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{{Infobox album
| name = Elton John
| type = studio
| artist = [[Elton John]]
| cover = Elton John - Elton John.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1970|4|10|df=yes}}
| recorded = November 1969 – January 1970
| venue =
| studio = [[Trident Studios|Trident]], London
| genre = {{hlist|[[Soft rock]]|[[symphonic rock]]|[[rhythm and blues]]}}
| length = {{Duration|m=39|s=27}}
| label = [[DJM Records|DJM]]
| producer = [[Gus Dudgeon]]
| prev_title = [[Empty Sky]]
| prev_year = 1969
| next_title = [[Tumbleweed Connection]]
| next_year = 1970
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Elton John
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Border Song]]
| single1date = 20 March 1970<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/djs217 |title=Border Song 45cat|work=45cat|access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref>
| single2 = [[Your Song (Elton John song)|Your Song]]" / "[[Take Me to the Pilot]]
| single2date = 26 October 1970
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>Stephen Thomas Erlewine [http://www.allmusic.com/album/elton-john-mw0000190513 "Elton John"]. Allmusic.</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = B<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: J|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=J&bk=70|accessdate=27 February 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev3score = (not rated)<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/eltonjohn/albums/album/121562/review/5942220/elton_john ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002034152/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/eltonjohn/albums/album/121562/review/5942220/elton_john |date=2 October 2007 }}</ref>
}}
'''''Elton John''''' is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter [[Elton John]], released on 10 April 1970 by [[DJM Records]]. It was released by [[Uni Records]] as John's debut album in the United States; many people there assumed it was his first album, as ''[[Empty Sky]]'' was not released in that country until 1975.
The album includes John's breakthrough single "[[Your Song]]", and helped to establish his career during what was considered the "singer-songwriter" era of popular music. In the US, it was certified gold in February 1971 by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]. In the same year, it was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]].
In 2003, the album was ranked number 468 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]]. On 27 November 2012, it was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] as an album cited as exhibiting "qualitative or historical significance".<ref>[http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#g "Grammy Hall of Fame Award]. ''Grammy.org''. Retrieved 21 December 2012</ref>
==Background==
This was the first of a string of John albums produced by [[Gus Dudgeon]]. As Dudgeon recalled in a ''[[Mix (magazine)|Mix]]'' magazine interview, the album was not actually intended to launch John as an artist, but rather as a collection of polished demos for other artists to consider recording his and co-writer [[Bernie Taupin]]'s songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/gus-dudgeon-1942-2002-364951|title=Gus Dudgeon, 1942–2002|first=By Rick|last=Clark|website=Mixonline}}</ref>
The song "No Shoe Strings on Louise" was intended (as homage or parody) to sound like a [[Rolling Stones]] song.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.resurrectionsongs.com/2015/04/18/wont-you-please-excuse-my-frankness-but-its-not-my-cup-of-tea-elton-john-elton-john-1970/ |author= J |date= 18 April 2015 |title= Won't you please excuse my frankness but it's not my cup of tea: Elton John – ''Elton John'' (1970) |publisher= www.resurrectionsongs.com |accessdate= 3 October 2016 |quote= The side is rounded off with the 'Rolling Stones country' tinged 'No Shoe Strings on Louise' (even Elton's phrasing is similar to Jagger's at times – "All those city women want to make us poor men and this land's got the worse for the worrying")... |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161003204206/http://www.resurrectionsongs.com/2015/04/18/wont-you-please-excuse-my-frankness-but-its-not-my-cup-of-tea-elton-john-elton-john-1970/ |archive-date= 3 October 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Bernardin |first= Claude |chapter= |title= Rocket Man: Elton John From A – Z |url= https://archive.org/details/rocketmaneltonjo00bern |url-access= registration |location= Westport, Conn. |publisher= Greenwood/Praeger |year= 1995 |page= [https://archive.org/details/rocketmaneltonjo00bern/page/186 186] |ISBN= 0-275-95698-9 |quote= He tried to impersonate Mick Jagger. The song is about loose women.}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing = [[Elton John]] and [[Bernie Taupin]]
| headline = Side one
| title1 = [[Your Song]]
| length1 = 4:04
| title2 = I Need You to Turn To
| length2 = 2:32
| title3 = [[Take Me to the Pilot]]
| length3 = 3:46
| title4 = No Shoes Strings on Louise
| length4 = 3:31
