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Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingB−(mixed)Rolling Stone (deluxe edition)C+(favourable)Tumbleweed Connection by Released30 October 1970RecordedMarch 1970Studio
(, England)Length46:56 (UK)
 (US) chronology
(1970)Tumbleweed Connection
(1970)
(1971) from Tumbleweed Connection "Love Song"
Released: 1970

Tumbleweed Connection is the third studio album by  singer-songwriter . It is a  based on / themes.

Background

All songs are written by John and , with the exception of "Love Song" by . The album was recorded at , ,  in March 1970 and released in October of the same year. It peaked at #2 on the  and #5 on the US  chart. In the US, it was certified gold in March 1971 and platinum in August 1998 by the .

In 2003, Tumbleweed Connection was ranked #458 on  magazine's list of .  and  appear for the first time together on this album as the rhythm section on "Amoreena". Olsson had played on one track on  for John in 1969. It is Murray's first appearance on an Elton John album.

In 1975, the film  featured "Amoreena" in the opening sequence. In 1998, a bootleg CD was released called Tumbleweed Collection. This was a collection of piano demos and live tracks.

The song "Country Comfort" was released as a single from the album, with "Love Song" on the b-side, and one of the songs recorded during the sessions, "Into the Old Man's Shoes" was released as a b-side for at least one single issue of "". An early version of "Madman Across the Water", featuring  on electric guitar, was also recorded during the sessions for the album. It was released on several albums and reissues of Tumbleweed Connection, though the track was ultimately re-recorded for the  album.

"Country Comfort" was recorded in 1970 for , the second album by . Stewart also performed the song live with Elton John dressed as a hornet, live at a fund-raising gig at the of the  (the Watford Hornets) on 5 May 1974 ( were the ), the same month that Elton John's eighth album,  was released for the price of 1 .

Artwork

The wraparound cover photo for the album was taken at the , approximately 30 miles south of London on the  in the County of . Photographer David Markham captured John (seated to the right in the photo but appearing to the left on the front cover, shown above) and Taupin (standing to the left, on the back cover) in front of the 1930s-era station to represent the album's Rural Americana concept, despite the English location. Additional photos were made from the interior of a train on the rail line for the album liner notes and libretto.

Track listing

All tracks written by  and , except where noted.

Side oneNo.TitleLength1.""4:592.""3:253."Country Comfort"5:064.""3:485.""6:20Side twoNo.TitleLength6.""4:117."Love Song" ()3:418.""5:009.""4:0610.""6:22