Too Low for Zero

Too Low for Zero
Studio album by
Elton John
Released30 May 1983
RecordedSeptember 1982 – January 1983
StudioAIR (Montserrat) and Sunset Sound Recorders (Hollywood, CA).
GenreRock, pop rock
Length44:23
LabelGeffen (US)
Rocket (UK)
ProducerChris Thomas
Elton John chronology
Jump Up!
(1982) 		Too Low for Zero
(1983) 		Breaking Hearts
(1984)
Singles from Too Low for Zero
  1. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
    Released: April 1983
  2. "I'm Still Standing"
    Released: 3 July 1983
  3. "Kiss the Bride"
    Released: October 1983
  4. "Cold as Christmas (In the Middle of the Year)"/"Crystal"
    Released: November 1983
  5. "Too Low for Zero"
    Released: 1984

Too Low for Zero (stylised as 2 ▼ 4 0) is the seventeenth studio album by Elton John and was released on 30 May 1983. It went to number 2 in Australia and New Zealand, number 5 in Germany, number 6 in Norway, number 7 in Spain and the United Kingdom, number 17 in Canada and number 25 in the United States.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, except where noted. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Cold as Christmas (In the Middle of the Year)"   4:19
2. "I'm Still Standing"   3:02
3. "Too Low for Zero"   5:46
4. "Religion"   4:05
5. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (Music: John, Davey Johnstone; lyrics: Taupin) 4:41
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Crystal"   5:05
2. "Kiss the Bride"   4:22
3. "Whipping Boy"   3:43
4. "Saint"   5:17
5. "One More Arrow"   3:34
Total length:
 44:23
  • Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues.
Bonus tracks (1998 Mercury reissue)
No. Title Length
11. "Earn While You Learn" (Lord Choc Ice (John)) 6:46
12. "Dreamboat" (Music: John, Tim Renwick; Lyrics: Gary Osborne) 7:34
13. "The Retreat"   4:46
Total length:
 63:31