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Title: ELTON & BERNIE=PERFECT
Review: After several promising but eclectic efforts that produced such gems as Your Song, Country Comfort and Skyline Pigeon, with this album, Elton and Bernie would hit their stride. A cohesive, youthful, expertly arranged collection of delightful pop, this recording is the first that purposely added the glamour, outrageousness, and pure showmanship that defines the 70s, platform-shoe Elton we all remember with fondness. Besides the delectable retro-pop of Crocodile Rock and the opaque melancholy of Daniel (the hits), this record also features the gorgeous, spirited and dramatic Blues For Baby and Me; High Flying Bird, which is heartbreaking, and Teacher I Need You, a serio-comic adolescent fantasy. Paul Buckmaster's stirring strings add much to the arrangements, which are like confections made for your ears, and Elton's confident vocals soar over them.
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