Leather Jackets de Elton John
Álbum de Elton John
- Fecha de lanzamiento: 15 de Octubre de 1986
- Sello Discográfico: The Rocket Record Company
- Compositores: Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Cher, Gary Osborne
- Productores: Gus Dudgeon
Leather Jackets es un álbum de Elton John, publicado en 1986 por The Rocket Record Company. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «Leather Jackets», «Hoop Of Fire», «Don't Trust That Woman» y «Go It Alone».
Introducción: el fracaso comercial
"Leather Jackets" (1986) es el vigésimo álbum de estudio de Elton John y es tristemente célebre por ser su álbum peor vendido y peor recibido por la crítica en toda su carrera. Grabado en un momento de graves problemas personales para Elton, incluyendo su lucha con el alcohol y las drogas, y la presión de su vida personal, el álbum es un trabajo de pop rock de los 80 que se siente falto de inspiración y dirección. Es el único de sus álbumes de estudio de esa época que no ha sido remasterizado ni reeditado, un testimonio de la baja estima en que lo tiene el propio artista.
Contexto y grabación
Producido de nuevo por Gus Dudgeon, el álbum incluye colaboraciones con artistas como Cher (quien coescribió "Don't Trust That Woman") y un dueto con Cliff Richard en "Slow Rivers". Ni siquiera estas apariciones estelares pudieron salvar a un álbum que sufría de composiciones débiles y una producción genérica de los 80.
Resultados y acogida
"Leather Jackets" fue un fracaso comercial. Alcanzó un modesto puesto 24 en el Reino Unido y se estancó en el número 91 en Estados Unidos. Fue su primer álbum desde su debut que no produjo ningún single en el Top 40. La crítica fue unánimemente negativa, describiéndolo como un disco sin inspiración y el punto más bajo de su carrera. Hoy en día, es una nota a pie de página en su vasta discografía, un recordatorio de los desafíos que enfrentó a mediados de los 80.
Listado de Canciones
- Leather Jackets
- Hoop Of Fire
Letra
You say that all you want are the simple things Long walks on lonely beaches, guitars with nylon strings But underneath you'd rather leap through a hoop of fire You shy away from lips that want, that want to kiss you Tongue-tied on formal evenings, wealth don't impress you But if you ask me you like the heat in a hoop of fire And it's hard to read just how you feel or what your dreams desire Your pulse that races when I'm close reads like a hoop of fire Your pulse that races when I'm close reads like a hoop of fire No late nights making love in secret places You feel pressure all around you, mistrust in strangers faces But don't pretend you wouldn't spend some time in a hoop of fire But don't pretend you wouldn't spend some time in a hoop of fire - Don't Trust That Woman
- Go It Alone
Letra
It's so hard to say goodbye When there's nothing left to give When this house is just a hill of bones Where you and I once lived If we put it back together By the skin of our teeth You'd still pull it all apart Bit by bit, piece by piece And I'll go it alone Call this house my home Build it up again with someone new Build it brick by brick Till I find a girl that fits This home's a whole lot better without you There's no passion alive When you count your phony schemes And the cars you drive to buy your friends They don't ever come back clean If the cards on the table Always turn up spades The cards that always cheat the hearts The spades you play just dug my grave - Gypsy Heart
Letra
You win again, you gypsy heart I count the days that we're apart I sleep alone when you're away No sense in saying I wish you'd stay It's all the same, you never change You come and go just like the rain I pray each day that you are gone This time it won't be so long Your gypsy heart will never find Any arms as warm as mine And gypsy when we meet again I'll play my part And wrap you up inside my arms Oh you gypsy heart Your gypsy heart can always call When your back's against the wall And darling then I'll just pretend Right from the start You never left me on my own oh you gypsy heart I pray each day that you are gone This time oh it won't be so long - Slow Rivers
- Heartache All Over The World
Letra
Well I'm running away From this house on the hill There's a devil inside Sitting on the window sill And it's a wild Friday night And I'm all on my own I knocked on every door in town There ain't one little girl that's home And everybody's got a date And the ones that ain't are tired What the hell do you do on a weekend honey When your heart's on fire And you can go from Tokyo to Rome Looking for a girl But it looks to me like the weekend means Heartache all over the world Girls, girls, girls Have pity on me Oh it looks to me like the weekend means Heartache, heartache all over the world He's got lipstick on his collar She's got fishnets on her legs I'm at home and I've got nothing Just a cold and aching head There must be something dirty Just blame it on the magazines Don't read that trash it'll drive you crazy 'Cause the cops invade your dreams And everybody's got a date And the one's that ain't are tired What the hell do you do on a weekend honey When your heart's on fire - Angeline
Letra
Well I'm work shy, I'm wild-eyed So shut that door when the baby cries And keep me well fed, give me warm bread Lay my body on a feather bed And spoil me, Angeline Get to work when the whistle screams, Angeline Maybe someday, some way Somewhere in the future there's more pay Give me more cash, bring me sour mash Peel me a grape and fetch my stash And bite me, Angeline Let me use you like a s** machine, Angeline You've got to swing that hammer, punch that card Angeline I love you when you work so hard Swing that hammer and sew my jeans Angeline just loves it when I treat her mean Well I talk tough, I act rough Lay still honey I can't get enough And keep your nose clean, let me be On your knees when you speak to me And trust me, Angeline And talk real dirty and I'll make you scream Angeline - Memory Of Love
- Paris
- I Fall Apart
Letra
Without you I no longer swim upstream Where are you when I try to fill the spaces in between The red letter days and all the pain And while I remain shipwrecked everything has changed And I fall apart With this threat of indecision Hanging in my heart This house can get so lonely When the day grows dark And it seems to be the night time When I fall apart Can't you tell the shadows no longer comfort me I don't feel the need to cling to anyone I see This fool's suffered gladly each and every day I don't wish to reconsider, I wish they'd stay away I've no care to count the stares that pity me I'll wash your hurt away just you wait and see For every rose you give her I'll give her three But in the meantime I'll just wish that she was me