Elton John (album)
1970 studio album by Elton John / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elton John is the second[lower-alpha 1] studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John. It was released on 10 April 1970 through DJM Records. Including John's breakthrough single "Your Song", the album helped establish his career during the rise of the singer-songwriter era of popular music.
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Released | 10 April 1970 (1970-04-10) | |||
Recorded | January 1970 | |||
Studio | Trident, London | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Length | 39:27 | |||
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Producer | Gus Dudgeon | |||
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In the US, Elton John was certified gold in February 1971 by the RIAA. In the same year, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 2003, the album was ranked number 468 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. On 27 November 2012, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as an album cited as exhibiting "qualitative or historical significance".[1]