 12, 15)
- Stjepan Hauser – cello (ii, 4, 12)
- Luka Šulić – cello (ii, 4, 12)
- Bill Maxwell – BGV arrangements (3, 4, 7, 10, 13)
- Nib Cantos – backing vocals (three, 4, 7, 10, 13)
- Alvin Chea – backing vocals (three, iv, 7, xiii)
- Carmel Echols – backing vocals (three, 10, xiii)
- Judith Hill – backing vocals (iii, ten, xiii)
- Perry Morgan – backing vocals (three, 4, vii, 13)
- Louis Price – backing vocals (three, 4, 7, thirteen)
- Rose Stone – backing vocals (10)
Production [edit]
- Producer – T-Os Burnett
- Recorded and Mixed past Jason Wormer
- 2d Engineers – Jeff Gartenbaum, Chris Owens and Vanessa Parr.
- Mix Assistants – Zachary Dawes and Chris Owens
- Mixed at The Village Recorder and Olympic Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
- Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
- Equipment Technician – Zachary Dawes
- Pianoforte Technician – Carl Lieberman
- Art Direction – Mat Maitland
- Photography – Tim Barber
- Creative Director – Tony King
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External links [edit]
- The Diving Board at Discogs (listing of releases)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diving_Board
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