Sleeping with the past
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Studio album by Elton John | |||||||||||
Publication |
August 29, 1989 |
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MCA (USA, Canada) Rocket (Europe) |
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Title (number) |
10/12 |
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running time |
47:44 / 55:26 |
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Sleeping with the Past ( English for 'to sleep with the past') is the 22nd studio album by British singer Elton John . It was originally released on August 29, 1989 and was re-released on June 11, 1998 with two bonus songs.
Cover design
The album cover shows a black and white photo of Elton John (photographed by Herb Ritts ), who has put his head in his hands and closed his eyes. The pink lettering elton john is located at the top left and bottom right . and sleeping with the past.
production
Sleeping with the Past was produced by the English music producer Chris Thomas , with whom Elton John worked on previous albums. All songs were written by Elton John in collaboration with Bernie Taupin , to whom he also dedicated the album.
Track list
- Durban Deep - 5:32
- Healing Hands - 4:23
- Whispers - 5:29
- Club at the End of the Street - 4:49
- Sleeping with the Past - 4:58
- Stones Throw from Hurtin ' - 4:55
- Sacrifice - 5:07
- I Never Knew Her Name - 3:31
- Amazes Me - 4:39
- Blue Avenue - 4:21
1998 re-release bonus songs
- Dancing in the End Zone - 3:54
- Love Is a Cannibal - 3:51
Chart successes and singles
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Sleeping with the Past entered the German album charts at number 75 on September 18, 1989, and two weeks later it occupied the highest position at number 9. Overall, the album stayed in the top 100 for 52 weeks. It was more successful in Switzerland and the UK, where the album topped the charts.
As singles , the songs were Healing Hands , Sacrifice , Whispers , Amazes Me and Club at the End of the Street decoupled. Sacrifice and Healing Hands were re-released as a double single in the UK in 1990 and became a number one hit , as a result of which the album only reached number 1 there.
Sales figures and awards
In 1990 Sleeping with the Past received a gold record in Germany for more than 250,000 units sold . It was triple platinum in the UK in 1990 for over 900,000 sales, making it the artist's most commercially successful studio album in his home country. In total, the album received record awards for more than 3.2 million copies sold.
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Reviews | |
source | rating |
allmusic |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Australia (ARIA) | 4 × platinum | 280,000 |
Brazil (PMB) | gold | 100,000 |
Germany (BVMI) | gold | 250,000 |
France (SNEP) | platinum | 300,000 |
Canada (MC) | 2 × platinum | 200,000 |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | gold | 7,500 |
Netherlands (NVPI) | gold | 50,000 |
Switzerland (IFPI) | 2 × platinum | 100,000 |
Spain (Promusicae) | platinum | 100,000 |
United States (RIAA) | platinum | 1,000,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 3 × platinum | 900,000 |
All in all |
4 × gold 14 × platinum |
3,287,500 |
Main article: Elton John / Music Sales Awards
Individual evidence
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Chart tracking Sleeping with the Past on officialcharts.de
- ↑ DE: Gold
- ↑ UK: 3 × platinum
- ↑ Rating: allmusic.com