THIS BOY'S TOO YOUNG
TO BE SINGING THE BLUES
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
is the seventh
studio album
by English
singer,
pianist,
and
composer
A double album,
it was released on
October,5th 1973,
by DJM Records.
Recorded at the
Château d'Hérouville
in France,
the album became a
double LP
once John
and his band
became inspired by
the locale.
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 favourites
"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
and
"All the Girls Love Alice".
The album was a
strong commercial success,
reaching number one
on the Billboard
Top LPs & Tape chart;
it has since
sold more than
20 million
copies worldwide
and is widely regarded
as John's
magnum opus.
It was inducted into
the Grammy
Hall of Fame
in 2003,
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".
In 2025,
the album was deemed
"culturally, historically,
or
aesthetically significant"
by the
Library of
Congress
and selected for
preservation in the
National Recording Registry.
Production
Under the working titles of
Vodka and Tonics
and
Silent Movies,
Talking Pictures,
Bernie Taupin
wrote the lyrics
in two and
a half weeks,
with Elton John
composing most
of the melodies
in three days
while staying at the
Pink Flamingo Hotel
in Kingston, Jamaica.
John had wanted
to go to Jamaica,
in part because
the Rolling Stones
had just recorded
Goats Head Soup
there.
Production on
the album was started
in Jamaica
in January 1973,
but due to difficulties
with the sound system
and the studio piano,
logistical issues
arising from the
Joe Frazier–George Foreman
boxing match
taking place
in Kingston,
and protests over
the political
and economic situation
in the country,
the band decided to
move before any
productive work
was done.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
was recorded in two weeks
at the
Studio d'enregistrement
Michel Magne,
at the
Château d'Hérouville
near Pontoise,
in France,
where John
had previously recorded
Honky Château
and
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player.
While a version of
"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
was recorded in Jamaica,
that recording
was discarded;
the released version
of the song came from
the sessions
at the Château.
The band plays on
all the songs except
"This Song Has No Title",
on which John
performs all
the piano,
keyboards
and
vocal parts.
According to
the album's producer,
Gus Dudgeon,
the album was not planned
as a two-record collection.
John and Taupin
composed a total of
22 tracks
for the album,
of which 18
counting
"Funeral for a Friend"
and
"Love Lies Bleeding"
as two
distinct tracks
were used,
enough that it was released
as a double album,
John's first
three more such albums
followed up to 2011
Through the medium
of cinematic metaphor,
the album builds on
nostalgia for a childhood
and culture
left in the past.
Tracks include
"Bennie and the Jets",
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road",
the 11-minute
"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding",
and the
Marilyn Monroe tribute
"Candle in the Wind".
"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
was inspired by
memories of a
Market Rasen pub,
Taupin frequented
when younger.
"Grey Seal",
previously the
B-side
of the
1970 single
"Rock and Roll Madonna",
was re-recorded
for the album.
NOTES :
This is The
40th Anniversary
Deluxe Edition
I Just Did Not Add
The CD With
Other People
Singing His Songs
BUT
I Did
ADD
Different Mixes
And The
Whole
Hammersmith Odeon,
London 1973
Concert
The 40th
Only Gave
Highlights
TRACKLIST
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CD 1
Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Candle in the Wind
Bennie and the Jets
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
This Song Has No Title
Grey Seal
Jamaica Jerk-off
I've Seen That Movie Too
Candle In The Wind
(Remix)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
(Remix)
Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
(Alternate mix)
Bennie and the Jets
(Remix)
CD 2
Sweet Painted Lady
The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)
Dirty Little Girl
All The Girls Love Alice
Your Sister Can't Twist
(But She Can Rock 'n' Roll)
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Roy Rogers
Social Disease
Harmony
Whenever You're Ready
(We'll Go Steady)
Jack Rabbit
Screw You
(Young Man's Blues)
Candle In The Wind
(Acoustic)
(2003 acoustic remix by Greg Penny)
Philadelphia Freedom
Pinball Wizard
Saturday's Alright for Fighting
(Remix)
Bennie & The Jets
(Club Mix)
Candle In The Wind '97
(Goodbye England's Rose) [*]
CD 3
(Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London 1973
(Part 1)
Funeral For A Friend/ Love Lies Bleeding
Candle In The Wind
Hercules
Rocket Man
Bennie And The Jets
Daniel
This Song Has No Title
Honky Cat
CD 4
(Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London 1973
(Part 2)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)
Elderberry Wine
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
I've Seen That Movie Too
All The Girls Love Alice
Crocodile Rock
Your Song
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
BONUS TRACKS
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
(Stripped Remix) [*]
Your Song
(Remix) [*]
Daniel
(Remix)
Rocket Man
(Remix)
Bennie and the Jets
(The JETS Bass Remix)
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