The much maligned Elton John is enjoying his 61st birthday today and to celebrate we have produced a list of his top twenty tracks, to prove, that while he has'nt come out with much of any use since he was 35 (Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboys 1975 was proabably his peak) he was brilliant as a young man
1. Can I Put You On
Great track off the 1971 Soundtrack, Friends
2. Levon
Excellent along with number 3,5 and 11off Madman Accross the Water, his fifth album
3. Talking Old Soldiers
Sampled for Ghetto Gospel by 2pac to great effect
4. Honky Tonk Women
One of the best Stones covers of all time off 17.11.70 a live studio recording where Elton's fingers
famously bled from rocking so hard
5. Tiny Dancer
One time Elton protoge Ryan Adams does a great version too, as does Tim McGraw who i usually hate
6. Sixty years On
Elton in serious young man mode of the 2nd 'black album'
7. Burn Down The Mission
As per number 8 and 13 off Tumbleweed Connection, one of the great concept albums of all time that isnt prog
8. Where to Now St Peter
Covered pretty well by Ann Wilson on last years Hope and Glory
9. Ballad of Danny Bailey
From Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, a masterpiece of an album (see 16 also)
10. Boogie Pilgrim
1976 produced the double album Blue Moves, sketchy with some brilliant tracks like this one
11.Indian Sunset
12. Mellow
From Honky Chateau, abit too much pop, overproduced, but this songs is great
13. Country Comfort
14. The Bitch is Back
From 1976's caribou, dangerously close to selling out, but this track captures him at his camp best
15. Tower of Babel
The highlight of 75's Captain Fantanstic
16. All the Young Girls Love Alice
17. Skyline Pigeon
From Empty Sky, his debut in 1969
18. Porch Swing in Tupelo
A bit of a long awaited return to form with Peachtree Road (2004)
19. I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)
From 1975's Rock of the Westies
20. Shine on Through
From 1978 A Single man, definitely in sell-out mode with this album but this track stands out
Image: Courtesy Paramount
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