Name: Jump Up!
Brand: Universal Internat'l Music Bv
SKU: 231939
Price: 7.05 GBP
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Jump Up!

Rating

Album: Jump Up!
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Dear John	More Info...	3:33
2)	Spiteful Child	More Info...	4:16
3)	Ball & Chain	More Info...	3:29
4)	Legal Boys	More Info...	3:08
5)	I Am Your Robot	More Info...	4:45
6)	Blue Eyes	More Info...	3:26
7)	Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)	More Info...	5:08
8)	Princess	More Info...	4:56
9)	Where Have All The Good Times Gone	More Info...	4:01
10)	All Quiet On The Western Front	More Info...	6:07
2)	Spiteful Child	More Info...	0:04
3)	Ball & Chain	More Info...	0:03
4)	Legal Boys	More Info...	0:03
5)	I Am Your Robot	More Info...	0:04
6)	Blue Eyes	More Info...	0:03
7)	Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)	More Info...	0:05
8)	Princess	More Info...	0:05
9)	Where Have All the Good Times Gone?	More Info...	0:04
10)	All Quiet On the Western Front	More Info...	0:06

Album: Jump Up!
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Dear John	More Info...	3:33
2)	Spiteful Child	More Info...	4:16
3)	Ball & Chain	More Info...	3:29
4)	Legal Boys	More Info...	3:08
5)	I Am Your Robot	More Info...	4:45
6)	Blue Eyes	More Info...	3:26
7)	Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)	More Info...	5:08
8)	Princess	More Info...	4:56
9)	Where Have All The Good Times Gone	More Info...	4:01
10)	All Quiet On The Western Front	More Info...	6:07
2)	Spiteful Child	More Info...	0:04
3)	Ball & Chain	More Info...	0:03
4)	Legal Boys	More Info...	0:03
5)	I Am Your Robot	More Info...	0:04
6)	Blue Eyes	More Info...	0:03
7)	Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)	More Info...	0:05
8)	Princess	More Info...	0:05
9)	Where Have All the Good Times Gone?	More Info...	0:04
10)	All Quiet On the Western Front	More Info...	0:06

Tracks

1. Dear John

2. Spiteful Child

3. Ball And Chain

4. Legal Boys

5. I Am Your Robot

6. Blue Eyes

7. Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)

8. Princess

9. Where Have All The Good Times Gone?

10. All Quiet On The Western Front

Performer Notes

Personnel: Elton John (vocals, piano); Pete Townshend, Richie Zito (guitar); James Newton-Howard (synthesizer, electric piano); Dee Murray (bass, background vocals); Jeffrey Porcaro (drums); Steve Holly (tambourine, synthesizer drums); Gary Osborne (background vocals).
Recorded at Air Studios, Montserrat.
This digitally remastered edition features sleevenotes by John Tobler.
Personnel: Elton John (vocals, piano, keyboards, background vocals); Gary Osborne (vocals, background vocals); Pete Townshend, Richie Zito (guitar); James Newton Howard (electric piano, synthesizer); Steve Holly (drums, tambourine); Jeff Porcaro (drums); Dee Murray (background vocals).
Recording information: Air Studios, Moserrat; Path‚ Marconi Studios, Paris, France; Sir Studios, Montserrat.
Photographer: David Nutter.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Patti Wilson; Anthony Clavet.
Elton John was in something of a transitional period in the early 1980s. After he stopped touring in 1977, he continued to appear on the charts, but he no longer dominated them. In 1982, when JUMP UP was released, he was tinkering with his sound, as some of the more synthesizer-driven songs here demonstrate. But, more importantly, his extraordinary partnership with Bernie Taupin had broken up and reformed, leaving Taupin as one of four lyricists on JUMP UP; it was the Taupin collaboration on "Empty Garden," a tribute to John Lennon, that proved to be the record's big hit.
His abilities as a balladeer are much on display in the gorgeous, torch-style "Blue Eyes," which enjoyed chart success and which Roy Orbison would have done well to cover. The other obvious standout, "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)," with its soaring melody and emotional vocal, is a great showcase for Sir Elton's gift with a pop hook. Some songs, like the hard-stomping "Dear John" and "I Am Your Robot," reflect the synth-pop 80s sound, while "Ball and Chain," with its catchy hand claps and sprightly guitar work from guest Pete Townshend, is a little gem.