Reg Strikes Back | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 20 June 1988[1] | |||
Recorded | 1987–88 | |||
Studio | AIR, London | |||
Genre | Pop, rock | |||
Length | 42:04 | |||
Label | MCA (US) Rocket (UK) | |||
Producer | Chris Thomas | |||
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Singles from Reg Strikes Back | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Chicago Tribune | (mixed)[4] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
Los Angeles Times | [6] |
The New York Times | (unfavourable)[7] |
Record Mirror | [8] |
Rolling Stone | [9] |
Reg Strikes Back is the twenty-first studio album by English musician Elton John, released in 1988. It was his self-proclaimed comeback album, and his own way of fighting back against bad press.[3] The "Reg" in Reg Strikes Back refers to John's birth name, Reginald Kenneth Dwight.
In the US, the album was certified gold in August 1988 by the RIAA. It was also John's third studio album in the 1980s to be placed inside the top 20 of US Billboard 200 (number 16, 1988).[10]