Madman Across The Water

This was a perfectly pleasant album that I’d have on in the background, after getting exciting about hearing Tiny Dancer

First Impression before Listening: I haven’t heard much Elton John. I’ve never even heard a full album by him. I’m quite fond of the song, “ Don't let the Sun go Down on Me” especially the version with George Michael. I love Tiny Dancer but I haven’t heard another song off this album. Tiny Dancer: 10/10 Great Lyrics. Fantastic Piano. Great lap steel playing. Good guitar. Perfect song. Levon: 6.2/10 Not a bad song but not incredible. It doesn’t have the same quality as tiny dancer but the song carries on like it thinks it does… Razor Face: 6.5/10 Solid chorus. Original sounding. Madman Across the Water: 7/10 Great guitar intro. Probably should’ve focused on it more. But the electric outro and the middle 8 do it justice. Indian Sunset: 5.5/10 Pretty boring. Long. An entire album of ballads can be a bad idea. Because ballads should be performed in moderation. Holiday Inn: 6/10 Folky instrumentation and lyrics. At least it’s not a piano ballad. Rotten Peaches: 6/10 Pretty standard. All the Nasties: 4/10 Cheesy lyrics. The piano at the end of the chorus sounds exactly like tiny dancer. Goodbye: 4/10 Not too bad. Filler. All round not a bad album, just an underwhelming one. Tiny Dancer is a fantastic song and no other song is even worth mentioning on this album. Repetitive piano/ballad parts and boring lyrics mixed with long and experimental instrumentation make this album a chore.

Day 52/1089 I do not care for Elton John. He insists upon himself. Probably not fair to judge elton as "guy singing on a piano" versus the "guy singing on a piano" of yesterday (stevie wonder), but he just...isn't all that great except for Tiny Dancer. He lacks the oomph or much of anything. Also did he just look around and pick random objects to write songs about? oh yeah let's write a song about...holiday inn. yeah that sounds good. indian sunset seems to be just a bunch of native american stereotypes jammed into a song. razor face is...what?

I truly have no idea what Elton is singing about on half of these songs. 2.5 for a couple hits and some tough listens.

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Never could get too excited about Elton. He may be just too pop for me. I saw him live once and, although it was a high-powdered show, in the end, I still felt the songs and music to be fairly mundane. And, the whole glam thing was off-putting to me. Also, the Phil Spector-type Wall of Sound background strings and vocal choruses are unnecessary and distracting.

ну, для того времени неплохо, интересно, но не мое

Liked tiny dancer Didnt think much to the rest

Pompous pop music, lots of frills and orchestral flourishments. I find the songs quite boring however, the secret might be in the lyrics, of which I famously do not care at all. This type of music is not for me.

not for my age

Better than I expected. Wikipedia describes this album as progressive rock, which was not something I would connect with Elton John, but I can hear it, though admittedly it's not one of my preferred genres

not my favorite music from him, honestly most narratives were more story like and not relatable, weak lyrics and I probably won’t listen much more to it.

DNF. Every other song just had the same structure and it was boring me. Technically impressive I guess

It's all well played and written. It's just not my thing. I love a lot of Elton's singles and the world could do with more Elton Johns but I don't click with this. Maybe the songs are too dramatic and grand.

eh kinda all felt the same but thats me fav song: indian sunrise

Lame

It's fine, background music. Nothing to get excited by, but nothing to dislike either. Just...ok

Tiny Dancer and other stuff.

tiny dancer makes this album

Levon and, especially, Tiny Dancer, are classics, but I didn’t care much for the rest of the album. 2.5/5

2/5 - Tiny Dancer is as great as Indian Sunset is bad. The music itself is alright, but nothing new here to discover.

Singles doing the heavy lifting here.

Bit before my time in Elton John terms. Found it heavy going compared to his golden mid-70s period...

A bit musical theatre for my taste. Cultural misappropriation in the middle with the Iroquois was rather ironically good.

Ihan taitavaa pianon pimputtelua, mutta ei tällästä yksin kuuntelisi. Mageet lasit kuitenkin

Too much of the same thing. Don’t care for many of the songs. I just don’t think he’s my cup of tea. 4/10

2.2/5 Nothing stands out here. No particular track jumped out at me. I liked madman across the water, and its not like the others are bad but i think because of how much other good music i have been running into recently i just didnt think this was anything special. And i even gave it two listens. Recent Notable Music related events I listened to the greek song with lyrics last night while i was being emo about not getting enough attention. Other notable events of the day. Conversion at work about bitcoin made me want to figure out how it works better. There was also talk about the economy and things like that of which i am very much uninformed. Didn't contribute much to the conversation.

1.👍 2.👎 3.👎 4.👎 5.👎 6. 😑 7.😑 8.😑 9. 🥱 everything just kinda runs together and isn't as good as Tiny Dancer

Indian Sunset is gruesome and cringe worthy, even for the 70's. Holiday Inn was ok actually. I do like Homie Clothes So Tiny Damn, Son. All the songs are too fussy and some of the strings are oppressive. What is the deal with that chorus on Nasties? I didn't care for his piano playing. It sounds the same on every song.

Average Elton John album...the kind of music you will hear in your cousin's house during Christmas...not my favorite though...actually it's a bit boring.

Cool, Elton John. I'm only familiar with this guy because of his collaboration with Gorillaz on Song Machine. I don't remember much about the song he featured in, but it was a psychedelic, synthpoppy thing from what I recall. Two list albums is kind of crazy for a singer-songwriter as influential as this, though maybe he's always been a singles guy. Anyways, I'm pretty sure Elton John has always belonged to the pop rock genre, so I'm locking in that as my prediction. Not bad I suppose, but it's just the same thing over and over again. The pianos sound the same. The operatic vocals sound the same. The backing instruments shift around a little, but that's as much variety as I got outta this. Might as well stick to your strong suit if it delivers a thousandty-eighty-nine album nominee, but this music admittedly has a limited appeal to me, and it's lack of variety didn't do much to hook me. "Tiny Dancer" is a good opener. Nice piano number, and the vocals are pretty good, too. I like that the song becomes bigger and more irreverent as it goes on, too. "Goodbye" is an alright closer. I always love me some good strings, and a mournful tone is always a good pick to close an album on. Book time. Remained in the US charts for nearly a year, but was one of his worst-performing releases in the UK. Where Elton John found many of his long-time collaborators. Like I said earlier, two Elton John albums on the list seems too prudent given his legacy and I imagine this is among his best because of the relative scarcity, so I'm game. I cosign this inclusion.

