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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the seventh studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1973.
It is regarded by many as his magnum opus.
With worldwide sales of at least 20 million it is his best selling studio album.
In 2000 Q magazine placed it at number 84 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 91 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was recorded at the Château d'Hérouville, where John had previously recorded Honky Château and Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player.
The amount of material was such that Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was released as a double album, his first.
This album had originally been planned to be recorded in Jamaica, since The Rolling Stones had recorded Goats Head Soup there.
Technical difficulties, coupled with political unrest in the country at the time forced the band to make an early departure without any productive work getting done.
In addition to the three successful singles released from this album (see below), many other cuts received substantial airplay at AOR stations when it was released, including "Harmony"; the 11-minute epic, "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"; and his Marilyn Monroe tribute, "Candle in the Wind." It was produced by Gus Dudgeon.

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* "Funeral for a Friend"
o Elton John – piano
o Dee Murray – bass
o Davey Johnstone – electric guitar
o Nigel Olsson – drums
o David Hentschel – A.R.P. synthesizer

* "Love Lies Bleeding"
o Elton John – vocals, piano
o Dee Murray – bass, backing vocals
o Davey Johnstone – electric guitar, backing vocals
o Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals
o David Hentschel – A.R.P. synthesizer

* "Candle in the Wind"
o Elton John – vocals, piano
o Dee Murray – bass, backing vocals
o Davey Johnstone – electric guitar, backing vocals
o Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals

* "Bennie and the Jets"
o Elton John – vocals, piano, organ
o Dee Murray – bass
o Davey Johnstone – acoustic, electric guitars
o Nigel Olsson – drums

* "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
o Elton John – vocals, piano
o Dee Murray – bass, backing vocals
o Davey Johnstone – Leslie guitar, backing vocals
o Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals
o Del Newman – orchestral arrangement

* "This Song Has No Title"
o Elton John – vocals, Farfisa organ, electric piano, mellotron, piano

* "Grey Seal"
o Elton John – vocals, piano, mellotron, electric piano
o Dee Murray – bass
o Davey Johnstone – electric guitar
o Nigel Olsson – drums, congas

* "Jamaica Jerk-Off"
o Elton John – vocals, organs
o Dee Murray – bass
o Davey Johnstone – electric guitars
o Nigel Olsson – drums
o Prince Rhino – vocal Interjections

* "I've Seen That Movie Too"
o Elton John – vocals, piano
o Dee Murray – bass
o Davey Johnstone – acoustic, electric guitars
o Nigel Olsson – drums
o Del Newman – orchestral arrangement

* "Sweet Painted Lady"
o Elton John – vocals, piano
o Dee Murray – bass
o Davey Johnstone – acoustic guitar
o Nigel Olsson – drums, tambourine
o Del Newman – orchestral arrangement

* "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34)"
o Elton John – vocals, piano
o Dee Murray – bass, backing vocals
o Davey Johnstone – electric guitar, backing vocals
o Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals
o Del Newman – orchestral arrangement

* "Dirty Little Girl"
o Elton John – vocals, Leslie piano, mellotron
o Dee Murray – bass
o Davey Johnstone – electric guitar
o Nigel Olsson – drums

* "All the Girls Love Alice"
o Elton John – vocals, piano
o Dee Murray – bass
o Davey Johnstone – electric guitar
o Nigel Olsson – drums
o David Hentschel – A.R.P. synthesizer
o Ray Cooper – tambourine
o Kiki Dee – background vocals

* "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll)"
o Elton John – vocals, piano, Farfisa organ
o Dee Murray – bass, backing vocals
o Davey Johnstone – electric, slide guitars, backing vocals
o Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals

* "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
o Elton John – vocals, piano
o Dee Murray – bass
o Davey Johnstone – electric guitar
o Nigel Olsson – drums

* "Roy Rogers"
o Elton John – vocals, piano
o Dee Murray – bass
o Davey Johnstone – acoustic, steel guitars
o Nigel Olsson – drums
o Del Newman – orchestral arrangement

* "Social Disease"
o Elton John – vocals, piano
o Dee Murray – bass
o Davey Johnstone – electric guitar, Banjo
o Nigel Olsson – drums
o Leroy Gomez – saxophone

* "Harmony"
o Elton John – vocals, piano
o Dee Murray – bass, backing vocals
o Davey Johnstone – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
o Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals
o Del Newman – orchestral arrangement

PRODUCTION:

* Producer: Gus Dudgeon

* Engineer: David Hentschel

* Assistant engineers: Peter Kelsey, Andy Scott

* Tape operator: Barry Sage

* Orchestra contractor: David Katz

* Arranger: Del Newman

* Art direction: David Larkham, Michael Ross

* Artwork: David Larkham, Michael Ross, Ian Beck

* Liner notes: Gus Dudgeon, John Tobler

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Posted by on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:11:00 GMT