#1248 Elton John - Madman Across the Water

This is the first Taupin-era Elton John album I've found that sounds like you might expect: like one man wrote the lyrics and another put them to song. Worse, it feels like afterwards a committee of dozens carelessly dolloped strings over top. After the excellent two opening tracks the whole thing settles into hookless, forgettable muck - not one of his strongest efforts 2/5