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List Price: $13.98 | | Label: Umvd Labels
Salesrank: 63892
Released: November 9, 2004 |
| Our Price: $1.72 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Peachtree Road Track Listing:
1. Weight of the World
2. Porch Swing in Tupelo
3. Answer in the Sky
4. Turn the Lights Out When You Leave
5. My Elusive Drug
6. They Call Her the Cat
7. Freaks in Love
8. All That I'm Allowed
9. I Stop and I Breathe
10. Too Many Tears
11. It's Getting Dark in Here
12. I Can't Keep This from You
Editorial Review:
It's relatively easy to launch a comeback. It's far harder to maintain one. The follow-up to 2001's warmly received (by critics, anyway) Songs from the West Coast indicates Elton John is committed to following through on his late career critical renaissance. Entirely self-produced and featuring his trusty band on each song (and have any sidemen been more stalwart than Davey Johnstone and Nigel Olsson?), Peachtree Road's noble ambitions aren't entirely realized. Starting strong with the telling "Weight of the World" ("Happy to play with the weight of the world off my back") and Americana-flavored "Porch Swing in Tupelo," the 12-song set loses momentum as it progresses. Overproduction rears its glitzy head most egregiously in "All That I'm Allowed." Still, the young Elton John who took the singer-songwriter movement to new heights in the early '70s with the likes of Tumbleweed Connection and Honky Chateau is in evidence on Peachtree Road. He's laid the groundwork to totally throw caution to the wind and make a truly great album. Next time, perhaps? --Steven Stolder
Peachtree Road Reviews:
Great from start to finish! 
2009-08-13 - I hadn't heard this album until fairly recently and feel that it's one of his best. It's another album that is great from beginning to end. There isn't a song that I skip or don't like as much as the next. My personal favorites are "Answer in the Sky," "All That I'm Allowed," "They Call Her the Cat," "Porch Swing in Tupelo," and "Freaks in Love." Honestly it's another very cohesive album and has a lot of southern influence. The arrangements are great! Elton sure knows how to write a melody, and Bernie's lyrics of course tell a story with each song. I know a lot of people prefer Songs From the West Coast, but I prefer this album!
A step up from Songs from the West Coast
2008-07-09 - Contrary to most of the other reviewers I find this album more interesting than the previous Songs from the West Coast. Granted there are no super-hits but every single song is of a consistently high quality and the whole album is extremely listenable. It sticks to a somewhat reflective atmosphere with Elton's voice dominating and creating character.
It would be wrong to call this the culmination of his career, but it certainly sounds like a particular, more mature stage of it. There is no denying Elton's musical experience and it shows through here. The album's contrast to his early song hits provides a satisfying continuation of his career.
Breathtakingly Beautiful!
2008-01-27 - Elton at his soulful best! His voice and piano playing is beyond beautiful. It amazes me beyond words how Bernie Taupin never ceases to write such wonderful lyrics and Elton adding his perfect touch with his vocals and music to Taupin's lyrics.
I can listen to this cd over and over again - just like I do w/Elton's classics!!
Excellent!
2008-01-18 - I highly recommend this! We saw Elton in concert when this first came out and we really liked the music. This is one of his best CD's in years!
VERY GOOD BUT NOT GREAT 
2007-10-15 - When I heard this album for the first time, I thought inmediately that it wasn't a masterpiece, but some tracks were very catchy. Nothing on the album is bad, that's clear. Of course that could be a better album with a memorable song, and that's what this work lacks. But that doesn't mean it's not a worthy album. "Turn the lights out when you leave" is perhaps the best song in this collection, and "They call her the cat" is another good song. Finally "Answer in the sky" is a tipically elton-ish tune. The other songs are also good, but not great.
