Elton John Announces New Album “The Lockdown Sessions”

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Elton John Announces New Album

Elton John has announced the forthcoming release of ‘The Lockdown Sessions’.

An album of collaborations recorded remotely over the last 18 months ‘The Lockdown Sessions’ will be released on 22nd October via EMI Records.

In March 2020 Elton was forced to pause his record breaking Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour due to the unfolding COVID pandemic.

As the world began to shut down, different projects presented themselves with artists Elton had enjoyed getting to know through his Apple Music show Rocket Hour.

This was the beginning of one of Elton’s boldest and most interesting records to date that he has billed ‘The Lockdown Sessions’.

This album saw Elton coming full circle and returning to his roots as a session musician.

In Elton’s words: “The last thing I expected to do during lockdown was make an album. But, as the pandemic went on, one‐off projects kept cropping up.

Some of the recording sessions had to be done remotely, via Zoom, which I’d obviously never done before.

Some of the sessions were recorded under very stringent safety regulations: working with another artist, but separated by glass screens.

But all the tracks I worked on were really interesting and diverse, stuff that was completely different to anything I’m known for, stuff that took me out of my comfort zone into completely new territory.

And I realised there was something weirdly familiar about working like this. At the start of my career, in the late 60s, I worked as a session musician.

Working with different artists during lockdown reminded me of that. I’d come full circle: I was a session musician again. And it was still a blast.”

Tracklist

  1. Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
  2. Elton John, Young Thug & Nicki Minaj – Always Love You
  3. Surfaces feat. Elton John – Learn To Fly
  4. Elton John & Charlie Puth – After All
  5. Rina Sawayama & Elton John – Chosen Family
  6. Gorillaz feat. Elton John & 6LACK – The Pink Phantom
  7. Elton John & Years & Years – It’s a sin (global reach mix)
  8. Miley Cyrus feat. WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo & Chad Smith – Nothing Else Matters
  9. Elton John & SG Lewis – Orbit
  10. Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Simple Things
  11. Jimmie Allen & Elton John – Beauty In The Bones
  12. Lil Nas X feat. Elton John – One Of Me
  13. Elton John & Eddie Vedder – E-Ticket
  14. Elton John & Stevie Wonder – Finish Line
  15. Elton John & Stevie Nicks – Stolen Car
  16. Glen Campbell & Elton John – I’m Not Gonna Miss You