Good Morning to the Night | ||||
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Remix album by Elton John vs Pnau | ||||
Released | 13 July 2012 | |||
Recorded | 1969–2012 | |||
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Length | 28:15 | |||
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Good Morning to the Night is the first remix album by Elton John and Pnau, released in July 2012. The album's tracks are created from samples of various early John songs mixed together to form completely new songs.[1] The album debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.[2]
Reception
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Phil Mongredien from The Guardian wrote "Australian dance duo Pnau have been mentored by Elton John for five years, and it's with his blessing that they have reimagined his early 70s output by splicing together snippets of songs to create something wholly new and oddly affecting... Refreshingly unpredictable, this is a blueprint for what remix albums should aspire to."[4] Joseph Standard from NME opined that "The results range from danceable to unnerving and give off an atmosphere of ghostly melancholy that subtly subverts Elton's reputation as a cosy British institution."[6] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic felt that "Good Morning to the Night is not a hits-on-parade set [and] is a relief, and even if it's not necessarily the kind of music that would make it into regular rotation, it's inventive and fun, which is more than enough for a project like this."[3]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Good Morning to the Night" | 3:21 |
2. | "Sad" | 3:21 |
3. | "Black Icy Stare" | 3:12 |
4. | "Foreign Fields" | 3:33 |
5. | "Telegraph to the Afterlife" | 4:45 |
6. | "Phoenix" | 3:30 |
7. | "Karmatron" | 2:41 |
8. | "Sixty" | 3:52 |
Total length: | 28:15 |
No. | Title | Length |
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9. | "Sad" (Seamus Haji Remix) | 7:02 |
10. | "Sad" (The 2 Bears Remix) | 9:04 |
11. | "Good Morning to the Night" (Siege 'To the Night' Remix) | 6:16 |
12. | "Good Morning to the Night" (Cahill Remix) | 5:51 |
13. | "Good Morning to the Night" (Melé Remix) | 4:41 |
Total length: | 61:09 |
Samples
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1. "Good Morning to the Night" includes elements from the following original Elton John sound recordings:
- "Philadelphia Freedom"
- "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"
- "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
- "Tonight"
- "Gulliver/It's Hay Chewed"
- "Sixty Years On"
- "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
- "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
2. "Sad" includes elements from:
3. "Black Icy Stare" includes elements from:
4. "Foreign Fields" includes elements from:
- "Pinky"
- "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
- "High Flying Bird"
- "Sweet Painted Lady"
- "Cage the Songbird"
- "Chameleon"
5. "Telegraph to the Afterlife" includes elements from:
- "Harmony"
- "We All Fall in Love Sometimes"
- "Funeral for a Friend"
- "Sweet Painted Lady"
- "I've Seen That Movie Too"
- "Love Song"
- "Indian Sunset"
6. "Phoenix" includes elements from:
- "Grey Seal"
- "Are You Ready for Love"
- "Bennie and the Jets"
- "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
- "Where to Now St Peter?"
- "Funeral for a Friend"
- "Border Song"
- "Country Love Song"
- "Three Way Love Affair"
7. "Karmatron" includes elements from:
- "Madman Across the Water"
- "Funeral for a Friend"
- "Stinker"
- "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909–1934)"
- "Tonight"
- "One Horse Town"
- "Screw You (Young Man's Blues)"
8. "Sixty" includes elements from:
Charts
[edit]Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] | 40 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] | 188 |
Croatian Albums Chart[10] | 11 |
French Albums Chart | 9 |
UK Albums (OCC)[11] | 1 |
US Top Electronic Albums | 20 |
Release history
[edit]Region | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
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Australia | 13 July 2012 | CD, LP, Digital download | Mercury Records | 3707164 |
North America | 2012 | CD, LP, DD | Casablanca | B0016987 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Elton John vs Pnau: Good Morning to the Night – review". TheGuardian.com. 14 July 2012.
- ^ "BBC News – Sir Elton John and Pnau top album chart". Bbc.co.uk. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (10 July 2012). "Good Morning to the Night – Elton John, Elton Versus Pnau, Pnau : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ a b Phil Mongredien (15 July 2012). "Elton John vs Pnau: Good Morning to the Night – review | Music | The Observer". London: Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ Salimat, Shah (20 August 2012). "Elton John vs. Pnau – Good Morning to the Night – xinmsn Entertainment". xinmsn. Retrieved 22 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Latest reviews from NME.COM – albums, tracks, gig reviews". NME. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Elton versus PNAU – album details in The Crazy Water Forum: Elton John Forum". Thecrazywaterezboard.yuku.com. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – ELTON JOHN VS. PNAU – GOOD MORNING TO THE NIGHT". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – ELTON JOHN VS. PNAU – GOOD MORNING TO THE NIGHT" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Top of the Shops - službena tjedna lista prodanih albuma u Hrvatskoj". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Elton John vs Pnau | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.