Honky Château
by Elton John
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Honky Château is ranked 5th 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 7,311.
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Honky Château track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2026 15:02 | xhitmanx | 1,519 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2026 05:51 | Pienk | 735 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2026 02:54 | adbrack1988 | 1,101 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 23:29 | traistboar | 1,749 | 79/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 14:08 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
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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 78.7/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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Honky Château is a great pop rock album.
I have to agree this album his a little under rated even though it may be a weaker album from his early stuff. I don't really hear a weak song and outside a few of the outstanding ones, songs like "Mellow", "Salvation", and "Hercules" do lyrically fit musically too. Overall, this is a good one for a collection.
Jboy56 05/03/2022 13:47 | #284912
One of the best early EJ but also ranks among his career best because of one song....
VictorVale 01/16/2022 13:09 | #279480
Gênio do pop!
planetneutral 12/19/2020 01:08 | #262910
Not the best album from the best period of Elton John's career, but it has some flashes of the peak songwriting of the era.
Another great album, but like other commenters have noted, the hits stand above the rest on this LP. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters may be one of the most underrated songs in EJ's catalogue.
llibnanoon 07/27/2020 19:19 | #256302
The Rocket Man does it again. Rating (79.50)
Apart from "Rocket Man" and "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" I find this album a weak album, weaker as a whole than his previous album even if it gave rise to good singles.
Tamthebam 05/21/2020 08:04 | #251776 | TOP COMMENT
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This album passed me by in 1972 it wasnt until a few years later that I listened to this and his other early albums and discovered he made some great albums before Yellow Brick Road. This was his best album up to this point in his career. Honky Cat, Rocket Man & Amy stand out for me but the best song on this album is Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters the other tracks are solid, no weak track here.
Another pretty solid album from Elton John's peak. The standout tracks are the ones you expect Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, Rocket Man and Honky Cat, but there is some gold in the deep cuts as well.
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