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- Tumbleweed Connection
- - 104,630 plays
  - 26 favs
  - 24 shares
Elton John
Released 1971

Where To Now St. Peter?
04:11
9,068 plays

Country Comfort
05:06
8,192 plays

Madman Across The Water
08:52
8,110 plays

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- 1
- Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun
- 04:59
- 7,315 plays

- 2
- Come Down In Time
- 03:25
- 8,081 plays

- 3
- Country Comfort
- 05:06
- 8,192 plays

- 4
- Son Of Your Father
- 03:48
- 5,342 plays

- 5
- My Father's Gun
- 06:20
- 12,480 plays

- 6
- Where To Now St. Peter?
- 04:11
- 9,068 plays

- 7
- Love Song
- 03:41
- 10,306 plays

- 8
- Amoreena
- 05:00
- 13,465 plays

- 9
- Talking Old Soldiers
- 04:06
- 4,665 plays

- 10
- Burn Down The Mission
- 06:35
- 13,039 plays

- 11
- Into The Old Man's Shoes
- 04:02
- 4,567 plays

- 12
- Madman Across The Water
- 08:52
- 8,110 plays

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album review

Instead of repeating the formula that made Elton John a success, John and Bernie Taupin attempted their most ambitious record to date for the follow-up to their breakthrough. A loose concept album about the American West, Tumbleweed Connection emphasized the pretensions that always lay beneath their songcraft. Half of the songs don't follow conventional pop song structures; instead, they flow between verses and vague choruses. These experiments are remarkably successful, primarily because Taupin's lyrics are evocative and John's melodic sense is at its best. As should be expected for a concept album about the Wild West, the music draws from country and blues in equal measures, ranging from the bluesy choruses of "Ballad of a Well-Known Gun" and the modified country of "Country Comfort" to the gospel-inflected "Burn Down the Mission" and the rolling, soulful "Amoreena." Paul Buckmaster manages to write dramatic but appropriate string arrangements that accentuate the cinematic feel of the album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide