Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection - Vinyl 05/24/2019 10 Monkey Man

10 Monkey Man

South Georgia 8 Last Night 9 Monkeys Uptown 10 Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog) 11 Grace for Saints and Ramblers 12 Dearest Forsaken 13 Glad Man Singing 14 On Your Wings 15 Passing Afternoon 16 Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car 17 Naked As We Came 18 Call Your Boys 19 Muddy Hymnal

Their strengths --including one for imitation -- are fully assembled and focused in an exercise of irresistible arena rock excess without sounding like a pastiche

ominous "Knocking On Heaven's Door" is a rock masterpiece that evokes the wide-open space and desolation of the Old West

Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection - Vinyl 05/24/2019 10 Monkey ManRecorded in the charmed period between the initial success of ELTON JOHN and superstar extravaganzas like GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION, a loose concept album about the American West, was a strange, sideways move for Elton John and songwriting partner Bernie Taupin. A album in the traditional sense, it is best heard as a piece, with songs that pick up and expand on each other's moods and settings. Notice, for example, the