Peachtree Road [Super Audio Hybrid CD] - John, Elton (CD 2004)

Elton John s album Peachtree Road offers a bevy of inspirational and moving songs full of thought, passion and reason. This self produced album is a testament of victory to all the critics who said it could not be done. Peachtree Road is a gallant driven album with a real message for its listeners. I ve always liked a little country in my meaning. Sound strange? Probably, but the song Porch Swing In Tupelo is a song that brings a lot of mixed emotions when listening to it. The melody offers the sound of country, mixed with the heavenly vocals of back up singers and of course Elton John's...

Ten years ago, when Elton John and Bernie Taupin were kickin' it with The Lion King soundtrack, even then, you almost could have said "Well holy cow, do these guys ever go away?" But here we are, and there they are, still alive and very much kicking. Peachtree Road is Elton John's latest outing, with pink backgrounds in the CD liner and the constant feel of springtime lingering within the music. If your resident groundhog had you on his naughty list, you can find your spring here instead. "You know, I'm no longer 30 these days..." God, I don't want to have to say that. This here's a line that.

I was too young to experience the most glorious days of Elton John s recording career firsthand. But, long before I knew who he was, or what he looked like, I knew all the words to Philadelphia Freedom and Your Song . I remember singing the chorus of Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) , and making up all my own oh-so-dramatic fade-out ad-libs while bumming around the fire station where my dad was a volunteer fireman. I remember hiding out in the walk-in dairy refrigerator in the stock room of the grocery store where I had my first job, attempting to shirk my grocery-bagging duties in order to...