Sok

*sigh*

Elton is a true talent, no doubt, but this album is really just the two to three songs, and not much else.

my favorite thing about elton john is that sometimes he's exaggerated syllables so hard that it seems like he's taking the piss out of bernie taupin. this feels like it's on the list because of tiny dancer and levon, the rest of it is pretty weak considering the portfolio

forgot to rate this one when i listened — eh. i thought i was an elton john fan but i am realizing through this project that i really just know and like the hits an am eh on everything else

I love Elton John, but there's a reason that the only song I've heard from this album is Tiny Dancer.

A few good tracks, didn't love it though. 2.5

Just sounds the same as everything else he's done

I need to ponder about this, but he is just not my guy

I get it it’s Elton John but this dude just talks over basic ass guitar for 7 minutes a song. Maybe my dopamine receptors are fried but I found this album truly boring.

Got to the third-to-last song and decided I had heard enough. Annoying ass theatrical music accompanied by heavy handed piano music. Don't give me an album like this again.

Elton John made some nice pop music. But I find I find the full albums a little bland and not pushing any needle whatsoever.

I like a lot of Elton John's music over the years however this album (tiny dancers aside) I just don't get it.

- Wordt er niet heel warm van - 0 nummers toegevoegd aan MMMM - 1 nummer al toegevoegd aan MMMM

I’ve tried many times but I just can’t get into Elton John. Sorry.

Pretty much standard fare for Elton, but...where did Indian Sunset come from? I could understand if he'd written it as a protest song, but apparently not, so all you're left with is a bunch of Native American buzzwords and inaccuracies, which comes across as really cringe.

Love Levon, the rest not so much

Not the record I would have picked to represent Elton. I bought this when I was 14 - only a couple of years after it came out and about the same year as I started discovering Black Sabbath, T.Rex and things that were not on my mom’s radio station as she drove us to school. My mom loved a.m. radio in the 70’s. Tony Orlando and Dawn, ABBA, Captain and Tennille- my mom loved it all. I remember buying Crocodile Rock when it came out and then bought Don’t Shoot Me I’m only The Piano Player. Madman soon followed. Tiny Dancer is an undeniably great song and a great start to this record. As the third record released in 1971 (King Gizzard like work) this album I think suffers from a lack of focus. Tiny Dancer, Levon and Madman Across the Water are the most focused and best songs on this record. The prog rock touches are awful. What dooms this record are songs like Razor Face. It’s a song about a drunk drifter with a razor face who is back in town and meeting by a travel inn to get drinks. WTF was Elton thinking? And that’s the song stuck between Levon and Madman Across the Water. Madman Across the Water has a Stairway to Heaven vibe. At least it’s interesting. A little too prog inspired but at least Elton gives it a puncher’s chance with an inspired vocal. Indian Sunset is also a head scratcher. The guy is from England. Why is he spending 6:00 minutes singing about the Iroquois. Really, I’m starting to think the author who assembled this list of 1001 albums was doing it to fuck with people like me. Absolutely no self respecting critic is going to go wow- this is a stunning work unless they are absolutely fucking stunned that this record is a platinum selling record because it’s mostly shit. I remember seeing literally hundreds of copies of this record in the used bins right beside the Billy Hoel records. The rest of the record is merely a turd circling the drain. Even Elton fans are not going to be shouting out “play Holiday Inn!” I couldn’t wait until Goodbye finished. 3 songs and ditch the rest. It’s a rotten peach. See how I did that?

hab ich irgendwie nie gehört...

Not his best

Not for me, not an EJ fan

Thanks to Almost Famous Tiny Dancer is my favourite Elton John track and i can only picture being sung by a coach full of people, so is a great start to the album. Unfortunately the rest of the album gets nowhere near this level and elements of most songs feel like they are comprised of offcuts from the same song. It’s just a bit too samey.

Not really my thing.

Not a very album, but Tiny Dancer is massive. It is definitely not his best album

Tiny Dancer is a lone standout for me. The rest didn't engage me. The music and his voice were high quality throughout, but the songs and lyrics did not do enough on a surface level for me to want to dive deeper.

There's a fair amount to love on this album... if you removed the words. Tiny Dancer is a great album start. There's a tiny harmonic on the guitar at the start of the title track that is just such a lovely little tone. The layers of guitar, piano, then band, then orchestra all build in the most part really nicely. The recording quality and musicality are really, really high, every instrument is lovely... and Elton's voice is great. But, most of the lyrics are absolute bobins, which wouldn't matter if they weren't quite long ballads, including a very questionable Native American epic, it just feels like a beautifully produced album about nothing much at all...

This is not his best album, Bernie Taupin in particular having a nap

Does very little for me, nice production though and some good melodies

Tiny Dancer is a banger. The rest of the album is meh. Sound like Bsides to better Elton John songs. Not on Rolling Stones 500 best album list 2/5

Tiny Dancer is good, the rest is pretty boring.

Great voice, amazing talent, just not something I choose to listen to. I'd never skip Elton's music if it was on the radio, but I just feel like a lot of his music blends together. For instance, surprisingly the stand-out track on this album for me was the first half of "Indian Sunset" because it felt different than the rest feeling like similar bright and shimmery piano ballads on a sunny day walking down the boulevard; instead it was a bit darker with a different mood and tone. The rest was just kind of fine - nothing to write home about, but I can see why people obsess over his music

What a great singer. Never cared for his music but Tiny Dancer is a good song. The rest of the album, not so much

I think this is not an album you should start with when listening to Elton John, as it is clear that it leans toward emotional, creative and artistic exploration. There are many aspects that, musically speaking, can be difficult to connect with. There is a lot to focus on in terms of the lyrics, which are often very long and dark, yet therefore open to deeper interpretation. Many songs seem to be built to be absorbed slowly, almost like small musical narratives. It is evident that this is an album that does not try to please, but to say something and for that reason its value is more introspective than immediate. I connected most with its longest song because of its profound lyrics and incredible harmonies: Indian Sunset.

Not my vibes.

Well written and crafted, but for some reason it just doesn’t move me.

Unfortunately did not do much for me, though it was obviously sonically high-quality and mixed/produced well (the sound was very deep/3-dimensional and didn't fall flat). Elton John, at least to me, despite being very talented, seems to have a curse of all songs sounding the same. Hoping other projects by him change my mind. My favorites were "Tiny Dancer" and "Rotten Peaches."

Tiny Dancer is a classic (thanks, Cameron Crowe, for bumping it in the popular psyche 29 years later), but I just can't do piano story songs. Elton John, Billy Joel, etc...instant snooze fest for me and oh so overly dramatic.

Chanson 5, je m'ennuie déjà et ai l'impression d'avoir écouté 5 fois la même chanson. Elton, toi et moi, ça ne va pas fonctionner.

Was excited to hear this because I always thought Tiny Dancer was really cool, but there’s really not much other high points like that one on this album for me.

