{"product_id":"9781501355424-elton-johns-blue-moves","title":"Elton John's Blue Moves","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1976, Elton John was the best-selling recording artist and the highest-grossing touring act in the world. With seven #1 albums in a row and a reputation as a riveting piano-pounding performer, the former Reggie Dwight had gone with dazzling speed from the London suburbs to the pinnacles of rock stardom, his songs never leaving the charts, his sold-out shows packed with adoring fans. Then he released \u003ci\u003eBlue Moves\u003c\/i\u003e, and it all came crashing down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWas the commercially disappointing and poorly reviewed double album to blame? Can one album shoot down a star? No, argues Matthew Restall; \u003ci\u003eBlue Moves\u003c\/i\u003e is a four-sided masterpiece, as fantastic as \u003ci\u003eCaptain Fantastic\u003c\/i\u003e, as colorful as \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Yellow Brick Road\u003c\/i\u003e, a showcase for the three elements--piano-playing troubadour, full orchestra, rock band--with which Elton John and his collaborators redirected the evolution of popular music. Instead, both album and career were derailed by a perfect storm of circumstances: Elton’s decisions to stop touring and start his own label; the turbulent shiftings of popular culture in the punk era; the minefield of attitudes toward celebrity and sexuality. The closer we get to \u003ci\u003eBlue Moves\u003c\/i\u003e, the better we understand the world into which it was born--and vice versa. Might that be true of all albums?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451522494838,"sku":"9781501355424","price":9.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31197514.jpg?v=1760462835","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781501355424-elton-johns-blue-moves","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}