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| The Fox | ||||
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| Released | 20 May 1981 | |||
| Recorded | August, December 1979 January–June 1980 | |||
| Studio | Super Bear (Nice, France); Sunset Sound Recorders, The Village Recorder and Davlen (Los Angeles); Abbey Road (London) | |||
| Genre | Rock, soft rock, pop rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 45:48 | |||
| Label | Geffen (US), Rocket (UK) | |||
| Producer | Chris Thomas, Elton John, Clive Franks | |||
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| Singles from The Fox | ||||
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The Fox is the fifteenth studio album by English singer Elton John, released in 1981. With sales of approx. 300,000 US copies, it was one of Elton's poorest-selling albums in the United States.
The album was produced by John, Clive Franks and, for the first time, Chris Thomas, who would produce many more albums with John through most of the 1980s and '90s.
Five of the songs (noted below) were recorded during the sessions for his previous album 21 at 33. All B-sides released around this time were also from those sessions. The first single "Nobody Wins" charted in the US at #21, but charted best in Norway, peaking at #10. The next single "Chloe" charted even better in Adult Contemporary chart, at #16.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Breaking Down Barriers" | John, Gary Osborne | 4:42 |
| 2. | "Heart in the Right Place" | John, Osborne | 5:15 |
| 3. | "Just Like Belgium" | John, Bernie Taupin | 4:10 |
| 4. | "Nobody Wins" | Jean-Paul Dreau, Osborne | 3:40 |
| 5. | "Fascist Faces" | John, Taupin | 5:12 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Carla/Etude" | John | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Fanfare" | John, James Newton Howard | 1:26 |
| 3. | "Chloe" | John, Osborne | 4:40 |
| 4. | "Heels of the Wind" | John, Taupin | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Elton's Song" | John, Tom Robinson | 3:02 |
| 6. | "The Fox" | John, Taupin | 5:20 |
| Total length: | 45:48 | ||