ELTON John said he’d have “killed myself” if he’d had to make another solo album.
The Tiny Dancer singer will release a collaborative album with Brandi Carlile called Who Believes in Angels? tomorrow and he said he “needed her” to keep going.
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He explained: “I knew that I didn’t want to make the same album again… I wanted the album to move forward because I’m always trying to look forward.
“If I had just made another Elton John record, I would’ve killed myself.
“I needed her, I needed her talent, her energy, her humour, and her brilliant lyrics. I’ve got two of the greatest lyric writers in the world: Bernie Taupin and Brandi Carlile.
“The lyrics in front of me, if you can’t write great songs for those then, that’s my great talent, to be able to interpret those beautiful lyrics quickly.
“When we got going, it was like, whoosh, like an express train.”
On April 19 they will star in an ITV1 special, filmed last month at the London Palladium, and then will have a break from one another.
But he is sure it won’t be the last time they work together.
Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Elton said: “I think working with her would be a privilege to do again, and I think, but she needs to go off and do what she’s learned on this record and put it into her solo stuff.
“And then, when we do another album or if we do another, it’ll be even better. I really mean that, so there you go.
“Also, I have to say this, but my voice on this record is probably the best it’s ever been.”
She added: “He was with me before and he’ll always be with me.
“His songwriting and his spirit is locked into my soul. I’ll always have Elton when I write.
“I recently did some songwriting without him and I missed him. I called him and I said, ‘Elton, I feel chordially anaemic.’
“It’s really hard when you’ve written with Elton John to go back to writing G-C-D chords over and over again.”
What albums has Sir Elton John released?
How many records has Elton released across his career?
Empty Sky – 1969
Elton John – 1970
Tumbleweed Connection – 1970
Madman Across the Water – 1971
Honky Château – 1972
Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player – 1973
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – 1973
Caribou – 1974
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy – 1975
Rock of the Westies – 1975
Blue Moves – 1976
A Single Man – 1978
Victim of Love – 1979
21 at 33 – 1980
The Fox – 1981
Jump Up! – 1982
Too Low for Zero – 1983
Breaking Hearts – 1984
Ice on Fire – 1985
Leather Jackets – 1986
Reg Strikes Back – 1988
Sleeping with the Past – 1989
The One – 1992
Made in England – 1995
The Big Picture – 1997
Songs from the West Coast – 2001
Peachtree Road – 2004
The Captain & the Kid – 2006
The Diving Board – 2013
Wonderful Crazy Night – 2016
Regimental Sgt. Zippo – 2021
