Elton John vs Pnau - Good Morning To The Night

Good Morning To The Night is a remix album by British singer-songwriter Elton John and Australian electronic duo Pnau, originally released in July 2012 via Mercury Records in the UK and Cassablanca Records in the US.

Elton John listened to a Pnau album during one of his visits to Australia and was immediately impressed, signing them to his Rocket Management label. He granted Pnau access to his original master tape recordings from his 1970s catalogue and the band members spent time listening to all his early albums, focusing on the less commercial numbers to identify elements of songs that could be re-worked together to create a new set of remixed material.

The resulting album Good Morning To The Night contains eight remixed tracks mixing elements of Elton John’s lesser-know material, creating an uplifting and moving piece of work. The title track is based around a line from the song “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” that is catchy and integrates the keyboards from “Funeral From A Friend” seamlessly.

The single “Sad” released from the album is another dance track that cruises along combining melodies from “Curtains” and “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word”, making a completely new song out of the snippets from the originals.  “Telegraph To The Afterlife” evokes moods of Pink Floyd with the eerie vocal line “Hello, Hello, Hello”, and the album closes with another mood piece “Sixty”, a re-working of “Sixty Years On” combining snippets of the original studio recording, plus live recordings made in 1970 and in 1986 with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

This is an imaginative remix album that avoids the commercial hits of Elton John, creating something refreshing and charming.

The album debuted at #1 on the UK Albums chart and also reached #40 in Australia.

Check out the tracks:  “Sad”; “Good Morning To The Night”; “Sad (Live)”; “Good Morning To The Night (Live)”; “Telegraph To The Afterlife” and “Karmatron”.

This LP record is a 2018 Record Store Day limited edition of 1,100 copies pressed on 180 gram clear vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve, with printed inner sleeve and digital download code, pressed in Europe.

 

Here is a listing of the song elements used to create each track on the album.

1. Good Morning To The Night

Includes Elements from the following original Elton John Sound Recordings:

• Philadelphia Freedom
• Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
• Funeral for a Friend
• Tonight
• Gulliver/It's Hay Chewed
• Sixty Years On (Live in Australia)
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
• Someone Saved my Life Tonight

2. Sad

Includes Elements from the following original Elton John Sound Recordings:

• Nice and Slow
• Crazy Water
• Curtains
• Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word
• Friends

3. Black Icy Stare

Includes Elements from the following original Elton John Sound Recordings:

• Cold Highway
• You're So Static
• Solar Prestige a Gammon

4. Foreign Fields

Includes Elements from the following original Elton John Sound Recordings:

• Pinky
• Someone Saved My Life Tonight
• High Flying Bird
• Sweet Painted Lady
• Cage the Songbird
• Chameleon

5. Telegraph to the Afterlife

Includes Elements from the following original Elton John Sound Recordings:

• Harmony
• We All Fall in Love Sometimes
• Funeral for a Friend
• Sweet Painted Lady
• I’ve Seen That Movie Too
• Love Song
• Indian Sunset

6. Phoenix

Includes Elements from the following original Elton John Sound Recordings:

• Grey Seal
• Are You Ready for Love
• Bennie and the Jets
• Someone Saved My Life Tonight
• Where to Now St Peter?
• Love Lies Bleeding
• Border Song
• Country Love Song
• Three Way Love Affair

7. Karmatron

Includes Elements from the following original Elton John Sound Recordings:

• Madman Across The Water
• Funeral for a Friend
• Stinker
• The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)
• Tonight
• One Horse Town
• Screw You

8. Sixty

Includes Elements from the following original Elton John Sound Recordings:

• Sixty Years On
• Sixty Years On (Live in Australia)
• Sixty Years On (Live 17-11-70)
• Indian Sunset