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The Fox is the fifteenth studio album by English musician Elton John, released in 1981. The album was produced by John, Clive Franks, and, for the first time, Chris Thomas, who would produce many more albums with John through most of the 1980s and '90s.

The Fox
Studio album by
Released20 May 1981
RecordedAugust 1979 – March 1980
January 1981[1]
StudioSuper Bear (Nice, France); Sunset Sound Recorders, The Village Recorder and Davlen Sound Studios (Los Angeles, California); EMI Studios Abbey Road (Abbey Road, London, UK)
GenreRock, soft rock, pop rock, new wave
Length45:48
LabelGeffen (US), Rocket (UK)
ProducerChris Thomas, Elton John, Clive Franks
Elton John chronology
21 at 33
(1980)
The Fox
(1981)
Jump Up!
(1982)
Singles from The Fox
  1. "Nobody Wins"
    Released: 8 May 1981
  2. "Just Like Belgium"
    Released: July 1981
  3. "Chloe"
    Released: July 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Five of the songs (noted below) were recorded during the sessions for his previous album 21 at 33. All B-sides released around this time were also from those sessions. The whole album was considered as a hidden gem due to the limited success it received and the album was unknown to many people.[4]


Release


The album reached the top ten and top 40 charts in many countries except Canada. It has a silver certification in the United Kingdom. The first single, "Nobody Wins", charted in the US at #21, but charted best in Norway, peaking at #10. The next single, "Chloe", charted even better on the Adult Contemporary chart at #16. "Just Like Belgium" didn't chart anywhere despite it being released as a single in some countries that loved John's music.[4]

After 1981, only "Chloe", "Just Like Belgium", "Nobody Wins" and "Elton's Song" would be included in John's 1982 Jump Up! Tour. While "Chloe", "Just Like Belgium" and "Nobody Wins" have never been performed again since that tour, "Elton's Song" was performed a few times on a solo tour in 1999.[4][5] Since then, however, John has also stopped performing that song.[5]

However, since the album's release, Elton would perform "Carla/Etude" on his 1986 world tour with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and on subsequent solo tours, plus on a set of 2004 shows with the Royal Academy of Music Orchestra, making it the only song on the album that was performed up to 2010 on a tour with Ray Cooper.


Track listing


Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Breaking Down Barriers"John, Gary Osborne4:42
2."Heart in the Right Place"John, Osborne5:15
3."Just Like Belgium"John, Bernie Taupin4:10
4."Nobody Wins"Jean-Paul Dreau, Osborne3:40
5."Fascist Faces"John, Taupin5:12
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Carla/Etude"John4:46
2."Fanfare"John, James Newton Howard1:26
3."Chloe"John, Osborne4:40
4."Heels of the Wind"John, Taupin3:35
5."Elton's Song"John, Tom Robinson3:02
6."The Fox"John, Taupin5:20
Total length:45:48

Notes


Visions: The videos from The Fox


Visions, released on VHS in 1982, is a video of all ten songs recorded for The Fox album. It is notable as one of the first long-form video releases of an album. The collection was also released on RCA's CED video disc and Laserdisc, a precursor to the DVD, but has not been released since. The video for "Elton's Song", which dealt with the story of a teenage boy's admiration for another teenage boy he yearns for, but who is too shy to confront his feelings, was excluded from the UK video release because the public school it was filmed in objected to the theme of the song. All the videos were conceptualised by Keith Williams and directed by Russell Mulcahy.[citation needed]


Personnel


Track numbering refers to CD and digital releases of the album.


Production



Charts



Certifications


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Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia 60,000[19]
United Kingdom (BPI)[20] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. Rosenthal, Elizabeth J. (2001). His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John. United States of America: Billboard Books. p. 203. ISBN 0-8230-8893-6.
  2. "The Fox". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  3. ""The Fox" by Elton John - review | Rolling Stone". www.rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007.
  4. Wilhelm, Rich (20 May 2021). "A Fascinating Cross: Elton John's 'The Fox' at 40". PopMatters. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. "Elton's Song by Elton John Song Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  6. "1981 Elton John – the Fox | Sessiondays".
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. "austriancharts.at Elton John – The Fox" (ASP). Hung Medien (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  9. Library and Archives Canada. Archived 29 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 January 2012
  10. "dutchcharts.nl Elton John – The Fox" (ASP). Hung Medien (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  11. "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste" (in French). infodisc.fr. Archived from the original (PHP) on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  12. "charts.nz Elton John – The Fox" (ASP). Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  13. "norwegiancharts.com Elton John – The Fox" (ASP). Hung Medien. VG-lista. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  14. "swedishcharts.com Elton John – The Fox" (ASP) (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  15. "The Official Charts Company – Elton John – The Fox" (PHP). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  16. "allmusic ((( The Fox > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  17. "Album Search: Elton John – The Fox" (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 29 January 2012.[dead link]
  18. "Les Albums (CD) de 1981 par InfoDisc" (in French). infodisc.fr. Archived from the original (PHP) on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  19. "Major fight economics with quirky rock originals". Billboard. 12 June 1982. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  20. "British album certifications – Elton John – The Fox". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type The Fox in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.



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