Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

In this final edition of featuring Elton John on Set List, I am highlighting Elton's most certified album across many regional sources.

7th studio album

Released in October 1973

Genres considered - Pop rock, Glam rock

No. 1 on Billboard Top LPs & Tape

No. 1 on Billboard 200

No. 1 in the UK, Australia, & Canada

"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" 

No. 7 on UK Singles Chart ... No. 12 in the U.S.

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

No. 6 in the UK ... No. 2 in the U.S.

"Bennie and the Jets"

No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

"Candle in the Wind"

No. 11 in the UK

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 

One of Elton John's most popular albums & is his best-selling

Over 20 million copies sold worldwide

74th best album cover of all time - Joe Lynch, Billboard, 2023

Considered to be Elton John's "magnum opus" (masterpiece)

Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (2003)

Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 

No. 91 in 2003 & 2012 ... No. 112 in 2020

Selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry (2025)

Review Scores -

AllMusic - 4.5/5 Stars

Christgau's Record Guide - B

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music - 4/5 Stars

The Rolling Stone Album Guide - 5/5 Stars

Slant Magazine - 4.5/5 Stars 

Track List -

Side One -

1.  Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

2.  Candle in the Wind

3.  Bennie and the Jets

Side Two -

4.  Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

5.  This Song Has No Title

6.  Grey Seal

7.  Jamaica Jerk-Off

8.  I've Seen That Movie Too

Side Three -

9.  Sweet Painted Lady

10.  The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34)

11.  Dirty Little Girl

12.  All the Girls Love Alice

Side Four -

13.  Your Sister Can't Twist (but She Can Rock 'n Roll)

14.  Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

15.  Roy Rogers

16.  Social Disease

17.  Harmony

Certified Gold in Denmark 

Certified Platinum in New Zealand & the UK*

*UK 1973 release

Certified 2x Platinum in Canada & the UK*

*UK 2014 release

Certified 3x Platinum in Australia

*Re-release

Certified 8x Platinum in the U.S.

Certified 10x Platinum in Australia*

*Original release

Point of interest - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was certified Gold in the U.S. shortly after its release before scaling to multi-platinum in 1993 and eventually to the current position.

(Wikipedia)