Captain Fantastic 以来久しぶりにエルトン節を堪能できました。
なんといっても、エモーションの高まりとバンドとの一体感、
そして、楽曲のレベルが高い感じです。
最初からアップテンポだったので後半ダレるかとおもいきや、
いやはや捨て曲なしの全開で、アップテンポの中にも叙情性があって
すべての曲が丁寧に作られています。
やっぱりナイジェルのドラムはスケール感が出ますね。
必聴盤です。
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曲目リスト
1 | Wonderful Crazy Night |
2 | In The Name Of You |
3 | Claw Hammer |
4 | Blue Wonderful |
5 | I've Got 2 Wings |
6 | A Good Heart |
7 | Looking Up |
8 | Guilty Pleasure |
9 | Tambourine |
10 | The Open Chord |
11 | Free And Easy |
12 | England And America |
商品の説明
Deluxe edition includes two bonus tracks. 2016 album from the veteran British singer/songwriter. Wonderful Crazy Night was co-produced by Elton and T-Bone Burnett and recorded at The Village in Los Angeles. The album includes the first single 'Looking Up'. Elton has sold more than 300 million records and has more than fifty Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive no. 1 US albums and 58 Billboard Top 40 singles.
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- EAN : 0602547650825
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上位レビュー、対象国: 日本
レビューのフィルタリング中に問題が発生しました。後でもう一度試してください。
2016年2月5日に日本でレビュー済み
前作「ダイビングボード」には、<好きなようにやりたいんだ。それがわかってくれない人は聴かないでくれ>という雰囲気がありましたが、今回は、「さあ、いっしょに楽しもうぜ!」と語りかけてくるような姿勢を感じます。元々は作曲家としてスタートしたエルトンですが、今作から感じられるのは、70年代から変わらず続くポップミュージックスターとしてのエルトンであり、演奏に参加したナイジェルとデイヴィーも含めて、ロックンローラーの正しい歳のとり方の見本を見ている思いがします。
エルトンジョンは、ミックジャガーのようなカッコイイおじんではありませんが、確実に期待以上の仕事をこなす本物のプロフェッショナルです。ドラッグ中毒で苦しんでいた時期でさえ、高水準の作品を彼は発表し続けました。今作はジャケットに笑顔で写っている様子からも感じられるように、何よりもまずエルトン自身が音楽を楽しんでおり、好きな音楽ができる幸せを聴衆と共有しようという、明るく前向きな姿勢が全面に表れているといってよいでしょう。
ジャケットの写真は1975年のアルバム「カリブ」を思い出させますが、しかし、ここにいるのはかつての栄光を引きずって生きる老ミュージシャンではなく、70年代、80年代、90年代そして21世紀と、その時できる最高の仕事を続けてきた現役のスーパースターです。今ここにいるのもやっぱりエルトンジョンなのです。全盛期の作品と比較するのではなく、21世紀のポップスターの、生の姿をぜひ感じていただきたい。このCDを買おうとしている皆さんへの、私の素直な思いです。とにかく楽しんでください! 感じてください!
エルトンジョンは、ミックジャガーのようなカッコイイおじんではありませんが、確実に期待以上の仕事をこなす本物のプロフェッショナルです。ドラッグ中毒で苦しんでいた時期でさえ、高水準の作品を彼は発表し続けました。今作はジャケットに笑顔で写っている様子からも感じられるように、何よりもまずエルトン自身が音楽を楽しんでおり、好きな音楽ができる幸せを聴衆と共有しようという、明るく前向きな姿勢が全面に表れているといってよいでしょう。
ジャケットの写真は1975年のアルバム「カリブ」を思い出させますが、しかし、ここにいるのはかつての栄光を引きずって生きる老ミュージシャンではなく、70年代、80年代、90年代そして21世紀と、その時できる最高の仕事を続けてきた現役のスーパースターです。今ここにいるのもやっぱりエルトンジョンなのです。全盛期の作品と比較するのではなく、21世紀のポップスターの、生の姿をぜひ感じていただきたい。このCDを買おうとしている皆さんへの、私の素直な思いです。とにかく楽しんでください! 感じてください!
