Elton John "The Fox" As Heard On XRT - August 2025 The Wallflowers successfully avoided sophomore

The Wallflowers successfully avoided sophomore slump with their double platinum-certified

but there is something I hadn't planned on that DID happen

ambient drones

It was initially released as a 7-song EP in December 1982 and later added 5 more songs and released as an album in October 1987

Elton John "The Fox" As Heard On XRT - August 2025 The Wallflowers successfully avoided sophomoreThe Fox is much loved by Eltons aficionados. It can be seen as a transitional work from the experimentation of his turn of the decade records to his creative rebirth two years later with Too Low For Zero. The Fox contains writing collaborations with Gary Osborne, Tom Robinson and Bernie Taupin. It was also one of the first albums to have a promo film for every track which was released as a long form video.