Blue Moves

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Blue Moves

Studio album by Elton John
Released	October 1976
Recorded	Eastern Sound, Toronto
Genre	Rock
Length	84:47
Label	MCA
Producer(s)	Gus Dudgeon
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (C) link Rolling Stone (not rated) link
Elton John chronology
Here and There (1976)	Blue Moves (1976)	Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1977)

Blue Moves is the eleventh studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1976. It was also his second double album, and his first album recorded by his own Rocket Records Ltd. While giving a concert at Wembley Arena to promote the album, he spontaneously announced "That's it, this is the last one." He didn't say for how long, but he was serious and temporarily left the scene.

Elton John has claimed that Blue Moves is his favorite album he has ever recorded.^{[citation needed]}

An excerpt from Out of the Blue was used for the closing titles on Top Gear up until the mid 1990s.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Production
4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

"Your Starter for..." (Caleb Quaye) – 1:23
"Tonight" – 7:52
"One Horse Town" (John, James Newton-Howard, Taupin) – 5:56
"Chameleon" – 5:27
"Boogie Pilgrim" (John, Davey Johnstone, Quaye, Taupin) – 6:05
"Cage the Songbird" (John, Johnstone, Taupin) – 3:25
"Crazy Water" – 5:42
"Shoulder Holster" – 5:10
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" – 3:48
"Out of the Blue" – 6:14
"Between Seventeen and Twenty" – 5:17
"The Wide-Eyed and Laughing" (John, Johnstone, Newton-Howard, Quaye, Taupin) – 3:27
"Someone's Final Song" – 4:10
"Where's the Shoorah?" – 4:09
"If There's a God in Heaven (What's He Waiting For?)" (John, Johnstone, Taupin) – 4:25
"Idol" – 4:08
"Theme from a Non-Existent TV Series" – 1:19
"Bite Your Lip (Get up and Dance!)" (John, Johnstone, Quaye, Taupin) – 6:43

All songs by John/Taupin, except where noted.

[edit] Personnel

Elton John - piano, harmonium, harpsichord, keyboard, vocals, electric harpsichord
Curt Becher - background vocals
Michael Brecker - horn
Randy Brecker - horn
Paul Buckmaster - conductor
Cindy Bullens - vocals, background vocals
Clark Burroughs - vocals, background vocals
Joe Chemay - vocals, background vocals
Ray Cooper - percussion, conga, glockenspiel, gong, marimba, tambourine, triangle, vibraphone, shaker, tubular bells, finger cymbals, roto toms, bell tree
Cornerstone Choir
David Crosby - vocals, background vocals
Dani Davey - mandolin, electric guitar, slide guitar
Martyn Ford - strings, orchestra
Carl Fortina - accordion
Ron Hicklin - vocals, background vocals
Michael Hurwitz - cello
Bruce Johnston - background vocals
Davey Johnstone - dulcimer, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, mandolin, electric guitar, sitar, vocals, slide guitar
Jan Joyce - vocals
Jon Joyce - background vocals
The London Symphony Orchestra
Gene Morford - vocals, background vocals
Graham Nash - vocals, background vocals
James Newton-Howard - organ, synthesizer, clavinet, conductor, keyboard, electric piano, mellotron
Gene Page - strings
Kenny Passarelli - bass
Roger Pope - drums
Caleb Quaye - acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, 12 string guitar
Barry Rogers - horn
David Sanborn - saxophone
Toni Tennille - vocals, background vocals

[edit] Production

Producer: Gus Dudgeon
Engineers: Arun Chakraverty, Gus Dudgeon, Mark Howlett, John Kurlander, Earle Mankey, John Stewart
Mixing: Phil Dunne
Remixing: Gus Dudgeon, Phil Dunne
Cutting engineer: Arun Chakraverty
Director: Rev. James Cleveland
Coordination: David Larkham
Arrangers: Curt Becher, Paul Buckmaster, Daryl Dragon, Bruce Johnston, James Newton-Howard
Art direction: David Costa
Photography: David Nutter
Liner notes: Gus Dudgeon

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1976	Pop Albums	3

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1976	"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"	Adult Contemporary	1
1976	"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"	Pop Singles	6
1977	"Bite Your Lip (Get up and Dance!)"	Pop Singles	28