Tiny Dancer is the most memorable song of this album where all the songs sound the same. 4/10

It’s fine but kind of sounded the same and lost my attention by about 2 mins into each song.

Honestly the only the second Elton John album I've ever listened to. I liked Yellow Brick Road a little better. This one is a bit more "piano bar in the corner of sad dive bar" of a vibe. I'd only heard Tiny Dancer before. It's not terrible. I'd put it as a high 2, but I really don't think there's any chance I'd listen to it again, so I'll keep it as a 2.

Sorry but I don’t think I like Elton john. The composition and arrangement of strings were my favorite parts

Tiny Dancer is a masterpiece. There’s something about Levon, but the rest didn’t stun me.

That's wor Elton alright. You can tell he's a good songwriter, tiny dancer is good, but it all felt a bit samey. It's all basically the same level of exciting, about a 5/10, never too loud and in your face or stripped back and quiet. That song about being an American Indian is a funny perspective for a British bloke to have a go at. Looking back Im not a huge Elton fan but I think he has songs that are better than these. 2.5.

Tiny dancer is a good track. I don't mind the odd Elton John song, but a whole album is too much. It's too showy and theatrical for me. I get why people like it though. 2.5 is probably harsh but it's not my thing really

Ben non, Elton John, c'est chiant. Au moins c'était moins long que l'autre double album, et Razor Face était pas pire.

A spirited man on a piano bellowing out tunes. I was cool with it for like 3 songs (helped by the famous opener “tiny dancer” - never realized that song was over 6 minutes, good lord!), but got old quick.

We get Tiny Dancer and Levon right out of the gate. After that, things get a little self-indulgent and extra. Long songs, overproduced; not his best. But those two songs are great. It's a 2.5 with a rounding error.

Fairly strong start and some weaker songs towards the end. I'm not a huge on this pop-rock style of music. 5/10

Piano rock. It's a front loaded album for sure, I think Sir Elton had a solid enough batch of songs on here. The thing is, beyond the first couple, they all kinda meander and sound the same which is per the course for this era of piano rock balladry. I think Elton has a remarkable voice and character, it's just some of the songs.. Holiday Inn, Rotten Peaches.. even All The Nasties sound like cutting floor ideas and they don't really have the same kind of compelling chords and power of the first crop of tracks. Tiny Dancer is an IMMACULATE, grand track, andI honestly think this album would be a whole lot stronger if the placement of these songs made a bit more sense. Levon is killer too, standard powerful vocal flair affair for the Rocket Man. I know the album is in part about the relationship he had with addiction so the closure is par for that, but it's short runtime makes it kinda whack because it doesn't give enough time for any kind of dread to really set in. And being such a happy go lucky album, why end it in such a dreary way? It's got Tiny Dancer though and that counts for something.

fast wie Beatles, ein wenig besser, und daher einmal ganz gehört. highlight: Levon von Jon Bon Jovi .. ach nein, anderes album ;-)

Elton John: grossartiger Musiker aber hier ist es mir noch sehr 70er

Tycker egentligen att det bara är första låten som håller. Men det skulle ju bli bättre.

Run of the mill early rock album.

And a half I’m super disappointed that I didn’t like it but the songs are 2 to 3 minutes to long for me

There’s a reason there’s just one well-known single from this album

It's just not for me.

Overall a frustrating experience. Tiny Dancer is absolutely brilliant. I’ve listened to it for fifty years and it still gives me goosebumps. Levon and Razor Face have some interesting passages. But the rest of the album is, musically, utterly forgettable. I blame Bernie. When his lyrics are personal, they work and these seem to be the germs for Elton's great pop songs. There are tragically few of these here. Bernie’s narratives - which fill most of this album - are pretentious and overly sentimental and tend to motivate, in Elton, unfocused, forgettable tunes which leaves the listener nothing much to focus on except the schmaltzy lyrics, until he wonders, how did these guys create something as brilliant as Tiny Dancer?? And when Bernie goes political … Good Lord … it makes me wish the reels had fallen off of the Tascam.

Попсово. Вообще не моё. Но хотя бы не ужасно.

Not for me.

Tiny dancer, good as it is, is just so overplayed. The rest just wasn't my cup of tea. 2/5

Tiny Dancer is a masterpiece, but none of the other songs here comes close.

Das Album wurde größtenteils in den Trident Studios in London aufgenommen. Elton John ist ein britischer Sänger, Pianist und Komponist. Stilistisch bewegt sich das Werk im Bereich des Rock mit Einflüssen aus Folk und orchestralen Arrangements. Besonders bekannt sind die Titel „Tiny Dancer“ und „Levon“, die beide die Handschrift des Songwriter-Duos Elton John und Bernie Taupin tragen. Auch der Titelsong „Madman Across The Water“ spiegelt die eher melancholische und erzählerische Ausrichtung des Albums wider. Das Album gehört zu den frühen Veröffentlichungen Elton Johns und zeigt seine Entwicklung hin zu einem eigenständigen Klangbild mit stärkerem Fokus auf atmosphärische Arrangements. Es markiert einen Übergang von der intimen Songstruktur früherer Alben zu einem komplexeren Studioklang.

2 stars for Tiny Dancer. But the rest is just not my style.

I’ve heard this one before, and I still don’t like it. Tiny Dancer is great, but the rest just bleeds into one. It’s mercifully short however, which saves it from a one star score. Elton builds his style to vaguely glam and vaguely pop, but this album seems more vaguely prog, and doesn’t hold my interest being the first two or three tracks. Won’t listen again and I know there is at least one better album he has made.

Outside of the hits, I’m just not an Elton John guy.

This was pleasant but it didn't click with me. I'm missing whatever I need to not feel like I'm listening to an oldies station at work. I wish I could appreciate it for what it is because it was nice all the way through but I can't.

A real slog. Listened to one or two tracks at a time. I don't have anything to say apart from that this doesn't do it for me, and I don't feel particularly sad about that.

Though it pains me to admit… very boring album and really crap lyrics. Tiny Dancer, great. Holiday Inn pretty good. All the Nasties, ok - sounds like a 70s Elvis song. Everything else - crap. Sorry. Never need to hear this again.

The first four songs are perfect, I have listened to them a lot over the years. Razor Face probably my favourite of the album. Everything after Madman Across the Water pretty bad tbh

levon's great but the rest of this is pretty overblown and silly. indian sunset might be the worst thing ever written

One great song and then some shitters

would be disingenuous to rate this a 1 or 1.5. I never really like the like pop singer over a piano music. i cant stand that tiny dancer song but the others are alright. but the production is solid and its not as corny as some other Elton John

A couple of all time classics amidst some dreary clunkers.

I was introduced to this album through that scene in Almost Famous where everybody is mad at each other, but then they listen to "Tiny Dancer" and by the chorus they've made up. Lazy screenwriting, but a great song. The rest of the album wouldn't inspire such character development.

Thought I’d like this more but only Tiny Dancer floated by boat. All the rest was a little dull.

Tiny Dancer is fine, but really not a fan of this piano forward, kinda show-tunes vibe 70's rock. Indian Sunset makes me cringe enough to knock this album down to 2.

2.8

Tiny dancer is ok but working in retail has filled me with a great distaste for Elton John's music.

I agree with Stu - side one is great - side 2 I barely remember and it ran thru twice as I worked -

Not required listening in my opinion. Decent album but no one song really moves me.

A mix of great and just ok songs. It made me realize how much of his work I haven’t heard.

2.5

Alright, elton john doesn't do much for me though. I like his hits, so in this case tiny dancer and levon, but I just don't really care about the rest. Doesn't excite me

This is just kinda boring? Not my type. Tiny dancer is a masterpiece tho

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It seemed like listening to a whole album of Tiny Dancer-like songs. Not a fan.

Couple songs I recognize, but a lot of them sound very similar.

Tiny Dancer is great. A pub classic forever more. I tried but failed to get into the rest of this album. Elton is hugely talented, but I can't seem to click with his vibe aside from a handful of hits.

None of the other songs on this album really stuck out to me aside from Tiny Dancer.

Really trying to love elton john here, it's not working very well

Hadn't heard this before. Classic EJ, so some highs, but pretty boring.

Obviously this starts with one of the greatest songs of all time, so I understand why it’s here. The music is absolutely incredible on every song, but a lot of the songs are unfortunately ruined (with all due respect) by the vocals and/or nonsensical lyrics. Indian Sunset — beautiful song and melody, beautifully sung, but I’m not sure how I feel about it. I surprisingly liked Holiday Inn. All the Nasties is Tiny Dancer (reprise) not in a good way. Kind of a lackluster showing.

He’s a great singer. The tunes are catchy. Great piano player. I’m just personally not into this I think. I guess it feels like nothing he says sticks unless you want it to. I feel like every second is theatre and overblown, there’s never a different vibe or volume. I could try to like this. Maybe it’s the accent too

Fun!

Artiste connu, peu apprécié. C'est le premier album que j'écoute en entier. Résultat: j'ai commencé à faire autre chose dès le premier morceau. Je n'aime pas l'instrumentation pseudo classique, les choeurs, et j'ai entendu mieux en piano ... A ce stade la note oscille entre 1 et 2. Les morceaux me paraissent trop long, sans grand intérêt pour moi donc très ennuyeux. Seule exception : Madman across the water, avec son riff de guitare et une orchestration plus réussie, qui sauve l'album de la note minimale. =>2/5

Elton John, the consummate “best of” artist. The highs are high (tbh that’s only Tiny Dancer) but this album generally swims in an ocean of 70’s mediocrity which not even his obvious talent and fine arrangements/production can salvage. The best part for me was discovering it wasn’t yet another tedious double album from the era.

There's a lot of garbage here unless you're a fan of Tony Danza. Also, Indian Sunset is some pretty appalling red face. This is pretty close to one star.

I feel like if I made this list I wouldn't be going this deep into Elton johns catalogue. But that being said, I heard levon on the radio a day after I listened to this so I guess people like this album? Just seems too country to be olhos self titled and too orchestrated to be honkey tonk chateau. Seems like a drug induced mess to me.

Don’t know why, but for some reason this album just irritates me and sounds bland to my ears. I think this is probably unfair criticism, but I just can’t warm to it. At times, some of these songs and his voice sound like Jim Croce (who doesn’t irritate me at all). I’d prefer to listen to Jim any day. Just can’t really explain why.

I don’t even care for tiny dancer. I am not big on these piano men and their grandiose gestures.

Would not listen again but man Elton can belt; tiny dancer!; rest was kind of blah. A high two?

Nothing particularly stand out except Tiny Dancer, and Holiday Inn is good.

Not the best John. Tiny Dancer is a jam but the rest was a little hohum. 2.5/5

I like the piano though

meh... я не выкупил прикол альбома, он просто скучный и однообразный. 2/5

A bit too much Elton John for me, I really started to dislike his way of singing about halfway through. I do like many others of his songs though, so I'm looking forward to getting one of his other albums.

Wowee this has aged poorly. Tiny dancer is the only song I liked, other than that I was well bored. Except for Indian sunset, which actively made me uncomfortable. After listening to this for about 45 minutes, I thought it had suddenly turned around for the better, but as it turns out that was the end of the album and Spotify had started shuffling in recommended songs I might actually enjoy. Good job Spotify, not so much Elton. 1 bonus star for tiny dancer, I'm being very generous here.

Underwhelming

Now a lot more informed when I say: not a fan of Elton John. Impressive composition and very “big” but not for me

Tiny Dancer is perhaps my least favorite of Elton John's big hits. It's melodramatic, cheesy, and feels like a gross, sloppy kiss from a relative you've met twice. It just is too ballad-y for my blood. So, it doesn't surprise me all too much that this album does absolutely nothing for me, but, man, what a slog. I don't care for Elton John wanting to be held, sure, but I especially don't want to hear him sing like he is a Native American going through it, that's a tricky topic on all sorts of levels, and a white, British guy is not doing the topic any favors. It just felt like every song wanted me to ask "What am I doing here?" and even when the album tried to sound better, it was too little too late. I have always seen Elton as a hits guy, and this album with no (IMO) good hits means I'm just listening to melodrama for the sake of melodrama, and it's kind of obnoxious. I'll take Billy Joel for my piano rock needs, I suppose.

Meh... Other than the two (rather weak) singles, I had never heard any of this, and I don't know how I ever really would have, either... There's certainly nothing even close to radio worthy here... More-or-less, it's just a boring, longer-than-necessary, story-telling experience... But it didn't outright assault my senses, so I'll give it a disappointed 2...

2.4 meh faves: tiny dancer

The album starts with Tiny Dancer, perhaps a little too opulent but typical Elton John. It's fun, the typical Elton sound at the beginning - piano, vocals. Other typical songs carried by piano and voice, but musically weaker than Tiny Dancer.

Arrivare alla fine senza strapparmi i coglioni è stato difficile. Eppure non era così male

Hold me closer, Tony Danza. I'm not really a big Elton listener but I've always liked his radio hits well enough. Unfortunately, here that's only "Tiny Dancer" (possibly "Levon" too, but I didn't recognize it). He gets "Tiny Dancer" out of the way immediately, and then to my ears the rest of the album largely just smears into unmemorable Elton-textured soup. "Indian Sunset" is a big "we don't do this anymore" kind of song. And the album cover is pretty bad too.

