Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

So I didn’t actually listen to the whole thing… I liked the opening track instrumental but the rest wasn’t really my thing.

The hits hit, the rest is whatever

Kind of like a lot of records from that time, it starts off great and has good singles but by the end you're sort of looking at the counter thinking "How much more?"

Great album! Elton is so talented.

Καλό αλμπουμάκι, άνετα το έβαζα χαλαρά στο background. Είχε κάποια κομμάτια που με κούρασαν ελαφρώς και δεν με τρέλανε γενικότερα All The Girls Love Alice

There is just so much joy and whimsy on this album it's absolutely infectious, the piano here is just so good man. My biggest complaints really just come down to the more forgettable tunes. My favourite track had to be the opener but there were some real highlights with 'I've Seen That Movie Too' and 'All The Girls Love Alice.' The lowlights really 'Jamaica Jerk-Off', 'Dirty Little Girl', Roy Rogers' and 'Social Disease'. The back of this album is really saved by 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting' and the closer track, 'Harmony'. Ultimately, it's a well-produced album with a lot of fun and whimsy going in but I believe there's a number of songs that could've been cut to make it a much better experience. Also if they did more Prog like the opening track it would've been fantastic. To me this is a 3.5 but I can't give it half stars so it falls to being a 3 rather than a 4 for me.

I really like the moogy intro on funeral for a friend. Elton John sort of occupies a sort of 'songwriter twee' niche with artists like billy joel, I like a lot of their songs but I wouldn't really go out of my way to listen to them. I can appreciate the variety of songs on here even if it means getting jamaica jerk-off. Out of the songs I hadn't heard before I liked I've seen that movie too and Harmony. Agree with people saying the album is a little too long and frontloaded.

I enjoy Elton John, dig many of his tracks. I never say to myself, I really want to listen to Elton John right now. This was a damn fine album.

Buen álbum, muy variado, con estilo propio igual.

I like Elton John a lot, this album has a lot of great classics on it. Also definitely an incredible album for its time period. Overall, a lot of the songs are similar, which you can say is an excellent example of cohesion and style, and this is definitely a fantastic listen when you want the Elton vibe in the background of whatever you're doing. To me, it's not my favorite work of his or my go-to. But I was happy to give the whole album a listen

I don't dislike the music at all, he plays very well. I just don't enjoy his music outside of the occasional song in a movie. But I can't give this a bad rating because it is objectively good stuff, just not for me.

Désolé mais les double-albums avec les chansons de 7 minutes ça commence à m'irriter. J'ai été indulgent avec Stevie, mais là non. Je suis sûr qu'il y a des très bonnes chansons, et indépendamment ça passe bien, mais ça n'en fait pas un bon album pour autant. Et je me pose de sérieuses questions sur Jamaica Jerk-Off, tant sur le titre que le chant avec l'accent... Playlist pick : Saturday Night's Alright, facile

some classic 70s Elton songs on here, but a double album is just way too long

I had not heard this album since I bought it back in college. It has some great songs (candle in the wind, goodbye yellow brick road, benny and the jets), but being a double album there are some lesser songs. I can't say that there are all great songs on here. A number seem like filler to me. While they aren't bad they don't match the really good songs. I already own this, but I am not sure that I would buy it again. I am only giving it a 3 star rating. Perhaps a shorter album of the best songs might have earned a 4 star rating (or even a 5 star)

Não conhecia todo, grande viagem. Começou forte, depois perdeu se ali na jamaica e no rock n roll

First time listening This album was a fun listen (: I think there are some things about this record that I wasnt able to get on a first listen through. I think after another listen or two I would rate it higher, but currently my enjoyment rating is 7/10 for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

One of those albums where I feel guilty for not rating it 5. I love Elton’s music in general, and a few songs from this I enjoyed a lot. That said, that positive feeling got watered down by the length of it. I guess I’m a very casual Elton fan then.

Elton’s hits speak for themselves and are awesome. This was my first Elton album experience and it was a little all over the map. A bit long. Opening track was literally electric and I loved it. Some of his hangers on here with yellow brick road, Saturday night, and candle in the wind. Vocals and piano are strong as always.

