Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Discography: Elton John

There aren't too many artists who can rattle off six consecutive #1 albums.  Elton John did (7 if you count his Greatest Hits album released in 1974), beginning with Honky Chateau in 1972 through Rock of the Westies in 1975.  The best of those are Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

1969:  Empty Sky (#6)
1970:  Elton John (#4)
           Tumbleweed Connection (#5)
1971:  Friends Soundtrack (#36)
           Madman Across the Water (#8)
1972:  Honky Chateau (#1)
1973:  Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (#1)
           Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (#1)
1974:  Caribou (#1)

1975:  Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (#1)
           Rock of the Westies (#1)
1976:  Blue Moves (#3)
1978:  A Single Man (#15)
1979:  Victim of Love (#35)


1980:  21 at 33 (#13
1981:  The Fox (#21)
1982:  Jump Up! (#17)
1983:  Too Low For Zero (#25)
1984:  Breaking Hearts (#20)
1985:  Ice On Fire (#48)
1986:  Leather Jackets (#91)
1988:  Reg Strikes Back (#16)
1989:  Sleeping With the Past (#23)
1992:  The One (#8)
1993:  Duets (#25)
1994:  The Lion King Soundtrack
1995:  Made in England (#13)
1997:  The Big Picture (#9)
1999:  Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida Soundtrack (#41)
           The Muse Soundtrack
2000:  The Road to El Dorado Soundtrack (#63)
2001:  Songs From the West Coast (#15)
2004:  Peachtree Road (#17)
2005:  Billy Elliot the Musical Score

2006:  The Captain & the Kid (#18)
           Lestat:  The Musical Score
2010:  The Union (#3)

Live Albums:
1971:  11-17-70 (#11)
1976:  Here and There (#4)

Compilations:
1974:  Elton John's Greatest Hits (#1)  One good way to get his greatest hits is to buy this one, Volume II below and Volume 3.  That would be cheating yourself out of some great music, especially from the early to mid-70's.  Hopefully there will eventually be a boxed set.
1977:  Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II (#21)
1980:  Lady Samantha
           The Very Best of Elton John
1982:  Love Songs
1985:  Your Songs
1987:  Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume III
1990:  To Be Continued... (#82)
           The Very Best of Elton John
           Greatest Hits 1976-1986
1996:  Love Songs (#24)
2005:  Elton John's Christmas Party
2007:  Rocket Man:  The Definitive Hits (#9)

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