Elton John

Submitted by rudolf55 on Tue, 11/28/2006 - 03:36

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Empty Sky (1969)
1. Empty Sky: 6.9
2. Val-Hala: 7.0
3. Western Ford Gateway: 6.7
4. Hymn 2000: 6.0
5. Lady What's Tomorrow: 6.4
6. Sails: 6.8
7. The Scaffold: 7.1
8. Skyline Pigeon: 7.9
9. Gulliver/Hay-Chewed/Reprise: 5.0
Song Average: 6.6
Score: 63%
Elton John (1970)
1. Your Song: 10
2. I Need You To Turn On: 9.8
3. Take Me To The Pilot: 9.3
4. No Shoe String On Louise: 7.9
5. First Episode At Hienton: 10
6. Sixty Years On: 9.6
7. Border Song: 9.2
8. The Greatest Discovery: 9.5
9. The Cage: 8.2
10. The King Must Die: 9.0
Song Average: 9.2
Score: 92%
Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
1. Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun: 9.1
2. Come Down In Time: 9.6
3. Country Comfort: 8.6
4. Son Of Your Father: 8.2
5. My Father's Gun: 9.0
6. Where To Now St Peter?: 9.1
7. Love Song: 6.8
8. Amoreena: 9.2
9. Talking Old Soldiers: 9.5
10. Burn Down The Mission: 9.2
Song Average: 8.8
Score: 87%
Madman Across The Water (1971)
1. Tiny Dancer: 10
2. Levon: 9.8
3. Razor Face: 9.4
4. Madman Across The Water: 9.0
5. Indian Sunset: 10
6. Holiday Inn: 9.5
7. Rotten Peaches: 9.3
8. All The Nasties: 9.6
9. Goodbye: 10
Song Average: 9.6
Score: 95%
Honky Château (1972)
1. Honky Cat: 9.0
2. Mellow: 9.2
3. I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself: 9.5
4. Susie (Dramas): 9.0
5. Rocket Man: 9.7
6. Salvation: 9.3
7. Slave: 9.0
8. Amy: 8.8
9. Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters: 9.4
10. Hercules: 8.5
Song Average: 9.1
Score: 93%
Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player (1973)
1. Daniel: 9.1
2. Teacher I Need You: 7.9
3. Elderberry Wine: 8.1
4. Blues For My Baby And Me: 8.6
5. Midnight Creeper: 7.6
6. Have Mercy On The Criminal: 8.5
7. I'm Gonna Be A Teenage Idol: 8.4
8. Texas Love Song: 8.9
9. Crocodile Rock: 10
10. High Flying Bird: 9.4
Song Average: 8.6
Score: 85%
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
1. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding: 9.0
2. Candle In The Wind: 9.8
3. Bennie And The Jets: 9.1
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: 10
5. This Song Has No Title: 9.5
6. Grey Seal: 9.6
7. Jamaice Jerk Off: 7.8
8. I've Seen That Movie Too: 9.4
9. Sweet Painted Lady: 9.5
10. The Ballad Of Danny Bailey: 9.0
11. Dirty Little Girl: 8.1
12. All The Girls Love Alice: 9.1
13. Your Sister Can't Twist: 8.7
14. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting: 8.5
15. Roy Rogers: 9.3
16. Social Disease: 10
17. Harmony: 9.5
Song Average: 9.2
Score: 91%
Caribou (1974)
1. The Bitch Is Back: 8.5
2. Pinky: 9.0
3. Grimsby: 7.9
4. Dixie Lily: 8.0
5. Solar Prestige A Gammon: 9.1
6. You're So Static: 9.0
7. I've Seen The Saucers: 6.6
8. Stinker: 7.1
9. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me: 8.4
10. Ticking: 9.3
Song Average: 8.3
Score: 80%
Comment: I had a hard time finding this one. Was it worth it? Sure, it was worth it just to find those few great songs. But it's still a weaker early-Elton album.
Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
1. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy: 10
2. Tower Of Babel: 9.7
3. Bitter Fingers: 10
4. Tell Me When The Whistle Blows: 9.4
5. Someone Saved My Life Tonight: 10
6. (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket: 9.5
7. Better Off Dead: 9.8
8. Writing: 9.0
9. We All Fall In Love Sometimes: 9.6
10. Curtains: 9.5
Song Average: 9.7
Score: 97%
Comment: The definitive Elton John album. Need I say more? Oh yes, it also seems to be the turning point for him and Taupin. But really, just focus on the album.
Rock Of The Westies (1975)
1. Yell Help/Wednesday Night/Ugly: 8.4
2. Dan Dare (Pilot Of The Future): 9.2
3. Island Girl: 8.0
4. Grow Some Funk Of Your Own: 9.0
5. I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford): 9.5
6. Street Kids: 7.5
7. Hard Luck Story: 9.1
8. Feed Me: 8.6
9. Billy Bones And The White Bird: 8.1
