This album, hot off the heels of the successful "Honky Chateau", finds Elton John making himself comfortable with the fame he earned with "Rocket Man" and "Honky Cat".Music critics generally view "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" as Elton's most notable acheivement. There's no denying that it is one of THE great albums in the classic rock pantheon. But as far as I'm concerned, "Don't Shoot Me" is every bit as good as that one, and it has fewer clunkers (clunkers on "GYBR"="Jamaica Jerk-Off", "Social Disease", "Your Sister Can't Twist [But She Can Rock and Roll]", clunker on "DSM"= "Midnight Creeper")..
It does more with one LP than "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" does with two, which is mighty high praise, because "Yellow Brick Road" contains several of the man's greatest songs. A couple of the tracks here are, IMO, better than anything on that seminal record ("Have Mercy on the Criminal" & "Blues for Baby and Me").
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, especially to anyone whose only exposure to Elton John has been within the last 28 years.
Best tracks:
"Daniel"
"Elderberry Wine"
"Blues for Baby and Me"
"Have Mercy on the Criminal"
"Texan Love Song"
"High Flying Bird"
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