Meh. Pop

As much as I try, I can't get neither into Elton John's music nor piano rock.

O disco até vai melhorando quando vai chegando ao fim, mas a sensação é que falta alguma coisa.

It's a vibe. Just not mine exactly.

**An ok album, long, slow, most tracks sound alike

I never really got into Elton John. His stuff has a "musical theatre" vibe to me that I don't really gel with. This album is classic, I assume, because it has "Tiny Dancer" on it... which is a good song, but even before it ended I was checking to see how long the album was. And the rest of it sounds much the same but not as catchy. It just sounds like Elton John. Musically impressive and well orchestrated and all that. I just don't like it very much. Though I enjoyed his movie. That was good.

Any chance of me enjoying this album was destroyed by uni housemate blasting out Tiny Dancer 24/7 for several weeks.

Hold me closer, Tony Danza! "According to Gus Dudgeon, Taupin named the character in the song after the Band's co-founder, drummer and singer Levon Helm. The Band were apparently John and Taupin's favourite group at the time. In 2013, however, Taupin said that the song was unrelated to Helm." - that's funny, that's instantly what I thought of when I read the track name Holy hell Indian Sunset is six minutes of something else. Not for me. I kept wanting to complement the lyrics, or the orchestration, or anything; but to be honest I found almost all of it annoying. Tiny Dancer is kind of a comfort just because it's so famous. In the end I would say that I tend to like John's voice and performing. But other than that it was trite lyrics and overworked arrangements.

Can Elton be a singer/songwriter if Bernie Taupin did all the lyrics? And other than Tiny Dancer, was any song really enjoyable? This one didn’t get me - I’m not an Elton fan anyway and this one sure didn’t help that any.

Pretty ok

yawn

This was a good listen - glad it was only 9 songs. Indian Sunset was a nice change of pace. Tiny Dancer is a classic.

Meh.

2819 - It's good, but I don't love it or connect with it. It's basically Billy Joel but not as good. C

Not that many songs but just felt like it went on and on. Every song kind of blurred together and got boring.

I love Elton John, but this album just wasn’t it for me. Beyond Tiny Dancer by and Levon, this album was a total mess. i’m giving two stars only because of the first two tracks.

One good song

meh

Nicht mein Stil. 2,5

It's okay. Other than the first 2 songs, i did not care for it too much.

I was never a big fan of Elton John, and it's the more uptempo of his songs that I prefer. There are no uptempo tracks on this album. There's some beautiful piano throughout, of course, but this whole thing mostly faded into the background for me.

A bit too mellow for me. And the songs blend together a bit due to the piano parts having similar patterns around each chord progression. But I like the mix of instrumentation and how orchestral some songs feel as well as the different sections in each song.

Honestly pretty disappointing. All felt very same-y. Levon and Razor Face in particular just felt like slightly worse copies of Tiny Dancer. Indian Sunset was promising until the lyrics started... By far and away my favourite of the tracks I hadn't heard before was Madman across the Water.

nope... zegt me niks... geen fan

boring. overrated. it wasn’t that bad it just felt like background music in a café

Okay, album. Couple of good songs.

Other than a couple of standout tracks I can't really understand why this is on here.

It's good, but I don't love it or connect with it. It's basically Billy Joel but not as good. C

A couple of alright songs, but otherwise pretty boring.

Am Ende doch immer gleicher Aufbau der Lieder. Titellied mal weniger Klavier.

confession time: i have always, always gotten elton john and billy joel crossed up in my head. in my defense: they've both got J names, they both play pianos, they both make music that's kinda just been part of the atmosphere...i know, it's lame, but here we are. anyway, this album being on this list places me in grave danger of learning to tell them apart, is what i'm saying, and i'm not sure i'm super happy about that. update: overall, i give this a solid meh

Starts out strong with Tiny Dancer, but the rest of the album is pretty meh.

2 amazing songs. When Elton and Bernie are great, they're really really great. But the rest of the album just... isn't. Let's never mention Indian Summer again.

I kind of like Tiny Dancer

I like some Elton John songs but overall, this album isn't something I could get into.

I've never been a fan. Good radio stuff tho

Meh

Miksi hittibiisi on eepos, josta täytyy kuunnella kaksi minuuttia ennen kuin pääsee koukkuosuuteen? Muutenkin biisit ovat helvetin pitkiä - ja muut eivät ole hittejä. Sanoitukset ovat aikamoisia sikäli kuin niistä saa selvää: Bernie Taupin, mitä teet? Matala 2.

Uneven songwriting. Tiny Dancer and the title track were the only tunes I liked.

Managed to avoid Elton until now, though not for any particular reason other than that the songs I heard never compelled me to listen to more. Is it just me or do he and Cher, at times, sound alike? Never before realized that he's singing Levon and not "leave on." Tiny Dancer has not gotten better with age. I suspect there's an Elton John album I would like because I do like "Rocket Man" but this album is not the one for me.

Definitely a record of two halves, the first side is pretty good, not least the title track, which was new to me. Flip the record for some hot garbage.

this album should be a slay, but it simply is not

Soft 2

Early Elton John dit, en hij had z'n Britse ziel duidelijk al verkocht aan de glitter en glamour van Californië. Heb een instinctieve afkeer van het meeste werk van de man, maar deze ballades - duidelijk meer gericht op de US dan zijn eerdere platen - bevatten hier en daar wel momentjes die laten inzien waarom het mannetje zo immens populair is. Maar ondanks deze momenten - zoals de Supertramp-achtige symfonie in 'Madman Across the Water' en de storytelling in 'Levon' - voelt het hele album toch een beetje als mosterd na die machtige maaltijd genaamd 'Tiny Dancer'. Één van zijn signature songs, en één van de weinige die ik echt goed kan hebben. Werkt ook in verrassend veel films, wat wel wat over zijn gave zegt om nummers te laten leven. Alles na die epische opener wat enigszins interessant klinkt, is uiteindelijk een slap aftreksel van 'Tiny Dancer'. De catchy hook in 'Holiday Inn' komt nog wel in de buurt. Het was allemaal wat veilig, wat toch ook wel een grote reden was achter zijn populariteit. Easy going en relatable. Al met al wel een album waar zijn songwriting me doet denken aan een Jackson Browne, en de productie aan dat van Paul McCartney & Wings. Geen hele verkeerde combinatie. 6/10 Highlights: Tiny Dancer Holiday Inn

Ook al laat de ontknoping van Tiny Dancer lang op zich wachten, het tempo van de plaat is lekker hoog. Echt een show plaat, waarmee John de US wil veroveren. Passend bij zn karakter, bij de 70's, echte piano rock. Niet mijn ding, maar hij tikt een hoog niveau aan voor wat hij wil bereiken. Tiny Dancer blijft zijn magnum opus. Alles daarna is toch een slapper aftreksel. 6,5/10 Highlight Tiny Dancer

Primaraly known for Tiny Dancer, a truly beautiful piano driven song, sad and fill melencoly, a part from that i dont lnow any other songs, Levon feel like it is the little brother of Tiny Dancer The album is considred Prog Rock but i’m not sure why, way more pop Rock for me This album mark the beggening of Elton John massive sucess, honneslty it has good songs, but not very impactfull and very « original » in the sense that it just fell like every Elton John album

Ok

Love me some classic Elton but this doesn't really make the cut. First two are great, rest is typical '70s Reg - clumsy but oddly endearing lyrics and some pleasant tunes.

