Released 2001|© ROCKET RECORDS | © MERCURY RECORDS
Elton John
Songs from the West Coast
Songs Assisted In Recording Enigneering by our chief engineer and producer, Leopoldo Lopes.
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- Dark Diamond
- Look Ma, No Hands
- The Wasteland
- Mansfield
- The North Star
Facts
- “Songs from the West Coast” is the twenty-sixth studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John.
- For this album, John once again collaborated with long-time lyricist Bernie Taupin, marking the first time the pair had written together in person.
- Patrick Leonard produced the album and played keyboards on several songs, as was the case for The Road to El Dorado soundtrack, released the year before.
- Stevie Wonder, who previously worked with John on the songs "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" and "That's What Friends Are For", played harmonica and clavinet on "Dark Diamond".
ACCOLADES | CHARTS | CERTIFICATIONS
- "I Want Love" was the first single to be released from the album, later going on to be nominated for a Grammy Award. It reached No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart, No. 110 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under chart, and No. 6 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It reached No. 9 in Canada.