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Poll Question: What's your favorite Elton album?
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    Posted: May 17 2011 at 13:56
I used to hate the guy, but after having acquainted myself with his material, I can say he's one of my all-time favorite artists of the 1970's. That is as long as the focus is from 1970-1975. What do you folks think?
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is an exceptional album, but I don't care much for the rest. Having said that, he is a talented individual.
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I've sold my Elton John albums, but Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the one I kept the longest. The other ones I had aren't on this list though.
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is an exceptional album, but I don't care much for the rest. Having said that, he is a talented individual.
 
I have to agree. Goodby Yellow Brick Road is certainly John's best album, but I have to say "Ticking" on Caribou is probably my favorite song of Elton's. But I've never been a big Elton John fan.
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I don't think I'm a fan of any band. Okay, maybe Tom Waits, but...

For me, I didn't give a damn about him until I introduced myself to Honky Chateau (my personal favorite, and not just on account of Rocket Man), Tumbleweed Connection ( a very consistent British answer to Willy and the Poor Boys), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (apparently a favorite. Is it because of Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding? I think the first side is amazing, one of his best, but I have a difficult time with side two and all those fillerish rockers), and Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (which shocked me a little. I never expected it to be the way it is). Caribou is my least favorite of the ones here, and I haven't delved into his 1980's material. I'm afraid to. 
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Loved Elton back in the seventies. Madman is my favourite from what is a great series of albums, although I've never heard Caribou.
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in this list goodbye comes first and Captain is very close, what about Blue moves? i'm realy keen on it
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is an exceptional album, but I don't care much for the rest. Having said that, he is a talented individual.


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Big smile
 
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The same as you, each album features beautiful songs Thumbs Up Beer
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this song is so full of energy and positive vibe, yes some 80s Elton is also quite neat to listen to, I like NIkita best of the 80s songs
 
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also Jean-Luc Ponty plays violine on Honky Chateau
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Blue Moves
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Oops sorry, i already voted but gave a second one to good bye....and one time again...Where is Blue moves
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is an exceptional album, but I don't care much for the rest. Having said that, he is a talented individual.
 
This, and to be even more specific, the track Love Lies Bleeding.
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Hard choice between Madman, Tumbleweed and Yellow Brick Road. Yellow Brick Road contains Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding but I like Madman as a whole better so i guess I'll go with that.
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the album Elton John with the song Your Song on is also a very cool album by the fact to how varied and facinating it is, and all the harpishcord he used back in the day, he was a very good promoter for the classic harpishcord sound and used it frequently.
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Blue Moves is brilliant!
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