Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

1	Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding) 11:08
2	Candle in the Wind 3:50
3	Bennie And The Jets 5:23
4	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 3:14
5	This Song Has No Title 2:23
6	Grey Seal 3:58
7	Jamaica Jerk Off 3:39
8	I've Seen That Movie Too 5:59
9	Sweet Painted Lady 3:52
10	The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934) 4:24
11	Dirty Little Girl 5:01
12	All the Girls Love Alice 5:08
13	Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll) 2:42
14	Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting 4:54
15	Roy Rogers 4:08
16	Social Disease 3:44
17	Harmony 2:45

Barnes & Noble

Elton John's most extravagant creation is a 17-song workout of seamless '70s pop rock. Despite its ambition and breadth, the album is unpretentious and endearing, as John and lyricist-partner Bernie Taupin seemingly aim to provide nothing but pleasure for their listeners. You can thrill to the grand synth washes of "Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)"; croon to ballads like "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Candle in the Wind," and "Harmony"; rock to stunners like "Bennie and the Jets" and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"; and, yes, scratch your head over the lyrical excesses of "Grey Seal" ("Your roots were formed by twisted roots/Your roots were twisted then"). Pure pop at its finest. Bill Wyman

All Music Guide

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was where Elton John's personality began to gather more attention than his music, as it topped the American charts for eight straight weeks. In many ways, the double album was a recap of all the styles and sounds that made John a star. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is all over the map, beginning with the prog rock epic "Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)" and immediately careening into the balladry of "Candle in the Wind." For the rest of the album, John leaps between popcraft ("Bennie and the Jets"), ballads ("Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"), hard rock ("Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"), novelties ("Jamaica Jerk-Off"), Bernie Taupin's literary pretensions ("The Ballad of Danny Bailey"), and everything in between. Though its diversity is impressive, the album doesn't hold together very well. Even so, its individual moments are spectacular and the glitzy, crowd-pleasing showmanship that fuels the album pretty much defines what made Elton John a superstar in the early '70s. Stephen Thomas Erlewine