Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player
by Elton John
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Elton John bestography
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player is ranked 6th 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 211 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,162.
(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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Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 86 Music Albums of 1973 | 21/86 | 4 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1970s Pt 2 | 79/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 82/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1973 | 20/100 | - |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 40 Music Albums of 1973 | 29/40 | 2 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 88 Music Albums of 1973 | 28/88 | 3 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 23/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 161 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 392 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2026 15:26 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/17/2026 16:58 | davidhuret | 2,062 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2026 20:43 | juanr1096 | 6,345 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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"This is a largely melody-based album- Its purpose is to find its way into your brain and stick there. There are piano hooks, lush vocal harmonies, and easily-clappable drum beats. There are cheesy lyrics, dated 70s moments, and clean production. Here on BEA we typically see those aspects as detriments to an album's quality, but that view is largely ignorant of albums that use those aspects to their advantage. Don't Shoot Me takes those attributes and utilizes them better than any album before or after."
^From my chart description of the album
I probably give Don't Shoot Me a bit too much credit…but I have a great emotional connection to the record and truly love it on every level.
Another in that incredible run of LP's Elton John released in the seventies. Great songs as always including, Daniel, eldebery wine, and, crocodile rock. I don't think it's as good as some of his other albums around this time but it's stil a good record. Elton really was on a roll at this time.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/25/2012 15:36 | #40895 | TOP COMMENT
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More piano pop goodness from Elton, continuing the embellished groove he and his band team found on "Honky Chateau", he apes his musical heros well, especially on "crocodile rock".
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/09/2011 15:25 | #21356 | TOP COMMENT
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Fifth high quality album in a row by Elton John. The bonus tracks on the CD release are also great.
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/09/2010 20:03 | #11584 | TOP COMMENT
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"Elderberry Wine" is classic Elton John
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