Song Average: 8.6
Score: 84%
Comment: The album cover is sort of creepy. I still don't know why. I'm out of things to say. Is it obvious?
Blue Moves (1976)
1. Your Starter For...: 8.7
2. Tonight: 9.1
3. One Horse Town: 7.5
4. Chameleon: 8.6
5. Boogie Pilgrim: 6.2
6. Cage The Songbird: 9.3
7. Crazy Water: 6.4
8. Shoulder Holster: 6.9
9. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word: 10
10. Out Of The Blue: 5.8
11. Between Seventeen And Twenty: 6.7
12. The Wide-Eyes And Laughing: 7.1
13. Someone's Final Song: 9.6
14. Where's The Shoorah?: 9.3
15. If There's A God In Heaven (What's He Waiting For?): 7.7
16. Idol: 7.4
17. Theme From A Non-Existent TV-Series: 5.5
18. Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance!): 6.8
Song Average: 7.7
Score: 67%
Comment: Elton tried to do his Goodbye Yellow Brick Road trick again, but he failed. The album isn't bad. It's a good effort. Hell, Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word is one of his best, no matter how corny it sounds. But it fails as a whole.
A Single Man (1978)
1. Shine On Through: 8.0
2. Return To Paradise: 6.9
3. I Don't Care: 5.8
4. Big Dipper: 5.5
5. It Ain't Gonna Be Easy: 5.5
6. Part-Time Love: 4.8
7. Georgia: 6.0
8. Shooting Star: 5.9
9. Madness: 5.7
10. Reverie: 5.0
11. Song For Guy: 8.4
Song Average: 6.1
Score: 59%
Comment: Mediocrity in its purest form. Gary Osborne tries, but he's no Bernie Taupin.
Victim Of Love (1979)
1. Johnny B Goode: 1.7
2. Warm Love In A Cold World: 3.8
3. Born Bad: 2.9
4. Thunder In The Night: 4.8
5. Spotlight: 3.9
6. Street Boogie: 3.5
7. Victim Of Love: 2.7
Song Average: 3.3
Score: 29%
Comment: It's amazing how fast a star can fall.
21 At 33 (1980)
1. Chasing The Crown: 5.6
2. Little Jeannie: 7.9
3. Sartorial Eloquence: 7.2
4. Two Rooms At The End Of The World: 6.4
5. White Lady White Powder: 6.0
6. Dear God: 6.1
7. Never Gonna Fall In Love Again: 5.9
8. Take Me Back: 7.0
9. Give Me The Love: 6.2
Song Average: 6.4
Score: 60%
Comment: Meep, ignore the first sentence. Just here to state my opinion. I need to be less ambitious.
The Fox (1981)
1. Breaking Down Barriers: 6.8
2. Heart In The Right Place: 5.7
3. Just Like Belgium: 8.4
4. Nobody Wins; 7.7
5. Fascist Faces: 6.6
6. Carla/Etude: 7.9
7. Fanfare: 4.7
8. Chloe: 8.1
9. Heels Of The Wind: 7.2
10. Elton's Song: 7.9
11. The Fox: 8.0
Song Average: 7.1
Score: 68%
Comment: Another artist on the right track again.
Jump Up! (1982)
1. Dear John: 7.9
2. Spiteful Child: 8.0
3. Ball & Chain: 9.0
4. Legal Boys: 9.2
5. I Am Your Robot: 7.6
6. Blue Eyes: 8.3
7. Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny): 9.0
8. Princess: 7.5
9. Where Have All The Good Times Gone?: 7.0
10. All Quiet On The Western Front: 7.6
Song Average: 8.1
Score: 79%
Comment: Screw degenration, the guy still has it in him.
Too Low For Zero (1983)
1. Cold As Christmas (In The Middle Of The Year): 9.3
2. I'm Still Standing: 10
3. Too Low For Zero: 9.0
4. Religion: 8.4
5. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues: 9.1
6. Crystal: 7.9
7. Kiss The Bride: 8.1
8. Whipping Boy: 8.5
9. Saint: 9.2
10. One More Arrow: 9.5
Song Average: 8.9
Score: 87%
Comment: He returns! Even if he went back into his rut after this, this album stands strong. Coincidentally, I'm Still Standing is the best late-Elton John song.
Breaking Hearts (1984)
1. Restless: 6.4
2. Slow Down Georgie (She's Poison): 5.9
3. Who Wears These Shoes: 6.0
4. Breaking Hearts (Ain't What It Used To Be): 8.3
5. Li'l 'Frigerator: 7.1
6. Passengers: 6.8
7. In Neon: 6.6
8. Burning Buildings: 7.3
9. Did He Shoot Her?: 7.8
10. Sad Songs (Say So Much): 7.9
Song Average: 7.0
Score: 69%
Comment: Another step backwards. I've typed this before.
Ice On Fire (1985)
1. This Town: 5.8
2. Cry To Heaven: 6.0
3. Soul Glove: 5.9
4. Nikita: 5.5
5. Too Young: 4.9
6. Wrap Her Up: 4.0
7. Satellite: 4.9
8. Tell Me What The Papers Say: 5.0
9. Candy By The Pound/ 5.3
10. Shoot Down The Moon/ 6.0
Song Average: 5.3
Score: 47%
Leather Jackets (1986)
1. Leather Jackets: 4.0
2. Hoop Of Fire: 5.0
3. Don't Trust That Woman: 4.6
4. Go It Alone: 3.2
5. Gypsy Heart: 3.9
6. Slow Rivers: 4.8
7. Heartache All Over The World: 5.1
8. Angeline: 4.9
9. Memory Of Love: 4.1
10. Paris: 3.7
11. I Fall Apart: 5.2
Song Average: 4.4
Score: 42%
Comment: This is reportedly Elton John's least favourite album, and while I disagree with him (Victim Of Love is much, much worse), he is right that it is pretty bad.
Reg Strikes Back (1988)
1. Town Of Plenty: 7.1
2. A Word In Spanish: 7.5
3. Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters (Part II): 7.4
4. I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That: 7.6
5. Japanese Hands: 9.1
6. Goodbye Marlon Brando: 6.2
7. The Camera Never Lies: 7.0
8. Heavy Traffic: 7.2
9. Poor Cow: 8.0
10. Since God Invented Girls: 8.2
Song Average: 7.5
Score: 71%
Comment: I don't use the term underrated much, but I will definitely use it here. Sure, this doesn't compare to his best, but it's a fine album on its own and I've only read devastating reviews. Maybe I'm just too lenient.
Sleeping With The Past (1989)
1. Durban Deep: 9.2
2. Healing Hands: 9.0
3. Whispers: 9.1
4. Club At The End Of The Street: 7.9
5. Sleeping With The Past: 7.6
6. Stone's Throw From Hurtin': 6.8
7. Sacrifice: 9.4
8. I Never Knew Her Name: 7.7
9. Amazes Me: 7.0
10. Blue Avenue: 9.3
Song Average: 8.3
Score: 75%
The One (1992)
1. Simple Life: 9.2
2. The One: 7.9
3. Sweat It Out: 6.7
4. Runaway Train: 6.9
5. Whitewash County: 7.0
6. The North: 6.4
7. When A Woman Doesn't Want You: 6.8
8. Emily: 7.0
9. On Dark Street: 7.1
10. Understanding Women: 4.2
11. The Last Song: 7.2
Song Average: 6.9
Score: 63%
Duets (1993)
1. Teardrops: 7.0
2. When I Think About Love (I Think About You): 6.1
3. The Power: 5.1
4. Shakey Ground: 4.8
5. True Love: 4.9
6. If You Were Me: 4.2
7. A Woman's Need: 5.0
8. Old Friend: 6.0
9. Go On And On: 4.0
10. Don't Go Breaking My Heart: 7.1
11. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing: 6.2
12. I'm Your Puppet: 5.9
13. Love Letters: 6.5
14. Born To Lose: 5.5
15. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me: 7.5
16. Duets For One: 7.7
Song Average: 5.4
Score: 51%
Made In England (1995)
1. Believe: 9.4
2. Made In England: 9.3
3. House: 8.0
4. Cold: 7.9
5. Pain: 7.7
6. Belfast: 9.2
7. Latitude: 7.8
8. Please: 7.6
9. Man: 7.0
10. Lies: 7.4
11. Blessed: 7.3
Song Average: 8.0
Score: 76%
The Big Picture (1997)
1. Long Way From Happiness: 7.8
2. Live Like Horses: 7.5
3. The End Will Come: 7.0
4. If The River Can Bend: 6.4
5. Love's Got A Lot To Answer For: 6.0
6. Something About The Way You Look Tonight: 6.8
7. The Big Picture: 5.8
8. Recover Your Soul: 6.3
9. January: 7.0
10. I Can't Steer My Heart Clear Of You: 6.8
11. Wicked Dreams: 5.7
Song Average: 6.6
Score: 60%
Songs From The West Coast (2001)
1. The Emperor's New Clothes: 9.0
2. Dark Diamond: 7.2
3. Look Ma, No Hands: 6.8
4. American Triangle: 9.0
5. Original Sin: 7.6
6. Birds: 6.9
7. I Want Love: 7.9
8. The Wasteland: 6.0
9. Ballad Of The Boy In The Red Shoes: 8.0
10. Love Her Like Me: 8.2
11. Mansfield: 9.2
12. This Train Don't Stop There Anymore: 7.9
Song Average: 7.8
Score: 74%
Peachtree Road (2004)
1. Weight Of The World: 9.1
2. Porch Swing In Tupelo: 9.4
3. Answer In The Sky: 7.9
4. Turn The Lights Out When You Leave: 9.0
5. My Eclusive Drug: 6.7
6. They Call Her The Cat: 6.3
7. Freaks In Love: 7.0
8. All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful): 8.1
9. I Stop And I Breathe: 8.0
10. Too Many Tears: 9.4
11. It's Getting Dark In Here: 7.9
12. I Can't Keep This From You: 8.0
Song Average: 8.0
Score: 79%
The Captain & The Kid (2006)
1. Postcards From Richard Nixon: 7.2
2. Just Like Noah's Ark: 7.0
3. Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way: 7.8
4. Tinderbox: 8.1
5. ...And The House Fell Down: 7.6
6. Blues Never Fade Away: 9.5
7. The Bridge: 8.0
8. I Must Have Lost It On The Wind: 7.9
9. Old '67: 7.5
10. The Captain And The Kid: 9.0
Song Average: 7.9
Score: 74%

