Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road LP

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When John compared himself to the Beatles, it wasn`t just a delusion of grandeur. "Revolver lifted them onto a higher plane, and Honky Chateau did the same for us," he said in 1973. "Then they did the White Album, and now we`ll have a double, too." Everything about Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is supersonically huge, from the Wagnerian-opera-like combo of "Funeral for a Friend" and "Love Lies Bleeding" to the electric boots and mohair suit of "Bennie and the Jets." On the title track, John and his songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, harnessed the fantastical imagery of glam to a Gershwin-sweet melody." - www.rollingstone.com

Selections:
1. Funeral For A Friend
2. Love Lies Bleeding
3. Candle In The Wind
4. Bennie and the Jets
5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
6. This Song Has No Title
7. Grey Seal
8. Jamaica Jerk-Off
9. I`ve Seen That Movie Too
10. Sweet Painted Lady
11. The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-34)
12. Dirty Little Girl
13. All The Girls Love Alice
14. Your Sister Can`t Twist (But She Can Rock N` Roll)
15. Saturday Night`s Alright For Fighting
16. Roy Rogers
17. Social Disease
18. Harmony