Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
by Elton John

Overall rank: 207th | 1970s rank: 49th | 1973 rank: 5th
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Rating:

95/100

From prrczim 04/22/2021 13:45 | #268852 | TOP COMMENT

I know taste is subjective and all but, this album being below 7 Radiohead albums just shows how absurd this website is lol

Basically Elton's greatest hits album with what is probably one of the best openers of all time. Candle of the Wind, Bennie and the title track are also amazing tunes. Overall one of the best 50/100 albums of all time easily (Edited)

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From gtroda 01/31/2015 17:01 | #133402 | TOP COMMENT

The first four tracks and Saturday Night are awesome but the rest of the tracks don't hold up for me. This falls in that category of 70s double albums that should have been cut down to a single album and would have been much better.

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Rating:

90/100

From patip1 05/30/2014 19:29 | #113310 | TOP COMMENT

Starts off magnificently and its best moments are beautifully realised. Elton expresses such a range of emotions with his voice from the haunting reverence of 'Candle in the Wind' to the raucous glee of 'Saturday Night's for Fighting'. Sure some lesser material in there but without it how would we truly appreciate the heights like that of the title track.

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Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/26/2011 16:37 | #22301 | TOP COMMENT

I knew this was a good album but didn't realize just how good it was. Starts out with the absolutely brilliant eleven minutes of Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding and reach the same heights on the title track and (almost) on Social Disease. Every song is good on here though and the album makes for a top ten entry.

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80/100

From no81bob 02/27/2011 08:07 | #18752 | TOP COMMENT

Elton John is quintessentially English – a national institution like Big Ben, Nelson’s column, the Tower of London…the London Eye is a mere babe in comparison. And like all national institutions you tend to take him for granted as you walk by. I’ll admit that at the beginning of the week I neither loved or hated his music. It was there. Yes, I’ve got some Greatest Hits albums but I drift in and out of his music knowing that he’ll always be there when I want to listen.

At the end of the week, I felt warmer towards more of the songs. There are four songs on this album that everyone will know – Candle in the Wind, Bennie and the Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting. I love them – they’re things of beauty – the music, his voice, the words.

The other songs on the album range in style considerably and there are other favourites such as the closing track Harmony. But also rather like the album’s packaging this is bloated in parts, carrying a bit of a paunch. Funeral of a Friend could benefit from a significant slimdown; and fun as it may be Jamaica Jerk-Off doesn’t add much to the proceedings.

For more read http://no81bob.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/living-with-elton-john-for-a-week/

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