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Elton John
Reissued, Extra Tracks, Remastered
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Track Listings
1 | Your Song |
2 | I Need You to Turn to |
3 | Take Me to the Pilot |
4 | No Shoe String on Louise |
5 | First Episode at Hienton |
6 | Sixty Years on |
7 | Border Song |
8 | The Greatest Discovery |
9 | The Cage |
10 | The King Must Die |
11 | Bad Side of the Moon |
12 | Grey Seal |
13 | Rock N Roll Madonna |
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Newly remastered by original producer Gus Dudgeon utilizing 20 bit technology. Features complete packaging with detailed sleeve notes and 3 bonus tracks: "Bad Side of the Moon," "Rock And Roll Madonna" and "Grey Seal."
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.63 x 4.96 x 0.39 inches; 3.74 ounces
- Manufacturer : The Rocket Record Company
- Item model number : 2138794
- Original Release Date : 1996
- Date First Available : December 12, 2006
- Label : The Rocket Record Company
- ASIN : B000001EG6
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #26,122 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #672 in Soft Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
- #832 in Adult Contemporary (CDs & Vinyl)
- #857 in Pop Singer-Songwriters
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How nice it is to hear that meandering yet spot-on piano tinkering, alongside an atypically humble and unpretentious lyric from one Bernie Taupin: "If I was a sculptor/But then again no/Or a man who makes potions/For a traveling show." It's enough to forgive the irritating harpsichord of the next number, "I Need You To Turn To."
But only "First Episode At Hienton" after that is less that sparkling, and so much else about Elton's first big album (after the shakedown cruise of "Empty Sky") is brilliant. It's not the hitmaker U.S. audiences would so soon grow accustomed to, singing about alligators and astronauts so winningly, but a thoughtful musical craftsman who was still experimenting with what mass audiences might let him get away with.
"Take Me To The Pilot" is the one rocker, and a good one, better than "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" if not some of his other big hits of later years. Those who love Elton the hitmaker will probably also treasure (as I do) such less heralded numbers as the Rolling Stones' tribute "No Shoe Strings On Louise" (Mick Jagger vocal mannerisms circa "Let It Bleed" abound), the mesquite-soaked "Border Song," or "The Greatest Discovery," one of the great love songs ever sung, though with a clever twist that only renders the actual subject matter more affecting. How often does one hear a song about the arrival of a younger sibling? (Well, there's "Lonely Boy" by Andrew Gold, but this is much more positive.)
I can't get behind Elton here the way I can with "Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player" or "Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy," though it's probably a better though less representative album than at least the first of those. It's not Elton the way you and I would come to know him in a very short time, but an interesting variation that regarded lyrical depth as important as tuneful variation. The former Mr. Reg Dwight still had three more albums to go, including a live one, before nailing down his trademark winning piano-popster sound, but this was his first hurrah, and a big one, ironically so given it was so removed from the glam image he would so soon cultivate.
If you are listening to Elton's hits and liking them, and want something else to turn to, I'd suggest "Captain Fantastic," "Tumbleweed Connection," and this album, which combined probably will leave you with no more than three or four key songs you've already heard and a number you ought to give a listen to. If you like any of the music Elton made through 1976, that is to say the best he ever did, you owe it to yourself to give his first hit record a spin. It still kicks more than 30 years on.
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I am in the process of building up my Elton John collection ( Just need a couple more to complete the entire catalogue. A must have for any Elton John fan with songs like "Bad Side of the Moon", "Your Song", "Take Me The Pilot", "Grey Seal" and "The Border Song"
L'album si apre con quella "Your song" che mostra subito quale siano i connotati artistici su cui si muove; una delicata ballata pianistica da toni molto intimisti. Toni ribaditi anche nella successiva "I need you to turn to". Guarda oltre oceano "Take me to the pilot" con quel piano honky e un'atmosfera che sarebbe piaciuta alla Band di Robbie Robertson; un brano che mostra cosa avrebbe potuto essere John se non avesse invece scelto il pop barocco e i lustrini.
"No shoe strings to Louise" prosegue sui toni proposti dal brano precedente con un sound molto american oriented,verso quel country pop che andava molto al periodo; il problema che John risulta credibilissimo con la sua scrittura vivace e intensa. "First episode at Hienton" è un perfetto esempio di pop sinfonico di cui John è maestro assoluto. E poi quei pochi secondi inziali di "Sixty years on" con gli archi dissonanti, che genialata; poi la canzone si snocciala delicatamente e un altro tassello fondamentale del songbook eltoniano è scritto. E poi la volta di "Border song"; alzi la mano chi non la conosce.. (da segnalare la potente versione fatta da Aretha Franklin nel 1972... e la Franklin in quel periodo non coverizzava il primo che capitava... era la Regina del Soul). Poi è il turno di "The greatest discovery" e mi immagino questo brano suonato in un arena americana gremita di gente con gli accendini accesi (già, a quei tempi non si usava il cellulare) a dondolarsi e cantare il pezzo. Che l'ambizioso John guardasse già al mercato americano lo ribadisce anche "The cage" perfetta miscela di pop, soul (i fiati sono fantastici) e country.
Chiudeva questo fantastico album "The king must die" e non poteva essere chiusura migliore, un pezzo per cui il compianto Freddy Mercury avrebbe ceduto volentieri l'anima al diavolo pur di comporla.
Questa versione cd offre poi 3 bonus tracks,"Bad side of the moon" "Grey seal" e "Rock and roll Madonna" tutti singoli usciti in quel magistrale e irripetibile 1970.