Reviews (page 10 of 14)
This album is, at points, very good, like on the opening suite Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding which is one of the best thing Elton John ever produced. Unfortunately, its length and fillers are big downsides that keeps it from true perfection. 7,5/10
Really good album. The first song is 1/2 of the album, but it's got energy and spirit.
Banger after banger on this bad boy. One I would like to add to my collection.
Ok
A lot of classics, but kind of overstuffed.
Although Elton and Bernie’s collaboration produced many great albums and many excellent songs across many albums, it is this album where all their production and songwriting strength is brought to bear. For me, this is the Deep Cuts album par excellence. Of course this album has unassailable hits like the title track and “Candle in the Wind”, a song that—like “Yesterday”—is ingrained in pop culture consciousness, but the glue that holds it all together is surprising high quality of the deep cuts. Just listen to “This Song Has No Title”, a throwaway track if there ever was one—but it is? One doesn’t waste such poetic lines as “born on the breeze and die on the wind” on throwaway songs. Or what about the reversed weeping guitar solo on “I’ve Seen That Movie Too”? Brilliant stuff that really sweeps you away. Even the vibraphone and violin on “Sweet Painted Lady” perfectly paints the charming atmosphere of some seaside debauchery. This is without a doubt one of the greatest double albums of all time. So kick back and enjoy Elton at his most beautiful and symphonic and melodious and harmonious, but also enjoy the grit and vinegar sprinkled throughout!
A pastiche pop album, it's fun, it's got nice surprises. Your Sister can't Twist (but she can rock'n'roll) and Bennie and the Jets as songs are very catchy. Production 2/5 Fun 4/5 Nostalgia 1/5 Musicality 2.5/5 Singing 4/5 [Best Song for my album nr. 10; Pavement Slanted and Enchanted is Two States]
I listened to this in the car, so I didn't really get a chance to pick standouts, but they're kind of obvious in this context. The album starts out super strong, but there's just too much time in between heaters for this to be a 5 in my eyes.
Some of Elton's best work
Cor, there are some big hitters on here. None more so than the title track, which is possibly Elton’s best, in my opinion. The album tracks are mostly very good too, but not always - it would probably benefit from being a single disc, and cutting a chunk out of the middle (tracks 7-11, for instance) would be the easiest way to achieve that. Still, it’s got me excited to see the big man on the Pyramid Stage next year.
Every song on the first side was a hit. Funeral for a friend is an epic masterpiece of music. The whole album is great overall, Saturday nights alright for fighting was the other hit off this album. It all flows together nicely. Great album
I rock musical/opera style epic from Elton’s imperial period
Classic
Poprock, virkelig catchy, rammer lige på, bare bundsolidt
The only Elton John album that I have ever had time for. Stand out.
4 or 5 great songs on this album and no real duds. Lots of different genres but nothing sounded forced. Great storytelling and very much worth a listen. Album is a little too long otherwise I'd probably give this 5 stars.
It seems like he threw everything at this album... and it works for me.
favourite song: i've seen that movie too least favourite song: jamaica jerk off really really solid album. kept my attention very well despite its length and very rarely got tiresome or boring.
Good job Sir.
I wish it gave me this on a saturday
afude
elton john - goodbye yellow brick road (1973) notes - classic alert!!! - what a big boy - 14 song double album - first half is just banger after banger - loses it in the middle a bit - but ends off strong with the song harmony - love the little synth accents sprinkled throughout the album and how they pair with his piano playing fav - goodbye yellow brick road - one of the greatest chord and melody combos ever - dissillusionment of fame least fav - your sister cant twist - jamaica jerk off ALMOST a 5, but a few songs i felt werent on the same level as others 4.5/5
This album starts extremely strong - first four all classics. It fades after that. Still great.
Better than I expected out of it
This was fantastic. A lot of classics that were fun to revisit and some new songs like Jamaican Jerk that were fun to discover. Will definitely be returning to this.
Didn't like every song but there are a lot of good ones for sure.
Alternately brilliant and bloated, this was the declaration by Elton John that he was here to stay. Excellent album if marred by a couple of clunkers.
Was a little long but some real classics on here. Also loved the opener.
I didn't realize how sassy he was in these early albums.
lots of great tunes. never rated Elton as I grew up in the MOR/Cocaine era Elton but have come to apricate his earlier work a lot more in recent years
Amazing singles, some good deep cuts.
Great album, but a tad bit too long.
Really enjoyed this. Could have done without Jamaica Jerk-Off. (Haha, I see I’m not the only one who feels that way.)
Fabulous. Was on the road to five stars when suddenly “Jamaica Jerk-off” came on and I thought, “No Sir Elton, you have to be penalized in some form for that.”
I like most of this, but I love Grey Seal the very most. Incredible variety for a man with a piano, but yeah.... sometimes he really misses (Jamaica Jerk Off).
Glamorous. Like the big jewel in the middle of the fancy brooch, this flashy album is set right in its time period. Elton is having the time of his life and railing away on that piano, no doubt dressed in his signature extravagant outfits. It’s definitely Stadium Rock, the type of anthems that only sound good when 50,000 people are squished together in an arena listening to them. The songs started to sound the same somewhere in the middle, but there are some iconic and legendary songs on here. Bonus points for thinking it was “electric boobs” and not “electric moves” until I was 20, and for the rocking cover art. My favorites: Candle in the Wind, Bennie and the Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Harmony
I mean, it’s Elton John… Jamaica Jerk Off, though? No
excellent c'est tout
I have never heard a full Elton John's album and only now I can tell that it was a great mistake. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is a charming piece, consisting of compositions from a wide variety of genres, like rock, pop, rock'n'roll, country and many, many more subgenres of above. In general, Elton's voice, his pugnacity, showmanship and uniqueness, make it a genre of its own. I understand that this album has received plenty of awards and is internationally recognised, but I am honestly surprised that songs from this record aren't more popular on radio air, or in popculture, and instead we are being tortured with 20 different remixes of "Cold Heart" and "I'm Still Standing". Unless I have been mistaken, the album is still extremely popular, and I've been living under a rock for all those years. The album starts very strong, with my favourite composition "Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding". Beautiful song with a great instrumental part, evoking many emotions, but still very entertaining and catchy. It has some resembling to progressive songs of the time, not only by structure, but also by length. The bar has been set up very high with this one, and truth to be told, it was very hard to match the energy and the complicated and complex part like this. After this song album slows down a bit and gives a lot more room for Elton John's voice to be at front. And even though it's the most sensible decision, I am a little bit disappointed the record didn't move in the direction of "Funeral For a Friend". Second part of the album explores multiple genres, we have a few ballads, couple rock'n'roll tunes, a country song, but everything is intertwined by a great voice and talent of Elton. I am very surprised at the quality of this album (positively, of course) and I am sure I will come back to this album times and times again.
A great glam rock album, with highlights for me being Dirty Little Girl and Grey Seal.
4.25
9/10. His best album
The record that defined Elton as we know him: the larger than life star. An album that showcases every aspect of his personality with a huge blockbuster sound. Three amazing singles, and another single that's unfortunately my least favorite EJ song ever. A variety of styles (both good and not so good) providing at least something that resonates for pretty much everyone.
Lovely stuff
Great album, but could be shorter. I love Elton John, so it was all great for me. I can see others finding this to be a bit of a slog.
Il y a un peu de remplissage sur cet album, mais il y a quand même 17 chansons dont 6 hits. De plus, le remplissage n’est pas ennuyeux, juste moins intéressant. Tout un album.
Je ne connais pas tant les albums d'Elton John, mais je pense que je peux affirmer sans me tromper que c'est mon préféré (même si c'est la première fois que je l'écoute en entier 🤣). Des mélodies biens construites avec une bonne dose de rock. Un classique et un essentiel de l'artiste (que je dois d'ailleurs me procurer...).
A phenomenal album! What a classic! Only held back by a few misses, but what a fantastic showing from the one and only Elton John.
Some really good stuff, from an era I really like. I can't believe I never listened to that!
Really impressed with the energy, a lot of classic songs on here too. Suffers from double album bloat, there’s a perfect album in there watered down slightly by a few clunkers.
Scattered thoughts. Elton John's falsetto made this nearly unbearable at times Otherwise, excellent songwriting with lots of dramatic chords like secondary dominants. I don't find the album ever reaches the heights that the first song achieves, however. I was never bored listening to this. Not a personal favorite but high scores for the complex songwriting.
Something for everyone. Literally, there’s a banjo in there Personally think it’s too long but there is some bangers in there, All the Girls Love Alice is a personal favourite
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road( is one of the classic albums of Elton John. It contains "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Bennie and the Jets", "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" and of cource the original (and best version of) "Candle in the Wind".
Heard a lot of these songs before. Did not know about the reggae song.
Probably his best album
It's a good thing Yellow Brick Road is a double: This second side is rockin' and rollin', and that trait is just what sets the album above typical Elton fare. Not that typicality is necessarily bad. Lyrics detail a love affair with show business, filling a welcome glam niche. The ballads scattered throughout are good. A few pieces (Dirty Little Girl) are well and truly weird. It's appropriate for the titular voice to be the connecting tissue of a pop album. Elton John's is a tad too nice for some of the cuts here, but it was never going to be a fully cohesive or eclectic record.
Discazo Candle in the wind es un temazo en su primera versión
A classic. Pretty good
About as good as expected. The feel loses steam over time, but double album and made it through which is nice.
In my humble opinion, what we have over here are: 1. Elton John's best album, and 2. Elton John's best song (the title track). Both of these say a lot, given Elton John is not exactly a slouch when it comes to producing classics. That said, I do think a shorter version of this album would have packed a bigger punch (and easily deserve the full 5 stars accolade).
TIL "Candle in the Wind" was originally about Marilyn Monroe. I knew Elton John was fantastic, but I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.
Benny!
Classic Reginald Dwight right here!
One's always dinged and (perhaps) underrated Elton for all the silliness and celebrity-ing. This is quality, with spirit and soulfulness in the playing and singing and no shortage of willingness to have some fun. One forgets how good songs like "Harmony" were/are. Perhaps the softening in one's cynicism toward certain stars is to be expected. 3.7 / 4
A sprawling, fantastical compendium of piano-driven soft rock that - somehow - manages to hit the mark, most of the time. Side one, which kicks off with 'Funeral for a Friend' and wraps with the helium-powered oddity 'Bennie and the Jets', is fantastic. Elsewhere, all the big songs - the title track, 'Saturday Night' - deserve their laurels. Brilliant pop music. I wasn't familiar with the rest, so was pleased to find some gooey, chewy stuff like 'I've Seen that Movie Too', 'Social Disease', 'The Ballad of Danny Bailey' and 'All the Girls Love Alice'; even the rather eccentric 'Grey Seal' possesses a kicky charm. Taupin's lyrics are ambitious throughout, but inevitably on a double album there's a bit of variance in quality. Some of the more pedestrian material has the whiff of clunky pub back room sing-alongs, but even this is elevated by John's charismatic performances. Yeah, really good.
Better than I remembered it - still sick of the "hits" but much of the rest really stretches out into interesting territory.
I know this record from the singles which are all hot fire. Listening to the whole thing makes it clear why it's considered his best record.
He made a point in glam rock.
3.5/5. It's Elton John. It's good, I'm just not the biggest fan of this type of music. This album is also pretty long.
According to Wikipedia this album is considered to be one of if not John's best works and I would have a heard time challenging that.
Aside from a couple of weaker songs (Jamaica Jerk-Off?), the album deserves its spot on this list as a masterpiece
4, very grand
A legendary and once in a lifetime musician. I loved this album so much. Bunch of hits on it.
Holy shit. I'm so sorry, Elton John. Can't believe I haven't heard a single one of his albums in full until now. While I can't give this full five-star treatment (there are a few skips for me), the vast majority of the deep cuts are enjoyable and this album absolutely deserves a place on a list of seminal albums in music history. Notably, you can hear the sonic influence here: "this song has no title" has a VERY similar opening piano line to Mika's "Underwater". I doubt that is coincidental; it's probably a direct homage, whether or not it's conscious. Fave track: torn between Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (reads like a synth version of Bohemian Rhapsody), or Saturday Night's All Right for Fighting (that guitar!!!)
Iconic songs, but there still are better albums out there.
