Madman is finally back on the site, here with a KILLER Shootout Winning Triple Plus (A+++) side two mated to a solid Double Plus (A++) side one, and vinyl that’s about as quiet as we can find it these days
A ridiculously tough album to find with the right sound and clean surfaces, which is why we so rarely have them on the site
The last of the classic albums Elton recorded at Trident, the best of which have more Tubey Magic than anything that came after
Problems in the vinyl are sometimes the nature of the beast with these vintage LPs – there simply is no way around them if the superior sound of vintage analog is important to you
4 1/2 stars: “The record remains an ambitious and rewarding work, and John never attained its darkly introspective atmosphere again.”
