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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

the (I think) organ solo in Daniel is soooooooo beautiful
i believe it is mellotron played byu Elton, flute tapes.
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  4 stars 1971: Friends (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEa0_aHPKUb-oZK3LqAGi_dq
 
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First four albums - 1969-71.....underrated first LP but that three album run from the self-titled second to Madman are essential with Tumbleweed being a personal favorite.

Next three albums - 1972-73.....Chateau introduced a more commercial sound and sales boomed; Shoot is an interesting album that harkens back and looks forward, then Yellow Brick.....it's a jukebox of an album that made him an international superstar.  I'd take any of the first four over it.

Next three albums - 1974-75......two excellent "throw away" albums sandwiched between what many feel is his best:  Brown Dirt.  I don't dislike the album but don't think it's near his best.....in fact, I'd take the first seven and the ones before and after over it.  Then, Blue Moves - an excellent single album that just happens to be a double.  Everything that made him great is here, so is everything that led to the very steep drop in quality from here on in.

After this, 1978's A Single Man isn't bad and a good album's worth of material could be squeezed from the early 80s revival LPs like 21 at 33, the Fox, Jump Up, and Too Low For Zero.  Can't recommend anything after, even the "comeback" records, including the dud he did with Leon.  
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Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

the (I think) organ solo in Daniel is soooooooo beautiful
i believe it is mellotron played byu Elton, flute tapes.

wow amazing
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The One is my favourite Elton John album and I agree with Icarium that Blue Moves is his proggiest album. 

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Elton John's Complete Discography

(This list also includes Elton's dreadful 2012 remix album with Pnau, which just happened to go flying straight in like a bullet to Number One in the UK album charts, so it just goes to show how much I know about tastes in modern music amongst the young people of today). Tongue

4 stars 1973: Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbu7miowXDud3ChhQcETn3h
4 stars 1975: Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYU-_5Cqwv6Sc9wGB9Ho7VP
5 stars 1986: Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbxd6Gs_V8Simb544FauSMZ
4 stars 1994: The Lion King (soundtrack with Hans Zimmer) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYhzpZN28WhlVVTDzIKaA6q
4 stars 1994: Live at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZeG9JyIHVR7vTG65KHOeQt
5 stars 2000: One Night Only - Live at Madison Square Garden - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZv0-Z2N4F6-Nxk7kRqmskK
5 stars 2001: Live at the Great Amphitheatre of Ephesus, Turkey - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEa9_AUc5N5BgOtZuN4XQ-ho
5 stars 2002: Live at the Royal Opera House, London - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZE4vvULmzHVBKdqKHylrcF
4 stars 2004: Peachtree Road - Live at the Tabernacle, Atlanta, Georgia - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaY_bzb0kozXkrodurIhoD6
3 stars 2010: Live at Beacon Theatre, New York (with Leon Russell) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbyOrY8DnW1VwqzkWLZHSCa
2 stars 2012: Good Morning to the Night (with Pnau) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYTFSatR63vuI6COkRLwIB0
5 stars 2012: The Million Dollar Piano - Live in Las Vegas - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYFFwIpFX4hSc4DF0tx6j6L


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I didn’t think much of The One, so maybe I need to revisit it. From this later stage of his career, the only albums I’ve really enjoyed (enough to buy) are Sleeping With The Past, The Lion King (which is more Hans Zimmer than it is Elton John), and Made In England.
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The One title track is quit epic and atmospheroc, amazing synth arrangement
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Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

The One title track is quit epic and atmospheroc, amazing synth arrangement
 
The One also has the added bonus of featuring the one and only Eric Clapton on Runaway Train. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

The One title track is quit epic and atmospheroc, amazing synth arrangement

 
The One also has the added bonus of featuring the one and only Eric Clapton on Runaway Train. Smile
I have heard hes good at playing guitar, there are roumors in the street
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Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

The One title track is quit epic and atmospheroc, amazing synth arrangement

 
The One also has the added bonus of featuring the one and only Eric Clapton on Runaway Train. Smile
I have heard hes good at playing guitar, there are rumors in the street
 
Yes, that would be the same street where it says "" sprayed on the wall in graffiti. Smile
 
 
 
 


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