Elton John

Rating

Album: Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding	More Info...	11:09
2)	Candle In The Wind	More Info...	3:50
3)	Bennie And The Jets Live	More Info...	5:23
4)	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	More Info...	3:13
5)	This Song Has No Title	More Info...	2:24
6)	Grey Seal Version 1973	More Info...	4:01
7)	Jamaica Jerk-Off	More Info...	3:39
8)	I've Seen That Movie Too	More Info...	5:59
9)	Sweet Painted Lady	More Info...	3:55
10)	The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)	More Info...	4:24
11)	Dirty Little Girl	More Info...	5:01
12)	All The Girls Love Alice	More Info...	5:09
13)	Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock'n Roll)	More Info...	2:42
14)	Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)	More Info...	4:53
15)	Roy Rogers	More Info...	4:08
16)	Social Disease	More Info...	3:43
17)	Harmony	More Info...	2:45

Album: Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding	More Info...	11:09
2)	Candle In The Wind	More Info...	3:50
3)	Bennie And The Jets Live	More Info...	5:23
4)	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	More Info...	3:13
5)	This Song Has No Title	More Info...	2:24
6)	Grey Seal Version 1973	More Info...	4:01
7)	Jamaica Jerk-Off	More Info...	3:39
8)	I've Seen That Movie Too	More Info...	5:59
9)	Sweet Painted Lady	More Info...	3:55
10)	The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)	More Info...	4:24
11)	Dirty Little Girl	More Info...	5:01
12)	All The Girls Love Alice	More Info...	5:09
13)	Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock'n Roll)	More Info...	2:42
14)	Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)	More Info...	4:53
15)	Roy Rogers	More Info...	4:08
16)	Social Disease	More Info...	3:43
17)	Harmony	More Info...	2:45

Tracks

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

Performer Notes

Lyricist: Bernie Taupin.
Personnel: Elton John (vocals, piano, electric piano, organ, Farfisa, Mellotron, keyboards); Elton John; Davey Johnstone (vocals, guitar, guitars, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, synthesizer, background vocals); Nigel Olsson (tamboura, drums, congas, tambourine, background vocals); Dee Murray (electric bass, background vocals); David Katz (violin); Leroy Gomez (saxophone); David Hentschel (keyboards, synthesizer); Ray Cooper (tambourine, percussion); Kiki Dee (background vocals).
Liner Note Authors: Gus Dudgeon; John Tobler.
Recording information: Chateau D'Hierouville, France; Strawberry Studios, France.
Illustrators: Michael Ross ; David Larkham.
Unknown Contributor Role: David Costa.
Arranger: Del Newman.
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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Professional Reviews

Paste (magazine) - "You can appreciate the varied approach that John and Bernie Taupin brought to the studio with the balladry, the ballsy and the busy....As with many Elton John albums, there are hidden gems to be found..."