Don't care for the rollicking piano

I have never listened to an Elton John album before - now I know why. Best track: Holiday Inn. But still way too OTT for my liking. The lyrics are all quite bad. The music/vocals rather bonkers in places. But it's Elton, and this is what he does. Watford! :D

Besides Tiny Dancer I’m not too sure about this. Indian Sunset was a bit of a weird listen. He can definitely sing well it just doesn’t click with me overall. Favourite song: Tiny Dancer

Nothing wrong with this, I just found it very boring. Every song sounded the same. Won’t be in a rush to listen again.

It’s just not clicking with me. And I wish I did. Because I respect Elton John. I just find myself bored. Tiny dancer is a classic though.

Ok

Tiny Dancer is one of my favourite EJ songs, but I still don't love it. And it's the best thing on this album, which is otherwise just very EJ. Fine, but not interesting or exciting at all.

As usual with Elton John for me... Some absolute killer tunes, but a whole album's worth is just too much. Particularly this one, which is heavy on the really grand piano, strings, big emotions. It's just too much for me. As a side note, the production on the drums really is godawful. Worse than St Anger. There, Elton John and Metallica in one short review.

I don't mind Broadway Elton John — Aida is a good show. I've never been a huge fan of Elton John the pop singer other than a few of the big hits. I don't know if it's because he's always seemed too melodramatic and overwrought for pop (i.e., too Broadway, perhaps?), if it's because I've never gotten his weird obsession with blues and Western tropes as a British dude (though maybe that's really Bernie Taupin's fault), or if it's unresolved childhood trauma from when I asked my mom to buy me the "Circle of Life" single from The Lion King when I was six, and she came home with the Elton John version — clearly, I still haven't forgiven her for that. This album didn't do much for me. Other than the classic "Tony Danza" song, there's not much I really enjoyed. His singing style is just not my thing. He has a good voice, but he tries to do too much and it gets obnoxious. He ends up sounding pitchy, and he does a slightly less egregious version of the melisma theatrics that Christina Aguilera is infamous for (but without the vocal chops she has). It's also difficult to understand what he's saying because of the weird affected Southern twang. I generally much prefer covers of Elton's songs to his originals. Some of the music is okay, but it starts to feel same-samey after a while. And again, it's all very theatrical, but not in a way I enjoy. The literal Broadway chorus that comes in on All the Nasties is like a nightmare orchestrated by Phil Spector (though the drums in that song are cool). The lyrics are mostly cheesy, but I prefer the lonely rock star songs over the weird attempts at epic storytelling. Indian Sunset is god awful and deserves a special shoutout — the definition of the racist "noble savage" trope. 2/5 for me

So many ballads...

I'm not a fan, the music is just too saccharine which is quite off-putting. I could maybe stand it one song at a time, but the whole album is too much

I just have an occasional love of Elton John. There are an handful of his songs which are brilliant but the majority I can take or leave. Not listened to this album in full before. Not surprising as there are no big hits on the album which would draw me to it. The exception is Tiny Dancer which belongs to the aforementioned brilliant category. The other songs I haven’t heard or took notice of before. It was an enjoyable listen which I would not avoid in the future. Will stream again but unlikely to buy unless in bargain bin. Lot of album reviews state album is a bit proggy. Other than Rick Wakeman being on it and a few tracks over 5 minute mark cannot hear this. 2.5/3 25/3/24

Accidentally listened to the extended version of this which was basically three hours of variations of tiny dancer.

OK, nothing particularly attention grabbing

Let's not go crazy here. Songs are too long, and meh.

Two incredible songs followed by mostly filler. Not as I remembered it.

not as good as other Elton John

Not my jam.

Nice

Elton John just isn't for me. He's a global megastar because he knows how to get elderly people out of their seats and boogie in the aisles, but nothing makes me go to the bar quicker than an Elton single. I gave this a fair shot - Tiny Dancer is 90% naff with a pretty good chorus. The rest is entirely forgettable trash that sounds exactly the same as the preceeding song, but without any novelty. Truely, I'd sooner listen to a dog try and de-worm itself on a the Teletubbies Honky Tonk piano than put myself through this album again, a total waste of my time!! Sorry Elton, nothing personal. I think you coming in on Eminem's Stan that one time was a very big dick move, but please stop making albums like this.

Not good

Good, but not my vibe. Wasn't sad when it ended and Spotify autoplayed into Carole King.

You hear tiny dancer and you’ve heard them all. I’m not a fan of piano ballads

Calming and not headache inducing, perfect for my mood. Got a bit repetitive in tone towards the end and found myself unable to fully pay attention to the music

Bold of them to put Tiny Dancer as the first track. The rest of it was pretty forgettable. Also wtf was Indian Sunset? O_o I kept checking to see how much time I had left until it was over. No disrespect to Sir Elton... I just didn't love it.

zzz

a few bangers the rest is kinda mid? ending song was quite nice.

Nothing on this that would make a greatest hits album... Still curious that he wrote a song about Tony Danza before he became famous

Tiny Dancer being the obvious standout here, is very good. The rest did not come close to that level. Will I listen to again: 0%

Hey Elton, we need an album's worth of songs to follow Tiny Dancer. OK. Tiny Dancer so good, it's the first track and from there it feels like they arranged the album from best to worst tracks. Levon is pretty good, Razor Face is alright, but there is no reason to flip to side 2.

Not too bad an album. But a bit prosaic. Nothing stands out, it sounds like Elton John. I get the feeling he's just churning out a bunch of pop hits and hoping something catches and becomes popular.

Wasn't feeling it

Never listened to non-single tracks from Sir Elton..probably ok with that moving forward too. Madman is a good one, the rest of the tracks were forgettable. Shout out to the Holiday Inn for getting so many songs written about their reasonable accommodations.

Didn't care for this one as an album. Couple of great songs in Tiny Dancer (obvi) and Levon. There were a couple songs I couldn't finish (just got annoying I don't know).

zuviel Melancholie, zieht mich runter

Good album this pleasent and melodica tunes and strong emphasize on the piano and the artist voice. Anybody who knows Elton John will immediately recognize it at his.

