- singer-songwriter, soft rock, adult contemporary, pop rock
- 54 min
- 12 tracks
- Mercury Records
Songs from the West Coast is the twenty-sixth studio album by British musician Elton John, released worldwide on 1 October 2001.
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Character-led, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
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- The Guardian4/5 ★
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- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1The Emperor’s New Clothes4:28
- 2Dark Diamond4:27
- 3Look Ma, No Hands4:22
- 4American Triangle4:49
- 5Original Sin4:49
- 6Birds3:52
- 7I Want Love4:35
- 8The Wasteland4:21
- 9Ballad of the Boy in the Red Shoes4:52
- 10Love Her Like Me3:58
- 11Mansfield4:56
- 12This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore4:40
12 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Elton John
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Released
- 2001
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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