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Elton John meets cocaine! What's the result? Caribou, a weaker album compared to its predecessor, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. While Caribou is one of the weakest entries of Elton’s golden period, it’s still a fun pop album and deserves some respect, even if it isn’t quite #1 chart material.

Opening with the hit single The Bitch Is Back, Caribou immediately sets the tone as a pop-rock album that’ll get your head bopping. But after the opener, Elton starts to make it ... read more

Rest In Peace Andy Fletcher, it's been two years but I still haven't been able to accept the fact that you've passed on.

For the first time in the band's history, Depeche Mode are a duo. Soon after losing founding member and keyboard player Andy Fletcher, they went into the studio contemplating death after the tragic and untimely loss, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic that was ravaging the world for much of the lyric-writing process. The result, Memento Mori is Depeche ... read more

Long John Baldry may have saved Elton John’s life, but Thom Bell saved his voice, enabling him to become the powerhouse live vocalist he was during his “prime live” era from 1979–85. Though their collaboration didn’t result in a fully fleshed-out album, the EP we got is a real treat, blending Elton’s interest in Philadelphia soul with Bell’s masterful production.

The opening track, Nice and Slow, is a fun listen and our first real introduction to ... read more

Well, here’s a biter. Elton John hops on the disco bandwagon—though this was late 1979, when disco was already out of fashion and widely hated. Timing issues aside, this album is far from the finest he has to offer.

An eight-minute-long, disco-oriented cover of Johnny B. Goode by Elton John sounds like something out of a fever dream, but it… it exists. One redeeming quality? There’s a shorter, four-minute single version (if memory serves me right), which is slightly ... read more