Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection (2008)

Cd1

01 Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun 04:59
02 Come Down In Time 03:26
03 Country Comfort 05:07
04 Son Of Your Father 03:49
05 My Father's Gun 06:21
06 Where To Now St. Peter? 04:12
07 Love Song 03:42
08 Amoreena 05:00
09 Talking Old Soldiers 04:06
10 Burn Down The Mission/into The Old Man's Shoes/madm 06:21

Cd2

01 There Goes A Well Known Gun (Previously Unreleased) 03:28
02 Come Down In Time (Previously Unreleased) 03:22
03 Country Comfort (Previously Unreleased) 04:12
04 Son Of Your Father (Previously Unreleased) 04:13
05 Talking Old Soldiers (Previously Unreleased) 04:13
06 Into The Old Man's Shoes (Previously Unreleased) 03:41
07 Sisters Of The Cross (Previously Unreleased) 04:39
08 Madman Across The Water (Previously Unreleased) 08:52
09 Into The Old Man's Shoes (Previously Unreleased) 04:02
10 My Father's Gun (BBC Session) (Previously Unreleased) 03:43
11 Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun (BBC Session) (Previously Unreleased) 04:36
12 Burn Down The Mission (BBC Session) (Previously Unreleased) 06:53
13 Amoreena (BBC Session) (Previously Unreleased) 05:12

Bass – Chris Laurence, Dee Murray, Herbie Flowers
Drums – Barry Morgan, Nigel Olsson, Roger Pope
Guitar – Caleb Quaye, David Glover, Gordon Huntley, Les Thatcher, Lesley Duncan, Mike Egan
Harp – Skaila Kanga
Oboe – Karl Jenkins
Organ – Brian Dee, Elton John
Percussion – Robin Jones, Roger Pope
Piano – Elton John
Violin – Johnny Van Derek
Vocals – Dee Murray, Dusty Springfield, Elton John, Kay Garner, Lesley Duncan, Madeline Bell,
 Nigel Olsson, Sue & Sunny, Tammi Hunt, Tony Burrows, Tony Hazzard

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, AllMusic Review

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