This article is about the Elton John album. For the song, see Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (song). For the television episode, see Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (FlashForward).
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Studio album by
Elton John
Released
5 October 1973
Recorded
May 1973
Studio
Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France; remixed and overdubbed at Trident, London
Genre
Pop rock[1] · glam rock[2]
Length
76:20
Label
DJM
Producer
Gus 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
"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" Released: 29 June 1973
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Released: 7 September 1973
"Bennie and the Jets" Released: 4 February 1974
"Candle in the Wind" Released: 22 February 1974
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the seventh studio album by English singer, pianist, and composer Elton John, first released on 5 October 1973 as a double album by DJM Records. Recorded at the Studio d'enregistrement Michel Magne at the Château d'Hérouville in France, the album became a double LP once John and his band became inspired by the locale.[3] Among the 17 tracks, the album contains the hits "Candle in the Wind," US number-one single "Bennie and the Jets," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", along with the live favourite "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding."
Widely regarded as John's magnum opus, the album was a commercial success, reaching number one on the Billboard 200; it has since sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.[4][5] It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003,[6] and continues to be highly regarded in various rankings. It was ranked number 112 on Rolling Stone's 2020 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
^Kachejian, Brian (27 January 2015). "10 Essential Elton John Albums". Classic Rock History. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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