The Diving Board

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The Diving Board
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Studio album by
Elton John
Released13 September 2013
RecordedJanuary 2012, January 2013
Studio The Village, Los Angeles, California
Length57:45
Label
Producer T Bone Burnett
Elton John chronology
Good Morning to the Night
(2012)		The Diving Board
(2013)		 Wonderful Crazy Night
(2016)
Singles from The Diving Board
  1. "Home Again"
    Released: 24 June 2013
  2. "Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)"
    Released: 28 August 2013 [1]
  3. "Can't Stay Alone Tonight"
    Released: March 2014

The Diving Board is the twenty-ninth studio album by English musician Elton John. [2] It is the second of his studio releases since 1979's Victim of Love without any of his regular band members. [3] [4] The album was released in the United Kingdom on 16 September 2013 and debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart, his highest-charting studio album in his home country since 2001's Songs from the West Coast , and at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. It is also his highest-charting solo album in the United States since Blue Moves in 1976.

Contents

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, a video for "Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)" was released on YouTube.

Production

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." [5] The Diving Board was initially written in two days. [6]

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. [7] Later, it was pushed back again.

It was revealed on 28 September 2012 in Rolling Stone magazine that John was dissatisfied with the balance on the album and that he had started to write more new songs for the album. He believed that many of the songs had a theme and that he wanted to write more songs after sitting on the project for so long. [8]

During a concert at the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia on 10 November 2012, John revealed that The Diving Board's release would be pushed back further, to May 2013. [9] The delay in release was because John was to record more material for the album with Burnett in January 2013. [10]

On 8 January 2013 it was revealed by Taupin's website that the title of the album had been changed from The Diving Board to Voyeur. [11] [12]

An article on Billboard published on 23 February 2013 revealed that the release date had once again been pushed back, this time until September 2013; the title of the album was back to The Diving Board again. The article also revealed the revised track list, which includes four new songs mixed in with the original material. A song originally stated for release on the album, titled "5th Avenue", had been dropped. John called the revised album "The most piano-oriented album of my career" and said "It's my most adult album". [13] In total, the album's release had been pushed back four times.

The album's premiere single "Home Again" was released on 24 June 2013, the same day the album became available for pre-order. [14]

On 28 August 2013, a video for "Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)" was released on YouTube, being the album's second single. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [15]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [16]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [17]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [18]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [19]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [20]

Critical

The Diving Board received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 24 reviews.

Many critics praise the album as a "great return to form" and one of John's best albums of recent years and of his career. [18] Alan Light of Rolling Stone gave the album a four star review commending its spare instrumentation and focus, saying that John has "regained his sense of musical possibility and taken a brave, graceful jump". [20] Robert Hilburn, who famously reviewed John's American debut at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, praised The Diving Board's "finely crafted and deeply moving" songs that celebrate the past in a "fresh and revealing" manner. Hilburn goes on to say that if these songs had been played at the Troubadour in 1970, John would still have been "showered with applause and acclaim". [21] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic was less enthusiastic. In a mixed review, he stated that the album is an "exceptional idea in theory; in practice it is ever so slightly formless." [16]

Commercial

In the United Kingdom, The Diving Board reached No. 3 on the album chart on its first week of release behind indie rock band Arctic Monkeys and Swedish dance music producer Avicii, [22] selling 22,000 copies in its first week. The album was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry on 10 January 2014, signifying sales of 60,000 copies in the UK. In the United States, the album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on its first week, with 47,000 copies sold. It is Elton John's 18th top 10 album on the chart. [23] As of December 2015, the album has sold 150,000 copies in the US. [24] It also debuted at No. 7 on the Canadian Albums chart. [25]

The single "Can't Stay Alone Tonight" became Elton John's 70th song to appear on the Adult Contemporary chart in the US, further extending his record for the most appearances on that chart that first began with "Your Song" in 1970. [26]

Accolades

Rolling Stone placed the album at No. 25 on its list of the 50 Best Albums of 2013. [27]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Bernie Taupin; all music is composed by Elton John

No.TitleLength
1."Oceans Away"3:58
2."Oscar Wilde Gets Out"4:35
3."A Town Called Jubilee"4:30
4."The Ballad of Blind Tom"4:12
5."Dream #1" (instrumental interlude)0:40
6."My Quicksand"4:47
7."Can't Stay Alone Tonight"4:48
8."Voyeur"4:16
9."Home Again"5:01
10."Take This Dirty Water"4:25
11."Dream #2" (instrumental interlude)0:43
12."The New Fever Waltz"4:38
13."Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)"3:34
14."Dream #3" (instrumental interlude)1:37
15."The Diving Board"5:59
Total length:57:45
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
16."Candlelit Bedroom"4:14
17."Home Again" (live from Capitol Studios)5:19
18."Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)" (live from Capitol Studios)4:28
19."The New Fever Waltz" (live from Capitol Studios)4:42
Total length:76:28
Super deluxe edition bonus DVD: Live from Capitol Recording Studios
No.TitleLength
1."T Bone Burnett Introduction" 
2."The New Fever Waltz" 
3."Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)" 
4."Home Again" 
5."Behind The Diving Board with Elton John" 
6."Closing Credits" 
Target.com USA and Japan limited edition
No.TitleLength
1."Oceans Away"3:57
2."Oscar Wilde Gets Out"4:35
3."A Town Called Jubilee"4:29
4."The Ballad of Blind Tom"4:12
5."Dream #1" (instrumental interlude)0:39
6."My Quicksand"4:46
7."Can't Stay Alone Tonight"4:48
8."Voyeur"4:16
9."Home Again"5:01
10."Take This Dirty Water"4:24
11."Dream #2" (instrumental interlude)0:43
12."The New Fever Waltz"4:38
13."Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)"3:33
14."Dream #3" (instrumental interlude)1:36
15."The Diving Board"5:55
16."Candlelit Bedroom"4:13
17."Gauguin Gone Hollywood"4:18
18."5th Avenue"4:22
19."Home Again" (live from Capitol Studios)5:19
20."Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)" (live from Capitol Studios)4:27
21."The New Fever Waltz" (live from Capitol Studios)4:42
Total length:84:54

Editions

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart performance for The Diving Board
Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [33] 26
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [34] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [35] 33
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [36] 20
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [37] 7
Croatian Western Albums [38] 9
Czech Albums Chart [39] 11
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [40] 6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [41] 22
French Albums (SNEP) [42] 29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [43] 11
Irish Albums (IRMA) [44] 14
Italian Albums (FIMI) [45] 12
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [46] 100
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [47] 20
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [48] 10
Scottish Albums (OCC) [49] 3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [50] 36
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [51] 42
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [52] 7
UK Albums (OCC) [53] 3
US Billboard 200 [54] 4
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [55] 6

Certifications

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RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [56] Silver60,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelCatalog
Australia [57] 13 September 2013CD, LP, digital download Mercury Records 3744867
United Kingdom [58] 16 September 20133744867
United States/Canada [58] 24 September 2013 Capitol Records B0018688-02

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