| title5 = First Episode at Hienton
| length5 = 4:48
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Sixty Years On
| length1 = 4:35
| title2 = [[Border Song]]
| length2 = 3:22
| title3 = The Greatest Discovery
| length3 = 4:12
| title4 = The Cage
| length4 = 3:28
| title5 = The King Must Die
| length5 = 5:21
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Bonus tracks (1995 Mercury and 1996 Rocket reissue)
| title1 = Bad Side of the Moon
| length1 = 3:15
| title2 = Grey Seal
| length2 = 3:35
| title3 = [[Rock and Roll Madonna]]
| length3 = 4:18
| total_length = 11:08
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2008 deluxe edition bonus disc
| title1 = Your Song
| note1 = Demo version
| length1 = 3:33
| title2 = I Need You to Turn To
| note2 = Piano demo
| length2 = 2:10
| title3 = Take Me to the Pilot
| note3 = Piano demo
| length3 = 2:34
| title4 = No Shoes Strings on Louise
| note4 = Piano demo
| length4 = 3:31
| title5 = Sixty Years On
| note5 = Piano demo
| length5 = 4:20
| title6 = The Greatest Discovery
| note6 = Piano demo
| length6 = 3:56
| title7 = The Cage
| note7 = Demo version
| length7 = 3:20
| title8 = The King Must Die
| note8 = Piano demo
| length8 = 5:22
| title9 = Rock and Roll Madonna
| note9 = Piano demo
| length9 = 3:10
| title10 = Thank You Mama
| note10 = Piano demo
| length10 = 3:19
| title11 = All the Way Down to El Paso
| note11 = Piano demo
| length11 = 2:48
| title12 = I'm Going Home
| note12 = Piano demo
| length12 = 3:03
| title13 = Grey Seal
| note13 = Piano demo
| length13 = 3:18
| title14 = Rock and Roll Madonna
| note14 = Incomplete band demo
| length14 = 2:53
| title15 = Bad Side of the Moon
| length15 = 3:11
| title16 = Grey Seal
| note16 = 1970 version
| length16 = 3:34
| title17 = Rock and Roll Madonna
| length17 = 4:16
| title18 = Boder Song
| note18 = BBC session
| length18 = 3:19
| title19 = Your Song
| note19 = BBC session
| length19 = 3:59
| title20 = Take Me to the Pilot
| note20 = BBC session
| length20 = 3:33
| total_length = 65:49
}}
==B-sides==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Song
! Format
|-
| "Bad Side of the Moon" || "Border Song" 7" (US)
|-
| "Into the Old Man's Shoes" || "Your Song" 7" (UK)
|}
==Personnel==
Track numbers refer to CD and digital releases of the album.
* Elton John – piano, vocals (all tracks), [[harpsichord]] (2)
* Diana Lewis – [[Moog synthesizer]] (5, 9)
* [[Brian Dee]] – organ (6, 7)
* Frank Clark – acoustic guitar (1), double bass (10)
* Colin Green – additional guitar (1, 7), Spanish guitar (6)
* Clive Hicks – [[twelve-string guitar]] (1), rhythm guitar (4), guitar (7, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (9)
* Roland Harker – guitar (2)
* [[Alan Parker (musician)|Alan Parker]] – rhythm guitar (3)
* [[Caleb Quaye]] – lead guitar (3, 4, 5), additional guitar (9)
* [[Dave Richmond]] – bass guitar (1, 7, 8)
* Alan Weighall – bass guitar (3, 4, 9)
* Les Hurdle – bass guitar (10)
* [[Barry Morgan (musician)|Barry Morgan]] – drums (1, 3, 4, 7, 9)
* [[Terry Cox]] – drums (8, 10)
* Dennis Lopez – percussion (3, 4)
* Tex Navarra – percussion (9)
* [[Skaila Kanga]] – [[harp]] (2, 8)
* [[Paul Buckmaster]] – cello solo (8), orchestral arrangements and conductor
* David Katz – orchestra contractor
* [[Madeline Bell]] – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
* [[Tony Burrows]] – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
* [[Roger Cook (songwriter)|Roger Cook]] – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
* [[Lesley Duncan]] – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
* Kay Garner – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
* [[Tony Hazzard]] – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
* Barbara Moore – backing vocals, [[choir]] leader (7)
;Technical
* [[Gus Dudgeon]] – producer, liner notes
* Robin Geoffrey Cable – [[audio engineer|engineer]]
* Gus Skinas – editing
* Darrell Johnson – original mastering
* Tony Cousins – remastering
* Ricky Graham – digital transfers
* Greg Penny – [[surround sound]]
* Steve Brown – production coordinator
* David Larkham – [[art director|art direction]]
* Stowell Stanford – photography
* Jim Goff – artwork
* [[John Tobler]] – liner notes
==Accolades==
'''Grammy Awards'''
{{Awards table}}
|-
| style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|[[13th Annual Grammy Awards|1971]] || rowspan="2"| ''Elton John'' || [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year#Recipients|Album of the Year]]<ref name="1970saoty">{{cite web|title=GRAMMYs' Best Albums 1970–1979 |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/news/grammys-best-albums-0 |work=grammy.org |accessdate=1 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304111252/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/news/grammys-best-albums-0 |archivedate=4 March 2014 }}</ref> || {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance#Recipients|Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male]]<ref name="Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/popsolo.htm|title=Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male|publisher=rockonthenet.com|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref> || {{nom}}
