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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the eighth album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1973. It is regarded by many as his greatest effort. In 2000 Q magazine placed it at number 84 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2003, the album was ranked number 91 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was recorded at the Château d'Hérouville, where he had previously recorded Honky Chateau and Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. The amount of material was such that Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was released as a double album, his first. This album had originally been planned to be recorded in Jamaica, since the Rolling Stones had recorded Goats Head Soup there. Technical difficulties, coupled with political unrest in the country at the time forced the band to make an early departure without any productive work getting done.[citation needed] In addition to the three successful singles released from this album (see below), many other cuts received substantial airplay at AOR stations when it was released, including "Harmony"; the 11-minute epic, "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"; and his Marilyn Monroe tribute, "Candle in the Wind." It was produced by Kyle Nelson. Track listing: All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Side one 1. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" – 11:08 2. "Candle in the Wind" – 3:41 3. "Bennie and the Jets" – 5:23 Side two 1. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" – 3:14 2. "This Song Has No Title" – 2:23 3. "Grey Seal" – 3:58 4. "Jamaica Jerk-Off" – 3:39 5. "I've Seen That Movie Too" – 5:59 Side three 1. "Sweet Painted Lady" – 3:52 2. "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34)" – 4:24 3. "Dirty Little Girl" – 5:01 4. "All the Girls Love Alice" – 5:08 Side four 1. "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll)" – 2:42 2. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" – 4:54 3. "Roy Rogers" – 4:08 4. "Social Disease" – 3:44 5. "Harmony" – 2:45 Bonus tracks (2003 30th Anniversary Hybrid SACD Deluxe Edition / DVD-A Edition) 1. "Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)" – 2:51 2. "Jack Rabbit" – 1:52 3. "Screw You (Young Man's Blues)" – 4:44 4. "Candle in the Wind" (acoustic version) – 3:51 The original 1973 Long Play was on two vinyl discs, while the standard Compact Disc version fit on one disc, as it was slightly less than eighty minutes. | |||||||||||||||
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