2016年3月5日に日本でレビュー済み
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前作の「The Diving Board」2010年Leon Lussellコラボに続きT Bone Burnettによるプロデュース作、そしてもちろん全曲Bernie Taupinとの共作。
ここ最近のElton作品は本当に素晴らしいものばかり、それは本作も同じ。
作風としてはよりハッピーでポジティブなイメージでしょうか。
Eltonの力強いピアノとボーカル、ベース、ドラム、パーカッション(Ray Cooper!)、ギター、そしてホーンセクションを加えた躍動感あるポップソングがずらり。
中盤以降ある幾つかのミディアムテンポバラッドも瑞々しくプリミティヴ。
とんでもなく高水準なソングライティング力と、力強いプレイに溢れた素晴らしいポップアルバムだ。
名作!
ここ最近のElton作品は本当に素晴らしいものばかり、それは本作も同じ。
作風としてはよりハッピーでポジティブなイメージでしょうか。
Eltonの力強いピアノとボーカル、ベース、ドラム、パーカッション(Ray Cooper!)、ギター、そしてホーンセクションを加えた躍動感あるポップソングがずらり。
中盤以降ある幾つかのミディアムテンポバラッドも瑞々しくプリミティヴ。
とんでもなく高水準なソングライティング力と、力強いプレイに溢れた素晴らしいポップアルバムだ。
名作!
2016年2月7日に日本でレビュー済み
2000年代に入ってからのエルトンのアルバムは全部高水準ですが、今回はロックするエルトンという意味では最高の作品になっています。多くの曲が(おそらく)ピアノのリフから作曲されており、エルトンのピアノが終始、曲を引っ張るものが多いです。ライブのエルトンの素晴らしいロックンロール・ピアノの魅力を、作曲と録音に素直に生かし切った作品だと思います。Tボーン・バーネットのプロデュースも、ピアノとバンドサウンドを素直に生かしたものでカッコ良いです。これはクセになりそうだ〜!
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Nahum H.
5つ星のうち5.0
Una obra clásica de Elton
2021年5月10日にメキシコでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Excelente álbum , me gusta mucho más que otros de este siglo del cantante, regreso a lo básico , y letras muy de antes...


Nahum H.
2021年5月10日にメキシコでレビュー済み
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James R Davis
5つ星のうち5.0
Great Fun!
2016年3月9日にカナダでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Great Fun!!!! I haven't really liked an Elton John disc for years. The last album "The Diving Board" was a bore, not a memorable melody on the whole disc, but I have found that on this disc various songs keep popping in my head from time to time and Elton hasn't written melodies like this for years. Don't believe any reviews saying this is like the 1970's catalogue, for those classic albums could only haven been written during the hungry phase at the beginning of a career. This disc is closer to the mid 1980's style, in fact I could put it between "Too Low for Zero" and "Breaking Hearts". Great production,thanks T Bone, excellent Lyrics, the brilliant Bernie Taupin, and again, some really fun tunes. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

elton1111
5つ星のうち5.0
Welcome Back, Elton Hercules John!
2016年2月7日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
When I first heard that Elton’s next album was aiming to be “up-tempo,” I had my concerns. What came to mind were the songs that I would skip on his recent albums— “Monkey Suit,” “They Call Her the Cat,” and “Mexican Vacation.” All were attempts at being up-tempo, but ended up being rather tuneless, with a shouted vocal.
I could understand the desire to go the up-tempo route. Elton’s previous album, The Diving Board, had the most gorgeous piano lines Elton had ever recorded. They were hooks that stayed in my head. But there was also a heaviness to the disc that made it seem not very easy to pick back up and put into the CD player. When I did play it, I heard the gorgeousness again, and appreciated the album for what it was. But I just didn’t feel myself drawn to it. Elton’s voice seemed a little too worn in places, and that made me sad, as his voice in the 1970s was a life force for me, and his voice in the 1990s (and even the 2000s) had developed into something great again, like a mellow fine wine. But here, it was just kind of rough-sounding on certain songs. I wondered if I would ever be drawn to his voice again, like I still was to his piano playing or his songwriting. (However, “New Fever Waltz” from The Diving Board remained evidence for me that he still had a beautiful voice when he sang a certain way.)
Then I read that someone (who supposedly worked at Capitol Records) had heard this new album and basically slammed it as something that the company didn’t know what to do with. Elton was then unceremoniously dropped from Capitol, and all that couldn’t be good news for this new release. But while this was happening, Davey Johnstone, Elton’s guitarist, was reporting on his blog that this was a “monster record,” even one of his favorites of all time. How there be such a discrepancy? I knew I would have to judge this one for myself.