Author Comments:

Rankings

1. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy *****/*****
2. Madman Across The Water *****/*****
3. Elton John ****1/2/*****
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ****1/2/*****
5. Honky Château ****1/2/*****
6. Tumbleweed Connection ****/*****
7. Too Low For Zero ****/*****
8. Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player ****/*****
9. Rock Of The Westies ****/*****
10. Caribou ****/*****
11. Peachtree Road ***1/2/*****
12. Jump Up! ***1/2/*****
13. Made In England ***1/2/*****
14. Sleeping With The Past ***1/2/*****
15. The Captain And The Kid ***1/2/*****
16. Songs From The West Coast ***1/2/*****
17. Reg Strikes Back ***1/2/*****
18. Breaking Hearts ***/*****
19. The Fox ***/*****
20. Blue Moves ***/*****
21. Empty Sky ***/*****
22. The One ***/*****
23. 21 At 33 ***/*****
24. The Big Picture ***/*****
25. A Single Man **1/2/*****
26. Duets **1/2/*****
27. Ice On Fire **/*****
28. Leather Jackets **/*****
29. Victim Of Love */*****

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Elton John

Empty Sky (1969)

Elton John (1970)

Tumbleweed Connection (1970)

Madman Across The Water (1971)

Honky Château (1972)

Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player (1973)

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)

Caribou (1974)

Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)

Rock Of The Westies (1975)

Blue Moves (1976)

A Single Man (1978)

Victim Of Love (1979)

21 At 33 (1980)

The Fox (1981)

Jump Up! (1982)

Too Low For Zero (1983)

Breaking Hearts (1984)

Ice On Fire (1985)

Leather Jackets (1986)

Reg Strikes Back (1988)

Sleeping With The Past (1989)

The One (1992)

Duets (1993)

Made In England (1995)

The Big Picture (1997)

Songs From The West Coast (2001)

Peachtree Road (2004)

The Captain & The Kid (2006)

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