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MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER produced only a couple of minor hits, which may have something to do with the fact that its best songs are all five or six minutes long. But they're among the strongest songs in the entire Elton John catalog--especially the lovely opening track, "Tiny Dancer," which builds from a light, delicately melodic verse to a sweeping, dramatic chorus. Another highlight is the inscrutably biographic "Levon," whose title character was born "on a Christmas day when the New York Times said God is dead."
John's luxurious piano melodies, Bernie Taupin's poetic lyrics, and Paul Buckmaster's lush string arrangements all stretch out on MADMAN, giving the record a grandiose, sweeping feel when it is not riding dark, surging currents, as on the memorably edgy title track. There is a painstaking, interior quality here that goes missing from John's early pop-song oriented albums and from the later excesses of GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD. For this reason, MADMAN ON THE WATER is a crucial, unique addition to the John catalogue.
Audio Remixer: Ken Scott.
Liner Note Authors: Gus Dudgeon; John Tobler.
Recording information: Trident Studio, London, England (02/27/1971-08/14/1971).
Director: Robert Kirby.
Editor: Gus Skinas.
Illustrator: David Larkham.
Photographers: Bob Gruen; David Larkham.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Steve Brown; Bernie Taupin.
Arranger: Paul Buckmaster.
Personnel: Elton John (vocals, piano, keyboards); Elton John; Sunny Leslie, Sue Glover (vocals, background vocals); Alan Parker (guitar); David Katz (violin); Diana Lewis (synthesizer, ARP synthesizer); Diane Lewis-Steinberg (synthesizer); Chris Laurence (acoustic bass, acoustic bass guitar); Herbie Flowers (electric bass, bass guitar); Dee Murray (bass guitar, background vocals); Dave Glover , Brian Odgers (bass guitar); Sunny, Sue & Sunny, Sue (background vocals); Davey Johnstone (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, sitar, synthesizer); Lesley Duncan, Liza Strike, Roger Cook, Terry Steele, Tony Burrows, Barry St. John (vocals, background vocals); Caleb Quaye (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Les Thatcher (guitar, acoustic guitar); Chris Spedding (guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar); B.J. Cole (steel guitar); Jack Emblow (accordion); Brian Dee (harmonium); Rick Wakeman (organ, keyboards); Nigel Olsson (drums, background vocals); Roger Pope, Terry Cox, Barry Morgan (drums); Ray Cooper (tambourine, percussion); Cantores in Ecclesia.
Audio Remasterer: Tony Cousins.
Madman Across The Water Music | List Price | $9.98 (You save $3.13) | | Category | Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Oldies, Rock/Pop, Singer/Songwriter | | Label | Rocket | | Orig Year | 1971 | | All Time Sales Rank |  991  | | CD Universe Part number | 1231621 | | Catalog number | 528161 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 14, 1996 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Gus Dudgeon; Gus Dudgeon | | Engineer | Robin Geoffrey Cable; Ken Scott; Robin Geoffrey Cable | | Recording Time | 45 minutes | | Personnel | Elton John - vocals, piano, keyboards
Liza Strike
Davey Johnstone - vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, sitar, synthesizer
Barry St
Lesley Duncan
Dee Murray - bass guitar, background vocals
Chris Laurence - acoustic bass, acoustic bass guitar
Herbie Flowers - electric bass, bass guitar
David Katz - violin
Sunny Leslie
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Elton John Madman Across The Water Songs Madman Across The Water Music Madman Across The Water Music Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Numero Uno!
This is Elton's best. In my opinion there are five essential Elton cd's, they are; 1. Madman Across the Water, 1A. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1B. Tumbleweed Connection, 1C. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy and 1D. Honky Chateau! His other works have their moments, but none are the complete works as these five are! Madman is just a masterpiece from start to finish! Not a single song on the entire cd that's filler material! Tumbleweed Connection is the only one that comes close in that regard. Keep in mind that Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was a double LP, and all double LP's have some filler. Well...Roy Rogers...Jamaica Jerkoff...Bennie and the Jets...you get the picture! Can't go wrong with these five, though!
Submitted by mheinen3 (Oklahoma City, OK, USA) 
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elton's best
this is still elton's best work period....
a remarkable work of passion and soul
Submitted by a reviewer (covington, ky)
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Elton John and Bernie Taupin very close to Lennon & McCartney - difficult to believe that so many great great recordings were to follow this amazing work. Elton & Bernie have one major problem...think they made it all look far too easy.
They are so completely underrated...
Submitted by faust8577 (Lorraine, Que. Canada)
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Filled with great piano and strings, this is certainly one of his best. The best song here is "Tiny Dancer," a song which is played more often on oldies and classic rock stations now than it was then, its low-ish chart success being surprising in retrospect. The same is true for Levon. Levon and Holiday Inn are the next best tracks on the album, although there are no weak songs. It's downfall, if you can call it that, is the ever present strings. The highlights are the piano and the guitar whenever you can actually hear them. OVERALL: 4.5 out of 5
Submitted by Ian (Kenosha County, WI, US)
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mad man one of best songs ever really come on guys it is so dynamic and the vocals range is amazing you have to love that song or i will cry and overall an great album
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