|-
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==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"| Chart (1971)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|[[Kent Music Report|Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart]]<ref name="auchart">{{Cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
|4
|-
!scope="row"|[[RPM (magazine)|Canadian ''RPM'' Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3762&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=8flu94hkg8nkt74latvtu6ttc6|title=Top Albums/CDs – Volume 14, No. 26|date=13 February 1971|magazine=RPM|accessdate=1 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502033304/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3762&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=8flu94hkg8nkt74latvtu6ttc6|archive-date=2 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|4
|-
!scope="row"|[[MegaCharts|Dutch Mega Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=dutchcharts.nl Elton John – ''Elton John''|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Elton+John&titel=Elton+John&cat=a|work=Hung Medien|language=Dutch|format=ASP|accessdate=9 May 2011}}</ref>
|2
|-
!scope="row"|[[Oricon|Japanese Oricon LPs Chart]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9}}</ref>
|40
|-
!scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="UKchart">{{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/Elton%20John| title= Elton John > Artists > Official Charts| publisher=UK Albums Chart|accessdate=1 May 2013}}</ref>
|5
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="uschart">{{cite web|title=Allmusic: ''Elton John'' : Charts & Awards : Billboard Albums|publisher=allmusic.com|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r10453/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=1 May 2013}}</ref>
|4
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"| Chart (1971)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|[[List of Top 25 albums for 1971 in Australia|Australian Albums Chart]]<ref name="auchart" />
|24
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1971&cat=a |title=Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1971 |format=ASP |language=Dutch |accessdate=2 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512112218/http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1971&cat=a |archivedate=12 May 2014 }}</ref>
|17
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Pop Albums
|30
|}
{{col-end}}
==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|title=Elton John|artist=Elton John|type=album|relyear=1971|certyear=1971|region=United States|award=Gold}}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Elton John
| type = studio
| artist = [[Elton John]]
| cover = Elton John - Elton John.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1970|4|10|df=yes}}
| recorded = November 1969 – January 1970
| venue =
| studio = [[Trident Studios|Trident]], London
| genre = {{hlist|[[Soft rock]]|[[symphonic rock]]|[[rhythm and blues]]}}
| length = {{Duration|m=39|s=27}}
| label = [[DJM Records|DJM]]
| producer = [[Gus Dudgeon]]
| prev_title = [[Empty Sky]]
| prev_year = 1969
| next_title = [[Tumbleweed Connection]]
| next_year = 1970
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Elton John
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Border Song]]
| single1date = 20 March 1970<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/djs217 |title=Border Song 45cat|work=45cat|access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref>
| single2 = [[Your Song (Elton John song)|Your Song]]" / "[[Take Me to the Pilot]]
| single2date = 26 October 1970
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>Stephen Thomas Erlewine [http://www.allmusic.com/album/elton-john-mw0000190513 "Elton John"]. Allmusic.</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = B<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: J|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=J&bk=70|accessdate=27 February 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev3score = (not rated)<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/eltonjohn/albums/album/121562/review/5942220/elton_john ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002034152/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/eltonjohn/albums/album/121562/review/5942220/elton_john |date=2 October 2007 }}</ref>
}}
'''''Elton John''''' is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter [[Elton John]], released on 10 April 1970 by [[DJM Records]]. It was released by [[Uni Records]] as John's debut album in the United States; many people there assumed it was his first album, as ''[[Empty Sky]]'' was not released in that country until 1975.
The album includes John's breakthrough single "[[Your Song]]", and helped to establish his career during what was considered the "singer-songwriter" era of popular music. In the US, it was certified gold in February 1971 by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]. In the same year, it was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]].
