 | | | | | | The Big Picture | | Item Specifics - Music: CDs | | | Artist: | John, Elton | | Release Date: | Sep 23, 1997 | | | Format: | CD | | Record Label: | Rocket Records (USA) | | | Genre: | Rock | | UPC: | 731453626621 | | | Sub-Genre: | Classic: Other | | Album Type: | Full-Length CD | | | | | Condition: | Used | | | |
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This auction is for an Elton John “The Big Picture” CD. The CD is from my personal collection. It is used but is in “excellent - like new” condition. The photo depicted is of the actual item and not a stock photo. Buyer will be charged $2.95 for s/h via USPS 1st Class Mail. I accept personal check, bank check and money order but prefer Paypal. Good luck.
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| Track listing | 1. Long Way From Happiness
2. Live Like Horses
3. End Will Come, The
4. If The River Can Bend
5. Love's Got A Lot To Answer For
6. Something About The Way You Look Tonight
7. Big Picture, The
8. Recover Your Soul
9. January
10. I Can't Steer My Heart Clear Of You
11. Wicked Dreams
| | Details | | Contributing artists: | Anne Dudley, Paul Carrack | | Producer: | Chris Thomas | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
| | Album notes | Personnel: Elton John (vocals, piano, organ); Davey Johnstone, John Jorgenson (guitar); Paul Carrack (organ); Matthew Vaughan (keyboards, percussion); Guy Babylon (keyboards); Bob Birch (bass); Charlie Morgan (drums, percussion); Paul Clarvis (tablas); Carol Kenyon, Jackie Rawe (background vocals); East London Gospel Choir, Angel Voices Choir.
Recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, England.
As true as the Rolling Stones have remained to their blues beat, Elton John, who's been around nearly as long, has stayed true to his pop muse; and perhaps more than the Stones, he's retained his pop craft. THE BIG PICTURE is a simple album at heart, a collection of melancholy love songs beefed up with million-dollar pop arrangements and rocked up every now and then with Davey Johnstone's electric guitar. The sentiments are basic enough: in "The End Will Come," he's ready to swear there ain't no mountain high enough to stop his love, while in "Love's Got A Lot To Answer For," he's ready to admit that no matter how he climbs there's just going to be another mountain around the bend.
Lyricist Bernie Taupin provides these basics, and John adds the incredible melodic weight that the best of these songs have. "Long Way From Happiness" is haunting blue-eyed soul; "The End Will Come" is a true anthem that showcases a Stevie Wonder-like conviction in the power of music to overcome reality. "If The River Can Bend" serves as teasing proof that the rock flame behind such early John showstoppers as "Burn Down the Mission" is far from out.
| | Editorial reviews | 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - ...yet another grand portrait of the artist as a not-so-young but still wildly gifted man....a sort of CinemaScope orchestral pop that could easily grown overblown in lesser hands....full of lush songs with memorable melodies...
Rolling Stone Magazine (10/16/1997)
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