Previews and snippets were released in the months preceding the release, and I heard the three released songs. I found that I enjoyed them, especially “Blue Wonderful.” The other two were certainly up-tempo, but actually had a hook to them, which I felt his previous aforementioned up-tempo numbers did not. I tried to avoid the snippets, as I wanted to have the full listening experience when I would put the CD on for the first time.
I saw him in concert at the Wiltern in Los Angeles, standing basically in the front row, about 30 feet from Elton, and it felt life-changing. It was a terrific experience. The energy at that concert was simply amazing, and this was all produced by a man who was pushing 70 with his band who were no spring chickens either. But they were having a lot of fun, and they were so tight.
So finally the album is released.
To sum up: Two out of Two Thumbs Up. I wanted to wait a day after receiving it to write a review, to let the songs sink in, and sink in they did. I found myself waking up several times in the night with the many hooks still bouncing in my head.
“Wonderful Crazy Night” was one of the prereleased singles. It may be a little frantic for my taste (kind of reminding me of "Postcards from Richard Nixon"), but it also serves as the perfect overture to the tone of the album. It is a celebratory fanfare, and it’s Elton saying, “Get ready for a wonderful time with this album.” Though it may not be his strongest song ever, I could not skip it, as it is the perfect intro.
“In the Name of You” was one of the songs I heard for the first time at the concert, and it was pretty good at the concert. But on the CD, the way he sings the chorus, it is an absolute hook. Elton takes a line like “Whatever words I choose” and sings it in such a way that makes it just stick. This chorus reminds me a bit of how he sings on “Tinderbox” on The Captain and the Kid, with sort of a breezy, back-to-the-1970s style. And with this song, I begin to realize that each of these songs has something really special.
“Claw Hammer” Again, the way he sings the opening of the chorus, “It’s gonna take a claw hammer, Oh My Lord, to bust on through,” is just so memorable. And of course, the guitar intro is cool, too. This is a very guitar-based album, which again seems to be in response to his piano based Diving Board.
“Blue Wonderful” I love the out-of-breath vocals at the beginning of the song (combined with the words “I breathe in, I breathe out, I just breathe”), and how he rushes through too many words to fit the melody. It all sounds like someone who is in love, and can’t contain his feelings or adequately express them with mere words. This was the song I heard him practicing after I had parked my car on my way to the concert. It was just wonderful to hear his voice echoing up some alleyway.
“I’ve Got 2 Wings” Never in the history of mankind has there ever been recorded a more beautiful example of just humming, with a nice little accordion in the background. What a great intro to that song. Bernie comes up with the most interesting characters in his songs—some fictional, like Levon or the narrator in Talking Old Soldiers, and some nonfictional, like Blind Tom, Jimmie Rodgers, and now Elder Utah Smith with his paper wings.
“A Good Heart” sounds a bit too much like a standard Elton ballad for me. Not that that’s bad, but it sounds like it was way too easy for him to write. But it does have a nice piano thing in it, plus the horns at the end are a really nice touch, and brings to mind “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.”
“Looking Up” was the first single released, and though I thought it was just ok when I first heard it, it just begs to be cranked. I heard it on Sirius Radio’s The Blend when I was driving home one evening, and I had to get my car’s speakers up as loud as possible. So full of energy. It has the Elton up-tempo vocal thing going on, a bit shouty and maybe a bit tuneless, but the energy of the piano riff, combined with Davey’s guitar, is just awesome. I can see why it was a single, even if it’s not my favorite song; it’s definitely got something.
“Guilty Pleasure” at first sounded a bit like just a serviceable up-tempo album track, but I do like how he sings the chorus, and it has its own hooks.
“Tambourine” It’s so great to have Ray Cooper on this album, and I am worried about him as he has apparently been in the hospital for some time following open heart surgery. Nice vocal, nice melody, nice playing. A breezy little song.
“The Open Chord” is probably my favorite song on the album at this time, mostly because of Elton’s gorgeous baritone vocals, which recall “Mandalay Again” or “Original Sin” or “New Fever Waltz.” It also has a neat intro that sounds like plucked violin strings (but was probably Kim Bullard on keyboards). That intro was very reminiscent of “Too Many Tears” from Peachtree Road for me.
