Eltonography.com's "Albums of Elton John"

Great: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Captain Fantastic.
Excellent: Tumbleweed Connection
Very good: Madman across the water, Don’t Shoot me, Songs from the West Coast, Captain and the Kid
Fine: Elton John, Honky Chateau, Blue Moves, Too Low for Zero, Sleeping with the Past, Made in England
Avoid: Victim of Love, Leather Jackets
Best compilations: Greatest Hits 1970-2002, Greatest Hits, Love Songs, Live in Australia