It's Elton's 3rd lowest chart-placing album ever, as Reg proves he's the master of Disco.

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Track listing
Side one
"Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) – 8:06
"Warm Love in a Cold World" (Pete Bellotte, Stefan Wisnet, Gunther Moll) – 4:30 (3:22 on older pressings)
"Born Bad" (Bellotte, Geoff Bastow) – 5:16 (6:20 on older pressings)

Side two

"Thunder in the Night" (Bellotte, Michael Hofmann) – 4:40
"Spotlight" (Bellotte, Wisnet, Moll) – 4:24
"Street Boogie" (Bellotte, Wisnet, Moll) – 3:56
"Victim of Love" (Bellotte, Sylvester Levay, Jerry Rix) – 4:52 (5:02 on older pressings)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_of_Love_(Elton_John_album)#Track_listing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5N6BqN4Uwo&list=OLAK5uy_ndi72ZwZmDCXHMuutCckN73CEplUf-mTQ&index=1&ab_channel=EltonJohn-Topic


 

Apparently it's not a Elton John album, it's a Pete Bellotte album with vocals by Eton Musk, Elton John.

Y'see, Elton didn't do a proper disco album.

He did albums with disco tracks on them.

For example, his undoubted disco/soul masterpiece "Philadelphia Freedom" is from 1974's "Captain Brownshirt and the Dirtbox Cowboy".


Or whatever it's called...

In fact, a lyric from that song was my signature on *** for years.

I had a copy of that album, I sent it down the charity shop. and ran out before they had a chance to see what I'd left.


Then you know what I did?


Buy another copy. With the booklet and everything!

13 minutes to go.

It's started!

Track 1 - Johnny B. Goode.

It's starting!

Oh, that Johnny B. Goode…

Disco bass!

This is over 8 minutes long.

Not an obvious opening for a Disco album.

This sounds a bit energy deficient.

Zany kick drum action.

Is this on at the right speed?

This is terrible!

Yet…

Four-to-the-floor drums.

Completely lifeless production.

I'd've had a word with the drummer and all that kick-drum silliness.

Nightjar wrote:

I'd've had a word with the drummer and all that kick-drum silliness.

And then he could've had a word with everyone else about how crap the whole song was.