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It is a credit to Elton John's gregarious nature and artistic malleability that DUETS works on so many different levels despite having a line-up of partners that appear to have been picked by someone throwing darts at a list of names. Some appear to make sense whereas others seem unfathomable. It's only proper that EJ's first and most successful partner Kiki Dee returns on a lush remake of Cole Porter's "True Love," while drag superstar RuPaul kitschs it up in Dee's place during a high energy reading of "Don't Go Breaking My Heart."
Bonnie Raitt helps our hero take the standard "Love Letters" to church with some aid from Billy Preston's sanctified piano playing, whereas the faux countrypolitan pacing of "Born To Lose" works surprisingly well in accommodating both John's supple tenor and Leonard Cohen's low rumble of a voice. Elton John's solo singing is given excellent representation by "Duets For One," an amazingly upbeat song co-written with Squeeze's Chris Difford that features Chris Rea's twangy slide guitar. Rea does double-duty, getting his turn at the mike with John on the guitarist's self-penned "If You Were Me."
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Arif Mardin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Ingoldsby, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zekkariyas, ComposerLyricist - Elton John, MainArtist - k.d. lang, MainArtist - Greg Penny, Producer - Zeriiya Zekkariyas, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
Attrell Cordes, ComposerLyricist - P.M. Dawn, Producer, MainArtist - Elton John, MainArtist - Mike Fossenkemper, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
Andrae Crouch, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Hey, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Ingoldsby, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bernie Taupin, ComposerLyricist - Elton John, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Greg Penny, Producer - Little Richard, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
Eddie Hazel, ComposerLyricist - Elton John, MainArtist - DON HENLEY, Producer, MainArtist - Jeffrey Bowen, ComposerLyricist - Al Boyd, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
Narada Michael Walden, Producer - Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Elton John, MainArtist - Kiki Dee, MainArtist - Michael Gibbs, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
Chris Rea, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Elton John, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
Bernie Taupin, Author - Elton John, Composer, MainArtist - BARRY BECKETT, Producer - Tammy Wynette, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
Elton John, MainArtist - Nik Kershaw, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
Elton John, MainArtist - Stevie Wonder, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight, MainArtist - Van Arden, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
Bernie Taupin, ComposerLyricist - Elton John, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Giorgio Moroder, Producer - Brian Reeves, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - RuPaul, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
David Campbell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Lindsey, Producer - Spooner Oldham, ComposerLyricist - BILL SCHNEE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Elton John, MainArtist - Dan Penn, ComposerLyricist - Lee R. Thornburg, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Lindon Oldham, ComposerLyricist - Gabe Veltri, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Young, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
Don Was, Producer - David Campbell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Elton John, MainArtist - BONNIE RAITT, MainArtist - Victor Young, Composer - Edward Heyman, Author - Ed Cherney, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
Steve Lindsey, Producer - Ted Daffan, ComposerLyricist - BILL SCHNEE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Elton John, MainArtist - Leonard Cohen, MainArtist - Mort Lindsey, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
Chris Difford, Author - Elton John, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Stuart Epps, Producer - Greg Penny, Producer
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
It is a credit to Elton John's gregarious nature and artistic malleability that DUETS works on so many different levels despite having a line-up of partners that appear to have been picked by someone throwing darts at a list of names. Some appear to make sense whereas others seem unfathomable. It's only proper that EJ's first and most successful partner Kiki Dee returns on a lush remake of Cole Porter's "True Love," while drag superstar RuPaul kitschs it up in Dee's place during a high energy reading of "Don't Go Breaking My Heart."
Bonnie Raitt helps our hero take the standard "Love Letters" to church with some aid from Billy Preston's sanctified piano playing, whereas the faux countrypolitan pacing of "Born To Lose" works surprisingly well in accommodating both John's supple tenor and Leonard Cohen's low rumble of a voice. Elton John's solo singing is given excellent representation by "Duets For One," an amazingly upbeat song co-written with Squeeze's Chris Difford that features Chris Rea's twangy slide guitar. Rea does double-duty, getting his turn at the mike with John on the guitarist's self-penned "If You Were Me."
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:13
- Main artists: Elton John
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1993 Mercury Records Limited ℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
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