Elton John - Rock Of The Westies [Remastered] (CD 1995)

Having seen Elton John perform live a couple of years ago and had only purchased his Greatest Hits packages, I made the decision that I was going to buy all of his back catalogue. After listening to most of his excellent albums from the early 70's, I then played some later ones and was a little disappointed. I therefore returned to the 70's, but was, quite frankly, not over enthused by 'Rock Of The Westies'. The opening 'Medley', I felt, was a bit repetative as was track 2 'Dan Dare'. Then, after the early disappointment, came the three best tracks, the single 'Island Girl', the US hit 'Grow Some Funk Of Your Own and the excellent 'I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford. The rest of the album was not very awe inspiring, however, I found track 'Hard Luck Story' pretty good. Luckily though the remastered version does carry the classic hit 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' (with Kiki Dee) - so it does end on a high!