Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 8 June 2019 CE
Jun 09, 2019, 10:53
'Empty Sky' has never had its dues, critically or commercially. Even ol'Reg himself has disparaged it. Shame, because to my ears it's a bit of a lost baroque pop gem: very time-locked in 1969 but packed with aural pleasures. In fact, I prefer 'Empty Sky' to the more more lauded, wan and mournful self titled album that followed it, and vastly prefer it to what Elton's released in recent years.