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| 1. Teardrops - Elton John, k.d. lang |
| 2. When I Think About Love (I Think About You) - Elton John, P.M. Dawn |
| 3. The Power - Elton John, Little Richard |
| 4. Shakey Ground - Elton John, Don Henley |
| 5. True Love - Elton John, Kiki Dee |
| 6. If You Were Me - Chris Rea, Elton John |
| 7. A Woman's Needs - Elton John, Tammy Wynette |
| 8. Old Friend - Elton John, Nik Kershaw |
| 9. Go On And On - Elton John, Gladys Knight |
| 10. Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John, RuPaul |
| 11. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Elton John, Marcella Detroit |
| 12. I'm Your Puppet - Elton John, Paul Young |
| 13. Love Letters - Bonnie Raitt, Elton John |
| 14. Born To Lose - Elton John, Leonard Cohen |
| 15. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Elton John, George Michael |
| 16. Duet For One - Elton John |
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is perhaps one of Elton's lowest moments. An exercise in "what can i do now? Oh i know, i'll gather some of my showbiz chums and make a xmas-selling duets album just like ol Frank Sinatra!" Er...elton, no thanks! There are some good moments here though. "Teardrops" (Kd Lang hardly appears much sadly) and "If you were me". But...the best moment of all, and worth every penny, is the Cohen-duet "born to lose". Broken, sincere, cynical, with the killer ad-lib from Cohen's deadpan voice "and now Elton, i'm over you".The collaboration is perhaps Elton's more inspired choices of co-singers in his career. For those who don't know who Leonard Cohen is, and shame on you, he is a pioneer in singersongwriting and poetry, of whom both Elton and Bernie are big fans. The "elton john" album from 1970 was mostly inspired by Cohen's work. For me, this album is only worth buying for this song alone.Wonderfully arranged, and well-delivered.A true gem.If its not to your taste then you either can't grasp the pathos or you're into the humdrum mediocrity of the sort of vocalists that "music fan from sheffield" (reveiwed here) likes to listen to. Not that Elton hasn't been mediocre...at times he's been wholly wretched. But this song just shows that he can pull off a sublime, inspired duet.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
How does Elton John sell albums simply on the merit of his voice? He is one of Britain's most successful composers of popular music of the last thirty years but he just doesn't make the grade as a professional singer. He is no Frank Sinatra is he? The songs on here aren't particularly strong either. This is one of the poorest Elton John albums available and it is not recommended.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Far from classic Elton John, this CD is a very poor example of one of Britain's foremost singer-songwriters of the post-sixties era. The songs really are third rate with only one standing out, that being the live duet with George Michael which you may remember was a number one single back in the early 'nineties.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Some unlikely duet partners
Elton has made duets in the past-Kiki Dee and Cliff Richard come to mind.Now here's an entire CD full of them and many not the usual names Elton has dropped like Levon Helm or Leon... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Richard
Duets CD Elton John
I originally purchased this CD for just 1 track but the entire album is delightful and I would recommend it.
Published 9 months ago by Mrs. D. Hitchcock
Fascinating collection
It is always interesting to see which guests are present on a collection like this. Elton has chosen duet partners from a diverse range of musical backgrounds so although they all... Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2005 by Peter Durward Harris
Disappointing choice of artists to duet with.
While I cannot fault the choice of songs on this CD, I think Elton could have found some different artists to duet with. Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2000
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