
Album · 2013
The Diving Board
by Elton John
The Diving Board is an album by Elton John, released in 2013 on EMI, with 19 tracks.
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19 tracks · 76 min

Album · 2013
by Elton John
The Diving Board is an album by Elton John, released in 2013 on EMI, with 19 tracks.
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19 tracks · 76 min
The Diving Board is the 31st studio album by Elton John. It is his 30th solo album and the second of his studio releases since 1979's Victim of Love without any of his regular band members. The album's premiere single "Home Again" was released on 24 June 2013, the same day the album became available for pre-order. On 28 August 2013, "Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)" was released on YouTube's Video, which acted as the album's second single The album was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin and produced in Los Angeles by The Union producer T-Bone Burnett. Burnett suggested that John return to the piano, bass and drums format of his very early years and the result, John says, is "the most exciting solo record I've done in a long, long time." The Diving Board was written in two days. The album's release date was pushed back: though the record was originally planned for release in the fall of 2012, it was revealed on Taupin's website that it would instead be released in February 2013 for promotional reasons. More recently, it has been pushed back again; September 2013 is the current release date. It was revealed on 28 September 2012 in Rolling Stone magazine that John was…