I grew up with a Greatest Hits album — the one with Elton in a white suit and hat on the cover. I always assumed they had put a live version of Bennie and the Jets on it. Imagine my surprise when I later picked up Goodbye Yellow Brick Road — finally, the “album” version…
A pivotal Elton John album. The music sounds so good throughout- the high quality musicianship leaps out at you - and the production is excellent, sounding so grand. The four opening tracks are exemplary. For a double album you better be damn sure there’s enough material and unfortunately there are too many tracks without much to commend them (Jamaica Jerkoff being especially egregious). At times there’s a nastiness and misogyny to Taupin’s lyrics which jars today. So many stories here but very little emotional insight or poetry. But let’s be honest, we’re all here for Elton John’s performance and that shines across the record and the energy is infectious.
Jolly good!
Erittäin keinutteleva. Hyviä melodioita täynnä ja draamankaaria
Brilliant but sprawling album. Not always my taste but I appreciate how great it is.
I haven't listened to much of Elton John in my lifetime, but it was a strange coincidence I listened to the title track a few days before receiving this. It is definitely a good album, but it definitely had a mixtures of ups and downs. Elton's musicianship was brillian throughout though so I am glad I listened to one of his works in full. The first half would be a 5. Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding was a very interesting album opener that intrigued me immediately, and then you got Candle In The Wind afterwards which is a staple in pop music. Bennie And The Jets and the title track were excellent following tracks, and there are a few fun and sad songs to accompany the first half. On the second half I began to tire from investment. Found Your Sister Can't Twist and Roy Rodgers incredibly annoying, and was overall a bit bored with the rest except for Saturday Night's Alright and Harmony which brought me back to life. After this I found out that I probably won't become a massive fan of Elton, but can still come away liking several of his songs and appreciate his musicianship more so.
This is a damn fine album and for me just behind Madman Across the Water for EJs very best. The first 4 songs are basically classics and point to the stylistic chameleon EJ can be. A prog rock opus, a tender ballad, a straight up rocker and mid tempo beauty all done with drama and grace. There are a few silly one's the rest of the way (I'm looking at you Jamaica Jerk Off). But Grey Seal and especially Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, raise the bar once again. An excellent album 4.5 🌟
A gem!
Lots of 10/10 tunes and a few duds makes this a perfect 4 star. Also one of the greatest intro tracks I've ever heard
Absolutely bibbity bobbity bops Hadn't listened to this in a while but I know that I loved it! Was a bit obsessed while I was in Australia WHAT A BLOODY INTRO!! Candle in the Wind is just devastating Wowza I forgot how absolutely stacked this album is, obviously Bennie and the Jets absolutely slaps Goodbye Yellow Brick Road will always have a shiny emotional place in my brain I think, it's so short and yet it feels like a full story (I remember listening to it on loop on the metro in Sydney when I was feeling a bit homesick and weird) Oh the intro to Grey Seal is fabby!! Heck I remember this song now, its all fabby My attention started to drift a bit towards the end, it is quite a long album, but it is solid
When I was a kid, one of my go-to karaoke songs was "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". I never sat down to listen to the album proper, and honestly forgot about that until I did today. The record does a fantastic job of playing everything from shirt-rending wails of grief ballads, to drunken-knock-down-fight party songs. There's surprisingly little fat to trim here. It's also an impressive move to open a pop album with an 11 minute prog-ish song, and having it pay off is just another point in Elton John's favor. Favorite tracks: "Bennie And The Jets", "I've Seen That Movie Too", "Saturday Night's Alright", "Social Disease", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
I have heard so much Elton John, but for some reason limited to the his Greatest hits, likely due to the huge catalog that he has. Refreshing to listen the an album and a few new discoveries. Not sure if I would seek out again but if I want some Elton, then I'll put on an album in future. Also great to hear Candle in the Wind for who it was originally intended.
El mero mero estilo de Elton John. mis favoritas Candle In The Wind y Sweet Painted Lady. Roy Rogers también. Mi problema con este disco es lo largo, dos que tres suenan muy parecidas que se podrían recortar y hacer un turbodiscazo. Sólido 4.
Theatre kid yacht rock
Some of Elton John's best tracks are on this but I don't think his style of songwriting holds up over the course of a double album. Needs more of a narrative thread or something to do that. Still, it's a four for me just on the sheer strength of the singles that came from this.
Ohhhhh bloody hell this was great. I unashamedly a big Elton fan. Mostly since I saw him (for free!) a few years ago (my friends flat overlooks the cricket ground where he did a show). It was fantastic. I love how grand this album is. What a legend
ooooo what a banger
A lot of tunes on this one. Bit of a classic. If anything, it goes on a bit, though
Elton John is van vele markten thuis, en dit is dus een album bol goeie muziek. Al vind ik het misschien niet zo herluisterbaar
A fair dinkum classic.
This is a damn fine album and for me just behind Madman Across the Water for EJs very best. The first 4 songs are basically classics and point to the stylistic chameleon EJ can be. A prog rock opus, a tender ballad, a straight up rocker and mid tempo beauty all done with drama and grace. There are a few silly one's the rest of the way (I'm looking at you Jamaica Jerk Off). But Grey Seal and especially Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, raise the bar once again. An excellent album 4.5 🌟
Never have listened to this album before but was obviously pretty familiar with a lot of songs. The first song sounds a little like Elton John trying to play Rush (not in a bad way). I recognize Elton John is talented and get why people love him. I'm just not a huge Elton John fan... never have been.
I hate Elton John, but this is by far his most palatable album. I had the 45 of “Saturday Night” and remember listening to it with my sister as a kid.
A couple of great songs on here but too drawn out for top marks. I would have liked to have got this over a weekend to give it a really good listen but it feels like something I have to “give a chance” or put in effort to “get” it doesn’t just grab me as being amazing in its own right, as with a lot of Elton John stuff. Just not a big fan I guess.
C'était bien jusqu'à ce qu'il décrive des gamines de 16 ans comme des "dirty little girls" Prefs: Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Candle in the Wind, Bennie and the Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Grey Seal, Jamaica Jerk-Off, The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909–34), Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting, Social Disease Moins pref: Dirty Little Girl
Overall this is a fantastic album, but in my opinion it's one side too long. There are many so-so double albums which could have been outstanding single albums if the filler had been left out. With this that doesn't quite hold true, because in order to make it a single you'd have to throw away some good stuff along with the filler. If you could have a three-sided LP then this would be a great contender. If I never hear Jamaica Jerk-Off again I wouldn't be sad about it, and it's be a much better start to the album if it kicked off straight into Love Lies Bleeding. It's still a masterpiece, but it loses a star for the unnecessary filler.
