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A 30 thĪnniversary edition adds four bonus tracks (three of which are on Past Masters, plus an acoustic remix of “Candle (Well, side three is a little weaker, but whatever.) A couple ofĬaveats: at 76:20, this makes one awesome CD, so any bonus tracks mean it’ll beĪ less awesome two-CD set (with a corresponding increase in price). Twist (But She Can Rock & Roll),” the updated version of “Grey Seal”… this isĪ great album. And the gorgeous “Harmony,” and “Your Sister Can’t And “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding,” which “Saturday Night’s Alrightįor Fighting,” “Bennie and the Jets,” and the title track were all huge hits –īut that leaves out “Candle in the Wind,” which didn’t become a Billboard chart hit until the release ofĪ live version in 1987 (and then again in 1997 when the lyrics were rewritten after White Album) – but these are virtually all winners.
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Price as all of his single LPs to download on Amazon, which means it’s quite aĪlbums can be edited to one single (you can even make that argument for The Unfortunately, at 84:47 itĭoesn’t quite fit on one CD (there are some one-disc versions out there withįour songs removed, which should be avoided), which likely means people didn’tīuy it as often during the silver disc era as it stands now, it’s the same Partnership for a few years after this one came out. Heaven (What’s He Waiting For?)” reflect this. Seems to Be the Hardest Word,” “Someone’s Final Song,” and “If There’s a God in Unhappy when creating the album – Bernie was going through a divorce from hisįirst wife, while Elton was battling fame (he’d attempted suicide in Octoberġ975), so it’s a downer to listen to. Yellow Brick Road this was released as a double vinyl album, but unlike Goodbye Yellow Brick Road it could haveīeen made into a single pretty easily, and 2) both Elton and Bernie Taupin were ThereĪre two big issues at play here: 1) Like Goodbye The worst of that era (but around the middle of Elton’s albums overall). The last album of the “classic” period, and by all accounts This, I’ve never heard any of it except the title track (which missed the topģ0), and I don’t think I’d get this unless it was given to me – even then I’d Keyboards, and all of the songs are cowritten by Bellotte and otherĬontributors (Elton and Bernie Taupin were on a temporary break from oneĪnother) except for a remake of Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Elton does nothing on the album but sing he doesn’t play piano or
Showed that Giorgio and Donna brought a lot more to the table than you might Worked with Giorgio Moroder on most of Donna Summer’s best music, this only Through the Out Door, The Wall, and a few others released) – I looked at anĪlbum chart for early November 1979 and the only two MCA albums in the top 75īut here’s the kicker: only was it disco at a bad time, it was bad disco. Quarter of 1979 (which was an incredibly competitive quarter in the rock Looks like MCA didn’t have a lot of product in the marketplace in the fourth I have no way of confirming this, but to me it
Was still looking huge by the time of its release disco was becoming a dirty Recorded in August 1979 and probably written a couple months before, when disco MCA would have been better off not releasing this album. I’ve averaged the grades of the following books and web With the exception of a chunk of the albums from the classic years (I mean from Elton John through Blue Moves, or 1970 through 1976) and a few shortly thereafter, I couldn't sing any songs in the car other than the hits.
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With the movie Rocketman coming out shortly, I thought it was time for a fresherīear in mind I am not an Elton John expert, although I do own over 80 percent of the albums on this list (I am missing six, plus I own another three only on vinyl or cassette, which means I haven’t heard those three in a long, long time). Is certainly useless for Elton John, who has released a steady stream of music The critical scores for recent albums – but they don’t go back very far. There’s a web site called Metacritic that tries to address this by averaging It’s easy enough to go to the classics, and most rockĬritics aren’t much help – my experience is an artist’s output over the first With heritage artists, it’s often hard to decide what studioĪlbums to start with.