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All rights reserved.Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [Remastered] (CD 1995)
| Track Listing 1. Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding) 2. Candle In The Wind 3. Benny And The Jets 4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 5. This Song Has No Title 6. Grey Seal 7. Jamaica Jerk Off 8. I've Seen That Movie Too 9. Sweet Painted Lady 10. Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909 to 1934) 11. Dirty Little Girl 12. All The Girls Love Alice 13. Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n' Roll) 14. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) 15. Roy Rogers 16. Social Disease 17. Harmony
Album Notes For this 1996 reissue, GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD has been digitally remastered by the original producer, Gus Dudgeon, using original master tapes and digital processing equipment at 20-bit resolution. According to Dudgeon (ICE newsletter, January 1996), the results are "100% better" than the two previous American CD issues. Personnel: Elton John (vocals, piano, electric piano, organ, Farfisa organ, Mellotron, keyboards); Del Newman (arranger); Prince Rhino (vocals); Davey Johnstone (acoustic, electric, slide & steel guitars, banjo, background vocals); Leroy Gomez (saxophone); David Hentschel (ARP synthesizer); Dee Murray (bass, background vocals); Nigel Olsson (drums, congas, tambourine, background vocals); Ray Cooper (tambourine); Kiki Dee (background vocals).Recorded at Strawberry Studios, France. Originally released as a 2-LP set on MCA. Includes liner notes by John Tobler and Gus Dudgeon.This is part of Rocket's Elton John: The Classic Years series.Generally regarded as Elton John's masterpiece, GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD is a double-album (on one CD) that includes several of his signature songs alongside a sprawling array of lesser-known (but by no means lesser) tunes. The hits included "Candle In The Wind," an elegy for a real, misunderstood idol; "Bennie And The Jets," a funky, falsetto tribute to a fake one; the Rolling Stonesy rocker "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting"; and the gorgeous title ballad. Actually, "Candle In The Wind" didn't become a certified hit until 14 years later, when John re-recorded it with the Melbourne Symphony. The fact that it wasn't released as a single at the time is testimony to the wealth of pop pleasures available here, and to the era in which the album was made. If GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD came out in the '90s, John would have sat back for the next three or four years while the record company issued a slow and steady flow of singles; instead, he went right back to work, making three more albums in the next two years.Which left some of YELLOW BRICK ROAD's best moments to be found by adventurous radio programmers. The swelling, synth-fueled "Funeral For A Friend" is magnificent, and it leads into one of John's toughest guitar-rockers, "Love Lies Bleeding"; the 11-minute medley of those two songs supplied FM radio with John's own "Stairway To Heaven." "Grey Seal" is both piano showcase and perfectly constructed verse-chorus-verse, practically begging for a synth-pop cover. The rocking "All The Girls Love Alice" is one of the era's most overt references to lesbianism, and "Harmony," the soft ballad that closes the album, may be John's grandest melody. Editorial Reviews Q (08/01/1995) Q (06/01/2000) | |||||||||||||||
Reviews  a must have to add to my collectionReview created: 31/07/08 by:  is a must have to up date my collection of old tunes on to cd its a really good album to have to listen to in the car or at home easy listening Review ID: 10000000008132184 Was this review helpful? Report this review A true classic.What can I say that has not been said before? The harmonies and tunes are great, and soothingly familiar, while some the lyrics are sardonic and coolly savage. Brings back to me my youth, and the music is still spine-tinglingly good. Review ID: 10000000007639075 Was this review helpful? Report this review Why I love this CDReview created: 01/04/08 by: Years ago I had every Elton John CD on vinyl, but I never did complete his collection on CD. Ebay gives me a wonderful way to fill the gaps! Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is in my opinion one of his best selections of music. Funeral for a Friend is excellent, of course Candle in the Wind is superb, but my favourite tracks are Grey Seal and Roy Rogers! Buying CDS on Ebay is brilliant - terrific prices, excellent quality and how else could I track down the missing CDs? Review ID: 10000000006421336 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadReview created: 05/03/08 by: My 4 year old granddaughter heard yellow brick rd on the radio and just kept asking me to play it again . i explained that i couldnt play a radio tune again., so i bought the cd on ebay, great. Review ID: 10000000005986011 Was this review helpful? Report this review this is an all time fantastic Elton classic. the best!Review created: 25/01/08 by: Bought it because its my first early memory of liking Elton John- My dad gave me his copy and i loved it from the moment i listened to it. I was only 12! Review ID: 10000000005202079 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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