Elton John Honky Chateau [50th Anniversary Gold LP] 7/9/2002

Elton John Honky Chateau [50th Anniversary Gold LP] 7/9/2002Elton John Honky Chateau 50th Anniversary Released in May 1972, Honky Chteau was the album that made Elton John a superstar and ushered in a new era for him. Named after the residential studios outside Paris where the album was recorded, Honky Chteau bought a new level of simplicity and directness to Eltons music that had previously only been seen in glimpses. Shorn of the complexities and ornate orchestrations of his recent work, Honky Chateau seemed

feverish blast of sci-fi prog punctuated by whizzing synths and robotic voice-overs

Released: 01/15/2021

Tracks 1 Amphetamine Smiles 2 S'old 3 The One 4 Keep Going 5 I Am the Only One Who Knows You 6 Quit Trying 7 Lightbringer 8 New Music Friday 9 Juice 2 Me 10 The Stranger

funky folk-tinged rock that made that album a popular breakthrough

it often feels like the band channeled the energy they used to spend on expanding their sound into making this the most concentrated burst of what attracted fans to them in the first place

Dre and Yella) and its frank depiction of life in the inner city

bleeps and swells that follow

Grease In Your Hair B3

Vocalist Chino Moreno's screech -- both gorgeous and demonic -- crashes in as he howls about a "godless demon" and the "force divine

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Released: 09/30/2022

Format Detail: 2LP clear