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Elton John
Peachtree Road CD (2004) 
Ost Soundtrack CD music In 2001, Elton John reconvened with longtime lyrical collaborator Bernie Taupin and recorded SONGS FROM THE WEST COAST, a collection that hearkened back to the duo's golden age in the 1970s and immediately drew comparisons to classic albums MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER and HONKY CHATEAU. Three years later, the duo went back into the studio and emerged with PEACHTREE ROAD, a record packed with the kind of rustic-sounding pop that brings to mind TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION (and whose title was inspired by John's adopted home in Georgia).
Keeping it in the musical family, longtime band members Davey Johnstone and Nigel Olsson are aboard, with the former adding musical-director duties to his usual guitar-playing responsibilities. Showcasing a voice that's gotten deeper and richer with age, John wisely sticks to a set that is predominantly made up of ballads, ranging from the lush, "countrypolitan" stylings of "Turn the Lights Out When You Leave" to the more gospel-flavored "Answer in the Sky." John also includes "My Elusive Drug," an uplifting homage to his companion David Furnish. He takes it up a notch with "They Call Her the Cat," a sassy horn-and-harmony-driven stylistic sequel to "Honky Cat."
Recording information: Silent Sound, Atlanta, GA; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA; Tree Studios, Atlanta, GA.
Photographer: Sam Taylor-Wood.
Personnel: Elton John (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, background vocals); Elton John; John Jorgenson (pedal steel guitar); Anatoly Rosinsky, Robin Olson, Phillip Levy , Mark Robertson , Joel Derouin, Sid Page, Charlie Bisharat, Endre Granat (violin); James V. Ross, Brian Dembow, Simon Oswell, Victoria Miskolszy (viola); Martin Tillman (cello, electric cello); Timothy Landauer, Stephen Erdody (cello); Guy Babylon (Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond b-3 organ, programming); Bob Birch (bass guitar, background vocals); Mark Ford , Adam McKnight, Charles Bullock, Terrence Davis, L'Tanya Sheilds, Alecia Terry, M. Denise Sims, Rosalind McKinght, Todd Honeycutt (background vocals); Davey Johnstone (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, baritone guitar, dobro, mandolin, ...
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Monster Metal Hits & Power Ballads: '80s CDs (2007)
Ost Soundtrack album Now here is a double disc that celebrates '80s hair metal in a way that few have. On disc one, you get the power and the glory by everyone from Cinderella, Winger, the Bulletboys, Joe Lynn Turner, Lita Ford, Great White, Warrant, Dio (a live "Holy Diver" no less!), White Lion, L.A. Guns, ...
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