Leather Jackets (album)

Leather Jackets
Studio album by
Elton John
Released27 October 1986[1]
RecordedJanuary 1985, January – February, May – September 1986
StudioWisseloord (Hilversum)
CTS (London)
The SOL (Cookham)
GenrePop rock
Length45:11
LabelGeffen (US), Rocket (UK)
ProducerGus Dudgeon
Elton John chronology
Ice on Fire
(1985) 		Leather Jackets
(1986) 		Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
(1987)
Singles from Leather Jackets
  1. "Heartache All Over the World"
    Released: September 1986
  2. "Slow Rivers"
    Released: November 1986
  3. "Hoop of Fire"
    Released: 1986 (France)
  4. "Angeline"
    Released: February 1987 (Aus)
  5. "Paris"
    Released: March 1987 (EU)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Los Angeles Times(negative)[4]
Smash Hits8/10[5]

Leather Jackets is the twentieth studio album by English musician Elton John. Recorded at Sol Studios in England and Wisseloord Studios in the Netherlands, it was released in 1986 and was his first album not to have any top 40 singles on either the US Billboard Hot 100 or the UK singles chart since 1970's Tumbleweed Connection, which had no singles released from it. It is also one of his lowest charting studio albums in the United States, peaking at number 91 on the Billboard 200 chart.

This was John's last studio release to be produced by Gus Dudgeon. After his throat surgery in 1987, Chris Thomas would be rehired as producer.

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 52.
  2. ^ Lindsay Planer. "Leather Jackets – Elton John | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "John, Elton". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p. 2,003. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. ^ Matsumoto, Jon (30 December 1986). "Turn-ons and turn-offs in current home entertainment releases". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  5. ^ Braithwaite, Simon (5–18 November 1986). "Album Reviews". Smash Hits. 8 (23): 76.