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Elton John - Honky Château Label: UNI Records (Canada) Catalog#: UNI 93135 Format:Vinyl, LP, Album Record is VG++ clean Textured Original Cover VG+ VG++ minor wear, light ringwear Country: Canada Issue Released: 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Rock & Roll, Country Rock, Soul, Ballad, Classic Rock Tracklist A1 Honky Cat 5:12 A2 Mellow 5:30 A3 I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself 3:32 A4 Susie (Dramas) 3:24 A5 Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) 4:40 B1 Salvation 3:26 B2 Slave 4:20 B3 Amy 4:02 B4 Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters 5:00 B5 Hercules 5:20 Credits Engineer - Ken Scott Producer - Gus Dudgeon Written-By - Elton John & Bernie Taupin "Honkey Cat" is one of the most unique top 15 songs in pop history. New Orlean's influenced with a fat horn section and piano and electric piano seamlessly interspersed. This cut immediately grabs the listener by the jugular. "Mellow" and "Amy" recieve interesting treatment from jazz violin virtuoso Jon-Luc Ponty. The rollicking "Think I'm Going To Kill Myself" is tongue-in-cheek jaunt with a tap dancing session to add a twist of levity in the event that anyone took the subject matter seriously. "Mona Lisas And Madhatters" made a comeback of sorts in the movie Almost Famous and (post 9/11) Elton added this memorable song to his set as a tribute to NYC. Taupin is at his lyrical best here - which wasn't always the case on some of the albums during Elton's classic period. Hercules is about as obtuse as Taupin gets on this album - and Elton's song writing and enthusiastic piano pounding saves the day on that up-tempo cut. Rocket Man with it's haunting " Gonna be a long, long time.." verse was Elton's reaction to Bowie "Space Oddity" and arguabley works better than Bowie's classic ode to space technology gone awry. This really is a solid album and even Elton's harshest critics acknowledge that this was one of very best albums in the post Beatles era in the early 70's. You cannot make a mistake owning it. The fire was still burning in his belly and he had not yet started to simply make albums that surrounded hit singles - as per some of his work later in the decade. Elton John - Rocket Man 1972 Elton John - Rocketman (In Think It´s Gonna Be A Long Time). Elton John In Edimburgh Scotland 1976. Great piano, Sir Elton! Elton John - Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters -- Almost Famous I love this classic EJ song Elton John - Honky Cat Just shows you how diverse and ahead of the curve Elton was back then
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