- adult contemporary, pop, pop rock
- 41 min
- 10 tracks
- Geffen
Breaking Hearts is the eighteenth studio album by British musician Elton John. It was released on 18 June 1984 through John's Rocket label in the UK and Geffen Records in the US. Like the preceding Too Low for Zero (1983), the album was produced by Chris Thomas and features the classic Elton John Band lineup of Davey Johnstone on guitar, Dee Murray on bass, and Nigel Olsson on drums.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 ★
- Record Mirror1/5 ★
- Smash Hits3/10
- Sounds2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Restless5:16
- 2Slow Down Georgie (She’s Poison)4:10
- 3Who Wears These Shoes?4:03
- 4Breaking Hearts (Ain’t What It Used to Be)3:48
- 5Li’l ’Frigerator3:25
- 6Passengers3:24
- 7In Neon4:21
- 8Burning Buildings4:02
- 9Did He Shoot Her?3:21
- 10Sad Songs (Say So Much)4:47
10 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Elton John
- Label
- Geffen
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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