Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
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Artist: Elton JohnEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1996-02-20
Music Label: Island
Soundtracks:
- Daniel
- Teacher I Need You
- Elderberry Wine
- Blues For My Baby And Me
- Midnight Creeper
- Have Mercy On The Criminal
- I'm Gonna Be A Teenage Idol
- Texan Love Song
- Crocodile Rock
- High Flying Bird
- Screw You (Young Man's Blues)
- Jack Rabbit
- Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)
- Skyline Pigeon (Piano Version)
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Free Music Review: Elton's Best
Hit: 5 Stars
I've always regarded this as Elton's best and I also think it has aged better than Yellow Brick Road. On this album, Elton had just come into his full creative powers as songsmith and had fine tuned an approach to a song construction that he repeated on several more hits. Elton was not especially regarded as a great singer up to this album and at this point, he started regularly writing great songs that were perfect for his voice. The two hits-"Daniel" and "Crocadile Rock"-are a little overplayed but within the context of the strong album material, I continue to include them on my MP3 player and I like listening to the album as a whole. I would even venture to say that "Teacher, I need you", "Eldeberry Wine", "Midnight Creeper" and "Blues for Baby and me" are some of the best examples of his songwriting.
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One of the best entries from Elton John and Bernie Taupin's remarkably successful mid-'70s run, this album still holds up well over a quarter of a century after its release. Even casual fans will recognize "Daniel," "Elderberry Wine," and "Crocodile Rock," but "Teacher I Need You," "Have Mercy on the Criminal" and "I'm Going to Be a Teenage Idol" are equally good. Elton's backing band at the time (guitarist Davey Johnstone, bassist Dee Murray, and drummer Nigel Olsson) was easily his best, and producer Gus Dudgeon and orchestral arranger Paul Buckmaster bathed the tracks in a warm and enticing glow. The only complaint is that, due to its size, the CD reissue doesn't remotely do justice to the colorful packaging of the original album. --Dan EpsteinPop Music CDs
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