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DISCID=59089c09,62089509
DTITLE=Elton John / Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Disc 2 of 2 (Japanese 
DTITLE=Pressing)
DYEAR=1973
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Sweet Painted Lady
TTITLE1=The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-34)
TTITLE2=Dirty Little Girl
TTITLE3=All The Girls Love Alice
TTITLE4=Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'N' Roll)
TTITLE5=Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
TTITLE6=Roy Rogers
TTITLE7=Social Disease
TTITLE8=Harmony
EXTD=Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Disc 2 of 2 (Japanese Pressing)\n1987
EXTD= MCA Records, Inc.\n\nOriginally Released October 1973\nMCA 2CD E
EXTD=dition Released 1987 ??\nRemastered 1CD Edition Released February
EXTD= 20, 1996\nGold CD Edition Released November 3, 1989, Mobile Fide
EXTD=lity Sound Lab Catalog 526\nJapanese Mini LP Version Released Sep
EXTD=tember 27, 2001\nHybrd SACD Edition Released November 25, 2003\nD
EXTD=VD-Audio Edition Released April 27, 2004\n2001 Victor Entertainme
EXTD=nt, Inc. - Japan\n\nAlbum Details (Mini LP CD Packaging)\nDigital
EXTD=ly remastered Japanese limited edition featuring a miniature LP s
EXTD=tyle sleeve for initial pressing. \n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Goodbye 
EXTD=Yellow Brick Road was where Elton John's personality began to gat
EXTD=her more attention than his music, as it topped the American char
EXTD=ts for eight straight weeks. In many ways, the double album was a
EXTD= recap of all the styles and sounds that made John a star. Goodby
EXTD=e Yellow Brick Road is all over the map, beginning with the prog-
EXTD=rock epic "Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)" and immedia
EXTD=tely careening into the balladry of "Candle in the Wind." For the
EXTD= rest of the album, John leaps between pop-craft ("Bennie and the
EXTD= Jets"), ballads ("Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"), hard rock ("Satur
EXTD=day Night's Alright for Fighting"), novelties ("Jamaica Jerk-Off"
EXTD=), Taupin's literary pretensions ("The Ballad of Danny Bailey") a
EXTD=nd everything in between. Though its diversity is impressive, the
EXTD= album doesn't hold together very well. Even so, its individual m
EXTD=oments are spectacular and the glitzy, crowd-pleasing showmanship
EXTD= that fuels the album pretty much defines what made Elton John a 
EXTD=superstar in the early '70s. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine\n\nAmazon
EXTD=.com essential recording \nRarely mentioned as one of the great d
EXTD=ouble albums, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road had to settle for ending 
EXTD=up in a few million record collections. So sprawling that it does
EXTD=n't quite measure up to the earlier, more laid-back Honky Chateau
EXTD= or the later, pushy Rock of the Westies, this still holds claim 
EXTD=to a lot of brilliant, very pop-savvy music: the winking rebellio
EXTD=n of "Bennie and the Jets" and "Saturday Night's Alright for Figh
EXTD=ting," the ready-made nostalgia of "The Ballad of Danny Bailey," 
EXTD=the downbeat melodicism of "Harmony." --Rickey Wright \n\nCD Now 
EXTD=Review (August 25, 1999)\nBack in the 1970s, long before he domin
EXTD=ated '90s radio with sappy ballads penned for cartoon soundtracks
EXTD=, Elton John was an outrageous rock & roller who consistently top
EXTD=ped the singles and album charts. He was, along with Led Zeppelin
EXTD=, the biggest thing to come out of England since the Beatles. \nJ
EXTD=ohn's most acclaimed album, by his fans and critics alike, is 197
EXTD=3's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. A two-LP set was usually the epito
EXTD=me of bloated artistic self-indulgence, but not in this case. Spr
EXTD=eading out across a number of styles and moods, it's nonetheless 
EXTD=a coherent listening experience, tied together by John's talent f
EXTD=or memorable melodies and Bernie Taupin's mix of vernacular lyric
EXTD=s and high-flown poetry. \n\nFrom the first track, this album set
EXTD=s itself apart: "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" combine
EXTD=s a long, moody instrumental featuring John's piano skills with a
EXTD=n intense lament of love lost. "Candle in the Wind" has been the 
EXTD=butt of jokes since Elton updated it for Princess Diana's funeral
EXTD=, but in its original form as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe, it's s
EXTD=entimental but effective. The #1 hit "Bennie and the Jets" is a r
EXTD=ollicking rocker about a fictional band (that has found new life 
EXTD=in 1999 at Shea Stadium as the themesong of Bennie Agbayani of th
EXTD=e New York Mets). \n\nOther highlights include the ballad title t
