Sam Smith’s second album is about to land, and anyone in the music business will tell you it’s harder to pull off a success second time around. But Sam’s 2014 debut has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide to date — and the sole single in-between albums became the only James Bond theme ever to hit number one in the UK, and won him an Academy Award. So does that guarantee a second smash or just pile on the pressure? Well, one man might know. Sir Elton John may be many things — showman, philanthropist, husband, father, art collector, activist — but before he’s any of these, he’s a musician. A celebrated singer-songwriter with a career spanning six decades, more than 30 studio albums, countless singles, collaborations and compilations,…
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Attitude (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2017