Artist Information
Bernie Taupin has written the soundtrack to millions of lives over the last six decades. His legendary songwriting partnership with Elton John produced one of the most celebrated catalogs in popular music, while collaborations with artists including Willie Nelson, Alice Cooper, Starship, Courtney Love, and others have cemented his standing as one of the defining lyricists of the modern era. His work has earned an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize, induction into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and most recently, the Recording Academy's Trustees Award.
The Sea Has No Mercy arrives at a new creative peak for Taupin. Following the publication of his acclaimed memoir Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me, and with a feature documentary about his life and work currently in production, he turns the pen inward for the most personal project of his career.
His first solo album in nearly four decades—and the first he has written entirely on his own—The Sea Has No Mercy distills a lifetime of experience into ten songs that are reflective and revealing, vivid and thoughtful, sometimes hushed, sometimes joyful, and sometimes elegiac. Recorded in Nashville with producer Frank Liddell, the album features guest appearances from Brandi Carlile, Lee Ann Womack, and Taupin's younger daughter, Georgey.
