{"product_id":"songs-from-the-west-coast","title":"Songs from the West Coast - 7323","description":"Amazon.com\n\nThe appearance of \"Rocket Man\"-era cohorts Nigel Olsson and Davey Johnstone as backing vocalists touches this CD with one of the trademark sounds of Elton John's 1969-75 LPs. John has acknowledged those records--his most typically singer-songwriterish--occasionally, if mostly to revisit audience favorites in concert (1987's Live in Australia, a late-'90s VH1 show). But on Songs from the West Coast, his admiration of Ryan Adams and Rufus Wainwright (a guest here) inspires him to recall the stripped-down, lyric-driven sensibility of his early days. The tone of the words Bernie Taupin feeds this notorious diva is elegiac, rooted in a wearier version of the romanticism that fueled oldies as diverse as \"Your Song,\" \"Love Lies Bleeding,\" and \"Burn Down the Mission.\" West Coast sidesteps bombast with a couple of exceptions; only \"The Wasteland,\" with its invocation of Robert Johnson, is enough to provoke a dismayed \"oy.\" The standout track is \"I Want Love,\" a Lennonesque rumination that's their most impressive writing, separately or together, in more than a decade. --Rickey Wright\n\nProduct description\n\nElton John - Songs From the West Coast - CD\n\nReview\n\n\"....John can still sleep with the past and make it sound fresh and vital.\" -- Maimi Herald, September 28, 2001, 4 STARS\n\n\"....the album they've been waiting for since the glory days of the early '70s.\" -- Chicago Sun-Times, September 30, 2001, 4 STARS\n\n\"...its spirit and ambition have finally come back home.\" -- Rollingstone, October 11, 2001, 4 STARS\n\n\"...welcome slice of vintage Elton... work akin to early `70s favorites such as Tumbleweed Connection and Madman Across the Water\" -- Oakland Press, September 30, 2001, 3 1\/2 STARS\n\n\"Elton John is back to what he does best.\" -- Atlanta Journal \u0026amp; Constitution, October 2, 2001\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B00005NZDW\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: GGV.B00005NZDW.LN\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Like New\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio CD\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Recycle4","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49565954375978,"sku":"GGV.B00005NZDW.LN","price":10.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/0819\/9210\/files\/skuimage_afcbbed4-48e6-4270-9c7a-e501197a6f68.jpg?v=1731191533","url":"https:\/\/recycle4.com\/products\/songs-from-the-west-coast","provider":"Recycle4","version":"1.0","type":"link"}