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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the seventh studio album recorded by British pop rock musician Elton John. It was released through DJM Records in the United Kingdom, and MCA Records in the United States, on 5 October 1973.Elton originally wanted to produce the album in Jamaica, but logistics issues surrounding the world championship boxing match between Joe Frazier and George Foreman stymied that. So he settled for returning to Château d'Hérouville in France, where he had produced Honky Château and Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. Once settled, it took barely more than two weeks to produce.It wasn't intended to be a double album, but Elton and writing partner Bernie Taupin wrote enough good songs to do so; they wrote 22 songs, and used 18 of them.The album was a roaring success in the United States, where it topped the Billboard 200 album chart in its fourth week of release, staying there through the Holiday season; it would top the year-end Billboard 200 chart for 1974, and go eight-times Platinum. Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, it would top the charts and go Platinum there as well.Four singles were released from the album: "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", the Title Track, "Bennie and the Jets", and "Candle in the Wind". "Bennie" would be his second #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" would hit #2; both would go double-Platinum as singles. All four were hits in the UK (respectively, #7, #6, #37, and #11).note "Candle in the Wind" did not chart at all in the United States, and wouldn't until a live version hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. Another version, recorded in 1997 as a tribute to the recently-deceased Princess Diana, went on to sell 11 million copies (in the United States alone) and become a multi-week No. 1 hit that fall.When the album was first pressed to CD, it was pressed to a single disc, as the combined albums could fit in the "Red Book" CD-DA format. Remasters in 1992 and 1995 were also pressed to a single CD. A 30th anniversary edition in 2003 split the album back into its original two-disc format, with the second disc including three B-sides and an acoustic version of "Candle in the Wind".Two versions were made for a 40th anniversary re-release in 2014, both with the remastered original single CD as the first disc. The deluxe edition included a new second disc with some covers (which feature the likes of Ed Sheeran, Wale, and Fall Out Boy, among others) and a selection of recordings from a concert at Hammersmith Odeon in 1973. The super deluxe edition had a different second disc that had the covers along with the previous bonus tracks and other older Elton John songs (plus his 1973 standalone holiday single “Step Into Christmas”), two more discs with a wider selection of songs from the Hammersmith Odeon concert, and a DVD featuring an abridged documentary with Elton John and Bernie Taupin originally filmed in 1973.A documentary about the creative process behind the making of the album was featured in the TV series Classic Albums. |
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Face on the Cover: Elton standing full frontal, even with his name on the back of his sweater. |
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Title Track: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." |
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As the Good Book Says... |
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As the Good Book Says...: "Bennie and the Jets" references the Parable of the Prodigal Son: |
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Alliterative Title: "Jamaica Jerk-Off", "All the Girls Love Alice", "Funeral for a Friend". |
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Bury Your Gays: "All the Girls Love Alice," the ballad of a teenage lesbian prostitute who tragically dies young. |
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Ode to Intoxication |
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Ode to Intoxication: "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting". |
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Rock-Star Song: "Bennie and the Jets". |
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Cryptically Unhelpful Answer: "I've Seen That Movie Too". |
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Off to See the Wizard |
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Off to See the Wizard: The title and album cover are a shout-out to The Wizard of Oz. |
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Stylistic Suck: The audience in "Bennie and the Jets" is clapping behind the beat. |
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Genre Roulette: The album switches from Progressive Rock ("Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding") to melodic piano ballads (the title track) to minimalistic Glam Rock ("Bennie and the Jets") to Stonesy rockers ("Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting") to Beatle-esque numbers ("Harmony") to soft rock ("Candle in the Wind") to Reggae ("Jamaica Jerk-Off") to boogie blues-rock ("Dirty Little Girl") to proto-disco-soul ("Grey Seal") to pseudo-doo-wop ("Your Sister Can't Twist (but She Can Rock 'n' Roll)") to country ("Roy Rogers", "Social Disease") to '20's jazz ("Sweet Painted Lady") to cinematic pieces like "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)" and the aptly-named "I've Seen That Movie Too". |
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Drowning My Sorrows: Referenced in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" |
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Call to Agriculture: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" |
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Fake Band: Bennie and the Jets in "Bennie and the Jets". |
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Lust Object: "Candle in the Wind", where Elton describes Marilyn Monroe as being more than just a sex symbol. |
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Epic Instrumental Opener: The 11-minute-long "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" has an entirely instrumental first half. |
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Epic Rocking: "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" tops eleven minutes and "I've Seen That Movie Too" is nearly six minutes long. |
