Elton John – Madman Across The Water (1971) [Reissue 2004] {SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/88.2kHz}

Elton John – Madman Across The Water (1971) [Reissue 2004] {2.0 & 5.1}
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 46:57 minutes | Scans included | 3,1 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 45:30 mins | Scans included | 954 MB
Remastered SACD Reissue 2004 | Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound

Madman Across the Water is the fourth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John. The title song was set to be released on John’s previous album Tumbleweed Connection. However, it was set aside and would eventually be re-recorded and serve as the title track of this album. The SACD version of the album contained a longer version of “Razor Face” which extended the song-ending jam to 6:42 instead of the early fade on the original album.

Trading the cinematic aspirations of Tumbleweed Connection for a tentative stab at prog rock, Elton John and Bernie Taupin delivered another excellent collection of songs with Madman Across the Water. Like its two predecessors, Madman Across the Water is driven by the sweeping string arrangements of Paul Buckmaster, who gives the songs here a richly dark and haunting edge. And these are songs that benefit from grandiose treatments. With most songs clocking in around five minutes, the record feels like a major work, and in many ways it is. While it’s not as adventurous as Tumbleweed Connection, the overall quality of the record is very high, particularly on character sketches “Levon” and “Razor Face,” as well as the melodramatic “Tiny Dancer” and the paranoid title track. Madman Across the Water begins to fall apart toward the end, but the record remains an ambitious and rewarding work, and John never attained its darkly introspective atmosphere again.

Tracklist:
01. Tiny Dancer
02. Levon
03. Razor Face
04. Madman Across The Water
05. Indian Sunset
06. Holiday Inn
07. Rotten Peaches
08. All The Nasties
09. Goodbye

Produced by Gus Dudgeon.
Surround Sound Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Greg Penny at Flower Surround, Ojai, CA.
Digital Transfers by Ricky Graham at Sphere Studios, London.
DSD Editing by Gus Skinas at Super Audio Center, Boulder, Colorado.
Original Stereo Mixes Re-mastered by Tony Cousins at Metropolis Mastering, London.

SACD ISO

mqs.linkEltnJhnMadmanAcrssTheWater1971Reissue2004SACDIS.part1.rar
mqs.linkEltnJhnMadmanAcrssTheWater1971Reissue2004SACDIS.part2.rar
mqs.linkEltnJhnMadmanAcrssTheWater1971Reissue2004SACDIS.part3.rar
mqs.linkEltnJhnMadmanAcrssTheWater1971Reissue2004SACDIS.part4.rar

FLAC 24bit/88.2kHz

mqs.link_EltnJhnMadmanAcrssTheWater1971Reissue2004FLACStere2488.2.rar