In 2003, the album was ranked number 468 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]]. On 27 November 2012, it was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] as an album cited as exhibiting "qualitative or historical significance".<ref>[http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#g "Grammy Hall of Fame Award]. ''Grammy.org''. Retrieved 21 December 2012</ref>
==Background==
This was the first of a string of John albums produced by [[Gus Dudgeon]]. As Dudgeon recalled in a ''[[Mix (magazine)|Mix]]'' magazine interview, the album was not actually intended to launch John as an artist, but rather as a collection of polished demos for other artists to consider recording his and co-writer [[Bernie Taupin]]'s songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/gus-dudgeon-1942-2002-364951|title=Gus Dudgeon, 1942–2002|first=By Rick|last=Clark|website=Mixonline}}</ref>
The song "No Shoe Strings on Louise" was intended (as homage or parody) to sound like a [[Rolling Stones]] song.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.resurrectionsongs.com/2015/04/18/wont-you-please-excuse-my-frankness-but-its-not-my-cup-of-tea-elton-john-elton-john-1970/ |author= J |date= 18 April 2015 |title= Won't you please excuse my frankness but it's not my cup of tea: Elton John – ''Elton John'' (1970) |publisher= www.resurrectionsongs.com |accessdate= 3 October 2016 |quote= The side is rounded off with the 'Rolling Stones country' tinged 'No Shoe Strings on Louise' (even Elton's phrasing is similar to Jagger's at times – "All those city women want to make us poor men and this land's got the worse for the worrying")... |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161003204206/http://www.resurrectionsongs.com/2015/04/18/wont-you-please-excuse-my-frankness-but-its-not-my-cup-of-tea-elton-john-elton-john-1970/ |archive-date= 3 October 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Bernardin |first= Claude |chapter= |title= Rocket Man: Elton John From A – Z |url= https://archive.org/details/rocketmaneltonjo00bern |url-access= registration |location= Westport, Conn. |publisher= Greenwood/Praeger |year= 1995 |page= [https://archive.org/details/rocketmaneltonjo00bern/page/186 186] |ISBN= 0-275-95698-9 |quote= He tried to impersonate Mick Jagger. The song is about loose women.}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing = [[Elton John]] and [[Bernie Taupin]]
| headline = Side one
| title1 = [[Your Song]]
| length1 = 4:04
| title2 = I Need You to Turn To
| length2 = 2:32
| title3 = [[Take Me to the Pilot]]
| length3 = 3:46
| title4 = No Shoes Strings on Louise
| length4 = 3:31
| title5 = First Episode at Hienton
| length5 = 4:48
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Sixty Years On
| length1 = 4:35
| title2 = [[Border Song]]
| length2 = 3:22
| title3 = The Greatest Discovery
| length3 = 4:12
| title4 = The Cage
| length4 = 3:28
| title5 = The King Must Die
| length5 = 5:21
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Bonus tracks (1995 Mercury and 1996 Rocket reissue)
| title1 = Bad Side of the Moon
| length1 = 3:15
| title2 = Grey Seal
| length2 = 3:35
| title3 = [[Rock and Roll Madonna]]
| length3 = 4:18
| total_length = 11:08
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2008 deluxe edition bonus disc
| title1 = Your Song
| note1 = Demo version
| length1 = 3:33
| title2 = I Need You to Turn To
| note2 = Piano demo
| length2 = 2:10
| title3 = Take Me to the Pilot
| note3 = Piano demo
| length3 = 2:34
| title4 = No Shoes Strings on Louise
| note4 = Piano demo
| length4 = 3:31
| title5 = Sixty Years On
| note5 = Piano demo
| length5 = 4:20
| title6 = The Greatest Discovery
| note6 = Piano demo
| length6 = 3:56
| title7 = The Cage
| note7 = Demo version
| length7 = 3:20
| title8 = The King Must Die
| note8 = Piano demo
| length8 = 5:22
| title9 = Rock and Roll Madonna
| note9 = Piano demo
| length9 = 3:10
| title10 = Thank You Mama
| note10 = Piano demo
| length10 = 3:19
| title11 = All the Way Down to El Paso
| note11 = Piano demo
| length11 = 2:48
| title12 = I'm Going Home
| note12 = Piano demo
| length12 = 3:03
| title13 = Grey Seal
| note13 = Piano demo
| length13 = 3:18
| title14 = Rock and Roll Madonna
| note14 = Incomplete band demo
| length14 = 2:53
| title15 = Bad Side of the Moon
| length15 = 3:11
| title16 = Grey Seal
| note16 = 1970 version
| length16 = 3:34
| title17 = Rock and Roll Madonna
| length17 = 4:16
| title18 = Boder Song
| note18 = BBC session
| length18 = 3:19
| title19 = Your Song
| note19 = BBC session
| length19 = 3:59
| title20 = Take Me to the Pilot
| note20 = BBC session
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==B-sides==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Song
! Format
|-
| "Bad Side of the Moon" || "Border Song" 7" (US)
|-
| "Into the Old Man's Shoes" || "Your Song" 7" (UK)
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==Personnel==
Track numbers refer to CD and digital releases of the album.
