Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (track)
by Elton John
Year: 1973
From the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (track #4)
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road appears on the following album(s) by Elton John:
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (track #4) (this album) (1973)
- Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (track #9) (compilation) (2002)
- Greatest Hits (track #4) (compilation) (1974)
- The Very Best Of Elton John (track #6) (compilation) (1990)
- To Be Continued... (track #24) (compilation) (1990)
- One Night Only (track #1) (2000)
- Diamonds (track #8) (compilation) (2017)
- Rocket Man - Number Ones (track #1) (compilation) (2007)
- The Very Best Of Elton John (1980) (track #2) (compilation) (1980)
Condition: Used
Condition: Used
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/25/2026 13:49 | 9,259 | 91/100 | |
| ! | 02/23/2026 22:37 | wizardalien | 9,687 | 62/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 04:18 | AbsurdCheesecake | 1,614 | 90/100 |
| ! | 01/12/2026 19:06 | machiaj | 9,085 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 14:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 152,671 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 90.2/100, a mean average of 89.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.8.
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Hino atemporal!
For me Elton's best song, vocally so expressive, a wonderful mix of pathos and reflection. I'm not sure what it means but its a masterpiece.
The song's just way too good.



