Tumbleweed Connection

5/5

Tumbleweed Connection

Elton John

Instead of repeating the formula that made Elton John a success, John and Bernie Taupin attempted their most ambitious record to date for the follow-up to their breakthrough. A loose concept album about the American West, Tumbleweed Connection emphasized the pretensions that always lay beneath their songcraft. Half of the songs don't follow conventional pop song structures; instead, they flow between verses and vague choruses. These experiments are remarkably successful, primarily because Taupin's lyrics are evocative and John's melodic sense is at its best. As should be expected for a concept album about the Wild West, the music draws from Read more on Last.fm.

  1. gives it a: 5/5

    This is Elton’s best recorded work, a study of southern platitudes by the British piano player/singer and his British lyricist, Bernie Taupin. The funny thing is…they do it better than most country singers ever will.