Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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. The album has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and is widely regarded as John's magnum opus. 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."

This article is about the Elton John album. For the song, see Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (song). For the television episode, see Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (FlashForward).

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Studio album by
Elton John
Released5 October 1973
RecordedMay 1973
StudioChâteau d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France; remixed and overdubbed at Trident, London
GenrePop rock · glam rock
Length76:20
LabelDJM
ProducerGus Dudgeon
Elton John chronology
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
(1973)		 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
(1973)		 Lady Samantha
(1974)
Singles from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  1. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
    Released: 29 June 1973
  2. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
    Released: 7 September 1973
  3. "Bennie and the Jets"
    Released: 4 February 1974
  4. "Candle in the Wind"
    Released: 22 February 1974

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. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003, 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".

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