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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is my all time favourite of Elton's albums. My vinyl copy is scratched to bits from so much playing. It cheers me to hear this collection, from Shine on Through to Madness. Part-time love is a joyful song and the football chorus on Georgia makes me tingle. Song for Guy is excellent. If you are an Elton fan, you'll love this one.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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A Single Man is probably the most underrated of Elton's albums. Maybe it got lost under the roar of punk rock in the late seventies; maybe the 2 year break after Blue Moves and such an apparently low-key return was a mistake but there are some absolute gems here. Part Time Love was a great slice of pop, It Ain't Gonna Be Easy is dark and brooding and Georgia and Shooting Star are great tunes as well - all that and Song for Guy as well. Even the bonus track Ego (a minor hit over here when it was a single only release) is creative golddust.
At the end of the day, this is a great album of 70s soul influenced pop, and while it might not be quite as good as Elton's very best albums (Tumbleweed Connection, Madman, Don't Shoot Me, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Blue Moves) it sits right behind them and a long long way ahead of what he is doing today.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I first bought this album in 1978 and really liked it. Despite the absence of Bernie Taupin with the lyrics, this is still very listenable and will always remain dear if only for the one track "Song for Guy" which obviously comes from the heart.
I had copied this to an audio cassette and passed on the original vinyl, but then moved house and lost most of my cassettes in the process, so for all these years I have been without - until now!
I had copied this to an audio cassette and passed on the original vinyl, but then moved house and lost most of my cassettes in the process, so for all these years I have been without - until now!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
A Fantastic Record from Elton that deserves more.
The first album without his famous lyricist Bernie Taupin... well, Elton got a a lot of grief because of Bernie's absence, we all love him; but I wouldn't dismiss this album just... Read more
Published 5 months ago by David Calcano
Classics, good songs . . . and a dud or two
This album contains an interesting mixture of songs of different styles - some fast, some slow; some loud, some quiet; some sensitive, some in-your-face . . . Read more
Published 17 months ago by George
Sadly Dissapointed
I bought the CD on the basis of two well known tracks.
I was sadly dissapointed with the rest of the them.
I was sadly dissapointed with the rest of the them.
Published 20 months ago by Timothy J. Green
A Single Man
Not one of his best, but it has its good points. Namely "A Song For Guy."
Published 23 months ago by John Barber
Elton's comeback fails to impress
After 'Blue Moves' was released in 1976, Elton took an extended break from the music scene, and this was his comeback project. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2002
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