''Good Morning to the Night'' is the first

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album by

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, released in July 2012. The album's tracks are created from samples of various early John songs mixed together to form completely new songs. The album debuted at No. 1 on the

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Reception

Phil Mongredien from ''

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'' 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." 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."

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felt that "''Good Morning to the Night'' is not a hits-on-parade set ndis 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."

Track listing

;Deluxe edition bonus tracks

Samples

1. " Good Morning to the Night" includes elements from the following original Elton John sound recordings: *" Philadelphia Freedom" *"

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. It was released on the 1972 album ''Honky Château''. The lyrics conveyed Taupin's take on New York City after hea ...

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Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" is a medley of two songs written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. It is the opening track of the 1973 double album '' Goodbye Yellow Brick Road''. The ...

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" *" Gulliver/It's Hay Chewed" *" Sixty Years On" *"

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' is the seventh studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John, first released on 5 October 1973 as a double LP. The album has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and is widely regarded as John's magn ...

" *" Someone Saved My Life Tonight" 2. " Sad" includes elements from: *" Nice and Slow" *"

Crazy Water "Crazy Water" is a song by English musician Elton John with lyrics written by Bernie Taupin. It is the seventh track on his 1976 album, ''Blue Moves''. It was released as a single in the UK in February 1977. The single reached No. 27 in the U ...

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Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin. It was recorded by Elton John and released in 1976, both as a single and as part of the '' Blue Moves'' album. It was John's sec ...

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" 3. "Black Icy Stare" includes elements from: *" Cold Highway" *" You're So Static" *" Solar Prestige a Gammon" 4. "Foreign Fields" includes elements from: *" Pinky" *" Someone Saved My Life Tonight" *" High Flying Bird" *" Sweet Painted Lady" *" Cage the Songbird" *"

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" 5. "Telegraph to the Afterlife" includes elements from: *"

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We All Fall in Love Sometimes "We All Fall in Love Sometimes" is the ninth track on Elton John's album ''Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy'', written by John (music) and Bernie Taupin (lyrics) released in 1975. Song background The song talks about friendships a ...

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" *" Sweet Painted Lady" *" I've Seen That Movie Too" *"

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Indian Sunset "Indian Sunset" is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. It was released on John's 1971 album ''Madman Across the Water''. Background The song chronicles the story of an unnamed Am ...

" 6. "Phoenix" includes elements from: *"

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Are You Ready for Love "Are You Ready for Love" is a song recorded by English musician Elton John in 1977 and first released in the UK in 1979 as the first single from the EP '' The Thom Bell Sessions''. It was written by Leroy Bell, Thom Bell and Casey James, an ...

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Bennie and the Jets "Bennie and the Jets" (also titled "Benny & the Jets") is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. The song first appeared on the ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' album in 1973. "Bennie and ...

" *" Someone Saved My Life Tonight" *" Where to Now St Peter?" *"

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Border Song "Border Song" is a song by Elton John with music by John and lyrics by Bernie Taupin. The song initially appeared on the 1970 album ''Elton John'', and was released in the spring of 1970 as the LP's first single. After failing to chart in the U ...

" *" Country Love Song" *" Three Way Love Affair" 7. "Karmatron" includes elements from: *"

Madman Across the Water ''Madman Across the Water'' is the fourth studio album by English musician Elton John, released in 1971 through DJM and Uni Records. The album was his third album to be released in 1971, at which point John had been rising to prominence as a p ...

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" *" Stinker" *" The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909–1934)" *"

" *" One Horse Town" *" Screw You (Young Man's Blues)" 8. "Sixty" includes elements from: *" Sixty Years On" *" Sixty Years On (Live in Australia)" *" Sixty Years On (17-11-70)" *"

Charts

Release history

References

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