Classic!
His masterpiece
Really liked this album. Intro and first track are fantastic. Benny and the jets is a horrible song.
I quite liked it overall although the body of work didn't match the highs and it was too long. Not sure whether 3 or 4 stars, if I could I'd give it 3.5 on the site. Still, that first song is a gem and I will listen to it regularly.
4/5 for me. I agree with the rest of you that it was way too long, and would add that it was too sprawling in terms of what it tried to cover. you've got: - big instrumental hovering between rock opera and prog rock (Funeral For a Friend) - ballad types (Candle in the Wind, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, This Song Has No Title, Grey Seal, I've Seen That Movie Too, Danny Bailey, Roy Rogers, Harmony) - Elton with attitude (Bennie and the Jets, Saturday Night, Social Disease) - reggae Elton (Jamaica Jerk-Off) - smutty Elton (Sweet Painted Lady, Dirty Little Girl, All The Girls Love Alice) - Elton the Beach Boy (Your Sister Can't Twist) Would have worked better as a double album, with the ballads on one disc. As it is, it doesn't really feel like an album, there's not much connecting the songs and the styles. That being said, there are some phenomenal songs on there, those first four is probably the best start to an album that we've had so far. Then you've also got Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting, which I knew coming into this and a couple of others (Roy Rogers and Sweet Painted Lady) which I didn't know before but really like.
Very good. Heard before.
Baladas de Elton John. Animadas. Un 4.
Un 4, casi 3
So dense. Curious about how Elton John got into ska.
Side A of this album is so strong. Had never listened to it in full before. Most of the hits are front loaded with the exception of Saturday Night's Alright. The middle of the album is blah and Jamaica Jerk-Off is almost unlistenable. But giving it a 4 for how strong it starts off with those hits. And a great album cover.
Top Tracks: > Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding > Bennie and the Jets > Goodbye Yellow Brick Road > I've Seen that Movie Too > Dirty Little Girl > All the Girls Love Alice > Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting > Harmony
An enjoyable collection of songs, including several monster hits, some surprises both pleasant (Grey Seal, Harmony) and quite unpleasant (Jamaica Jerk-Off). A tour-de-force of a great musical storyteller at the height of his powers.
Funeral for a friend, ha una lunga intro ed è una lunga intro all'album. Candle in the wind capolavoro, anche nella prima versione. Goodbye yellow brick road altro classico. Anche 'Saturday night's alright', ma le altre non mi rimangono molto, per questo non dò 5 stelle.
This is the 7th album from Elton John, and is regarded as his magnum opus as well as his best-selling album, after all of the popular songs on it helped this album sell over 30 million copies worldwide. The album is certified 8 times platinum in the US and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003. It's hard to find something to not like about this album. Every song sounds like a jam even the less popular ones, and the popular ones were such big hits that everyone knows them. Pop rock was a hot topic back in the 70's and 80's, but it still holds up today. I am glad to have finally had the pleasure of listening to this album in its entirety.
A good double album with nice piano-heavy music that however leaves me wanting a bit more. A bit more rock, a bit more prog rock and also a bit more diversity
This one started out rocking and ended kind of mellow. I was surprised at how many songs I knew off of it. Six recognized songs
Well, this is a pleasant surprise. Had heard the hits, but never really sat down to listen and couldn't get the Princess Diana association out of my brain. But a good listen - Benny and the Jets a standout.
Definitely plenty of great songs.
Super lekker, had echt cheesy dingen verwacht maar viel me alles mee
Nice to hear some old school Elton. Good dose of rock and
Never a massive Elton fan, but this is a damn fine album.
Es ist wie eine ganz große Show. Ich muss nicht alles mögen, um aber allem zu attestieren: großes Tennis! 3.5
What a wavy ass album, Elton John really is who tf he says he is lmao. Such great songs and ya, goodbye yellow brick road we're back to reality.
Always good
Pretty dmn good
War nie wirklich ein Elton Fan, aber er macht schon geniale Musik.
The image of Sir Elton was distorted into parody long ago and I've had an aversion to his flamboyant whimsy and overblown fame since I was a kid, not to mention the ubiquitous radio/MTV presence that killed his context. I put off listening to this record extensively, expecting it would be unbearably trite, dated and worn out. Who's the asshole now? I had never given this record a fair chance and yet right away I was bewildered and intrigued; from the opening ELO-esque spacey opera and then sweeping into waves of undeniably hooky, uplifting and endearing ballads I understood where all the adoration came from.
Great start. Lost steam near the end though.
absolute favourite of mine!
Not as bad as expected
Alcuni classici di Elton
There are a lot of hits on the album. However there are other songs that aren't that good. Still overall a good album.
Jamaican Jerk Off was awful -1 star.
Classic Rock album!
Look at those motherfucking high heels.
You don't expect an Elton John album to open with a bunch of Wendy Carlos style electronica. Or the bleakness of Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding. The next three tracks are all all time. Candle is my least favourite, probably because it was ruined by Greek Phil killing Ol' Jug Ears' ex missus. The original is still infinitely sadder and, ironically given his friendship with Di, more heartfelt. But Bennie and the Jets, and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road are all time classics and Taupin and John at there finest. Hard to even approach them with a critical mind. This Song Has No Title is still good, but suffers from its proximity to the aforementioned pile of genius. Grey Seal is fin too, and at the point it came in, the album required a change of pace. There is a bit of a lull from the cod reggae of Jamaica Jerk Off up to Danny Bailey, which picks up again (John shines when he's writing more biographically. Odd). About a minute longer than it needed to be though, with some extended piano camping at the end. It then hits a strong stretch of more rock n roll music from Alice to Saturday Night, which injects a lot more energy and life back into the album. This is sustained until the mediocre closer, Harmony. In conclusion, a lot of this album is brilliant. There are a couple of mediocre stretches it could do without, but definitely a great one.
The synth and bass work on some of the songs is outstanding :)
Pop, rock... Todo con un gusto impresionante. Tenía ganas de meterme con Elton y no ha defraudado. El que no haya de las que conozco me hizo relajarme y simplemente disfrutarlo. Trascendencia: 5. Entiendo que es muy buen disco, pero desde la ignorancia... Tan influyente ha sido? Género: 10. Pop/Rock de orfebre Personal: 8. Me encantó, si bien no he sentido la necesidad de volverlo a escuchar.
