Jump Up! by Elton John

Jump Up!, Elton John's 16th studio album, arrived in April 1982 with Chris Thomas in the producer's chair. The Rocket Record Company issued it across most of the world, while Geffen Records handled the US and Canada. It's a rock record first and foremost: the piano still leads the charge, the arrangements come punchy and bright, and the whole thing moves like the work of a man with sixteen albums behind him and no plans to ease off.

The song that still surfaces from it on RockLists countdowns is "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)". American buyers made up their minds fast enough, too: by November 1982 the RIAA had certified the album gold.

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