Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the seventh studio album by Elton John and was released on 5 October 1973 as a double album. It topped the album charts in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. It went to number 5 in Italy and Norway, number 7 in Sweden, number 8 in Denmark and Spain and number 9 in New Zealand.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Studio album by
Released5 October 1973
RecordedMay 1973
StudioChâteau d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France; remixed and overdubbed at Trident, London
GenrePop rock[1]
Length76:20
LabelDJM
ProducerGus Dudgeon
Elton John chronology
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
(1973)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
(1973)
Lady Samantha
(1974)
Singles from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  1. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
    Released: 29 June 1973
  2. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
    Released: 7 September 1973
  3. "Bennie and the Jets"
    Released: 4 February 1974
  4. "Candle in the Wind"
    Released: 22 February 1974

Track listing

All music composed by Elton John; all lyrics are written by Bernie Taupin.

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"   11:09
2. "Candle in the Wind"   3:50
3. "Bennie and the Jets"   5:23
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"   3:13
2. "This Song Has No Title"   2:23
3. "Grey Seal"   4:00
4. "Jamaica Jerk-Off"   3:39
5. "I've Seen That Movie Too"   5:59
Side three
No. Title Length
1. "Sweet Painted Lady"   3:54
2. "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909–34)"   4:23
3. "Dirty Little Girl"   5:00
4. "All the Girls Love Alice"   5:09
Side four
No. Title Length
1. "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll)"   2:42
2. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"   4:57
3. "Roy Rogers"   4:07
4. "Social Disease"   3:42
5. "Harmony"   2:46
Total length:
76:20
30th anniversary deluxe edition (2003) bonus tracks
No. Title Length
1. "Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)" (B-side of "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting") 2:52
2. "Jack Rabbit" (B-side of "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting") 1:50
3. "Screw You (Young Man's Blues)" (B-side of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road") 4:42
4. "Candle in the Wind" (2003 acoustic remix by Greg Penny) 3:51
Total length:
89:35

References

  1. Kachejian, Brian (27 January 2015). "10 Essential Elton John Albums". Classic Rock History. Retrieved 19 May 2021.