Didn’t have time to listen to much but some top songs from what I heard
this shit slaps
Classic Rock, calm sounds. Revisit
I definitely never listened to this front to back, and it’s quite good!
It has to be nearly forty years since I listened to the whole album. I remember the anticipation of its release in that it would be a double and whether it could hold the attention all the way through. Listening after such an interval it is striking how varied the music is given the way the two songwriters collaborate. There are some standout tracks, the opener is one of the finest of any album. The closer is pretty good too.
Epic opener and I never knew so many of these hits were on one record! I’ve definitely under appreciated Elton John
Great music. Like it a lot more than I thought I would.
Buen disco, el inicio es muy dramático y me gusta. Quizá un poco largo, pero igual tiene buen ritmo y no diría que aburre, sobre todo hay una variación de estilos y géneros. Me gusta también porque no conocía ningún álbum de Elton John hasta esta dinámica. Canciones preferidas: “Bennie and the Jets”, “I’ve Seen That Movie Too”, “Dirty Little Girl” “Saturday Night’s Alright”. 8.5/10
Pretty solid. Lots of good ones, but quite long.
Classic rock is classic.
Some of the most beautiful!
Isn't quite my favorite Elton John album, but really good.
This is rightly considered a classic.. early Elton was pretty prolific on banging out the tunes!
His early 70s stuff is amazing
I'm refusing to mark this down because of Candle in the Wind despite every desire to do so (a particular bugbear since Di Died on my 21st birthday). Can we accept that this is a great album? 4/5
Really beautiful album, a lot of memorable songs
So Bennie and the Jets is far and away the best song on this album. Side note: thanks to Diana’s “cute boots” story, I only hear electric boobs rather than electric boots and it makes me laugh every time. I hated the candle in the wind song that got popular following the death of Princess Diana (so many Diana references today!) and I had no idea at the time that it was a rewrite. The lyrics about Marilyn Monroe were way less sappy and more interesting. Not interesting enough for 5 stars but listening to this did make me want to go watch Rocketman so I will bump this up to 4 stars based the fact that my interest has been piqued.
I remember there was a time when you couldn’t listen to the radio for more than a few minutes without hearing Elton John. It's easy to see why it's his biggest selling album with it's 4 big hits. I think that Yellow Brick Road is autobiographical for Bernie Taupin, because of the line “I’m going back to my plough” and Bernie was a farmer, and still might be, in his retirement. The supporting tracks seem stronger than on Madman Across the Water. Funeral for a Friend is a good starter/song, some of the others less so, like Jamaican Jerk-off. Nice shoes.
this starts of with Elton's magnum opus - Funeral for a friend/love lies bleeding which in my opinion is one of his very best. The album also has some killer songs: Bennie, Candle in the wind and Saturday night. If he had released this as a single LP and left out some of the filler crap such as Jamaica jerk off and Roy Rogers this album would deserve serious consideration to be a 5 star album.
best so far, I guess. Elton John can sing, which I can't say for dylan
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Funeral For A Friend and Goodbye Yellow Brick Toad are masterpieces. Candle In The Wind, Bennie And The Jets, and Saturdays Night's Alright are very solid songs too. The rest of the album is still pretty good.
A massive album with some massive songs. Maybe it shouldn't have been a double, though? Best track: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Baladas de Elton John. Animadas.
Very good
Some great singles on this abum
"She's got electric boobs, but no-one knew" - is this peak Elton? Could well be - an insane number of hits here. Absoutely cannot give it 5 stars due to fucking Candle in the bastard Wind though.
Lots of great tracks. Some bad ones too. Album is coherent and follows a piano-centered rock album which isn't something I typically like much due to its repetitive nature. And with a full double album length, it does feel a bit tiring fitting the best songs near the front. But there's some variety here and there. There's a reggae song (which I hate but at least it was different), a rockabilly song ("Your Sister Can't Twist"), something that sounds like it came out of a Rolling Stones album ("Saturday Night's Alright"), and much more. I applaud Elton John's hard piano sound that creates a very distinctive rock identity and is used to make some of the best songs of the decade. It sounds like a great transition for me to learn how to play pop rock songs.
3.5 Easy, will listen again.
Pretty excellent all together. As a double album some tracks tend to drag, but theirs a lot of heat on here from big hits like Benny &the jets and Saturday Night-to lesser stuff like Jamaican Jerk Off which still slaps. Easily can be considered Elton Johns magnum opus
Roy Rogers rides again. Very catchy, good singles, nothing outrageous.
Classic. It does drag a bit and feels a bit bloated, but when it’s good, it’s truly great.
Piano-centric pop consistently does it for me. Several memorable songs I would enjoy hearing again
This guy fucks. // Favs: Funeral For A Friend / Candle In The Wind (?) / Goodbye Yellow Brick Road / I've Seen That Movie Too / Your Sister Can't Twist Score: Strong 4
Legendary. Would've given a 5/5 if sir Elton trimmed the album a little shorter.
Ahhh Duh.. Amazing album.
Classic tunes and more and more appreciation for how good a song writer Elton was
A lot of hits. B-sides is great too. Very blues heavy. Love "All Girls Love Alice" and "Funeral for a Friend".
Such a great album. Had not heard some of those since the 80's. Elton and Bernie were just starting to peak and the songs were powerful. Will listen again
Ein tolles uns vielseitiges Album! Viel mehr als nur Klavier! Candle ins the Wind hammer Lied!
So macht man gute Popmusik! Ich liebe es, wie abweichungsreich die Stücke sind - schon allein das erste. Popt, rockt, grooved, funked daher das Album - gerne immer wieder.
Erst wollte ich 5 Sterne geben, aber dann wurden mir die Lieder doch zu ähnlich. Es kommen bestimmt noch bessere Alben von Elton dran.
