ELTON JOHN. "GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD" DJM UK 1973 DBL G/F. VGC+
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Elton John ?– Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Label: DJM Records (2) ?– DJE 29001 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, TrifoldCountry: UK Released: 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock, Classic Rock
Tracklist
A1 Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding Bass, Backing Vocals – Dee*Drums, Backing Vocals – Nigel*Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals – Davey*Piano – Elton*Synthesizer [A.r.p.] – David Hentschel A2 Candle In The Wind Bass, Backing Vocals – Dee*Drums, Backing Vocals – Nigel*Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals – Davey*Piano – Elton* A3 Bennie And The Jets Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Davey*Bass – Dee*Drums – Nigel*Piano, Organ – Elton* B1 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Bass, Backing Vocals – Dee*Drums, Backing Vocals – Nigel*Guitar [Leslie], Backing Vocals – Davey*Piano – Elton* B2 This Song Has No Title Organ [Farfisa], Electric Piano, Mellotron, Piano – Elton* B3 Grey Seal Bass – Dee*Drums, Congas – Nigel*Electric Guitar – Davey*Electric Piano, Mellotron, Piano – Elton* B4 Jamaica Jerk-Off Bass – Dee*Drums – Nigel*Electric Guitar – Davey*Organ – Elton*Vocals [Vocal Interjections] – Prince Rhino B5 I've Seen That Movie Too Bass – Dee*Drums – Nigel*Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Davey*Piano – Elton* C1 Sweet Painted Lady Acoustic Guitar – Davey*Bass – Dee*Drums, Tambourine – Nigel*Piano – Elton* C2 The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-34) Bass, Backing Vocals – Dee*Drums, Backing Vocals – Nigel*Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals – Davey*Piano – Elton* C3 Dirty Little Girl Bass – Dee*Drums – Nigel*Electric Guitar – Davey*Piano [Leslie], Mellotron – Elton* C4 All The Girls Love Alice Bass – Dee*Drums – Nigel*Electric Guitar – Davey*Piano – Elton* D1 Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll) Bass, Backing Vocals – Dee*Drums, Backing Vocals – Nigel*Electric Guitar, Guitar [Slide], Backing Vocals – Davey*Piano, Organ [Farfisa] – Elton* D2 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting Bass – Dee*Drums – Nigel*Electric Guitar – Davey*Piano – Elton* D3 Roy Rogers Acoustic Guitar, Steel Guitar – Davey*Bass – Dee*Drums – Nigel*Piano – Elton* D4 Social Disease Bass – Dee*Drums – Nigel*Electric Guitar, Banjo – Davey*Piano – Elton*Saxophone – Leroy Gomez D5 Harmony Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Davey*Bass, Backing Vocals – Dee*Drums, Backing Vocals – Nigel*Piano – Elton*Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Strawberry Studios, France
- Remixed At – Trident Studios
Credits
- Arranged By [Orchestral] – Del Newman
- Artwork By [Inside Cover] – David Larkham, David Scutt, Michael Ross
- Artwork By [Outside Cover] – Ian Beck
- Engineer – David Hentschel
- Engineer [Assistant] – Peter Kelsey
- Lyrics By – Bernie Taupin
- Music By – Elton John
- Producer – Gus Dudgeon
- Vocals [Uncredited] – Elton John
Notes
Fold out gatefold sleeve. Recorded at Strawberry Studios, France. Remixed at Trident Studios, London."Made in England" printed on labels
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-]
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.
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