He Who Rides the Tiger
He Who Rides the Tiger is a 1980 solo album from longtime Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin. It is his second effort following his 1971 spoken word album Taupin. Taupin co-wrote all the songs in the album with The Buckinghams former guitarist Dennis Tufano and sang lead vocals in all of them. Although the album was recorded during a time when John and Taupin had interrupted their collaboration, John lent backing vocals on "Love (The Barren Desert)". The album was released on CD by American Beat Records on March 10, 2009.
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1979-1980 | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop | |||
| Length | 43:58 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Humberto Gatica | |||
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Track listing
All songs written by Bernie Taupin (words) and Dennis Tufano (music).
- "Monkey on My Back (The Last Run)" (4:04)
- "Born on the Fourth of July" (4:47)
- "Venezuela" (4:11)
- "Approaching Armageddon" (5:36)
- "Lover's Cross" (4:40)
- "Blitz Babies" (4:31)
- "Valley Nights" (4:23)
- "Love (The Barren Desert)" (5:32)
- "The Whores of Paris" (6:22)
Personnel
- Bernie Taupin - lead vocals
- Joey Carbone - keyboards
- Kenny Passarelli - bass guitar, vocals
- Dennis Tufano - rhythm guitar, vocals
- Carlos Vega - drums
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion
- Dee Murray - bass guitar
- Richie Zito - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Jeff Porcaro - drums
- David Foster - keyboards, synthesizer
- Tom Scott - saxophone, flute, lyricon
- David Hungate - bass guitar
- Steve Lukather - electric guitar
- Ralph Dyke - synthesizer, programming
- Jay Graydon - electric guitar
- Paul Lani - percussion
- Michael Boddicker - keyboards, programming, synthesizer
- Erich Bulling - charango, flute, acoustic guitar, ocarina
- Elton John - backing vocals
- Alan Gorrie - backing vocals
- Hamish Stuart - backing vocals
- Bill Champlin - backing vocals
- Venette Gloud - backing vocals
- Paulette Brown - backing vocals
- Tommy Funderburk - backing vocals
- Tom Kelly - backing vocals
References
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