Eltons rock opera
Good stuff Elts
And to think this guy would get the chance to back up Years and Years at the Brits in 2021. A brilliant album with some absolute classics and rarely a missed step
After his first three albums with arranger Paul Buckmaster (self-titled, Honky Tonk Chateau, and Madman Across the Water), Elton John had nothing left to prove, artistically speaking. But Elton wasn't satisfied, setting his sights for superstardom, starting with Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was Elton's swing for the fences attempt, and damned if he didn't succeed. Elton streamlined his style, jettisoning the cinematic orchestrations of Paul Buckmaster, de-emphasing roots music, and simplifying the structure of his tunes somewhat, all to great effect, commercially. Ironically, far and away the best song on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the eponymous cut, with it's complex, winding structure and soaring multipart choruses. For a change, Bennie Maupin's lyrics measure up to the music. Such is the magic of this collaboration is that these two men somehow managed to get most of America to emphasize with a gay protagonist who engages in survival sex in the big city, passed around among friends by a rich benefactor, in 1973 no less! And there are more treasures. Candle in the Wind, which has become identified with Princess Diana, but which was actually written about Marilynn Monroe, is as tuneful and emotional a ballad as you could want. Bennie and the Jets, aside from being laden with hooks, has some ingenious instrumental interplay in the fade out. Sweet Painted Lady is uncommonly rueful and adult for a pop song. And, while I don't personally much enjoy Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting, it's a wonder of pop construction. Most of it is fairly straightforward rock 'n roll, but the long sustained note before the chorus and the wordless vocalizing that ends the chorus are pure genius. The first delays and sets up the chorus so when it hits, it's ten times as powerful as it might have been. The latter skillfully demarcates the choruses the verses. Unfortunately, on the rest of the album, there is more perspiration than inspiration, more workmanship than passion. The bridge and verses on Gray Seal are clumsy and forced, as is the chorus on This Song Has No Title, and I could enumerate many other examples. The thing is, such is the consummate craftsmanship of Elton John that these moments pass by painlessly, even pleasantly. It is tempting to give Goodbye Yellow Brick Road a full five stars on the basis of a handful of superb songs and overall stellar craftsmanship, but I can't. There are just too many songs that just aren't all that good. But I'll err on the side of generosity, as usual.
4/5 good album from Elton!
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@SHACK - who's your favourite Rocketman, Elton John or Kim Jong-un?
Great album that loses a star for the running time as I was waiting for it to finish by the end.
Enjoyed this. Encompassed sounds of the era with some absolute classics.
An exciting sensation
s éxitos del álbum ("Bennie and the Jets", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" y "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting")
Our dad is a huge fan of Elton and we have grown up with him around in some capacity but I don't think I've ever sat down to listen to an album all the way through (unless it was when I was little). This is a really fun album, the kind of thing that you play pool side or during a cook out. Elton always knew how to have a good time and translate that into his music. Favs were Saturday's Alright for Fighting and Bennie and the Jets. Classic album cover as well.
I didn't listen too much to Elton John's songs because I identify his songs as something for Sir and classy people, but this album absolutely changes my mind. I didn't love every song, but almost all songs sound very good to me. I'm able to identify much classic rock in these songs and I like it!
un 4, casi 3.
Elton worked a cobbled, oily orgy of piano for every track. Pretty damn good
Great but kinda long
At first I was a bit reluctant but, man, is this album a classic or what? Brilliant songwriting!
Overall good, an interesting mix of sad songs and fun rock.
Sir Elton! Never listened to a full album, but of course I know the hits, several of which are indeed on this album. Dad's a big fan, I'm sure he's enjoying getting this on the list. This is a very strong album, some great variety of sounds and songwriting. I was caught off guard by the reggae/ska track, and then laughed out loud when I saw it was called "Jamaican Jerk-Off." What a cheeky bastard. It loses steam on the back half, and maybe a little too long overall, but still a great album. Somehow I leave this album with the opening lyrics of "Tiny Dancer" stuck in my head, and that's not even on here. Favorite tracks: Saturday Night's Alright, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Bennie and the Jets, Funeral for a Friend. Album art: I like this one, cool art style. Elton John definitely not hiding who he is, you love to see it. 4/5
not bad some good time rock n roll
It was really enjoyable, solid album.
good album overall. some real classics on here
Epic and indulgent, ya know--Elton.
Solid album all the way through
What's not to like? Some amazing hits on here.
🤠
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Surprisingly good
Good album, some stuff I loved but not all of it, maybe a 3.5 here
Pretty solid album. Some truly timeless songs in there.
opening track SLAPPED. Come on its Elton, of course its gonna be good
Great Album, hopeful and anti-anxiety. Great as an album to listen while working alone at home in 2021.
Some amazing songs and a good composition but some tracks seemed out of place
Überraschender Einsatz von Synthesizer usw.
Classic!
Fighissimo
Thought I knew this album pretty well already, but looking over the track list there are a number of songs I’ve never heard before. Checking it out now. Really great. Parts are a bit samey.
Banger. Solid 4. Never listened to an Elton John album. Knew some songs on it, there were some other good ones. Ran long, 17 tracks. Like an hour and then some. Towards the end I was a lil tired of it, but I get why he's super famous, writes good music
Elton John is a beast.
Mere festligt end man skulle tro. Lidt ballader udover Candle in the wind, men ellers primært godt popmusik. Lidt langt og lidt for meget fyld
An album from Elton’s golden period. Good listen with big hit singles. Definitely warrants a listen and deservedly included in the 1001.
Good consistent album with some great tracks on it 7.5/10
A classic. If it had been a single album it would get a 5.
Like a dope rock opera.
Very beautiful, heartbreaking songs, side by side with energetic, fun songs. Closer to a 4.5 (jamaica jerk-off kinda sucks though)
Elton John is really cool—I wouldn't have thought so. I do prefer *Madman Across the Water*, but this is a rock-solid album too.
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Comes out with the bangers and then peters off a bit. More of an A side album
Feeling unease while listening to it. Idk why, pretty mid but it's listenable. The only songs that stood out to me was the intro track, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and Saturday Night's Alright
favorite(s): dirty little girl
Ok, not my style. I enjoyed the piano focus but other than that it was just another pop album...from years past.
some hits, some misses. there were a couple songs I liked especially more towards the start
buen álbum de Elton, lo banqué aunque no me pareció una locura
A lovely album, and one that I hadn’t heard from start to finish before. It felt very top-loaded but I very much enjoyed Roy Rogers towards the end. I understand the acclaim this record has received. Whilst not perfectly in my wheelhouse, I spent a nice hour and a bit with it. 3/5.
Look there’s no denying this is a good album, but top 100 albums of all time?