Then there are the two bonus tracks.
“Free and Easy” is a light and breezy number that is pretty enjoyable. However, it contains a line that seems to me to be about the people that Elton and David have recently fired from his management team: “On my high horse everyone rode, all around me were too many monkeys, asleep at the wheel and running the show.”
“England and America” This is a nice way to end this album, despite it just being a bonus track. It is a full on assault by the band, and this is above all a band album. I enjoy the way he sings the words “England and America.” The song kind of reminds me of “Wicked Dreams,” which was the one up-tempo number on The Big Picture, in that it does sort of have a big sound to it.
I would say offhand that the album compares closest to the quality of The Captain and the Kid or maybe The Road to Eldorado. Songs from the West Coast is sort of the gold standard of modern, 21st century, Elton, and this album doesn’t have that heft, probably because it does not have Paul Buckmaster arranging strings. But Buckmaster wouldn’t have really fit on this album. Buckmaster is great at brooding numbers, and as T-Bone Burnett said, this album is a party. This captures the energy and joy that is at an Elton John concert. It is indeed a celebration of a man who has shed his “serious elder statesman” mantle for the moment and let it cut loose, and returned to being Captain Fantastic Elton Hercules John.
I could understand the desire to go the up-tempo route. Elton’s previous album, The Diving Board, had the most gorgeous piano lines Elton had ever recorded. They were hooks that stayed in my head. But there was also a heaviness to the disc that made it seem not very easy to pick back up and put into the CD player. When I did play it, I heard the gorgeousness again, and appreciated the album for what it was. But I just didn’t feel myself drawn to it. Elton’s voice seemed a little too worn in places, and that made me sad, as his voice in the 1970s was a life force for me, and his voice in the 1990s (and even the 2000s) had developed into something great again, like a mellow fine wine. But here, it was just kind of rough-sounding on certain songs. I wondered if I would ever be drawn to his voice again, like I still was to his piano playing or his songwriting. (However, “New Fever Waltz” from The Diving Board remained evidence for me that he still had a beautiful voice when he sang a certain way.)
Then I read that someone (who supposedly worked at Capitol Records) had heard this new album and basically slammed it as something that the company didn’t know what to do with. Elton was then unceremoniously dropped from Capitol, and all that couldn’t be good news for this new release. But while this was happening, Davey Johnstone, Elton’s guitarist, was reporting on his blog that this was a “monster record,” even one of his favorites of all time. How there be such a discrepancy? I knew I would have to judge this one for myself.
Previews and snippets were released in the months preceding the release, and I heard the three released songs. I found that I enjoyed them, especially “Blue Wonderful.” The other two were certainly up-tempo, but actually had a hook to them, which I felt his previous aforementioned up-tempo numbers did not. I tried to avoid the snippets, as I wanted to have the full listening experience when I would put the CD on for the first time.
I saw him in concert at the Wiltern in Los Angeles, standing basically in the front row, about 30 feet from Elton, and it felt life-changing. It was a terrific experience. The energy at that concert was simply amazing, and this was all produced by a man who was pushing 70 with his band who were no spring chickens either. But they were having a lot of fun, and they were so tight.
So finally the album is released.
To sum up: Two out of Two Thumbs Up. I wanted to wait a day after receiving it to write a review, to let the songs sink in, and sink in they did. I found myself waking up several times in the night with the many hooks still bouncing in my head.
“Wonderful Crazy Night” was one of the prereleased singles. It may be a little frantic for my taste (kind of reminding me of "Postcards from Richard Nixon"), but it also serves as the perfect overture to the tone of the album. It is a celebratory fanfare, and it’s Elton saying, “Get ready for a wonderful time with this album.” Though it may not be his strongest song ever, I could not skip it, as it is the perfect intro.
“In the Name of You” was one of the songs I heard for the first time at the concert, and it was pretty good at the concert. But on the CD, the way he sings the chorus, it is an absolute hook. Elton takes a line like “Whatever words I choose” and sings it in such a way that makes it just stick. This chorus reminds me a bit of how he sings on “Tinderbox” on The Captain and the Kid, with sort of a breezy, back-to-the-1970s style. And with this song, I begin to realize that each of these songs has something really special.
