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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

3 Ratings: 3.7

Classic Rock and Pop album by Elton John

Rarely mentioned as one of the great double albums,Goodbye Yellow Brick Roadhad to settle for ending up in a few million record collections. So sprawling that it doesn't quite measure up to the earlier, more laid-backHonky Chateauor the later, pushyRock … see full wiki

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review by TomBenton. January 28, 2009

Dirt beneath those gold bricks?

Is "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" a masterpiece of rock or just the finest album of glamorama ever recorded? The latter. You can have your gold bricks and rock too, but only if there's dirt beneath the gold--and there are only sprinklings of soil beneath the bricks on this record. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" sustains its illusion so well that one might almost buy into it, but, like the album itself, anyone not looking specifically to lose themselves in a glittering fantasy will look into … more

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review by Bill_Slocum. February 14, 2004

posted in Music Matters

Elton Swings For The Fences

Elton John was rapidly ascending pop music's stratosphere in late 1973 when he broke his pattern of releasing one new disc of studio material every nine months and released a two-album set instead. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" crystallized a peak point in Elton's public recognition, and its front-loaded selection of savvy melodic concepts and soundscapes made him seem for a moment even bigger than he really was.Everything about this album, from the gaudy cover and liner note art to the 11-minute … more

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review by Glennster2008. October 10, 2000

Classic Material

Its hard to relate to those people who feel that there is alot of excess on this record. Seventeen tracks and hardly a stinker amongst the pack. Whereas Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding may be creepy to some, Elton has rarely been more creative on another piece of music than on this overture. Candle In The Wind has some beautiful touching lyrics. My fave, This Song Has No Title works for me as it offers goregous piano runs, soothing vocals, and lyrics that yearn for pleasant things. All in … more

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