There’s a reason my algorithm always eventually serves me some Elton John, all roads lead to the yellow brick road. He spans genres, and this album is a perfect example of that. “Dirty Little Girl” is a sleeper.
3.5
Enjoyable but not my thing. RYM: N Saved a song: N
Onhan tämä kova lätty, valitettavasti se vain kärsii omasta pituudestaan. Kaikki biisit albumilla yksinäänkin ovat vähintään kolme tähteä, osa jopa sitä viiden tähden luokkaa. Olisipa osa niistä kolmista tähdistä dropattu pois, niin olisin jaksanut paremmin. Äärettömän hyvä albumi silti!
Mulla ei oo ennakkoon suhdetta Elton Johniin ja tää levy oli autokuuntelussa. Siksi en ihan saanut innostuksesta kiinni. Ei vienyt jalkoja alta, mutta vaatinee jatkoperehtymistä. Tuntui pitkältä enkä tunnistanut hittejä. Levynä vaikuttaa sellaiselta että tää toimisi varmaan, jos vähän jo tuntisi tuotantoa.
Sounds like great classic rock perhaps a little ahead of its time, reminds me of early 80s/late 70s classic rock, piano work and overall composition is great. I was unaware of how good at guitar this band can be. Some songs sound kind of samey, Candle in the wind was repetitive and boring, but some songs are classics, bennie and the jets, goodbye yellow brick road are both great. Jamican jerk, sucked holy cow there are some greats and there are some stinkers. Seen that movie too is pretty good. This is starting to get quite repetitive towards the end. OVERALL 5.45/10 or 2.73/5 Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding 7.5 Candle in the Wind 4 Bennie and the Jets 6 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 6.5 This Song Has No Title 5 Grey Seal 5 Jamaica Jerk-Off 3.5 I've Seen That Movie Too 7.6 Sweet Painted Lady 5 The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909–34) 5 Dirty Little Girl 4 All the Girls Love Alice 6 Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll) 6 Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting 5.5 Roy Rogers 5 Social Disease 6 Harmony 5
fun, exciting, fast, though also messy and chaotic at times too. this album really encompasses every musical aspect of elton john and it kinda makes sense why this is concidered his magnum opus. but i found it just a little too much all over the place and without a real direction. nothing but love for elton tho, he is an icon and a legend
I understand it is a very good album and classic. It just only had 3 songs I’d replay.
Meh, pretty gay, but I mean, he was gay so understandable
Enjoyable album bietjie lank van die songs was nie so great nie maar die eerste helfte was goed
Pretty good, hadn't really listened before and might revisit at some point. just something missing that stops it being a 4 for me.
This album made me take a week long break from the project. Not for any reason in particular, I just wasn't really inspired to sit down and listen to Elton John for 80 minutes. Like at all... but I hear this album is immaculate and I'd like to catch back up on the project so here we are! Elton wrote all the melodies (in 3 days), Bernie Taupin did all the lyrics (in 2.5 weeks). Hey! This is where Bowie recorded Low. He said the Chateau was haunted. The melody on the second half of track 1 is awesome, very driving. Is this Boner Music? Candle In the Rain was fun! This album is going to be dramatic huh. Bennie and the Jets is a classic - Tribe Called Quest sample. I wonder if this is another like... rockstar story sort of album, y'know? Ok every time I consume anything about this album everyone is like "wow I didn't realize how many of these songs I knew" and wow yeah. The first 4 might as well be a greatest hits compilation huh. I got distracted but I swear to god I heard a reggae song Your Sister Can't Twist is ridiculous. The circus music melody is notttt it Elton! Oh hey I do know Saturday Night's Alright! This guy has a really great voice I can't lie First song is fun but very long, pretty good though. Second one too! Not my style but it's well done. I DID hear reggae. Who would've guessed Jamaican Jerkoff is the track. It's actually not bad Breakdown in Grey Seal fucks Song bout prostitutes with an accordion.. it's ok. His voice still rules Ballad has a crazy piano solo towards the end Dirty Little Girl is great, dude is belting it Alice is also fucking crazy, less interesting but they're going off more I do not like Sister Can't Twist. Too silly, circus music. Roy Rogers is good.. a little country? Fuck it I'm gonna give Elton a 3 Love Lies Bleeding really is good, the intro is just soooo fucking long
Elton John's voice is amazing, but honestly, after This Song Has No Title it lowkey falls off but the music is still great
Some of these songs are classics and others are so so. Elton is a weird dude but a fun listen. 6/10 Top song... Bennie and the jets
There’s some good songs on this, but this double record got a bit long in the tooth for me.
75
A little too long. I was expecting to be annoyed but it was actually pretty good.
Listens: 2 Standout tracks: Bennie and the Jets, Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock'n' Roll), Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) I love a good Bennie and the Jets, and there area few tracks in the back half that are great, but this was a bit long for me. I have also been preoccupied today and didn't really get in any real active listening on the album. Listening was mostly done while doing the bedroom routine (the night before), making coffee in the morning and cooking dinner. BENNIE! BENNIE! BENNIE! and the Jets!
the world's first pop diva!!
some tracks are really good but i am just not a big fan of elton johns music
A mixed bag: some classics, some confusion Favourite track: Benny and the Jets
Its ok..
I've never understood his appeal but nevertheless, here we are. He can write and perform very popular music that I never am that excited to hear.
3/6
Good, enjoyable listen. I made art while listening to this album
there were good songs mid songs and wierd songs why is most of this songs are about somones sister 7/10
Seth - I was unaware Elton was more than just a pop singer/songwriter. His music blended a lot of elements: blues, classic rock, jazz and even country. Album is entirely too long with some songs going on and on for seemingly no ~good~ reason. Meh all around, amazing music but it just slogs on. Logan - Genre mixing was likable but overall it has an issue of songs sounding the same after awhile. Potentially due to the length of the album being too long. S - 3.4/5 L - 3.5/5
I like it
Some of this has aged exceptionally well — it could have been put out at any time in a 25-year period, maybe. And some of it is so distinctly from the 1972-74 period that it's spectacularly dated. That doesn't mean those tracks are _bad_, just that when I hear them I know precisely when they must have come out. Those tracks are the same jangly piano pop that Billy Joel was doing simultaneously. I'm really liking "Grey Seal" today.