I was surprised when I saw the tracklist how few of these songs I’d casually come across… then I heard them and it made sense. Not a ton to like on this one. Levon is a top five EJ song for me (but Tiny D is NOT… maybe because of that dumb scene in Almost Famous). Did Elton record/release Indian Sunset on purpose? I wish this was a 10pt scale or we could rate with half points, because prob between a 2/3 for me. Ultimately just not good enough for 3.

I get it but I don’t care for any of this except that tiny little dancer 2.5/5

Elton's ok but I don't really dig this album, it's kinda boring. Tiny Dancer is obviously great.

I don't know why, but I don't like Elton Johns music as much as I think I should! He has some absolute bangers and 'Tiny Dancer' is no exception. I often find myself belting out his songs, I loved the recent movie Rocketman and even read his biography last year. Despite this, I dont think I have ever put on an Elton John album on to listen to!!! It's very supermarket/elevator music and I enjoy it very much in the background, where I feel it belongs. That said, he has much better albums than this one!

Apart from Tiny Dancer (which is an amazing song - and always makes me think of that great bus scene in Almost famous! Amazing film) the rest of this album is a bit of a sorefest. I feel like I should really like Elton John's music, but I've just never got into it. I enjoyed watching Rocket man, can sing along with a bunch of his music, and the version from 'Sing' of 'I'm still standing' has even brought a tear to my eye (this coming from the woman who rarely cries!) - BUT I just don't ever feel excited to listen to his music, its just a bit boring :( Fave track: Tony dancer

It was Elton so yay but apart from the super strong opening with Tiny Dancer, the rest didn’t work for me.

Another Elton John album built round 1 track. Instantly forgetable

This was pretty hit or miss for me. Tiny Dancer is great and I really enjoyed the title track and Holiday Inn. Other songs weren’t as engaging for me and Indian Sunset is one of the more unintentionally racist, but well intentioned works that I have encountered in recent memory.

Next 5 songs played by my Spotify Algorithm: The Mama's and the Papa's - Go Where you want to go Hall and Oates - Rich Girl Fire Straits - Wild West End George Harrison - Give Me Love The Beatles - Norwegian Wood

This album is too all over the place… I mean, tiny dancer is one of the greatest songs ever written. But overall the flow of this album seems too random for me to have another listen. Highlights for me include tiny dancer, and the title track madman across the water

The same song over and over

I had no idea razorface was Elton John. Decent album. A little slow for my tastes, but it was undeniably Elton John.

Bland

Ne znam, nakon prvog slušanja je meh.

I didn’t realize how much I didn’t like Elton John’s voice until I played this album all the way through. The instrumentals are alright, but they don’t make up for having to hear Elton John sing. I liked the refrain at the end of Rotten Peaches though.

I like: Tiny Dancer Levon

Was ok, glad to have it in the background as not my type of music, but was listenable while doing other stuff, not gonna listen again though

every song sounds the same

hmmm another Elton John... Awwwe this is the album that has Tiny Dancer. Always reminds me of Almost Famous. I know he was a huge deal, but I'm just not feeling it. I liked the first and last track. 2 stars

I am glad it's not just me being confused by most of the lyrics. Indian Sunset is not a song a British artist would want to sing today, isn’t the word “squaw” now declared to be racist? I find it funny to hear his voice sounding so young, so just for that it was interesting to listen to this album. The song I liked most is the name giving song for the album. I have no idea what to make out of the lyrics, I just like the presentation, the band and his voice are amazing. It seems no one at the time got the meaning right either, maybe as a madwomen it just speaks to my soul.

Love Tiny Dancer, rest of it sounds a bit samey. Not bad, just not enough for my liking.

My parents never had music on in the house when I was young, except for the Kings College Choir at Christmas. The only music I heard was what my sister played in her bedroom which was next to mine, and as she was the biggest Elton John fan..... I tell you this because I cannot remember hearing this album before, though I know she had it. Quite frankly, it's not one of his best. I could name half a dozen I would consider more worthy of inclusion. Really its just an ordinary 2 for me.

I’m probably one of the only humans on the planet who managed to make it to their mid 50s without ever listening to an EJ album. I have an impulsive reaction to change the radio station as soon as I hear his tones, or if I’m somewhere in a public space I just put my fingers in my ears and shout blah blah blah blah until I’ve managed to escape the torture. Irrational behaviour by an otherwise fairly rational and balanced man perhaps. It’s not just EJs long association with an unmentionable football club down the M1 that warrants this abnormal response, although I am guilty of playing up to this as it’s now simply expected of me. In the same way that I’m expected to keep repeating the same Dad jokes and laughing at myself whilst my family just shakes their heads and fondly pats my arm. I knew that this day was coming as soon as I signed up to this 1,001 albums thing as I guessed there would be EJ presence. I thought I’d just skip it. But in this new progressive version of myself, I listened to the whole thing. Under headphones. So it’s our secret. So, my review… Positives Song writing - there are some ok songs on here. How much credit does EJ take for this? I genuinely don’t know. Arrangements - some beautiful orchestration and very clever use of tempo change, soft then loud and harmonisation. The title track - great song with a nice atmospheric build to it. Piano - obvious I guess but he can play the piano pretty well cant he! Negatives I absolutely hate his vocal style. Over pronunciation and over singing at times. It’s my number one hate on any piece of music (Mariah Carey for example) but EJ just has this weird exaggerated twang to his voice when he sings. What’s that all about? Like he’s either trying to be American or play a theatrical character? Ends up just sounding like a Benidorm club singer/Vic Reeves Shooting Stars parody act. ‘Indian Summer’ is an example. I’m proud of myself for trying and for being objective enough in my review. Zero stars for his vocals and choice of football team, but 2 stars overall - carried by the quality of some of the songwriting and the production.

Madman Across The Water has one of the greatest opening tracks of all time and progressively gets worse. At one point, Elton John sings, “ I went to see my chieftain” … I just can’t do it. He wrotes get piano melody and sings well but it doesn’t seem to all come to get together even. When it does though it’s the elite of the elite, in this case that’s Tiny Dancer. 5.9

every song sounds the same

I just found this...is fine. I think a lot of Elton, once you strip away the fact it's him, is just fine. It was quite boring really. He's got a cracking pair of lungs when he fancies it, but I think this just left my head as soon as it arrived.

Didn’t like this one

The "Tiny Dancer" opening is nice, but then after that you realize that every song sounds basically the same. It's like driving through Nebraska ... the corn is interesting at first but you quickly yearn for some variety.

This isn't my favorite album, in fact its pretty butt. I liked 2 songs in it.

I don't love Elton's music generally. Not horrible, but aside from a couple of songs, they're mostly meh to me. These are all folksy EJ.

