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Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings
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Mixed: 1 out of 29
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Negative: 7 out of 29
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Feb 8, 2016Having grown up on Elton's masterworks during the 70's ,I tried to listen to this album .
I just can't get past how bad his voice is now relative to his prime days with Bernie Taupin .
Well i tried the first few songs and I give up .Long live Elton!
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Feb 23, 2016As good as the tracks are, there isn’t that one real standout. Still, his voice sounds great, the songs are catchy and engaging but still well-crafted, and Elton and his band seem to be having a genuinely good time.
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Feb 12, 2016Everything about Wonderful Crazy Night is utterly predictable, from its subject matter to its comprising 100% mid-tempo ballads, be they boogie-woogie piano (‘Looking Up’, ‘England and America’) or acoustic guitar lighter than a Peter Kay show (‘I’ve Got 2 Wings’, ‘Tambourine’). But despite this--and perhaps in no small part thanks to T Bone Burnett adding a lovely warm country tinge in the production--none of it grates.
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Feb 8, 2016Under the production of John and T-Bone Burnett (back again after The Diving Board), the instrumentation on Wonderful Crazy Night is glossy yet separate, as if each part was recorded in its own high-end echo chamber. As a result, none of it sounds unified--more high-fidelity karaoke mix than a band that’s playing together.