Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (2LP)
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40th Anniversary edition
Elton John – vocals, acoustic piano (A1 to B2, B5 to C2, C4 to D5), Fender Rhodes (B2-3), Farfisa organ (A3, B1, B4, D1), mellotron (B2-3, C3) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Elton John]
Kiki Dee – backing vocals (C4)
David Hentschel – ARP synthesizer (A1, C4)
Davey Johnstone – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Leslie guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar, banjo, backing vocals (A1-2, B1, C2, D1, D5)
Dee Murray – bass guitar, backing vocals (A1-2, B1, C2, D1, D5)
Nigel Olsson – drums, congas, tambourine, backing vocals (A1-2, B1, C2, D1, D5), car effects (C4)
Ray Cooper – tambourine (C4)
Del Newman – orchestral arrangements (B1, B5 to C2, D3, D5)
David Katz – orchestra contractor (B1, B5 to C2, D3, D5)
Leroy Gómez – saxophone solo (D4)
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
2 LPs, gatefold jacket with digital download code
Original analog Master tape : YES
Half Speed Mastering
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Mercury
Original Label : MCA Records
Recorded in May 1973 at Strawberry Studios (Château d'Hérouville) in France and overdubbed at Trident, London
Engineered by David Hentschel
Produced by Gus Dudgeon
2014 remaster by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering
Mastered for vinyl by Doug Sax & Robert Hadley at The Mastering Lab, Inc
Originally released in October 1973
Reissued in 2023
Tracks :
Side A:
- Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding
- Candle In The Wind
- Bennie And The Jets
Side B:
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- This Song Has No Title
- Grey Seal
- Jamaica Jerk-Off
- I've Seen That Movie Too
Side C:
- Sweet Painted Lady
- The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-34)
- Dirty Little Girl
- All The Girls Love Alice
Side D:
- Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n' Roll)
- Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
- Roy Rogers
- Social Disease
- Harmony
Awards:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Ranked 112/500
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - Ranked 390/500
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - “Candle In The Wind" - Ranked 356/500
Ranked number 59 in Channel 4's 2009 list of 100 Greatest Albums
Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003
Included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
Reviews :
“It was designed to be a blockbuster and it was. Prior to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John had hits -- his second album, Elton John, went Top 10 in the U.S. and U.K., and he had smash singles in "Crocodile Rock" and "Daniel" -- but this 1973 album was a statement of purpose spilling over two LPs, which was all the better to showcase every element of John's spangled personality. Opening with the 11-minute melodramatic exercise "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" -- as prog as Elton ever got -- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road immediately embraces excess but also tunefulness, as John immediately switches over to "Candle in the Wind" and "Bennie & the Jets," two songs that form the core of his canon and go a long way toward explaining the over-stuffed appeal of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. This was truly the debut of Elton John the entertainer, the pro who knows how to satisfy every segment of his audience, and this eagerness to please means the record is giddy but also overwhelming, a rush of too much muchness. Still, taken a side at a time, or even a song a time, it is a thing of wonder, serving up such perfectly sculpted pop songs as "Grey Seal," full-bore rockers as "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" and "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock & Roll)," cinematic ballads like "I've Seen That Movie Too," throwbacks to the dusty conceptual sweep of Tumbleweed Connection in the form of "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34)," and preposterous glam novelties, like "Jamaica Jerk-Off." This touched on everything John did before, and suggested ways he'd move in the near-future, and that sprawl is always messy but usually delightful, a testament to Elton's '70s power as a star and a musician.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
Allmusic : 4.5 / 5 , Discogs :