Wonderful Crazy Night is the thirtieth studio album by British musician Elton John. It was released on 5 February 2016. It is John's first album since 2006's The Captain & the Kid to feature the Elton John Band and was written and recorded in 17 days. John's long-standing percussionist, Ray Cooper, makes his first appearance on any of John's albums since Made in England in 1995. This is Kim Bullard's first appearance on keyboards, replacing Guy Babylon, and Matt Bissonette replaced Bob Birch on bass. The album debuted at number eight on the U.S Billboard 200 with sales of 58,000 album-equivalent units sold.
Critical reception
Wonderful Crazy Night received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 17 reviews.
Accolades Publication Accolade Year Rank Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2016 2016
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Elton John – vocals, acoustic piano Kim Bullard – keyboards Davey Johnstone – guitars, harmony vocals (3, 4, 6, 10) Matt Bissonette – bass, harmony vocals (3, 4, 6, 10) Nigel Olsson – drums, harmony vocals (3, 4, 6, 10) John Mahon – percussion, harmony vocals (3, 4, 6, 10)
Additional musicians T Bone Burnett – guitar solo (4) Ray Cooper – tambourine (3, 5, 6, 8, 9) Tom Peterson – baritone saxophone (6) Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone (6) Jim Thomson – tenor saxophone (6) John Grab – trombone (6) Nick Lane – trombone (6) William Roper – tuba (6) Allen Fogle – French horn (6) Dylan Hart – French horn (6) Gabe Witcher – horn arrangements and conductor (6) Ken Stacey – harmony vocals (3, 8)
Production Elton John – producer T Bone Burnett – producer Jason Wormer – recording, mixing Gabriel Burch – second engineer Jeff Gartenbaum – second engineer Vanessa Parr – second engineer, additional engineer Alex Williams – second engineer Mike Piersante – additional editing Gavin Lurssen – mastering at Lurssen Mastering (Hollywood, California) Carl Lieberman – piano technician Rick Salazar – equipment technician Adrian Collee – project manager Kylie Kempster – production assistant Ivy Skoff – production coordinator, contractor Toby King – creative director Mat Maitland – art direction, design Joseph Guay – studio photography Juergen Teller – Elton John photography Rocket Entertainment – management for Elton John Ken Levitan for Vector Management – management for T Bone Burnett
Charts +Chart performance for Wonderful Crazy Night Chart (2016) Peak position
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