468 - Elton John - (eponymous)

[csberry]

I've been looking forward to hearing some of Elton's albums while going through the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums list. However, this isn't the album that will make me listen to anything other than his greatest hits collections. It's a good album that has a couple of gems and several songs that show Elton's capability with blues and honky-tonk. But I found myself mentally putting the music in the background after a third of the 11 tracks. Recognition of "Border Song" grabbed my attention again, but "The Greatest Discovery" and "The Cage" lost me immediately after that.

Songs I knew I liked: "Your Song" and "Border Song"

Songs I didn't know but now like: "Take Me to the Pilot" and "The King Must Die"

Songs I can go the rest of my life without hearing again: All of the other tracks.