EXTD=rack, the rowdy party anthem "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighti
EXTD=ng," the cowboy tribute "Roy Rogers," and the pretty "Harmony." A
EXTD=fter a quarter of a century, Elton John still hasn't topped this 
EXTD=peak album. -- Steve Holtje,\nCDNOW Senior Editor\n\nCopyright  
EXTD=1994-1999 CDNOW, Inc. All rights reserved.\n\nCD Now Review (May 
EXTD=3, 2000)\nBack in the 1970s, long before he dominated '90s radio 
EXTD=with sappy ballads penned for cartoon soundtracks, Elton John was
EXTD= an outrageous rock & roller who consistently topped the singles 
EXTD=and album charts. He was, along with Led Zeppelin, the biggest th
EXTD=ing to come out of England since the Beatles. \n\nJohn's most acc
EXTD=laimed album, by his fans and critics alike, is 1973's Goodbye Ye
EXTD=llow Brick Road. A two-LP set was usually the epitome of bloated 
EXTD=artistic self-indulgence, but not in this case. Spreading out acr
EXTD=oss a number of styles and moods, it's nonetheless a coherent lis
EXTD=tening experience, tied together by John's talent for memorable m
EXTD=elodies and Bernie Taupin's mix of vernacular lyrics and high-flo
EXTD=wn poetry. \n\n\nFrom the first track, this album sets itself apa
EXTD=rt: "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" combines a long, mo
EXTD=ody instrumental featuring John's piano skills with an intense la
EXTD=ment of love lost. "Candle in the Wind" has been the butt of joke
EXTD=s since Elton updated it for Princess Diana's funeral, but in its
EXTD= original form as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe, it's sentimental b
EXTD=ut effective. The #1 hit "Bennie and the Jets" is a rollicking ro
EXTD=cker about a fictional band (that has found new life in 1999 at S
EXTD=hea Stadium as the themesong of Bennie Agbayani of the New York M
EXTD=ets). \n\nOther highlights include the ballad title track, the ro
EXTD=wdy party anthem "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," the cow
EXTD=boy tribute "Roy Rogers," and the pretty "Harmony." After a quart
EXTD=er of a century, Elton John still hasn't topped this peak album. 
EXTD=-- Steve Holtje\n\nHalf.com Album Credits\nKiki Dee, Contributing
EXTD= Artist\nDavid Hentschel, Engineer\nGus Dudgeon, Producer\n\n\nAl
EXTD=bum Notes\nFor this 1996 reissue, GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD has b
EXTD=een digitally remastered by the original producer, Gus Dudgeon, u
EXTD=sing original master tapes and digital processing equipment at 20
EXTD=-bit resolution. According to Dudgeon (ICE newsletter, January 19
EXTD=96), the results are "100% better" than the two previous American
EXTD= CD issues. \n\nPersonnel: Elton John (vocals, piano, electric pi
EXTD=ano, organ, Farfisa organ, Mellotron, keyboards); Del Newman (arr
EXTD=anger); Prince Rhino (vocals); Davey Johnstone (acoustic, electri
EXTD=c, slide & steel guitars, banjo, background vocals); Leroy Gomez 
EXTD=(saxophone); David Hentschel (ARP synthesizer); Dee Murray (bass,
EXTD= background vocals); Nigel Olsson (drums, congas, tambourine, bac
EXTD=kground vocals); Ray Cooper (tambourine); Kiki Dee (background vo
EXTD=cals).\n\nRecorded at Strawberry Studios, France. Originally rele
EXTD=ased as a 2-LP set on MCA. Includes liner notes by John Tobler an
EXTD=d Gus Dudgeon.\n\nThis is part of Rocket's Elton John: The Classi
EXTD=c Years series.\n\nGenerally regarded as Elton John's masterpiece
EXTD=, GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD is a double-album (on one CD) that in
EXTD=cludes several of his signature songs alongside a sprawling array
EXTD= of lesser-known (but by no means lesser) tunes. The hits include
EXTD=d "Candle In The Wind," an elegy for a real, misunderstood idol; 
EXTD="Bennie And The Jets," a funky, falsetto tribute to a fake one; t
EXTD=he Rolling Stonesy rocker "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting"
EXTD=; and the gorgeous title ballad. Actually, "Candle In The Wind" d
EXTD=idn't become a certified hit until 14 years later, when John re-r
EXTD=ecorded it with the Melbourne Symphony. The fact that it wasn't r
EXTD=eleased as a single at the time is testimony to the wealth of pop
EXTD= pleasures available here, and to the era in which the album was 
EXTD=made. If GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD came out in the '90s, John wou
EXTD=ld have sat back for the next three or four years while the recor
EXTD=d company issued a slow and steady flow of singles; instead, he w
EXTD=ent right back to work, making three more albums in the next t\n\n
EXTD=Q Magazine (08/01/1995)\n5 Stars - Indispensable - ...remains a c
EXTD=lassic...\n\nQ Magazine (06/01/2000)\nRanked #84 in Q's 100 Great
EXTD=est British Albums
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