I like Elton John just fine, but I've never really been a big fan. I know the hits well enough, and enjoy most of them. I'm kind of looking forward to this record having never heard it in its entirety. I'm not sure the first song really needs to be 11 minutes, but I appreciate the prog rockiness of the opening. Not the biggest Candle In the Wind fan, Bennie and the Jets is alright, I like Goodbye Yellow Brick Road pretty good, and the rest is new to me (up until Saturday Night is Alright for Fighting)... The record is ok. I still would say I like Elton John alright, but I'm not any closer to being a super fan. Turns out, he does what he does really well, but it just doesn't do a whole lot for me. I'm happy if someone has his music on, but I'd never choose it for myself. This record solidifies that opinion for me, though his talent is pretty undeniable. Jamaica Jerk-Off might be my new favorite song of his, based exclusively on its ridiculousness. 7/10

es un buen disco, elton es la verdad muy bueno. se disfruta. ah

This album has a lot of things going for it that earn it points in my book, and its interesting, varied songs help it justify its length. But, for some reason, the songs largely fail to resonate with me. I'd be perfectly fine with hearing them if I was listening to a classic rock radio station, but they don't compel me to go and put them on myself. Can't please everyone, I guess!

A good album, I actually learned that there’s more to Elton John than just the hits. Not a daily listen, but I enjoyed the album.

EJ is so good but just maybe not for me? I'd kinda just experienced him as the punchline to jokes but he's really good.

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A very good album with some absolute classic prog rock, just not my cup of tea really

some songs were different to the others but i really enjoyed listening to this album

This is a really good album. It deserves a place on this list on the merits of tracks like Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Bennie and the Jets and Saturday Night’s Alright. The problem is a lot of the best material is at the start of the album. The second half is still enjoyable, but there is slightly more filler.

Title track is a classic and probably my favourite from his catalogue. I can see why this is rated his most accomplished album but beyond the hits I find it thrown together. Particularly mystified by funeral for a friend. 11 mins long and just bits mashed together. It feels musically disjointed and unconnected especially when the vocals finally kick in .. then we get full verse/ chorus structure which felt like a different song but …. no … still going on track one. It’s like he tried to copy bohemian rhapsody .. poorly. Overall it’s Elton .. so you know what you’re gonna get. But I’m gonna stick to his greatest hits!

Few big bangers like Candle In The Wind and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, but not many others that stick in the mind

Some really good songs here and the production is great. But this album feels a bit too long and bloated for me personally. 7/10 Favourite: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Least Favourite:Jamaica Jerk-Off

was cocaine heavily involved in the making of this album? feels like it.

See my review for ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.’

Elton John is really good singer and pianists. But its not my style and my mood changer. Thas why i put a lower rating than it is actually. My favorite track was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

A few bangers

Didn’t mind it

The album starts surprisingly proggy! After the 1st track it's quite the usual Elton John stuff, which is not a bad thing, but it doesn't really excite me too much. There are couple of other songs that stand out from the mass like 'Dirty little girl' and 'Saturday Night's Alright'. Probably the best Elton John album I've heard and I've never really noticed before how good guitarist Davey Johnstone is.

Some good ones but Elton just isn’t all it for me

Ok --

Good but lowkey drags

If you think about it, the fact that Elton John repurposed Candle in the Wind for Princess Di demonstrates his final ascension into the upper eschelon of the entertainment industry. He too was able to exploit Marilyn Monroe for his own enrichment then cast her aside when she'd served her purpose. This album has some great tunes, but I get really exhausted by all the Jerry Lee Lewis bullshit on the back half.

Элтон Джон это конечно достойно, но что-то альбом унесло из моей памяти, как Элли с Тотошкой из Канзаса

Obviously there's some all time great songs here, but a lot of it just feels kitschy and silly and weird.

It's not bad at all, but not anything I would purposely feel like listening to. I appreciate Mr. John's talent, but maybe this album dragged on a little too long, or maybe I just liked Madman better, I dunno, but I gotta give it a 3. That rating feels wrong. My heart says 3. But I think I've been conditioned for years and years to believe this is album is a masterpiece, so I feel guilty I don't love it more. I guess it's just like that sometimes.

I actually enjoyed this more than I expected to, didn't know Elton is kinda potty-mouth occasionally, so definitely a chill and valuable album 😅

A couple of songs that moved me, but the rest sort of blends in. I didn’t like the title track, it felt corny and insincere.

10/10 songs, but as an album, it is just too long.

