- rock, glam rock, pop rock, soft rock
- 76 min
- 17 tracks
- MCA Records
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the seventh studio album by British singer, pianist and composer Elton John. A double album, it was released on 5 October 1973, by DJM Records. Recorded at the Château d'Hérouville in France, the album became a double LP once John and his band became inspired by the locale.
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Character
Classical in form, character-led, spare and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- The Daily VaultA
- Rolling Stone(mixed)
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Slant Magazine4.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding11:05
- A2Candle in the Wind3:41
- A3Bennie and the Jets5:10
- B1Goodbye Yellow Brick Road3:13
- B2This Song Has No Title2:18
- B3Grey Seal4:03
- B4Jamaica Jerk-Off3:36
- B5I've Seen That Movie Too5:59
- C1Sweet Painted Lady3:52
- C2The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34)4:24
- C3Dirty Little Girl5:03
- C4All the Girls Love Alice5:13
- D1Your Sister Can't Twist (but She Can Rock 'n Roll)2:41
- D2Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting4:50
- D3Roy Rogers4:10
- D4Social Disease3:45
- D5Harmony2:49
17 tracks, 76 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Elton John
- Label
- MCA Records
- Released
- 1973
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
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