Peachtree Road
by Elton John
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Rolling Stone
    80
    Peachtree highlights once again just how soulful John's music can be. [25 Nov 2004, p.92]
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  2. AllMusic
    80
    Peachtree Road proves that he's back to making good, solid records focused on songs, not hits, the way he did at the outset of his career.
  3. Uncut
    80
    Superior adult-contemporary rock. [Dec 2004, p.152]
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  5. Los Angeles Times
    75
    The arrangements are sometimes overblown, but the sentiments, many of them gently philosophical looks at the passage of time, radiate with the captivating warmth and universality that is at the heart of John and Taupin's most memorable works. [14 Nov 2004]
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  6. ShakingThrough.net
    74
    It's his most consistently rewarding effort in recent memory.
  7. Billboard
    70
    Succeeds in cutting John loose so that he sounds like he's doing it because it still matters.
  8. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    Rule of thumb for this album: ballad good, uptempo shocking. [20 Nov 2004, p.57]
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  9. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    Peachtree's few attempts to rock out are tame and hokey. [12 Nov 2004, p.120]
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  10. E! Online
    67
    John sounds as old and crusty as his recent tirades.
  11. The Guardian
    60
    He can't quite leave his mind-numbing AOR behind.
  12. Q Magazine
    60
    Peachtree Road is home to three songs that can sit alongside his best work.... [but] there are too many saccharine ballads. [Dec 2004, p.128]
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  13. Mojo
    60
    Tread lightly past the handclaps and keyboard quacks to find a collection of uncomfortably honest damaged-goods love songs set in the cold hours of the a.m. [Dec 2004, p.102]
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  14. Blender
    60
    Expert, tuneful and profoundly inoffensive. [Dec 2004, p.134]
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  15. PopMatters
    50
    This all might be formulaic schlock, but it's expertly played and produced schlock.

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 36
  3. Negative: 3 out of 36
  1. MelD.
    Jan 20, 2006
    10
    Classic. Songs filled with soul. Lyrics refreshing. My personal favorite Weight of the World. This is the type of CD that I liked better and Classic. Songs filled with soul. Lyrics refreshing. My personal favorite Weight of the World. This is the type of CD that I liked better and better each time I heard them again.… Full Review »
  2. MattM
    Jan 12, 2006
    10
    awsome CD!!! Just another wonderful piece by Elton John....
  3. Rev.Rikard
    Oct 8, 2005
    10
    Employing the titles Sir Elton John and The Deep South in the same sentence sounds like a contradiction. In this, my favorite Elton John Employing the titles Sir Elton John and The Deep South in the same sentence sounds like a contradiction. In this, my favorite Elton John album, his notable versatility makes the listener feel as though John has lived in his adopted hometown of Atlanta most of his life. Unlike other elderstatemen of Rock, like the Stones, John sounds comfortable and at ease with aging on this album. Every song goes down like a slow swig of aged Kentucky Bourbon, and is just as intoxicating. Even his voice, thick with his British accent, has developed the flexibility to almost sound "country" (i.e. "Turn the Lights Out When You Leave") It is evident that adopting Atlanta as another hometown has been good for him musically. There is still some classic Elton John here such as "They Call Her the Cat." And, just when you think Sir Elton has described love in more ways than McCartney, "Freaks in Love" allows one to look at love with a fresh, fascinating eye. He is humble when he sings he has been blessed with "all that he's allowed;" but those who have followed John's musical journey know that there will always be more to come from one of pop's best.… Full Review »
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