GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD (CD) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label: Mercury – B0020287-02, UMe – B0020287-02, The Rocket Record Company – B0020287-02
Format: CD, Album, Remastered
Country: US
Released: 2014
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock, Classic Rock

1        Funeral For A Friend [Love Lies Bleeding]
Bass, Backing Vocals – Dee*
Drums, Backing Vocals – Nigel*
Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals – Davey*
Piano – Elton*
Synthesizer [A.R.P.] – David Hentschel
11:07
2        Candle In The Wind
Bass, Backing Vocals – Dee*
Drums, Backing Vocals – Nigel*
Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals – Davey*
Piano – Elton*
Synthesizer [A.R.P.] – David Hentschel
3:49
3        Bennie And The Jets
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Davey*
Bass – Dee*
Drums – Nigel*
Piano, Organ – Elton*
5:23
4        Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangement] – Del Newman
Bass, Backing Vocals – Dee*
Drums, Backing Vocals – Nigel*
Guitar [Leslie], Backing Vocals – Davey*
Piano – Elton*
3:13
5        This Song Has No Title
Organ [Farfisa], Electric Piano, Mellotron, Piano – Elton*
2:23
6        Grey Seal
Bass – Dee*
Drums, Congas – Nigel*
Electric Guitar – Davey*
Mellotron, Electric Piano – Elton*
4:00
7        Jamaica Jerk-Off
Bass – Dee*
Drums – Nigel*
Electric Guitar – Davey*
Piano – Elton*
Vocals [Vocal Interjections] – Prince Rhino
Written-By [Vocal Interjections] – Toots Taupin*, Reggae Dwight*
3:38
8        I've Seen That Movie Too
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Davey*
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangement] – Del Newman
Bass – Dee*
Drums – Nigel*
Piano – Elton*
5:58
9        Sweet Painted Lady
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Davey*
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangement] – Del Newman
Bass – Dee*
Drums, Tambourine – Nigel*
Piano – Elton*
3:54
10        The Ballad Of Danny Bailey [1909-34]
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Del Newman
Bass, Backing Vocals – Dee*
Drums, Backing Vocals – Nigel*
Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals – Davey*
Piano – Elton*
4:23
11        Dirty Little Girl
Bass – Dee*
Drums – Nigel*
Electric Guitar – Davey*
Piano [Leslie], Mellotron – Elton*
5:00
12        All The Girls Love Alice
Backing Vocals – Kiki Dee
Bass – Dee*
Drums – Nigel*
Electric Guitar – Davey*
Piano – Elton*
Synthesizer [A.R.P.] – David Hentschel
Tambourine – Ray Cooper
5:08
13        Your Sister Can't Twist [But She Can Rock 'n Roll]
Bass, Backing Vocals – Dee*
Drums, Backing Vocals – Nigel*
Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Backing Vocals – Davey*
Piano, Organ [Farfisa] – Elton*
2:42
14        Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Bass – Dee*
Drums – Nigel*
Electric Guitar – Davey*
Piano – Elton*
4:55
15        Roy Rogers
Acoustic Guitar, Steel Guitar – Davey*
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangement] – Del Newman
Bass – Dee*
Drums – Nigel*
Piano – Elton*
4:07
16        Social Disease
Bass – Dee*
Drums – Nigel*
Electric Guitar, Banjo – Davey*
Piano – Elton*
Saxophone – Leroy Gómez*
3:43
17        Harmony
Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Davey*
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Del Newman
Bass, Backing Vocals – Dee*
Drums, Backing Vocals – Nigel*
Piano – Elton*
2:47

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Mercury Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Mercury Records Ltd.
Manufactured By – Island Def Jam Music Group
Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
Recorded At – Strawberry Studios, France
Mixed At – Trident Studios
Remastered At – Gateway Mastering
Art Direction [Original] – David Larkham, Michael Ross (3)
Coordinator – Steve Brown*
Engineer – David Hentschel
Engineer [Assistant] – Andy Scott, Peter Kelsey
Illustration [Lyric Illustrations] – David Larkham (tracks: 1 to 13, 15, 16), David Scutt (tracks: 14, 17), Michael Ross (3) (tracks: 1 to 13, 15, 16)
Illustration [Original Cover Illustrations] – Ian Beck
Photography By – Bryan Forbes, Ed Caraeff, Mike Putland*
Photography By [The Ballad Of Danny Bailey Lyric Photograph] – Ed Caraeff
Producer – Gus Dudgeon
Remastered By – Bob Ludwig
Written-By [All Songs] – Elton John/Bernie Taupin*
Barcode (Text): 6 02537 58589 2
Barcode (Scanned): 602537534890

Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig. Recording information: Strawberry Studios, H?rouville, France. Photographers: Ed Caraeff; Bryan Forbes; Mike Putland. It was designed to be a blockbuster and it was. Prior to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John had hits -- his second album, Elton John, went Top 10 in the U.S. and U.K., and he had smash singles in "Crocodile Rock" and "Daniel" -- but this 1973 album was a statement of purpose spilling over two LPs, which was all the better to showcase every element of John's spangled personality. Opening with the 11-minute melodramatic exercise "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" -- as prog as Elton ever got -- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road immediately embraces excess but also tunefulness, as John immediately switches over to "Candle in the Wind" and "Bennie & the Jets," two songs that form the core of his canon and go a long way toward explaining the over-stuffed appeal of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. This was truly the debut of Elton John the entertainer, the pro who knows how to satisfy every segment of his audience, and this eagerness to please means the record is giddy but also overwhelming, a rush of too much muchness. Still, taken a side at a time, or even a song a time, it is a thing of wonder, serving up such perfectly sculpted pop songs as "Grey Seal," full-bore rockers as "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" and "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock & Roll)," cinematic ballads like "I've Seen That Movie Too," throwbacks to the dusty conceptual sweep of Tumbleweed Connection in the form of "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34)," and preposterous glam novelties, like "Jamaica Jerk-Off." This touched on everything John did before, and suggested ways he'd move in the near-future, and that sprawl is always messy but usually delightful, a testament to Elton's '70s power as a star and a musician. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: CD
• Format: CD
• Genre: POP
• Format Type: CD
• Released: 03/25/2014