Wonderful Crazy Night

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Wonderful Crazy Night
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Studio album by Elton John
Released 5 February 2016
Recorded 2015
Genre Rock, soft rock, rock and roll
Length 41:15
Label Mercury, Virgin EMI, Island
Producer T Bone Burnett, Elton John
Elton John chronology
The Diving Board
(2013)The Diving Board2013		 Wonderful Crazy Night
(2016)		 TBA
(2017)String Module Error: Match not found2017
Singles from Wonderful Crazy Night
  1. "Looking Up"
    Released: 22 October 2015[1]
  2. "Wonderful Crazy Night"
    Released: 15 December 2015
  3. "Blue Wonderful"
    Released: 5 January 2016

Wonderful Crazy Night is the 32nd studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John.[2] It is John's first album since 2006's The Captain & the Kid to feature the Elton John Band.[3] John's long-standing percussionist, Ray Cooper makes his first appearance on any of John's albums since Made in England in 1995. This is Kim Bullard's first appearance on keyboards replacing Guy Babylon, and Matt Bissonette replacing Bob Birch on bass.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 70/100[4]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[5]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[6]
The Independent 4/5 stars[7]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[8]

Wonderful Crazy Night received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 17 reviews.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin[9]. 

No. Title Length
1. "Wonderful Crazy Night"   3:13
2. "In the Name of You"   4:33
3. "Claw Hammer"   4:22
4. "Blue Wonderful"   3:37
5. "I've Got 2 Wings"   4:35
6. "A Good Heart"   4:50
7. "Looking Up"   4:06
8. "Guilty Pleasure"   3:38
9. "Tambourine"   4:17
10. "The Open Chord"   4:04
Total length:
 41:15
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No. Title Length
11. "Free and Easy"   3:55
12. "England and America"   3:51
Total length:
 49:01
Super deluxe edition bonus tracks
No. Title Length
11. "Free and Easy"   3:55
12. "Children's Song"   3:49
13. "No Monsters"   4:58
14. "England and America"   3:51
Total length:
 57:48
Target US and Japanese Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No. Title Length
11. "Free and Easy"   3:55
12. "England and America"   3:51
13. "Looking Up (Live)"   3:22
14. "Wonderful Crazy Night (Live)"   3:15
Total length:
 55:38

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 11
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 26
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[14] 18
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[15] 32
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[16] 43
French Albums (SNEP)[17] 35
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 10
Irish Albums (IRMA)[19] 41
Italian Albums (FIMI)[20] 15
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21] 11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[22] 17
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[23] 32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 7
UK Albums (OCC)[26] 6
US Billboard 200[27] 8

References

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  10. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Elton John – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Elton John. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  15. ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  17. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  18. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  19. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 6, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  20. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  21. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  22. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  23. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  24. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  25. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  26. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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