Wonderful Crazy Night Explained
| Wonderful Crazy Night |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Elton John |
| Cover: | Wonderful_Crazy_Night.jpg |
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| Released: | 5 February 2016 |
| Recorded: | January–April 2015 |
| Studio: | The Village, Los Angeles, California |
| Length: | 41:15 |
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| Prev Title: | The Diving Board |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Diamonds |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
Wonderful Crazy Night is the thirtieth studio album by English musician Elton John. It was released on 5 February 2016.[1] It is John's first album since 2006's The Captain & the Kid to feature the Elton John Band[2] and was written and recorded in 17 days.[3] [4] John's long-standing percussionist, Ray Cooper, makes his first appearance on any of John's albums since Made in England in 1995. This is Kim Bullard's first appearance on keyboards, replacing Guy Babylon, and Matt Bissonette replaced Bob Birch on bass. The album debuted at number eight on the U.S Billboard 200 with sales of 58,000 album-equivalent units sold.[5]
Critical reception
Wonderful Crazy Night received generally 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 70, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 17 reviews.
Accolades
Personnel
- Elton John – acoustic piano, lead vocals
- Kim Bullard – keyboards
- Davey Johnstone – guitars, harmony vocals
- Matt Bissonette – bass, harmony vocals
- Nigel Olsson – drums, harmony vocals
- John Mahon – percussion, harmony vocals
- Ray Cooper – tambourine (3, 5, 8, 9)
- Tom Peterson – baritone saxophone
- Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone
- Jim Thomson – tenor saxophone
- John Grab – trombone
- Nick Lane – trombone
- William Roper – tuba
- Allen Fogle – French horn
- Dylan Hart – French horn
- Gabe Witcher – horn arrangements and conductor
- Ken Stacey – harmony vocals
Production
- Producers – Elton John and T Bone Burnett
- Associate producer – Kylie Kempster
- Recorded and mixed by Jason Wormer
- Second engineers – Gabriel Burch, Jeff Gartenbaum, Vanessa Parr and Alex Williams.
- Additional engineer – Vanessa Parr
- Digital editing – Mike Piersante
- Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
- Piano technician – Carl Lieberman
- Equipment technician – Rick Salazar
- Production coordinator and contractor – Ivy Skoff
- Photography – Joseph Guay and Juergen Teller
- Art direction and design – Mat Maitland
- Creative directors – Elton John and Toby King
Notes and References
- Web site: Elton John Preps New Album 'Wonderful Crazy Night' . Rolling Stone . 22 October 2015 . 30 October 2015.
- Web site: Elton John Announces New Album 'Wonderful Crazy Night' . Billboard . 22 October 2015 . 30 October 2015.
- Web site: Elton John: Wonderful Crazy Night review – convincing return to his Americana roots. Jon. Dennis. . 4 February 2016. 19 June 2016.
- Web site: On the Beat With Elton John Percussionist John Mahon: Recording Wonderful Crazy Night - Modern Drummer Magazine. 25 March 2016. 19 June 2016.
- Web site: Elton John Scores 19th Top-Ten Album with "Wonderful Crazy Night" - Music News - ABC News Radio. 2022-01-26. abcnewsradioonline.com. en.
