Revamp : reimagining the songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Elton John
Summary: Country music versions of songs by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
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Reviews (2)
Rolling stone
d. 6. Apr. 2018
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Jody Rosen
d. 6. Apr. 2018
"It's a revelation. Tyros (Maren Morris) and legends (Dolly Parton) mine deep cuts to reveal in John's songs a very country strain of stoic melancholy. Miranda Lambert delivers a stormy "My Father's Gun"; Don Henley and Vince Gill wring pathos from the divorce lament "Sacrifice," one of John's loveliest tunes. The album concludes with Willie Nelson's quietly epic ramble through "Border Song" - one 20th century legend welcoming another to music's Mt. Olympus. Nice view from up there".
AllMusic
2018
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine
2018
"There's a divide in aesthetics between the younger and older artists - the former embrace the freedom of reinterpretation, the latter settle into their roots - but they're largely complementary, revealing how enduring and malleable the John/Taupin catalog is ... The artists take risks, and they - and the songbook - come out sounding the better for it".