Personally regarded as Elton John's greatest effort, it might not have any killer hits, but all round as an album, it beats the rest. Western culture influenced, conceptual, ode to Americana, with brief interludes of his usual Stonesy Stewart sound.
Come Down In Time and
Love Song stick out, for being the most original. Both numbers are prettily arranged slow vocal tracks. Fun fact,
Love Song is a cover tune, written by Lesley Duncan, yeah yeah who the hell is that, she sings background on this record, but previously released the song under her own name, and before that, she sang background for Dusty Springfield, who sings background on this record too! I'm gonna get my six shooter and look around for a
Tumbleweed Connection.
