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10.0
17936
10.0 |
Rolling Stone
On The Union, produced by T Bone Burnett, John and Russell share the resurrection. Each goes back to what he first did best
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10.0
17941
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The Independent
Easily the best thing either of them has produced for years, full of polished songwriting, rolling rock grooves and effortlessly classy musicianship from all involved
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10.0
18006
10.0 |
Independent on Sunday
What emerges is one of the pleasantest surprises of this or any recent year
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8.0
18030
8.0 |
Clash
A fine complement to each other’s talents
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8.0
18063
8.0 |
Mojo
An often-brilliant album of Southern-fired grooves. Print edition only
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8.0
17938
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The Digital Fix
The Union is just so charming when it shines - and it beams like a midday sun - that you will find it in you to accept its rare shortcomings
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8.0
17939
8.0 |
AU Review
Told with gospel Americana piano-rock cerca 1972, the record is a reflection on a long life lived
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8.0
18204
8.0 |
Q
Elton diehards should savour an album that harks back to '70s Tumbleweed. Print edition only
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8.0
17956
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Evening Standard
This is an album of old-fashioned excellence and will adorn your collection when much else in it has withered
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8.0
17967
8.0 |
Uncut
This gathering of old-timers with something still to say, if not prove, seems special indeed. Print edition only
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8.0
17994
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Daily Telegraph
A rich, lyrical stew of southern country soul, with flourishes from choirs and horns
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8.0
17934
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The Guardian
The Union is quite a triumph
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8.0
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The Quietus
[Elton's] finest outing for three decades
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8.0
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Blurt
The Union is about the pair re-living their ‘70s hit-making haughty honky-catting
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7.0
18347
7.0 |
musicOMH
Elton and Russell, having come together for The Union, have made an album that delivers as a confident enmeshing of their talents
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6.0
17937
6.0 |
BBC
At 14 tracks stretched just over an hour, it’s simply too long; shorn of its more forgettable songs, it could’ve been a glancing contender
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4.0
17935
4.0 |
PopMatters
Despite an A-team of producer T-Bone Burnett and guest artists like Neil Young and Brian Wilson, The Union comes off feeling incomplete and half-baked
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4.0
18111
4.0 |
The Scotsman
Cosy fireside fun for all the family this yuletide
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