Blue Moves Songwriting Credits by Elton John

Blue Moves is the eleventh studio album by Elton John, released in October 1976 on Rocket Records and produced by Gus Dudgeon. The ambitious double album was both a critical and commercial disappointment on its initial release, with reviewers finding it overlong and self-indulgent compared to the focused songwriting of his mid-1970s peak. In retrospect, the album is better appreciated as Elton's attempt to process the emotional exhaustion and growing personal darkness of his years at the top, with the introspective 'Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word' and 'Cage the Songbird' among the most emotionally resonant songs he had yet recorded. The album still reached the top five in both the UK and the United States, demonstrating the commercial goodwill built up over five years of extraordinary output. Blue Moves marked the end of Elton John's first great creative era.