Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | ||||
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Released | 5 October 1973 | |||
Recorded | May 1973 | |||
Studio | Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France; remixed and overdubbed at Trident, London | |||
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Length | 76:20 | |||
Label | DJM | |||
Producer | Gus Dudgeon | |||
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Singles from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | ||||
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the seventh studio album by English singer, pianist, and composer Elton John, first released on 5 October 1973 as a double album by DJM Records. Recorded at the Studio d'enregistrement Michel Magne at the Château d'Hérouville in France, the album became a double LP once John and his band became inspired by the locale.[3] Among the 17 tracks, the album contains the hits "Candle in the Wind," US number-one single "Bennie and the Jets," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", along with the live favourite "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding."
The album was a strong commercial success, reaching number one on the Billboard 200; it has since sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and is widely regarded as John's magnum opus.[4][5] It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003,[6] and continues to be highly regarded in various rankings. It was ranked number 112 on Rolling Stone's 2020 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".