“Claw Hammer” Again, the way he sings the opening of the chorus, “It’s gonna take a claw hammer, Oh My Lord, to bust on through,” is just so memorable. And of course, the guitar intro is cool, too. This is a very guitar-based album, which again seems to be in response to his piano based Diving Board.
“Blue Wonderful” I love the out-of-breath vocals at the beginning of the song (combined with the words “I breathe in, I breathe out, I just breathe”), and how he rushes through too many words to fit the melody. It all sounds like someone who is in love, and can’t contain his feelings or adequately express them with mere words. This was the song I heard him practicing after I had parked my car on my way to the concert. It was just wonderful to hear his voice echoing up some alleyway.
“I’ve Got 2 Wings” Never in the history of mankind has there ever been recorded a more beautiful example of just humming, with a nice little accordion in the background. What a great intro to that song. Bernie comes up with the most interesting characters in his songs—some fictional, like Levon or the narrator in Talking Old Soldiers, and some nonfictional, like Blind Tom, Jimmie Rodgers, and now Elder Utah Smith with his paper wings.
“A Good Heart” sounds a bit too much like a standard Elton ballad for me. Not that that’s bad, but it sounds like it was way too easy for him to write. But it does have a nice piano thing in it, plus the horns at the end are a really nice touch, and brings to mind “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.”
“Looking Up” was the first single released, and though I thought it was just ok when I first heard it, it just begs to be cranked. I heard it on Sirius Radio’s The Blend when I was driving home one evening, and I had to get my car’s speakers up as loud as possible. So full of energy. It has the Elton up-tempo vocal thing going on, a bit shouty and maybe a bit tuneless, but the energy of the piano riff, combined with Davey’s guitar, is just awesome. I can see why it was a single, even if it’s not my favorite song; it’s definitely got something.
“Guilty Pleasure” at first sounded a bit like just a serviceable up-tempo album track, but I do like how he sings the chorus, and it has its own hooks.
“Tambourine” It’s so great to have Ray Cooper on this album, and I am worried about him as he has apparently been in the hospital for some time following open heart surgery. Nice vocal, nice melody, nice playing. A breezy little song.
“The Open Chord” is probably my favorite song on the album at this time, mostly because of Elton’s gorgeous baritone vocals, which recall “Mandalay Again” or “Original Sin” or “New Fever Waltz.” It also has a neat intro that sounds like plucked violin strings (but was probably Kim Bullard on keyboards). That intro was very reminiscent of “Too Many Tears” from Peachtree Road for me.
Then there are the two bonus tracks.
“Free and Easy” is a light and breezy number that is pretty enjoyable. However, it contains a line that seems to me to be about the people that Elton and David have recently fired from his management team: “On my high horse everyone rode, all around me were too many monkeys, asleep at the wheel and running the show.”
“England and America” This is a nice way to end this album, despite it just being a bonus track. It is a full on assault by the band, and this is above all a band album. I enjoy the way he sings the words “England and America.” The song kind of reminds me of “Wicked Dreams,” which was the one up-tempo number on The Big Picture, in that it does sort of have a big sound to it.
I would say offhand that the album compares closest to the quality of The Captain and the Kid or maybe The Road to Eldorado. Songs from the West Coast is sort of the gold standard of modern, 21st century, Elton, and this album doesn’t have that heft, probably because it does not have Paul Buckmaster arranging strings. But Buckmaster wouldn’t have really fit on this album. Buckmaster is great at brooding numbers, and as T-Bone Burnett said, this album is a party. This captures the energy and joy that is at an Elton John concert. It is indeed a celebration of a man who has shed his “serious elder statesman” mantle for the moment and let it cut loose, and returned to being Captain Fantastic Elton Hercules John.

Kiki
5つ星のうち5.0
Amazon perfetto come sempre
2016年8月13日にイタリアでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Ho dato questa valutazione per il servizio sempre ottimo di Amazon. Pacco arrivato un giorno in anticipo. Il cd era difettoso, 2 canzoni si sentivano male. Così ho richiesto la sostituzione: Amazon mi ha contattato subito per avviare la pratica, la signorina con cui ho parlato (Anna) è stata gentilissima. Nel giro di un'ora da quando ho inviato per email la richiesta, Amazon mi ha risposto via email, Anna mi ha telefonato, abbiamo fatto la sostituzione ed è stato inviato il cd nuovo (ovviamente a costo zero), in arrivo tra due giorno (considerando che oggi è sabato e lunedì Ferragosto). Nulla da dire, davvero.
