Podcast Seems To Be The Hardest Word: Recent Episodes

Russell Paterson

One man's personal review of the studio albums of Sir Elton John in the chronological order they were released.

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I'm back with a quick look at Elton's 1971 soundtrack, "Friends"

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This episode looks at the UK only release of a collection of B sides and other stuff from 1974.

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This is a close look at Elton's triumphant collaboration with Leon Russell.

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A look at Elton's lockdown project.

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The final episode of the first series/season of Podcast Seems To Be The Hardest Word is where I finally get round to ranking Eton's albums from least favourite to most favourite!

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So  we come to what is currently Elton"s final studio album, Wonderful Crazy Night.

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A look at Elton's critically acclaimed 2013 release, "The Diving Board"

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A look at 2006's Captain Fantastic sequel, "The Captain And The Kid"

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A close look at Elton's 2004 classic album, Peachtree Road

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I celebrate "Podcast Seems To Be The Hardest Word"'s first birthday by taking a close look at Elton's much acclaimed 2001 album, "Songs From The West Coast".

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Podcast Seem To Be The Hardest Word celebrates a quarter of a century of episodes with a look at Elton's 1997 release "The Big Picture"

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A close look at Elton's album of March 1995, Made In England

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This time, it's the 1992 release of The One that gets a deep dive.

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August 1989 saw the release of Elton's 22nd studio album "Sleeping With The Past" and here I take a close look at it.

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A close look at the 1988 release of Reg Strikes Back

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This episode looks at the 1986 release of Leather Jackets

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This episode looks at Elton's November 1985 release, Ice On Fire

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A look at the 1984 release Breaking Hearts

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A close look at the May 1983 release.

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The first episode of 2021 looks at the 1982 album, Jump Up

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In the last episode of the year, I look at the 1981 release, The Fox.  Podcast Seems To Be The Hardest Word will be back on the 5th January 2021.

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This episode looks at the May 1980 release of 21 at 33.

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This episode looks at the 1979 release of Elton's disco album, Victim of Love.

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This episode looks at the "Bernie Taupin free" 1978 album, A Single Man. 

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The latest episode looks at the 1976 release of Elton's second double album, Blue Moves.

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A longer look at the 1975 album Rock of the Westies

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This episode takes a look at Elton's 1975 masterpiece, Captain Fantastic

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This episode takes a long look at the 1974 release of Caribou

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This episode looks at the work that many regard as Elton John's masterpiece, the 1974 double album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

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This episode looks at the first of Elton's two releases in 1973, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player

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This episode looks at one of the all-time Elton John classic recordings, the 1972 album Honky Chateau.

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In this episode I look at the third Elton John album of 1971, Madman Across The Water.

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In this episode I take a look at one of the all-time great Elton John recordings, the 1970 album Tumbleweed Connection.  Please email me at ejpodcast@yahoo.com with comments.

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This episode examines the 1970 release of the classic album "Elton John" that was so influential in Elton's conquering of the USA.

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In this first episode I take a long look at Elton's first studio album, the 1969 release of Empty Sky