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- 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' (1973) In an era when Elton John could do no wrong, this was his greatest achievement. 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' is packed with some of John and Taupin's greatest tunes, staples of classic rock playlists and John's live set, including "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," the title cut, and of course, "Candle in the Wind."
- 'Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy' (1975) One of the great attractions of the first five years of John's career is that he seemed unable to do anything wrong.
- 'Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player' (1973) Elton John's second consecutive No. 1 album is a sampler of songwriting and production styles that foreshadows his masterful 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,' which would see release just 10 months later.
- 'Caribou' (1974) Completed in just over a week, 'Caribou' is Elton-John-as-product, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It opens and closes with two stone-cold classics in "The Bitch Is Back" and "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me."
Jun 2, 2024 · These best Elton John albums are not just a reflection of his artistic genius but also encapsulate defining moments in his career and contributions to the music industry. From soft rock ballads to gripping piano tunes, each album brought to life a different aspect of Elton John's musical dexterity. For instance, the album Goodbye Yellow Brick ...
- Tumbleweed Connection. (DJM, 1970) Enthralled by the Wild West heroes of their childhood and mesmerised by The Band’s Americana touchstone Music From Big Pink, Elton’s third album was dunked in the dustbowl mystic of the US frontier.
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. (DJM, 1973) The 17 tracks for Elton’s first double album were recorded in 15 days at the Château D’Hérouville in France. From the extended instrumental of Funeral For A Friend… to the sultry R&B of Bennie And The Jets, the cascading beauty of the title track and its closing counterpart Harmony, GBYBR contains a cinematic smorgasbord of genres, with Taupin tapping into his beloved American South (Roy Rogers, The Ballad Of Danny Bailey) and Elton adding pugilistic rock’n’roll (Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting) to lush balladry (Candle In The Wind).
- Madman Across The Water. (DJM, 1971) Elton’s third album of 1971 (and fifth in 18 months) bridged the gap between the bucolic Americana of Tumbleweed Connection and the supercharged pop songs of Honky Château.
- Honky Château. (DJM, 1972) Enter Elton John the pop star. His first US Number 1, Honky Château is a transitional album, one that sees the denim-clad singer-songwriter morph into the sequined ’70s superstar.
- Songs from The West Coast
- Tumbleweed Connection
- Blue Moves
- Honky Chateau
- Elton John 11-17-70
- Caribou
- Madman Across The Water
- Don’T Shoot Me I’m only The Piano Player
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Songs From The West Coast returned to the original Elton John sound. It was Elton’s best record in twenty years! Sitting in a doctor’s office, I heard the Elton John song “Ballad of the Boy in the Red Shoes.” I was initially baffled when hearing the song because it sounded like old Elton John from the Tumbleweed Connection period. (A period that El...
Elton John’s third album, Tumbleweed Connection, was released on October 30th, 1970. While the album should not be defined as a country album, the musical structure inherent in the melodic lines, chord changes, and lyrical content sounds like what we now call Americana.The album featured a long roster of musicians, including well-known vocalists li...
Elton John’s album Blue Moves was released on October 22, 1976. It was the second double album that Elton John had released in his career. His first double album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, had only been released three years earlier. The fact that both albums were two record sets was the only real commonality apparent between both records. Goodbye ...
Elton John’s most important transitional album was released in 1972. The album was entitled Honky Châteauand was Elton’s fifth official album release. The album was both a critical and commercial success. The record yielded two major hits on the U.S. and U.K. pop charts. “Rocket Man” was the album’s first single. The song “Rocket Man” hit No. 6 on ...
Well, if there ever was an Elton John album that left no doubt over its release date, it was Elton John’s 11-17-70 record. However, all kidding aside, the album showed the world just how great a rock and roll piano player Elton John was. The album featured Elton John on piano, Dee Murry on bass, and Nigel Olson on drums. No other instrumentation wa...
The Caribou LP was the follow-up record to Elton John’s monster album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Elton John’s Cariboualbum was released on June 28, 1974. The album contained two of Elton John’s biggest hits, “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” and “The Bitch is Back.” However, the album also contained some of Elton John’s deepest album cuts. Songs li...
Two of the best Elton John songs were released on the Madman Across the Water LP. Elton’s “Levon” and “Tiny Dancer” opened the great Madman Across the Water LP and easily stand as two of the singer’s most loved songs. The rest of the LP featured a darker presentation of lyrical ideas through songs like” Indian Sunset,” which defined the Native Amer...
Elton John’s Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player arrived in stores on January 23rd, 1973, with impressive album packaging. Inside the gatefold cover was an immense multi-page booklet containing colorful photographs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The pull-out booklet included the lyrics and credits to the album’s musical selections. It was th...
Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s epic work Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was released on October 5, 1973. The album was a two-record set that contained seventeen songs. The album hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album charts. The record also hit No.1 on the UK album Charts. Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road also finished the year in 1974 as the No...
Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboyalbum was their crowning moment and most outstanding musical achievement. Even Eton John has often said he thought the album was his best. The album opener, “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy,” set the tone instantly for an album that defined the craft of deep poeti...
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- “Honky Château” (1972) On “Honky Château,” Elton John distances himself from the intricacies of his early work but earns a new audience in the process.
- “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy” (1975) “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy” is one of Elton John’s last great artistic statements of the 1970s and one of the best albums in his discography.
- “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” (1973) In less than half a decade, Elton John released seven records. The 1973 album, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” manages to distill the best out of each and deliver the results in bite-size pieces.
- “Tumbleweed Connection” (1970) “Tumbleweed Connection” might not have given Elton John a hit as big as “Your Song,” but it is nonetheless one of the great folk-rock albums of the era.
A ranking and review of the colossal and breathtaking works by the truly wonderful artist Elton John! I love Elton so much, his fifty year career is just so strong and inspiring, we are all just blessed to have Elton! Enjoy! (Updated 10/2019)
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The top rated tracks by Elton John are Tiny Dancer, Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time), Your Song, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Someone Saved My Life Tonight. This artist appears in 3,373 charts and has received 20 comments and 162 ratings from BestEverAlbums.com site members.