Highlights: \"Levon,\" \"Madman Across the Water,\" \"Tiny Dancer\" The melodies are supposedly what carries Elton, but they're feeling samey for most songs here, even when the overall moods span far. Telling that it features a member of Yes, who suffers from the same problem in spite of all their skills. Maybe we could say he's pushing forward the blending of soul, rock, and showtunes, but it's hard to say how much of that was newer than The Beatles. Strong vocals, proficient sense of harmony, but baffling lyricism gets in the way more than it evokes something from the music, and his signature overwrites most of the distinct character between songs. It meanders and, as he says himself, wastes away.

Proof I am not an Elton man, I havent heard of the album. that is also how ignorant I am of the 70s. Does he rival the piano man for ballads, i hear you ask? its ok road music... is it telling a story I relate to like Billy Joel? its pleasant enough, and doesnt offend. I cant beleive there is a 3 disc 50th anniversary version to draw all this out though. Life must have been SO BORING and dry for this to ignite anything. Oh England in the 1970s was so awkward.

Elton John doesn't do it for me. I know a lot of his material from its incessant play on commercial radio, and I enjoyed the biopic, but I would never choose to put any of his records on the turntable. I would not buy one from a $1 bin. I don't change the radio station when one of his songs comes on (as compared to Billy Joel, whose music I actively despise), but neither do I respond with familiar enjoyment (as opposed to Fleetwood Mac, who I always enjoy when they come on the radio). I can no longer tell if his classic songs (and there is really only one on this album) are actually good songs, or just played so much that they are familiar. Like, just played so much that we confuse ubiquity for enjoyment. This is almost exactly the same review as I gave to Yellow Brick road. Except that this album doesn't have the same number of classic singles. Tiny Dancer is a pretty good song, although most of my fondness derives from its appearance in Almost Famous. I don't like Bernie Taupin's lyrics; I find them needlessly obtuse, and sometimes just downright silly. Elton can write and sing a good tune, but this album all seems pretty much the same (understandable, given that it was his third album of 1971). All the songs are a bit too long and over-orchestrated. I found this a real struggle to get through.

Thing is, there are some great songs on here, like Tiny Dancer. It's just that I would have to be in the right mood to put this on, and I'd rather listen to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

Partly heard before Saved 3/9 Top track: Tiny Dancer

C+ Tiny Dancer - 5 Levon - 3 Razor Face - 2 Madman Across the Water - 4 Indian Sunset - 2 Holiday Inn - 2 Rotten Peaches - 2 All the Nasties - 2 Goodbye - 3 Obviously, Hold Me Closer Tony Danza is a hit. Madman Across the Water, the song, was a welcome surprise. I've never been a huge Elton John fan. His music doesn't quite tickle my fancy, or my pickle for that matter.

Tiny Dancer is a legit banger. And the orchestration on this record is really top notch. But I was bored by a lot of this. Where are the hooks? Was this record a victim of 1970s one hit, and a bunch of filler? It kind of felt that way.

I wasn't a fan before, I'm still not one.

non è il mio genere

Never really cared for Elton, still don’t but I gave it a valiant effort.

Strong two? First song: 600 million listens, the rest, sub ten. That's a good indicator of stinky album. Tapped out at song 6

On here Elton tries really really hard to make his accent sound American, with over the top theatrics and exaggerated attempts at evoking nostalgia and cinematic grandiosity. In the words of Lisa Simpson, the whole thing smacks of effort, man! If I were awarding this work for authenticity, it would get a 0, but for being an inoffensive though try-hard assortment of songs, some of which (Madman, Sunset) do shine, I award it 2 gleeful madmen. 🤪🤪

Not terrible, but every song sounded the same.

jesus, he wants to go to venus

Ik vond het heel leuk beginnen met Tiny Dancer, maar de rest heb ik niet eigenlijk totaal niet opgeslagen tijdens het studeren oeps

I appreciated listening to it but it’s pretty dated and samey. The Indian song is especially cringy.

Not really an Elton John fan but as far as his stuff goes this one is decent. Not really my style at all but I wouldn't complain about it being on.

No sorry don't buy the whole he was credible in the early seventies. Yes there are songs here. But not songs I particularly like. Even Tiny Dancer.

Not that great.

Compositions bore me to tears

Pretty good album. Even though it's not exactly my cup of tea, I can understand what makes it great. I can appreciate the amount of work put into it and you can hear how much was poured into this album. Some of the highlights for me were: "Razor Face", "Holiday Inn" and the title track. My only criticism of it is that a lot of it feels the same. Kind of like one song that drags on and on. There wasn't much variation in beat and BPM, and the production was almost exactly similar on every song which made it somewhat boring for me. The good thing about listening to this album is that now I can totally hear the link between Elton John and the songs on The Lion King.

No fan

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Not really my taste

Maudlin. Not horrible but never going to choose this.

Vähän väsynyttä Eltonia. Pakkohan tältä on olla useampi levy tällä listalla jos tääkin on täällä, koska aika outo valinta musta muuten. 2/5

A couple of standout tracks, but overall pretty uninteresting.

I prefer the greatest hits of Elton John

I like the chorus to Tiny Dancer and that's about it.

I’ve never been a fan of Elton John and this album didn’t change that. Every song sounded like a variation of Tiny Dancer. Thankful this was over in 45min.

It sounds pretty good, I dunno, ol' Elton just never struck a chord with me. My brain processes all the song as ballads which is a little unfair. But what can I say? I'm not excited by his work.

He is talented but its just not my jam.

Fine. Totally Fine. Will probably never listen again.

I dont get the inclusion of this album. It's not a great Elton John record. It has the classic Tiny Dancer but that's first and nothing that follows is anywhere near its level. Elton John is a talented man but swing and a miss here

Not one of his better ones.

This is one really good song and a load of nothingness. Elton John has a ridiculous back catalogue but not sure this belongs on here. 2/5, weaker than his best work by some way.

Definitely doesn't hit the heights as regularly as the previous Elton album we had, but is a lot more focused (and more like a normal album length at 45 minutes). On the flipside, each song is probably a bit longer than it needs to be; only the last track (which is more a vignette than a song) clocks in at under 4 minutes. Tiny Dancer is a wonderful song (although I need to keep listening to it more to cleanse the memory of that awful remix that was everywhere 11-12 years ago when I was at uni), but it's a bit weaker after that. Fun to discover Indian Sunset (that's the one 2pac used for Ghetto Gospel!), but there's not a huge amount of depth in quality. No songs other than Tiny Dancer that I'd go back to, so it's a 2/5 for me.

Прикольно, конечно. Но совсем не под настроение. Ничего не имею против Элтона, но сейчас не зашло.