All the songs were a bit too samey for me

Some absolute tunes on here but it doesn’t half go on and seems torn as to which direction it wants to travel in.

Honestly a great listen, though I've already listened to lin like 90% of it via the radio. But still, super solid

The first half of the album is really strong, but then the style shifts and I'm not too keen on the latter half of the album. But "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is my favorite Elton John song, so bonus for that.

Too many songs some of them are good

Even the best Elton John songs I find myself not caring that much about and I never need to listen to them again. Moderately high-highs, moderately low-lows, moderately creamy middles.

Not my cup of tea.

The beginning of this album had some real bangers. The opening is legitimately great prog, which is surprising to see from a mainstream artist. Most of the other songs here, although weren’t bad—they’re fine—were kind of disappointing. The album felt bloated for no good reason, and most songs were a bit repetitive and failed to stand out. I still liked it—the highs were very high—but could’ve been better. 7/10

For the start of the record there is a stream of brilliant songs Topped off with the title song. It veers off a bit towards the end. It is a bit self indulgent at times

Guess this isn't the Elton John hits I love

Not my thing

Still not my cup of tea, but it's OK.

'Tis a bit long and pompous innit? There are some decent offerings on here, which are enjoyable when experienced in isolation, but a double album of bombast and self-serious, overblown theatrics is perhaps a bit too much to bear in one sitting.

Plenty of hits to give this record a 3 or 4 based on those songs alone. Classic all-piano ballads and genuine rock bangers with a sprinkle of dub thrown in the mix. Not all of these work for me though and I got bored with some of them, but this is a double album so that's to be expected. Anjoy the hits and maybe a deep cut or two, but don't be surprised if you reach for the skip button as well.

RIP Princess Di you would have loved Jamaica jerk off x

Nice little white reggae number on 'Jamaica Jerk-Off', wasn't expecting that.

I've never done this whole album, and honestly it wasn't great. The song GYBR is one of my absolute favs and there are a few other enjoyable in the right circs ones in there for sure, and certainly Elton is a great and emotional player. But there's no need for a double album imo. The parade of 'having a go at various genre' tracks just don't quite work, the most awks being Jamaica Jerkoff (even if that's a vaguely amusing of its time pun). I'll stick to the hits in future.

Finally an album my 'rents owned has made it onto this list! Big into Bennie n The Jets, the rest of it not too much

Yet another 70s double album. I’m sure this list is being sent as a test for me. Following a run of surprisingly good double offerings, this holds form and is as meandering and mediocre as I’d expect. It’s not bad per se, but I’m not even a fan of the hits on this album I could never see a circumstance where I listened to it again.

3.5/5 carried by some classics

It's fine, I wouldn't crave this album or anything. I mostly came to write because what the ever loving hell was Jamaica Jerk-Off? It sounds exactly like what you would guess based off the name. The rest of the album is fine background music. What the hell was that?

Elton has always been a peripheral figure in my personal classic rock canon. A great voice and a decent pianist, with a few acknowledged bangers, but generally difficult to take seriously. This album came surprisingly close to altering that opinion. The opening feels almost like a prog album. A real surprise. Side one would be incredible, were it not for the fact that I became so sick of Candle in the Wind in the late 90s that I never want to hear it again, but still, I thought "Maybe there is something here that I've been missing all this time." It couldn't last though. I think this album unfortunately makes the same mistake as others I have reviewed recently. It just doesn't have enough A* material to justify its length. You could remove a lot of these tracks to make one solid LP and that would be great. As it is, it starts to drag around side three. By the time "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" rolled around I had already checked out. The song is fun but not strong enough to reclaim my attention. I didn't run out of Stamina, the album did.

3 out of 5. This is a grand album and I now know why it's so well regarded.

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Probably deserves a four, but who I'm I kidding? I'm not going to seek this album out to listen again. Also deducting points for unnecessary length and middle school level album art.