Per quanto riguarda il cd, canzoni molto sprint ed orecchiabile, Elton John spumeggiante e rockeggiante. Il cd è un regalo per mia madre, che è stata più che soddisfatta (a parte le 2 canzoni danneggiate). "Blue wonderful" particolarmente apprezzata.
La confezione è colorata, con foto di Elton John e il libriccino con i testi in lingua originale.
Che dire, agli amanti di Elton John, cd davvero consigliato!
Per quanto riguarda il cd, canzoni molto sprint ed orecchiabile, Elton John spumeggiante e rockeggiante. Il cd è un regalo per mia madre, che è stata più che soddisfatta (a parte le 2 canzoni danneggiate). "Blue wonderful" particolarmente apprezzata.
La confezione è colorata, con foto di Elton John e il libriccino con i testi in lingua originale.
Che dire, agli amanti di Elton John, cd davvero consigliato!

Client Amazon
5つ星のうち5.0
Wonderful Album !!!!
2016年2月8日にフランスでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Si seulement les francais pouvaient une bonne fois pour toute prendre conscience du bloc monumental que represente la discographie d'Elton John. Cet Artiste depasse les 40 albums si l'on y ajoute les BO et les comedies musicales. Il rempli toujours les salles de concerts depuis 1970, non stop. Si son exposition mediatique est mondre depuis le Roi lion, la qualité de ses albums n'en ressent aucunement. Chaque nouvel album apporte une piece de plus, chaque album comporte son lot de surprise, de ton et de couleurs bien differents, aucune production ne ressemble à une autre. Pourquoi parler de Come Back alors qu'il est toujours la, bien present et toujours au travail avec toujours le meme talent !
Si le Diving board de 2013 etait organique, épuré et introspectif , WCN est quant a lui l'inverse, retour à la pop joyeuse entrainante et harmonique. Du rythme et de la joie dans ses 10 chansons, les bonus sont de la meme trempe et d'une qualité quasi insolente pour des "B-Sides".
45 minutes de notes, d'harmonies, de rythmes et d'emotion. Du rock à la ballade, de la country à la pop, toujours à la sauce Eltonienne avec ce son bien à lui. Elton fait du John ? Et alors, Springsteen fait bien du Bruce et ACDC du ACDC non ? C'est un album de BAND, on retrouverait presque la folie d'un Philadelphia Freedom, l'epoque ou le 45 tours apparaissait flanqué d'un " THE ELTON JOHN BAND", on y retrouve tout ce qu'il y'a de meilleur, son corp et sa voix vieillissent, certes, mais la creativité n'a pas d'age et cet album coup de poing vous le prouve !
Mention special pour le titre Claw Hammer et son intro proche du barré Out of the Blue de 1976 muni d'un refrain à la Made in England ! Cet album s'ecoute d'une traite, on ne s'en lassera pas de si tot, parce qu'il est bon tout simplement. Un album optimiste qui colle au message de la pochette.
Si le Diving board de 2013 etait organique, épuré et introspectif , WCN est quant a lui l'inverse, retour à la pop joyeuse entrainante et harmonique. Du rythme et de la joie dans ses 10 chansons, les bonus sont de la meme trempe et d'une qualité quasi insolente pour des "B-Sides".
45 minutes de notes, d'harmonies, de rythmes et d'emotion. Du rock à la ballade, de la country à la pop, toujours à la sauce Eltonienne avec ce son bien à lui. Elton fait du John ? Et alors, Springsteen fait bien du Bruce et ACDC du ACDC non ? C'est un album de BAND, on retrouverait presque la folie d'un Philadelphia Freedom, l'epoque ou le 45 tours apparaissait flanqué d'un " THE ELTON JOHN BAND", on y retrouve tout ce qu'il y'a de meilleur, son corp et sa voix vieillissent, certes, mais la creativité n'a pas d'age et cet album coup de poing vous le prouve !
Mention special pour le titre Claw Hammer et son intro proche du barré Out of the Blue de 1976 muni d'un refrain à la Made in England ! Cet album s'ecoute d'une traite, on ne s'en lassera pas de si tot, parce qu'il est bon tout simplement. Un album optimiste qui colle au message de la pochette.