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Victim of Love

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Try this experiment. Go to any used CD store, and look in the Elton John section. You will find that this CD accounts for half of the bin. That's because people like me saw this CD and thought, "Hey, there's an Elton John CD I don't have. I had better buy it, or my EJ colection will not be complete."

Then they listened to it and thought, "What the hell is this?! Ewwwww, Yuck!"

If you find this CD in a new CD store, you will notice that it cost half as much as any other Elton John CD. There is a reason.

Some people (and I used to be one of them) say that Elton could do no wrong in the seventies. That is not quite true. It is very sobering and depressing, really. The mighty Casey had struck out. He's only human, after all. Say it ain't so!

Elton John was never afraid to take his music into new directions. The Thom Bell Sessions is a great example of that. Victim of Love is not.

I just pray Elton John does not repeat the mistake he made with Victim of Love, and release a rap CD.

This album is only for the absolute die hard Elton collector who has to have everything he puts out. I thought this would be the one album to never be released on CD but I was wrong. The only thing I really liked was the disco version of "Johnny B. Goode". Michael McDonald sang on this album, and Toto's Steve Lukather played guitar on it.. but do them a favor.. don't remind them!!!!! This CD makes a good coaster or frisbee.

I'm in the process of collecting every Elton John album released, and I just received "Victim Of Love" yesterday.

This album goes way beyond bad and must certainly rank as Elton's worst release ever. What the hell was he thinking? Elton is a self-confessed disco fan, but just because you like something doesn't mean you're any good at creating it! From the opener, an eight-minute disco version of "Johnny B. Goode" to the closing title track, this album smacks of desperation. Elton wrote none of the songs, and his band is nowhere in sight. In fact, the instrumental tracks were created and Elton simply overdubbed his vocals at a later date. On all eight tracks the disco beat numbs the mind and dulls the senses. It just goes on and on and on. The lyrics are trite and devoid of any emotion. It's hard to believe this is the same man who, just four years earlier, recorded "Someone Saved My Life Tonight."

But as bad as this album is, somehow the title song became a minor hit for Elton, peaking at number 33. That alone makes me believe in miracles! Upon it's release this album should have gone straight to the discount bins, where it would be right at home with the cut-outs and other lousy music that nobody liked.

Elton John is a living legend and a musical institution, but here our hero takes a fall. Your time would be better spent listening to "Funkytown!"

You would think that an artist with the clout of Elton John would have long since rounded up every copy of this disaster and had them destroyed. What is this still doing in print?

When a superstar like Elton John records an album this bad, it practically threatens to negate all previous glory. Do not waste you money on this....

This represents the absolute nadir of Elton John's career. With his 70's heyday over, he decided to try and cash in on the late 70's disco crase. This was a bad move for two reasons. One, it was obviously desperate, and two the "music" (if one can call it that) was dreadful. Why this thing is still in print is a mystery.

Elton didn't write any music for this album. I don't even think he plays piano on it. His voice is just dubbed over the worst disco music ever made. Bernie Taupin did not write any of the laughable lyrics included on this album. Buy this only if you're a devoted EJ collector. Otherwise, get Tumbleweed Connection and Madman Across The Water.

Granted this album is not a classic by any standards but really Are you kidding Pete Bellotte is a quintessential figure of the disco era, he help produce some Donna Summers biggest hits in the information age we live in it doesn't take much effort to know or learn this. As for the music I've heard worse. A commercial flop doesn't mean necessarily mean the music is horrible.

Ya know, people slagged the Stones and Rod Stewart for making disco records, but at least they had the decency to write their own songs! The same guy (Pete Bellotte) wrote and produced every song on this album (except the massacred "Johnny B. Goode"). Maybe that's why they all sound the same, and feature the same cheesy keyboard and drums...

Perhaps there's a story behind this. Maybe Elton was trying to get out of his contract or something, I don't know. Regardless, the album is a hopeless mess of uninspired disco, and the fact that it remains in print today is quite alarming.

STAY AWAY,don't even think twice about purchasing htis disk.this is the worst elton john album ever.the tunes are repetitive,the lyrics(as said elsewhere)are laughable.The only reason i can see for buying this disk(if any)is that you must have everything released by elton john.Even then please get this one last.