Taupin

Taupin
Taupin
Studio album by Bernie Taupin
Released	1971
Genre	Spoken word
Label	DJM / Elektra (U.S.)
Producer	Gus Dudgeon
Bernie Taupin chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Christgau's Record Guide	E

Taupin (released eponymously in the U.S.) is the debut studio album by longtime Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin. It is a spoken word album of his poetry with music that revolves around the theme. The album was produced by Gus Dudgeon and coordinated by Steve Brown.

Track listing

All songs written by Bernie Taupin, Caleb Quaye, and Davey Johnstone, except where noted.

Side one

"Child"
- "Birth"
- "The Greatest Discovery" (Elton John, Taupin)
- "Flatters (a beginning)"
- "Brothers Together"
- "Rowston Manor"
- "End of a Day"
- "To a Grandfather" (Taupin, Quaye, Johnstone, Shawn Phillips)
- "Solitude"
- "Conclusion"

Side two

"When the Heron Wakes"
"Like Summer Tempests"
"Today's Hero" (Taupin, Quaye, Johnstone, Phillips)
"Sisters of the Cross" (Taupin, Richard Coff, Diana Lewis)
"Brothers Together Again"
"Verses After Dark"
- "La Petite Marionette" (Taupin, Coff)
- "Ratcatcher" (Taupin, Phillips)
- "The Visitor" (Taupin, Phillips)

Personnel

Bernie Taupin – spoken word
Ron Chesterman – double bass
Richard Coff – violin, viola
Diana Lewis – piano
Shawn Phillips – sitar, electric guitar, 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, koto, spoken word
Caleb Quaye – piano, organ, acoustic guitar
Davey Johnstone – sitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, lute
Chris Karan – tabla, finger cymbals

References

↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 15 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

Taupin at Allmusic

External links

Taupin at Discogs (list of releases)

[CG-1] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 15 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.