Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
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Artist: Elton John
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1996-02-20
Music Label: Island
Soundtracks:
  1. Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)
  2. Candle In The Wind
  3. Bennie And The Jets
  4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  5. This Song Has No Title
  6. Grey Seal
  7. Jamaica Jerk-Off
  8. I've Seen That Movie Too
  9. Sweet Painted Lady
  10. The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-34)
  11. Dirty Little Girl
  12. All The Girls Love Alice
  13. Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'N Roll)
  14. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
  15. Roy Rogers
  16. Social Disease
  17. Harmony

Free Music Notes for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Free Music Review: Elton John's Best Album.
Hit: 5 Stars

When Elton John released his double album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in 1973, he and lyricist Bernie Taupin were at the peak of their songwriting collaboration. While "Levon," "Rocket Man," "Honky Cat," "Daniel," "Tiny Dancer," and "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" are truly great songs, few fans would disagree that this is John's best album. Recorded at the Château d'Hérouville (where John also recorded Honky Chateau in 1972 and Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player in 1973), it features the Number 1 radio hit "Bennie and the Jets," along with the meticulously crafted, 11-minute "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Candle in the Wind," "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," "Harmony," and "Grey Seal." It is also one of the best song-sequenced albums of all times (especially evident in its original vinyl LP format. For instance, Side One of the first LP included "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding," "Candle in the Wind," and "Bennie and the Jets.") On the album, Elton John is backed Dee Murray on bass and backing vocals, Davey Johnstone on electric guitar and backing vocals, Nigel Olsson on drums and backing vocals, and David Hentschel on A.R.P. synthesizer. It is perhaps now common knowledge that John wrote "Funeral for a Friend" as the kind of instrumental he would like performed at his own funeral, and "Candle in the Wind" as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe. (Taupin first heard the phrase "candle in the wind" used in reference to Janis Joplin.) In "Bennie and the Jets," Taupin paints a poetic picture of John: "She's got electric boots, a mohair suit/ You know I read it in a magazine Ohh..." Complete album tracks include:

1. Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding 11:08
2. Candle In The Wind 3:49
3. Bennie And The Jets 5:23
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 3:13
5. This Song Has No Title 2:23
6. Grey Seal 4:00
7. Jamaica Jerk-Off 3:38
8. I've Seen That Movie Too 5:58
9. Sweet Painted Lady 3:54
10. The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-1934) 4:23
11. Dirty Little Girl 5:01
12. All The Girls Love Alice 5:08
13. Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock'n Roll) 2:42
14. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting 4:53
15. Roy Rogers 4:08
16. Social Disease 3:43
17. Harmony 2:45

G. Merritt

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Rarely mentioned as one of the great double albums, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road had to settle for ending up in a few million record collections. So sprawling that it doesn't quite measure up to the earlier, more laid-back Honky Chateau or the later, pushy Rock of the Westies, this still holds claim to a lot of brilliant, very pop-savvy music: the winking rebellion of "Bennie and the Jets" and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," the ready-made nostalgia of "The Ballad of Danny Bailey," the downbeat melodicism of "Harmony." --Rickey Wright

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