2x CD

Golden Ballads

Bootleg by Elton John

Released 2001

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Whispers
3:52
2
Candle in the Wind
3:45
3
Friends Never Say Goodbye
4:16
4
Little Jeannie
5:03
3.0 ★
5
Blessed
4:58
3.0 ★
6
Someday Out of the Blue
4:41
7
Nikita
5:34
3.5 ★
8
A Word in Spanish
4:36
2.6 ★
9
Blue Eyes
3:24
3.0 ★
10
Sacrifice
5:03
2.9 ★
11
If You Were Me
Elton John & Chris Rea
4:22
2.2 ★
12
Rocket Man
4:37
3.8 ★
13
Believe
4:20
14
The Big Picture
3:43
3.4 ★
15
Born to Lose
Elton John & Leonard Cohen
4:31
2.6 ★
16
Your Song
4:01
3.8 ★
17
Latitude
3:34
2.6 ★
18
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Elton John & George Michael
5:46
1.0 ★
CD 2
1
Daniel
3:51
3.5 ★
2
Sorry Seems to Be Hardest Word
3:42
3
Song for Guy
6:33
4
Written to the Stars
4:12
5
It’s Tough to Be a God
3:42
6
You Gotta Love Someone
4:45
7
Circle of Life
4:48
2.5 ★
8
The One
4:23
9
Love’s Got a Lot to Answer For
5:00
10
Love Letters
3:56
11
Easier to Walk Away
4:21
1.0 ★
12
Sad Songs
4:01
13
Long Way From Happiness
4:42
14
Something About the Way
4:50
15
Too Low for Zero
5:40
16
True Love
3:29
2.4 ★
17
House
4:19
18
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
3:58
2.9 ★

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Release credits

Adam Smalley
editor [7]
Backstreet Boys
performer [3]
Barry Morgan
drums (drum set) [16]
Bill Price
recording [8-9]
Bruce Fowler
orchestrator [7]
Chris Rea
performer [11]
Chris Thomas
mix [7, 18], producer [1.8-10, 2.7, 2.18]
Chuck Sabo
drums (drum set) [7, 18]
Claytoven Richardson
background vocals [16]
Clive Hicks
12 string guitar [16]
Colin Green
guitar [16]
Dave Mattacks
drums (drum set) [7]
Dave Richmond
bass guitar [16]
Davey Johnstone
acoustic guitar [1], background vocals [2.18, 1.7, 1.10, 1.12], guitar [1.12, 2.7, 2.18]
David Frazer
mix [16]
David Hentschel
synthesizer [12]
David Nicholas
engineer [10], recording [10]
David Paton
electric bass guitar [7]
Dee Murray
background vocals [12], bass guitar [2.1, 1.12], electric bass guitar [9]
Elton John
background vocals [7], electric piano [1], grand piano [7], keyboard [10], lead vocals [1.4, 1.7-10, 1.12, 1.16, 2.1, 2.7, 2.18], mellotron [1], performer [11], piano [9, 12, 16], vocal [1.7, 1.11, 1.15, 2.16], voice synthesizer [7]
Frank Clark
acoustic guitar [16]
Fred Mandel
keyboard [10], synthesizer [7]
Gary Barlow
background vocals [18]
George Michael
background vocals [7]
Graham Dickson
mix [7]
Gus Dudgeon
mix [7], producer [1.7, 1.12, 1.16, 2.1]
Guy Babylon
keyboard [10], programming [7, 18]
James Newton Howard
brass [9], electric piano [9], strings [9], synthesizer [9]
Jeff Porcaro
drums (drum set) [9]
Jonathan Moffett
drums (drum set) [10]
Karl Lever
assistant [10]
Ken Scott
engineer [2.1, 1.12], synthesizer [1]
Kiki Dee
background vocals [18], performer [16], vocal [16]
Leonard Cohen
performer [15]
Matthew Vaughn
additional [7]
Narada Michael Walden
producer [16]
Nick Glennie‐Smith
conductor [7], orchestrator [7]
Nigel Olsson
background vocals [12], drums (drum set) [1.12, 2.1], maracas [1]
Nik Kershaw
electric guitar [7]
Olle Romo
programming [7, 18]
Paul Buckmaster
arranger [16], conductor [16]
Paula Jones
engineer [7, 18]
Pete Lewis
assistant [7, 18]
Phil Spalding
background vocals [18], bass [7, 18]
Richie Zito
guitar [9]
Rick Astley
background vocals [18]
Robin Geoffrey Cable
engineer [16]
Romeo Williams
bass guitar [10]
Sandy Griffith
background vocals [16]
Stuart Epps
engineer [7]
Tom Pearce
assistant [7]

Issues

G
(Combined release view)
G
Golden Ballads
2x CD
2001