Blue Moves
A sprawling, somber double album defined by cinematic orchestration and a profound sense of exhaustion. The sound of a superstar reaching his emotional limit.
October 22, 1976 · MCA
A sprawling, somber double album defined by cinematic orchestration and a profound sense of exhaustion. The sound of a superstar reaching his emotional limit.
October 22, 1976 · MCA
A heavy, indigo-hued exhaustion hangs over this ambitious double album, which trades the confident pop-rock of recent years for a sprawling, somber exploration of personal weariness. The music unfolds as a series of late-night diary entries, where the piano acts as a lonely anchor amid suffocating, cinematic string sections and experimental jazz-pop arrangements that refuse to mask the underlying grief.
How does Blue Moves sound next to the rest of Elton John's catalogue?
Late Night saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.
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