* Elton John – piano, vocals (all tracks), [[harpsichord]] (2)
* Diana Lewis – [[Moog synthesizer]] (5, 9)
* [[Brian Dee]] – organ (6, 7)
* Frank Clark – acoustic guitar (1), double bass (10)
* Colin Green – additional guitar (1, 7), Spanish guitar (6)
* Clive Hicks – [[twelve-string guitar]] (1), rhythm guitar (4), guitar (7, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (9)
* Roland Harker – guitar (2)
* [[Alan Parker (musician)|Alan Parker]] – rhythm guitar (3)
* [[Caleb Quaye]] – lead guitar (3, 4, 5), additional guitar (9)
* [[Dave Richmond]] – bass guitar (1, 7, 8)
* Alan Weighall – bass guitar (3, 4, 9)
* Les Hurdle – bass guitar (10)
* [[Barry Morgan (musician)|Barry Morgan]] – drums (1, 3, 4, 7, 9)
* [[Terry Cox]] – drums (8, 10)
* Dennis Lopez – percussion (3, 4)
* Tex Navarra – percussion (9)
* [[Skaila Kanga]] – [[harp]] (2, 8)
* [[Paul Buckmaster]] – cello solo (8), orchestral arrangements and conductor
* David Katz – orchestra contractor
* [[Madeline Bell]] – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
* [[Tony Burrows]] – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
* [[Roger Cook (songwriter)|Roger Cook]] – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
* [[Lesley Duncan]] – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
* Kay Garner – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
* [[Tony Hazzard]] – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
* Barbara Moore – backing vocals, [[choir]] leader (7)
;Technical
* [[Gus Dudgeon]] – producer, liner notes
* Robin Geoffrey Cable – [[audio engineer|engineer]]
* Gus Skinas – editing
* Darrell Johnson – original mastering
* Tony Cousins – remastering
* Ricky Graham – digital transfers
* Greg Penny – [[surround sound]]
* Steve Brown – production coordinator
* David Larkham – [[art director|art direction]]
* Stowell Stanford – photography
* Jim Goff – artwork
* [[John Tobler]] – liner notes
==Accolades==
'''Grammy Awards'''
{{Awards table}}
|-
| style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|[[13th Annual Grammy Awards|1971]] || rowspan="2"| ''Elton John'' || [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year#Recipients|Album of the Year]]<ref name="1970saoty">{{cite web|title=GRAMMYs' Best Albums 1970–1979 |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/news/grammys-best-albums-0 |work=grammy.org |accessdate=1 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304111252/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/news/grammys-best-albums-0 |archivedate=4 March 2014 }}</ref> || {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance#Recipients|Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male]]<ref name="Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/popsolo.htm|title=Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male|publisher=rockonthenet.com|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref> || {{nom}}
|-
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==Charts==
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!scope="row"|[[Kent Music Report|Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart]]<ref name="auchart">{{Cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
|4
|-
!scope="row"|[[RPM (magazine)|Canadian ''RPM'' Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3762&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=8flu94hkg8nkt74latvtu6ttc6|title=Top Albums/CDs – Volume 14, No. 26|date=13 February 1971|magazine=RPM|accessdate=1 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502033304/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3762&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=8flu94hkg8nkt74latvtu6ttc6|archive-date=2 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|4
|-
!scope="row"|[[MegaCharts|Dutch Mega Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=dutchcharts.nl Elton John – ''Elton John''|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Elton+John&titel=Elton+John&cat=a|work=Hung Medien|language=Dutch|format=ASP|accessdate=9 May 2011}}</ref>
|2
|-
!scope="row"|[[Oricon|Japanese Oricon LPs Chart]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9}}</ref>
|40
|-
!scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="UKchart">{{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/Elton%20John| title= Elton John > Artists > Official Charts| publisher=UK Albums Chart|accessdate=1 May 2013}}</ref>
|5
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="uschart">{{cite web|title=Allmusic: ''Elton John'' : Charts & Awards : Billboard Albums|publisher=allmusic.com|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r10453/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=1 May 2013}}</ref>
|4
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===Year-end charts===
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! scope="col"| Chart (1971)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|[[List of Top 25 albums for 1971 in Australia|Australian Albums Chart]]<ref name="auchart" />
|24
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1971&cat=a |title=Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1971 |format=ASP |language=Dutch |accessdate=2 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512112218/http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1971&cat=a |archivedate=12 May 2014 }}</ref>
|17
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Pop Albums
|30
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==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|title=Elton John|artist=Elton John|type=album|relyear=1971|certyear=1971|region=United States|award=Gold}}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}
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