Tribe is the 1987 third solo album by Bernie Taupin issued by RCA Records. The album includes the two singles, "Friend of the Flag" and "Citizen Jane". Music videos were made for both singles.
Track listing All songs written by Bernie Taupin and Martin Page. Two other songs written by Taupin and Page around the same time, "Backbone" and "White Boys in Chains", were used as the B-sides to the singles "Friend of the Flag" and "Citizen Jane", respectively.
"Friend of the Flag" (4:37) "Corrugated Iron" (4:54) "Citizen Jane" (4:55) "Hold Back the Night" (4:46) "She Sends Shivers" (with Martha Davis) (4:21) "Billy Fury" (with Elton John) (4:44) "I Still Can't Believe That You're Gone" (5:15) "Conquistador" (4:36) "The New Lone Ranger" (4:59) "Desperation Train" (5:11)
Personnel Tribe (the "band") Bernie Taupin - lead vocals Martin Page - electric and Fretless bass, drum and percussion programming, additional keyboards, vocals Brian Fairweather - guitar, vocals Paul Fox - keyboards Craig Krampf - drums, additional drum programming, vocals
Additional musicians Bruce Hornsby - piano, accordion Larry Williams - saxophone Hammer Smith - harmonica Fred Mandel - keyboards Paul Delph - keyboards, backing vocals Martha Davis – lead vocals on "She Sends Shivers"
Additional backing vocalists Stevie Bensusen, John Cannon, Alan Carvell, Tommy Funderburk, Elton John, Shirley Lewis, Gordon Neville, Sylvia St. James, Hamish Stuart, Margaret Taylor
Album Sleeve Liner Notes of Bernie Taupin- Tribe vinyl album (1987)
Charts Chart (1987)Peak positionAustralia (Kent Music Report)87
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