A classic album for a reason, but boy did it remind me that I hate most of Elton’s stuff. There are only a few of his songs I will listen to and they are, well, the ones that I everyone listens to. No track by track today cause I’m sick, but overall I’ll give it a 3/5 ⭐️. Saturday night is a great track and most of the other tracks on this album are listenable. I just don’t really like Elton Johns music. I think he’s a very talented guy, just not for me. 57/1089

As far as I know Elton John has always been around, and I have always enjoyed him (Lion King & Road to El Dorado soundtracks), but have never been tempted to dive deeper. This is John's biggest album, so, naturally, the hits on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road are very pleasing ("Benny and the Jets", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"), but then there were songs I wasn't expecting (the rousing "Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding", "Grey Seal", the hilariously titled "Jamaica Jerk-off" to name a few). Unfortunately, not every song stands out positively. There are a few that feel like filler, or just fail to strike the mark ("Sweet Pained Lady", etc.). It's hard not to enjoy Elton John, but I have to admit that I didn't love Goodbye Yellow Brick Road enough to make me a new fan. Pretty solid release though!

If you took every good song that Elton John released and stuck them together, it would be a 5/5, perfect, all-time great, fun and moving double-album. Instead we get a bunch of albums of mostly cheesy filler, each with a few stand out tracks.

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ok

I like some songs cause the piano sounds amazing, but it’s not an album that I wanna listen to again

Good strong singles, can’t argue with them. Too much fat. Could be cut in half.

It was going so well until Jamaica jerk off

Id liken it to Queen: A Night at The Opera, borh are set up as a journey/Production of an album Think i like this more. The Jamaica song is well out of place, and the album is too long Dont think can give it a 4, but a high 3, aye

Decent

Pretty fun background music

Like Elton’s famous numbers. Great lyrics and music. Too many middle of road though in this. Could have gone 4, but didn’t.

Pretty good, some really good songs but not strong enough to be anything other than a 3

Heard it before. Some serious bangers on this thing but also some tracks that maybe could've been left out to make the album a bit shorter (the hell is Jamaica Jerk Off?) 3/5

Some real bangers on here, and feels pretty varied. A little long for me though.

Gostei em geral, mas não tanto.

Ahh back when Elton didn’t look like an overweight lesbian. I’ve never listened to many songs by him. Same with Rod Stewart. Like no one could tell they would evolve into soft rock sucky asses? Elton is another good example of why a person shouldn’t give up drugs. Just so much more creative. Looks like all of his big ones came from this album. That alone I can allow to be in this list. He has created himself a mini greatest hits without putting all of his eggs in one basket. Bravo or cheerio. Whatever the Brit’s say. Oi? Anyways But thennnnn we hit the brakes. The other songs on the album, the non hit ones? They just seem like filler. Jamaican jack off? What? Grey Seal? Ahhhh no I’ve seen that movie too is sort of back on track. The drums hit hard in that one. I like that. Stay on this track Elton. But then he doesn’t. Back to filler music. We all know where that puts this album in my books. Stuck in the middle . Booo Choice cut: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

a very coherent album with recurrring themes and instrumentals. a few lackluster songs but some really good and enjoyable ones aswell! 6/10

Some classic songs but not his best album for sure!

Not my thing but I can see the appeal

I didn’t really have the patience for this (it’s been a tough few days of listening for me), loved some of the rockier instrumental moments in love lies bleeding and parts of grey seal but didn’t enjoy every time he started singing. also it was very long!

One of my most sincerely held beliefs is that I hate Bernie Taupin and his dumb lyrics. The hit songs here are really good but there’s just too many other things that aren’t really good. Double albums are rarely worth it! They lack the appropriate editorial restraint!

Some good songs but was mostly okay

You gotta hand it to Reggie, when he makes a hit, it sounds like nobody else. I liked the hit songs on here, but the rest were not my thing.

There is a musical (as in im off to the theatre to watch a musical) quality about this album and i like it and hate it at the same time for that. There sre some banging hits on this album no doubt, Benny and the Jets, Goodbye Yellowbrick Road, saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting and the production is fine as hell - you can hear all equally well, the band are on time and no loose mistakes, they back elton but he doesnt stand out too much if you get what i mean. But i never wamt to aot and listen to an entire elton john album. Its a bit boring, too much vaudeville overtones, a concept album within each song? Maybe i dont like elton john as much as i’d like an elton john mix tape. And question, does he do all of the vocals on this? No backup singers?

