1973 I'm hot & cold with Elton John.  This albums represents all of the things I don't like including poor drumming by Nigel which is typical through the 70s, poor production (candle in the wind for example), & poor overall arrangements.  Elton & Bernie's songs are strong but they have always had trouble getting them on to tape well.  Elton used the same musicians through the 70s & 80s.  I'm convinced that he could have had stronger musicians such as steve gadd, jeff beck & others to make his music more powerful. Let's not even talk about saturday night's alright, candle in the wing, bennie & the jets because they've been done to death & they are rather week songs.  First of all this was a very successful double album... Secondly,  jamaican jerk-off is fairly good & it's more musically historical because of the drum machine beat it is set around.  this has to be one of the first times a drum machine is used in music so that is important. I also like I've seen that movie too.  "Funeral" has one of the most aggressive synthesizer solos to date but again, it could have been stronger if you would have had chick corea or tony carey from Rainbow. I like this song has no title mostly because elton didn't over due it & put alot of crappy drums in there.  sometimes I think elton sounds better if he just plays piano but that's hard to find on his studio albums. All the girls love alice is interesting & it's about a married bisexual woman who screws around with girls when her husband is out of town - interesting, especially for 1973.  I also like social disease & harmony as these songs are complete with good vocal performances.  Elton did most of his own backup vocals in the 70s & they were pretty good & complete.  I don't know... I have mixed emotions about elton but this album is definitely a classic wheter I love it or not
1973 I'm hot & cold with Elton John. This albums represents all of the things I don't like including poor drumming by Nigel which is typical through the 70s, poor production (candle in the wind for example), & poor overall arrangements. Elton & Bernie's songs are strong but they have always had trouble getting them on to tape well. Elton used the same musicians through the 70s & 80s. I'm convinced that he could have had stronger musicians such as steve gadd, jeff beck & others to make his music more powerful. Let's not even talk about saturday night's alright, candle in the wing, bennie & the jets because they've been done to death & they are rather week songs. First of all this was a very successful double album... Secondly,  jamaican jerk-off is fairly good & it's more musically historical because of the drum machine beat it is set around. this has to be one of the first times a drum machine is used in music so that is important. I also like I've seen that movie too. "Funeral" has one of the most aggressive synthesizer solos to date but again, it could have been stronger if you would have had chick corea or tony carey from Rainbow. I like this song has no title mostly because elton didn't over due it & put alot of crappy drums in there. sometimes I think elton sounds better if he just plays piano but that's hard to find on his studio albums. All the girls love alice is interesting & it's about a married bisexual woman who screws around with girls when her husband is out of town - interesting, especially for 1973. I also like social disease & harmony as these songs are complete with good vocal performances. Elton did most of his own backup vocals in the 70s & they were pretty good & complete. I don't know... I have mixed emotions about elton but this album is definitely a classic wheter I love it or not