Elton John and Brandi Carlile announce joint album ‘Who Believes In Angels?’
The pair have shared the title track and also announced details of a one-off gig at the London Palladium next month
By Nick Reilly
Elton John and Brandi Carlile have announced they’ll team up on Who Believes In Angels?, a new collaborative album from their pair.
The British music icon and the celebrated Americana star have today (February 5) announced that the album will arrive on April 4 via Island EMI and also shared its soaring title track.
The pair were already firm friends before they enlisted the help of Grammy-winning producer Andrew Watt and headed into Los Angeles’ Sunset Sound Studios in October 2023 to create the record in just 20 days.
The album is a unique mix of songs both by both artists, with Elton’s long term collaborator Bernie Taupin and Brandi both contributing lyrics, backed by a world class band of musicians comprising of Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Pino Palladino (Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan and David Gilmour) and Josh Klinghoffer (Pearl Jam, Beck).
Fans can watch a short film on its creation here, while those who pre-order the album here can have the chance to access tickets to ‘An Evening With Elton John & Brandi Carlile’ at The London Palladium on Wednesday, March 26.
Elton said: “This record was one of the toughest I’ve ever made, but it was also one of the greatest musical experiences of my life. It has given me a place where I know I can move forward. Who Believes In Angels? feels like going into another era and I’m pushing the door open to come into the future. I have everything I’ve done behind me and it’s been brilliant, amazing. But this is the new start for me. As far as I’m concerned, this is the start of my career Mark 2.”
Brandi added: “I’m still reeling from the fact that I got to do it. I think all ships rise with Elton John’s standards for songwriting, and it was an incredibly challenging and inspiring environment to work in, everybody throwing in ideas, everybody listening to everybody else’s ideas. It felt like a family. The world is a wild place to live in right now. It’s hard to find peace and triumph. It’s a radical act to seek out joyful and euphoric happenings. And that is what this album represents to me.”
Check out the tracklist in full below
- ‘The Rose Of Laura Nyro’
- ‘Little Richard’s Bible’
- ‘Swing For The Fences’
- ‘Never Too Late’
- ‘You Without Me’
- ‘Who Believes In Angels?’
- ‘The River Man’
- ‘A Little Light’
- ‘Someone To Belong To’
- ‘When This Old World Is Done With Me’