Madman Across The Water (studio album)
by Elton John
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Madman Across The Water is ranked 2nd 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 209 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,470.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 12/05/2025 03:49 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,064 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 20:13 | Siromynian | 1,578 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 07:20 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2025 21:59 | mash | 1,403 | 88/100 |
| ! | 05/22/2025 15:04 |  Taka | 1,058 | 80/100 |
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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 78.2/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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One of my earliest vinyl’s I bought with great lyrics by Bernie Taupin. This is one of those albums that you can sit back and just listen or sing-along. Play side one, and flip play the other side. I consider this his best album because it didn’t sound has pop has some of his other albums.
A few great songs mixed with some average tracks that makes for a decent listen on the whole but it isn't a record that will be amongst the elite. This record does have some of Elton's best ever songs on here in the form of Tiny Dancer and Levon which kick off the album in such style. It is a shame that this level of infectiousness and quality couldn't be maintained right till the end. Side 1 is far superior as well which makes the record feel very unbalanced as it could be argued that the second side could be skipped in its entirety. Elton John's vocal is phenomenal throughout however and I can see why so many people gravitate towards this record as his voice always draws me back to his albums. Overall, a decent listen that is inconsistent and definitely isn't the best of his records.
Great Elton record
Good pop album, definitely better than Tumbleweed Connection.
Jboy56 11/29/2021 18:19 | #276876
Totally different from EJ later albums, long songs, and without the poppy melody song textures&structers
Best Songs:
- Levon
- Tiny Dancer
- Razor Face
so much incredible music by these 2
teague 09/08/2020 16:16 | #257910
This is way better than Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
Side 1 is a 10/10. Side 2 is just...not good.
Probably my favourite album by Elton. So many fabulous songs both musically and lyrically. Outstanding.
Tiny Dancer, Levon, the title track and Indian Sunset are all top notch tracks and great examples of Elton John's work. Madman Across the Water has some of Bernie Taupin's best songwriting and Indian Sunset is possibly the pair's most underappreciated song. The other tracks are not on the excellent level of the 4 I've listed, but they're still very good.
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