- pop, soft rock, pop rock, rock
- 49 min
- 11 tracks
- MCA Records
A Single Man is the twelfth studio album by the British musician Elton John. Released in 1978, it is the first album for which Gary Osborne replaced Bernie Taupin as lyricist. It is also the first of two John albums that, on the original cut, have no tracks co-written by Taupin.
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Character
Spare, grave, character-led and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic2/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideC
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone(negative)
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Tracks
- 1Shine on Through3:43
- 2Return to Paradise4:13
- 3I Don't Care4:22
- 4Big Dipper4:02
- 5It Ain't Gonna Be Easy8:24
- 6Part-Time Love3:15
- 7Georgia4:48
- 8Shooting Star2:42
- 9Madness5:53
- 10Reverie0:52
- 11Song for Guy6:36
11 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Elton John
- Label
- MCA Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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