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Break Up Song: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is about a country boy breaking up with his rich girlfriend/sugar mama. |
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The Alcoholic |
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The Alcoholic: "Social Disease" "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting". |
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Stiff Upper Lip: "Roy Rogers": |
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Spell My Name with an S |
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Spell My Name with an S: "Bennie and the Jets" is spelled "Bennie" on the single sleeve, but "Benny" on the album sleeve. |
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"Untitled" Title: "This Song Has No Title". |
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The Phoenix |
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The Phoenix: Mentioned in (and illustrating) "Grey Seal". |
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B-Movie |
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B-Movie: "I've Seen That Movie Too" |
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Repurposed Pop Song: "Candle in the Wind" would be re-used again in 1997 after the death of Princess Diana. Elton John re-released the single and modified the lyrics somewhat to make the references about her instead of Marilyn Monroe. |
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One-Man Song |
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One-Man Song: "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)", "Roy Rogers". |
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Homage |
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Homage: "Candle in the Wind", written for Marilyn Monroe (whom Elton refers to by her original name: Norma Jean), which would become a Repurposed Pop Song in 1997 when Elton wrote it to commemorate the sudden death of Princess Diana. That version effectively became the best-selling single of all time for a while, surpassing even "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby. Nowadays "White Christmas" is back to being the best-selling one. |
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Added Alliterative Appeal: "Social Disease" |
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Alliterative Name: "Roy Rogers". |
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For Doom the Bell Tolls |
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For Doom the Bell Tolls: "Funeral for a Friend" has bells resounding. |
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One-Woman Song: "Sweet Painted Lady", "Dirty Little Girl", "All the Girls Love Alice", "Your Sister Can't Twist (but She Can Rock 'n' Roll)". |
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Ballad of X |
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Ballad of X: "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)" |
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Shout-Out |
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Shout-Out: "Candle in the Wind" is a homage to Marilyn Monroe. "Roy Rogers" is one to cowboy star Roy Rogers. The album title, Title Track, and album cover are all homages to The Wizard of Oz. |
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Freudian Excuse: The titular protagonist of "All the Girls Love Alice" has her teenage rebellion attributed to "a simple case of Mummy Doesn't Love Me Blues." |
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Country Mouse: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" |
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Dancing Is Serious Business |
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Dancing Is Serious Business: "Your Sister Can't Twist (but She Can Rock 'n' Roll)". |
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Camp Follower |
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Camp Follower: "Sweet Painted Lady" depicts prostitutes "getting paid for being laid" by sailors on leave, whom never even care or think of their conquests once they go back to sea. |
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One-Word Title |
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One-Word Title: "Harmony". |
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here |
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here: The title track. |
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Intentionally Awkward Title |
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Intentionally Awkward Title: "Jamaica Jerk-Off". |
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Word Salad Lyrics |
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Word Salad Lyrics: Bernie Taupin himself says that he doesn't know what the lyrics to "Grey Seal" mean. Sounds cool, though. |
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Grief Song |
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Grief Song: "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"; the instrumental first half was written as an example of the kind of music Elton would like to have played at his funeral. "Candle in the Wind", which was written as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe who died 11 years before this song was recorded. |
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Meaningful Rename |
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Meaningful Rename: "Candle in the Wind" addresses Marilyn Monroe by her real name, Norma Jean Baker. This is because the song looks at the person behind the myth. |
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Lower-Class Lout |
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Lower-Class Lout: Played for Laughs with "Social Disease", where a drunk lower-class person is being described. |
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Portal Picture |
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Portal Picture: Elton on the cover is stepping into a wall-size poster. |
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Name and Name |
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Name and Name: "Bennie and the Jets". |
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