Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player

1973 studio album by Elton John

Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player is the sixth studio album by Elton John and was released on 26 January 1973. It topped the album charts in Australia, Canada, Italy, Norway, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. It went to number 2 in Finland and the Netherlands, number 4 in Denmark and Japan and number 12 in Germany.

Don't Shoot Me
I'm Only the Piano Player
Studio album by
Released26 January 1973
Recorded10-19 June 1972
StudioChâteau d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France; mixed at Trident, London
GenrePop rock[1]
Length43:05
LabelMCA (US), DJM (UK)
ProducerGus Dudgeon
Elton John chronology
Honky Château
(1972)
Don't Shoot Me
I'm Only the Piano Player

(1973)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
(1973)
Singles from Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
  1. "Crocodile Rock"/"Elderberry Wine"
    Released: 27 October 1972
  2. "Daniel"
    Released: 20 January 1973

Track listing

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All songs written and composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Daniel"   3:55
2. "Teacher I Need You"   4:10
3. "Elderberry Wine"   3:34
4. "Blues for My Baby and Me"   5:39
5. "Midnight Creeper"   3:52
Side two
No. Title Length
6. "Have Mercy on the Criminal"   5:58
7. "I'm Gonna Be a Teenage Idol"   3:56
8. "Texan Love Song"   3:33
9. "Crocodile Rock"   3:55
10. "High Flying Bird"   4:12
Total length:
42:45
Bonus tracks (1995 Mercury and 1996 Rocket reissue)
No. Title Length
11. "Screw You (Young Man's Blues)"   4:43
12. "Jack Rabbit"   1:50
13. "Whenever You’re Ready (We’ll Go Steady Again)"   2:51
14. "Skyline Pigeon" (Piano version) 3:56
Total length:
56:23

References

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  1. "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player - Elton John - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.