2003CC: Elton John
- Greatest Hits (74): *****
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (73): **** 1/2
- Tumbleweed Connection (71): **** 1/2
- Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy (75): **** 1/2
- Honky Chateau (72): ****
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (86): ****
- Elton John (70): ****
- To Be Continued... (90): ****
- Madman Across the Water (71): *** 1/2
- Too Low for Zero (83): *** 1/2
- Greatest Hits, 1976 - 1986 (92): *** 1/2
- Rare Masters (92): *** 1/2
- Songs from the West Coast (01): *** 1/2
- Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (73): ***
- Love Songs (96): ***
- 11-17-70 (71): ** 1/2
- Caribou (74): ** 1/2
- 21 at 33 (80): ** 1/2
- Jump Up! (82): ** 1/2
- Breaking Hearts (84): ** 1/2
- Made in England (95): ** 1/2
- Big Picture (97): ** 1/2
- Empty Sky (69): **
- Here and There (76): **
- A Single Man (76): **
- Ice on Fire (85): **
- Live in Australia (87): **
- The One (92): **
- One Night Only (00): **
- Rock of the Westies (75): * 1/2
- Blue Moves (76): * 1/2
- The Fox (81): * 1/2
- Leather Jackets (86): * 1/2
- Reg Stikes Back (88): * 1/2
- Sleeping With the Past (89): * 1/2
- Duets (93): * 1/2
- Victim of Love (79): *
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever
Thanks a lot, lbangs, but could I trouble you for one more on Elvis Presley? I don't think you've ever given him the CC treatment.
I've been working on it, and hopefully, I'll have it up by the end of the evening.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs