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Elton's musical career has delivered over 30 studio albums and close to 20 of various best of and live compilations. It is almost like some peace was found inside of someone's heart and mind after releasing the tension earlier. However, I find that album very uneven. However, with a few exceptions, like Tonight and Song For Guy, which is one of my favorite instrumental melodies of all times, most of my favorite songs of Elton John came from the early 1970s. For me this album Madman Across The Water provides the nicest balance of placing me in the atmosphere of his early songs, which I find much more ambitious and less pop, sustaining the most even feel throughout and distracting me the least by the rock'n'roll hits hard for me to digest. Madman Across The Water (1971) is my favorite album of this amazing musician, or should I say.a pair of musicians.
Perhaps their most powerful and deepest songs can be found on Elton John's second album from 1970, the one with his face silhouetted over the black cover and simply called Elton John. So many of his songs of this album and some of his later jewels as well have this airy disposition and when mixed with some of the darker more complex songs I find the combination quite breathtaking. The name of Bernie Taupin has to be mentioned because the collaboration between these two stars made their songs so powerful and meaningful. This album has a nice light tone to it. I have put all these rock songs and ballads together in 1998 and called them:Elton's Previous And Great Songs:1.Goodbye2.First Episode At Hienton3.Song For Guy4.Seasons Reprise5.Sixty Years On6.Mood 37.It's Me That You Need8.Your Song9.Sacrifice (by Sinead O'Connor)10.I need You To Turn To11.Tonight12.Funeral For A Friend13.The Greatest Discovery14.Tiny Dancer15.Madman Across The Water16.Goodbye Yellow Brick Road17.Levon Elton's amazing music was usually proceeded by Bernie's special lyrics at times providing us with a light poetic tone of mellow ballads and at others shining light upon some of our real struggles and worries.
I understand that someone not bothered by average rock'n'roll songs might find that album his best.
This Album is great even after 30 years. It's not pop Elton John - so don't expect that. This man is not the 21st Century Elton John, but rather a man whose music meant something to him Levon amd Tiny dancer set the mood, Holiday Inn and Indian sunset are FANTASTIC. This is from the first phase, when music was the most important. The original album had a great feel, a textured cover and loads of pages of lyrics, photos etc, just like Tumbleweed.
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Madman Across the Water (Audio CD) ~ Elton John One of my Favorites , Love it.
Razor Face, Holiday Inn and Rotten Peaches, with its infectious "big" chorus, and will capture you just as much as the other sounds. If I had to pick the albums, Tumbleweed Connection and Madman Across the Water are two at the very top.Madman starts off with three of 4 songs that are some of his best (well known may be a better statement, though they are great spongs), Tiny Dancer, Levon and Madman Across The Water.But the lesser known songs are also great, there are nods to the country stylish sounds of Tumbleweed but this record is more rocky/blusish. Probably the most TUnbleweed'ish song on the record.Just a great record to have in your collection, though pretty much each record upto Captain Fantastic is worthwhile. Elton John's earlier albums are my favorites that he made. Though some of his later ones are okay, I found the older ones are the ones I like the most from start to finish.
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