Elton John - Songs From The West Coast [Eac Flac Cue][TntVillage]

Artist...............: Elton John
Album................: Songs From The West Coast
Genre................: Pop/Rock/Ballads
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2001
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 64 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........: TntVillage

Ripped by............: leonenero on 10/02/2013
Posted by............: leonenero on 10/02/2013
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Included.............: NFO, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back CD

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Tracklisting
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1. The Emperor's New Clothes [04.28]
2. Dark Diamond [04.26]
3. Look Ma, No Hands [04.22]
4. American Triangle [04.49]
5. Original Sin [04.49]
6. Birds [03.51]
7. I Want Love [04.35]
8. The Wasteland [04.21]
9. Ballad Of The Boy In The Red Shoes [04.51]
10. Love Her Like Me [03.58]
11. Mansfield [04.56]
12. This Train Don't Stop There Anymore [04.39]

Playing Time.........: 54.10
Total Size...........: 351,46 MB

Personnel

Rusty Anderson: guitars, electric guitars, bozouki
Gary Barlow: backing vocals
Jay Bellerose: percussion
Paul Buckmaster: horn and string arrangements, conductor
Paul Bushnell: bass guitar, backing vocals
Matt Chamberlain: drums, percussion
David Channing: acoustic guitar, dobro
Bruce Gaitsch: acoustic guitar
Elton John: piano, harmonium, vocals
Davey Johnstone: acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, backing vocals
Kudisan Kai: backing vocals
Patrick Leonard: Hammond B-3 organ, mellotron, keyboards
Nigel Olsson: drums, backing vocals
Billy Preston: electric and Hammond B-3 organs
Tata Vega: backing vocals
Rufus Wainwright: harmony vocals on "American Triangle"
Stevie Wonder: clavinet and harmonica on "Dark Diamond"


Inspired by songwriters Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright, Elton returns to his songwriting roots with longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin. In terms of style Songs from the West Coast has little in common with past masterpieces like Tumbleweed Connection. Where Songs works best is recaptures the "spirit" of those early albums. John has come full circle and returned to the "singer/songwriter" era that brought him his earliest success.

The album is far from flawless but there are many jewels to be found on the road to the west coast. Lyrically Bernie Taupin returns to one of his favorite topics the American West. This time, though, Taupin focuses on the contemporary "wild west" that surrounds him. He focuses on both real life topics Matthew Shepard's murder in American Triangle and his own loss of faith in humanity This Train Don't Stop There Anymore. While some of the selections are lyrically obtuse, that doesn't dilute the power of the best songs.

Songs is a rare example of a third act in the music field. At this stage in John's career one could expect him to continue to churn out formulaic songs in the same vein as his late 80's early 90's work. Songs provides us with a snapshot of a performer that is interested in returning to what he's done best in the past create narrative songs that say something about who we were, who we are and where were going.