Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Rolling Stone Review of The Union: 5 Stars (really?)

The Union by Elton John and Leon Russell | Rolling Stone Music | Music Reviews

5 Stars

David Fricke

2010 10 19

The Union is a rare gesture in a dying business: an act of gratitude. Elton John repays a long-standing debt of inspiration to Leon Russell — particularly the rowdy merger of soul, country and gospel rapture Russell perfected as a writer, pianist and arranger on 1969 and '70 albums by Joe Cocker and Delaney and Bonnie — by putting Russell in front of a classy big band, on his first major-label album in a decade. "Your songs have all the hooks/You're seven wonders rolled into one," John sings, ever the fan, in "Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes."

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