Duets (Elton John album)

Duets
Studio album by Elton John
Released	November 23, 1993
Recorded	August – October 1993
Genre	Rock, Pop
Length	74:39
Label	MCA (US) Rocket (UK)
Producer	Various (See Below)
Elton John chronology
Rare Masters (1992) Duets (1993) The Lion King (soundtrack) (1994)
Singles from Duets
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Released: 25 November 1991 "True Love" Released: 8 November 1993 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Released: 14 February 1994 "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" Released: 2 May 1994

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Duets is the twenty-fourth studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elton John, released in 1993.

Background

Duets was released on a single CD, a single cassette and also as a double vinyl LP in the UK, with a slightly different running order. It was initially a Christmas project of John's, but that soon grew into an album, Elton John's Christmas Party, of its own. The live version of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" with George Michael, track number 15 on the album, had already become a UK/US No. 1 hit in 1991. Three singles were released from the album in Britain: "True Love" (with Kiki Dee, reached #2), "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with drag queen RuPaul, reached #7) and "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Marcella Detroit, reached #24). The album debuted at No. 7 in the UK. This is the only album released between 1983 and 2010 without John's guitar player, Davey Johnstone. In the US, it was certified gold and platinum in January 1994 by the RIAA.

Track listing

CD edition

LP edition

B-sides

Personnel

Production

• Producers – Barry Beckett, P.M. Dawn, Stuart Epps, Don Henley, Elton John, Nik Kershaw, Steve Lindsey, George Michael, Giorgio Moroder, Greg Penny, Chris Rea, Chris Thomas, Don Was, Narada Michael Walden and Stevie Wonder.
• Associate Producer on "True Love" – Louis Biancaniello
• Executive Producers – Steve Brown, Ray Cooper and Elton John.
• Production Supervision – Greg Penny
• Production Coordination – Stephanie Andrews, Debra Johnson, Julie Larson, Janice Lee, Lisa Louie, Connie Pappas-Hillman, Cynthia Shiloh, Toby Taibi, Sam Stell and Kevin Walden.
• Engineers – Jim Champagne, Ed Cherney, Mark Evans, Mike Fossenkemper, David Frazer, Ron Jacobs, Jon Ingoldsby, Paul McKenna, David Nicholas, Csaba Petucz, Brian Reeves, Marc Reyburn, Matt Still, Gabe Veltri and Frank Wolf.
• Assistant Engineers – Van Arden, Dominick Barbera, Dan Bosworth, Jim Champagne, Todd Childress, Shaun de Ego, Jim DeMain, Billy Gabor, John Hendricksen, Amy Hughes, Steve Holroyd, Pete Lewis, Charles Paakkari, Thomas Rickert, Rail Jon Rogut, Brian Scheuble, Matt Still and Ben Wallach.
• Mixed by Van Arden, Ed Cherney, Mike Fossenkemper, David Frazer, Jon Ingoldsby and Bill Schnee.
• Mix Assistants – Dominick Barbera, Todd Childress, Steve Holroyd and Matt Still.
• Mix Consultant – Chris Lang
• Recorded at Ocean Way Recording, Conway Recording Studios & Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA); A&M Studios & Wonderland Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Tarpan Studios (San Rafael, CA); Soundtrack Studios (New York City, NY); Bosstown Recording Studio (Atlanta, GA); Woodland Studio (Nashville, TN); Sol Studios (Cookham, Berskhire, UK), The Town House (London, UK), Olympic Studios (Barnes, West London) & Wembley Arena (Wembley Park, London).
• Mixed at Ocean Way Recording, Soundtrack Studios, A&M Studios, Tarpan Studios, Wonderland Studios, The Townhouse, Schnee Studio (N. Hollywood, CA); Skip Saylor Recording (Los Angeles, CA); Record One (Sherman Oaks, CA); Metropolis Studios (Chiswick, West London).
• Digital Editing: Pete Fausone and R.R. Harlan
• Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• Photography: Brian Aris, Brad Branson, Mark Contratto, Paul Cox, Robert Goldstein, Stephen Harvey, Dominique Issermann, Harry Langdon, Sophie Muller, Hideo Odia, Albert Sanchez, Randee St. Nicholas, Alan Titmuss, Albert Watson and Firooz Zahedi.

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