Tumbleweed Connection
by Elton John
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Elton John bestography
Tumbleweed Connection is ranked 4th best out of 56 albums by Elton John on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elton John is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road which is ranked number 208 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,208.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Tumbleweed Connection track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Tumbleweed Connection rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 26/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 54 Music Albums of 1970 | 29/54 | 2 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 87 Music Albums of 1970 | 37/87 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 40/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1970 | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 60 Music Albums of 1970 | 44/60 | 1 |
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 70 Music Albums of the 1970s | 5/70 | 19 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 286 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,409 | |||
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Tumbleweed Connection ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 1 hour ago | Siromynian | 1,676 | 77/100 |
| ! | 5 days ago | ShutUpKen | 6 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2026 20:43 | juanr1096 | 6,285 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Tumbleweed Connection forum mentions
pedro1976 09/05/2026 18:06 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movementsTumbleweed Connection comments
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poppmusic TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/25/2017 23:54 | #193218 | TOP COMMENT
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Not convinced Elton John is the genius he's said to be? Take a listen to this one and see if you change your mind. Don't have time for a whole album? Closer "Burn Down the Mission" should do just fine. (Edited)
Remarkably consistent album. The only thing that holds it back is that it didn't have a true hit song on it, but there is a lot of gold on this album. Its easily a top 5 Elton John album.
Key tracks: Ballad of a Well-Known Gun, Come Down in Time, Country Comfort, My Father's Gun and Burn Down the Mission. (Edited)
rockinsteve 05/10/2018 01:00 | #214504 | TOP COMMENT
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Wonderful album! This one COULD be my favorite by EJ. The Old West theme works REALLY well. "Talking Old Soldiers" is one of the best, most heartfelt songs I've ever heard. It's my FAVORITE song by Elton. This album reminds us HOW good he once was. (Edited)
kcendsley1 07/13/2019 16:25 | #239443 | TOP COMMENT
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A brilliant performer on the way up. Burn Down The Mission and Where To Now St. Peter are pre-pop classics. Amoreena... lovely (Edited)
Its Goodbye! Yellow Brick Road and Hello! 'Tumbleweed Connection' a much better album in my opinion an album about the old west no hits here but from begining to end a classic Elton John album best tracks 'My Fathers Gun,Country Comfort,Ballad of a Well Known Gun.
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