Un comienzo espectacular que se desinfla desde la segunda canción. Luego, un empalagoso sonido completamente influenciado por la época; no encuentro nada sobresaliente, nada que me llame la atención más allá de los teclados. Rescato muy pocas canciones de un álbum que tiene ¡¡¡17!!! Mínimo la mitad debería gustarme sabiendo el estilo de música que hace Elton, que se asemeja más a mis gustos personales, pero no, por momentos me encuentro en un bache de melancolía muy setentosa que me dan ganas de vomitar. Le doy 3 estrellas por 2 cosas: 1.º, que se ve que Elton es un gran músico y se denota en sus canciones, pero no le encuentro algo característico ni sobresaliente de músicos de la época, y 2.º: porque no puedo poner 0,5, porque si no le daría un 2,5 estrellas. Decepcionante, por lo menos.
sorry I don't really like it
I'm not a big fan, could be worse, but not something I'd listen to.
Buenísima la música de Sir Elton. Del disco no resalto ninguna canción en especial, más que Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Muchas se me hicieron muy parecidas, pero a la vez pienso que es a propósito, como el hilo del disco. Me gustó.
Ma sooviksin anda talle hindeks 3,5 kui ma saaksin, sest seal albumis on nii palju ilusaid laule, aga samas ma ei kuula seda tüüpi muusikat oma vabast ajast. Nagu kogu minu kriitika on isikliku maitse põhine, kui stiil välja arvata, on vaieldamatult tegu imehea albumiga.
I liked it, some songs were too noisy or too disco for my liking. But great album.
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i generally hate elton john, but this was far better than expected, though way too long.
This was good. Not his best, a bit samey
Containing Elton John's two best songs ("Bennie..." and "Saturday..." and a handful of solid-but-not-spectacular songs, *Goodbye* is also dragged down by a number of inconsequential tracks. Cut this thing down to one LP and you'd have a much tighter disk.
There's only so much Elton John one can listen to before losing one's mind. Unfortunately a double record is too much.
I've never heard this end to end, but the hits are massive hits, and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - the song - is an all timer. So I went in excited. It's starts a bit rock opera. Not my thing, but that's OK. It's a big album, he's setting the scene. Then we go into a triple threat of bangers. Yeah, good stuff. Then This Song Has No Title hits and I'm losing the vibe a little, but that's OK. Then Grey Seal, not really sure where this album is going. Clearly not the concept album I thought it was. That's OK. Then Jamaica Jerk Off arrives and... 30 Rock did a better homage to Jimmy Buffet than John and Taupin manage here. It's TERRIBLE. Genuinely bad. I've Seen That Movie Too starts to get things back on track, but then we get a run of three more stinkers - Sweet Painted Lady (terrible), The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (slightly better but only slightly), culminating in Dirty Little Girl which was just as bad as Jamaica Jerk Off. So I look it up, because seriously, WTF are they doing here and apparently it's a satire! Well that makes it better! Oh wait, no it doesn't because now it's not just a shit song, it's a shit satire too. A little further down the track we get Sister Can't Swing, a lesser version of Crocodile Rock I guess. But heck, I can forgive it because... Oh wait... It just went into circus music. I take all that back. I can't forgive it. It's another stinker. Which almost makes me hate the next song but no, while I never thought Saturday Night's Alright was one of Eltons best I'm now discovering it's most definitely not one of his worst! What a mixed bag. The highs are high, but the lows are just awful. He could have made one of the greatest albums ever if it was a single, but instead he made it a double and I can only think people still call it a great because they forget all the garbage mixed in there.
Eh its Elton john. Its not amazing and its not bad. Its somewhere in the middle. Dude can write a song. I cant deny thay but are they songs that im looking to listen to? Not really alot of the times. There are some good songs here but I got 4 out of a double album and most of them I knew before. BENNY is probably my favorite cause of Stewie in highschool screaming thay randomly cause the spanish teacher hated Elton John. Its just the best overall song as well. All the girls love Alice was the standout of the songs I didnt know beforehand. It just ahs energy and I can get behind that. Bro can tickle the keys too. I'll give him that. Never in a razzle dazzle type way but its good for the part it plays. I dont dislike this record and I dont love it. Its just kinda fine. There are both much worse and much better records. About as in the middle as I can see a record being for me.
Fun and catchy album - nice way to start the week off. Has recognizable tracks, not my absolute favorite but a pleasant way to spend an hour or so. Definitely like the humor in the music.
im so young i didn't know what kind of style elton john had, and this being the first album i listen by him is amazing, i really like it!
Elton is hit or miss for me. This is an ok hit
has some of his classics and then there’s also Jamaica Jerk-Off? otw!
I'd never listened to this whole album, and it was a delightful surprise. I found it a bit long, but my experience with Sir Elton is that he can be a little overindulgent at times.
Some good tracks here, but a few duds too. This album is very long and there is not a great deal of variety. Overall, it’s not bad, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen again, I would just pick the good songs.
Yeah its good
solido 3, tiene buenas canciones pero no me sorprendieron todas
this is a bit out of what i would usually listen to but i think it's pretty nice.
What is going on during the "Jamaica Jerk-Off"?
John is a great musician. Great melodies. The well known ones are great. But album is far too long and lyrics in most songs aren't as catchy as some of his most famous songs. I'll score it a high 3
Washed over me a bit
Halfway through "Jamaica Jerk-off" I realized I probably never needed to do a full Elton John marathon of all the albums. A few greatest hits albums and I'm good.
Blir alltid litt overrasket over hvor mye kult Elton har. Kanskje er jeg en sucker for piano rock? Noe av dette er faktisk ordentlig bra, som tittelsporet. Heldigvis ikke så mye som er skikkelig, skikkelig dårlig, men Jamaican Jerk-Off er dessverre et spor som eksisterer. Også all i kor nå: burde vært en enkel-LP.
Morsom musikk, det er ikke min favorittmusikk, men det er noe sinnsyk kvalitet over musikken til Elton!
Crazy that this is his 7th album and I'm only listening to him now properly for the first time. Easy to see why he's so iconic. Some great tracks and good album overall, but probably a bit too long. 3.5 Top tracks: Bennie and the Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Saturday Night's Alright
Yeah pretty good. Some great highlights & solid instrumentals. ...But also some honestly pretty rough lyrics here and there, and the length doesn't feel super justified to me. But overall I enjoyed.
itsok
drags on a bit but the big hits are good
Good collection of tunes, but Elton's not really my jam.