Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970) {2019, Japanese SHM-CD, Remastered}

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Artist: Elton John
Title: Tumbleweed Connection
Year Of Release: 1970 / 2019
Label: Mercury / Universal Music #UICY-78957
Genre: Roots Rock, Country Rock, Blues Rock, Pop Rock
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Tracks+Cue+m3u,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:47:04
Total Size: 256 / 113 Mb (Full Scans ~ 258 Mb)
WebSite: Album Preview

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 country and blues in equal measures, ranging from the bluesy choruses of "Ballad of a Well-Known Gun" and the modified country of "Country Comfort" to the gospel-inflected "Burn Down the Mission" and the rolling, soulful "Amoreena." Paul Buckmaster manages to write dramatic but appropriate string arrangements that accentuate the cinematic feel of the album.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music

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Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970) {2019, Japanese SHM-CD, Remastered}

Track List:

01. Ballad of a Well Known Gun [0:04:58.71]
02. Come Down In Time [0:03:25.56]
03. Country Comfort [0:05:06.50]
04. Son of your Father [0:03:49.28]
05. My Father's Gun [0:06:20.69]
06. Where To Now St. Peter [0:04:12.10]
07. Love Song [0:03:41.15]
08. Amoreena [0:04:59.09]
09. Talking Old Soldiers [0:04:08.14]
10. Burn Down the Mission [0:06:21.53]

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