HiRez Poll John, Elton - PEACHTREE ROAD [SACD]

[dr. simple]

I finally got around to listening to this SACD, I had dismissed the album without listening. Really good songs, no hits I am aware of which should have been a clue I would like the album. I expected to listen once and purge it from my collection, no way I will do that now.

Welcome back, Chris!

 

[beerking]

My final Elton review today.
This album has it's high and lows but just not enough going on, to grab me in the way the albums with Mr Penny's mixes do.
That being said it certainly is not a bad release.
Just lacks that extra, overall sparkle, I've been spoilt with, by his other surround releases.
Therefore I'm breaking the 10 train and awarding this one a 9.

 

[fredblue]

My final Elton review today.
This album has it's high and lows but just not enough going on, to grab me in the way the albums with Mr Penny's mixes do.
That being said it certainly is not a bad release.
Just lacks that extra, overall sparkle, I've been spolit with, by his other surround releases.
Therefore I'm breaking the 10 train and awarding this one a 9.

this 10 train don't stop there anymore..

(i'll get me >songs from the west< coat) ☺

edit: i'll just add, its a little bit wanky the albums directly before and after Peachtree Road (Songs From The West Coast & The Captain & The Kid) would to me have been more interesting/eventful in 5.1 but it turns out it wasn't only in the Quad era that less exciting/less popular albums got the surround treatment while more popular and plain superior records didn't.

 

[beerking]

'its a little bit wanky'

Classic description....

Agree with your sediments Adam...

 

[Beefalo]

'its a little bit wanky'

Classic description....

Agree with your sediments Adam...

I had to look that one up as well...

 

[Scott65]

I had to look that one up as well...

Which word - sediments????

 

[Beefalo]

'its a little bit wanky'

Classic description....

Agree with your sediments Adam...

Seems to be some conflicting meanings for wanky. Let's hope it's the first one:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wankyNot this one:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Wanky

 

[fredblue]

Seems to be some conflicting meanings for wanky. Let's hope it's the first one:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wankyNot this one:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Wanky

definitely the first one!

 

[ngv99]

It's likely not going to be anyone's favorite EJ album, but it's a pleasant listen. Solid but unspectacular. The surround mix is quite good but I didn't enjoy it as much as the mixes on the 70s albums as those seemed much more adventurous. The music is about a 6, the surround mix about an 8. Recommended more for fans than a casual listener. I'm a big fan but I don't see reaching for this one very often. I'm giving it a 7.

 

[BPWingN]

I just picked this up today, and went in with mediocre expectations. It is a pleasant surprise. Sonically, it sounds fantastic, Captain. Nice discreet surround mix. I was expecting to be disappointed with the songs, but quite like them.
Is it classic Elton? No. Is it quite good? It sure is.

 

[TVB]

Love this album. "They call her the cat" is one of my demo pieces. Elton in hi res surround...oh yeah...a 9 here