Ondanks dat ik Ome John eerder in deze lijst al eens trof moet ik zeggen dat ik voor iemand met zo'n grote naam nog steeds niet heel bekend ben met z'n werk, dus ik vind het in dat opzicht geen ramp om deze dubbelaar voorgeschoteld te krijgen. Ik weet eigenlijk niet goed wat ik er van vind. Ik vind het verre van slecht maar na een liedje of 5 heb ik eigenlijk wel genoeg arpeggios gehoord voor de rest van de dag. Ik vind veel van zijn nummer ook wel wat op elkaar lijken (wat ik bij het andere album ook had) en dan is zo'n dubbelalbum toch al gauw lang. Het doet me ook een beetje denken aan de Beatles, maar dan solo en met meer piano. En dat vind ik dan weer totaal geen ramp. Richting het einde vond Elton het zelf ook wat saai worden en gaat ie nog een keer de cowboy tour op, of komt er een enkele keer een distortion gitaar aan te pas. Nou vooruit, jeuj. Ik vind het zeker niet slecht maar ik zie mezelf dit niet nog een keer aanzetten. Ik mis het niet als ik het nooit meer hoor. En daardoor kan ik niet hoger geven dan een saaie 3.

One of Elton’s run of great albums

Another oft-referenced classic I only have experienced through the hits, not as a full album. Only got as far as the first 3 or 4 sides before getting pulled away to do something else and did not feel the urge to come back and complete the listen. What I did hear was all over the map in tone and expression, though if not cohesive, each track was outstanding in its own rights. On the basis of the first half or so, 3/5.

Longer than expected and a bit disjointed.

Would never have thought I'd like anything by Elton John. As a punk/post-punk/indie kid (well adult), there's a decent amount to like on this. If nothing else, EJ had an ear for a tune and wrote a good lyric (with some help). Maybe a little on the long side for me but worth a listen

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The hits are good, the rest is very mid. Not going into my rota of classic rock, glad he helped the Culture.

Taký typický Elton...

I just can't manage to get on the Elton train. I appreciate his musical contribution and style.....I just REALLY REALLY REALLY have to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy it. Today wasn't one of those days.

Totally okay. I can see the appeal, but it's not for me.

As a piano playing, signer-songwriter I should love Elton - but he doesn't quite do it for me. A couple of tracks are catchy but they don't make up for the crime of (the re-release of) Candle in the Wind.

Let's start with the good stuff. Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding is fantastic and is my favourite Elton song. It's the closest thing to prog he ever did. The rest, fine but there's a lot of bloat to cut through. If this were a single album, it would have been upper echelon. Instead, it's a decent outing that could have been so much more.

It's really, really long. But it has enough variation, and enough bangers, to get away with that. Nice.

Its a classic album so I can't vote it low i added one song also there was very interesting names of songs like what are we doing in Jamaica? Very interesting

No notes

Was okay. A little slow for working out

okei gøy! mamma elsker dette albumet // svinger godt gøy å kjenne igjen frank ocean i bennie and the jets goodbye yellow brick road er en av de beste låtene skrevet this song has no title er en ny favoritt! And each day I learn just a little bit more I don't know why but I do know what for If we're all going somewhere let's get there soon Oh this song's got no title just words and a tune høydepunkt: Bennie And The Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, I've Seen That Movie Too lowlights: Jamaica Jerk-Off PS. måtte høre goodbye yellow brick road en siste gang før jeg pusset tennene så jeg hørte på headset og sang med og da jeg skulle si natta til mamma sa hun "jeg hører du hører elton john.." også hadde vi en halvtimes prat om musikk.

esta weno pero no soy fan de sir elton john, me costo escucharlo todo

The highs on this album are so high, and then the rest is fairly middling. Great drum sound though

This is a classic album that I just didn't connect to that much. I was definitely glad to get an opportunity to listen to it, as I had never heard it from beginning to end. It's pretty dense and orchestral with elements of pop and glam throughout, so I feel like I need to run through it a few more times before I can really judge it. I love the synths and arrangements on the first track. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding," and, of course, there are several undeniably classic tracks here as well. My favorite of the classics is probably "Bennie and the Jets," but I was surprised by how much I was touched by hearing "Candle in the Wind" in its proper context. I was always aware that the song was written about Marilyn Monroe, but I was most familiar with it from its use as a tribute to Princess Diana. "Jamaica Jerk-Off" is where I run into a bit of confusion about the album's tone. It's clearly the worst song on the album. It reminds me a little bit of "Smile Jamaica" by Bob Marley and the Wailers, which was actually written a few years later by people from the country, for the purpose of boosting tourism to the nation they loved. "Jamaica Jerk-Off" exists in this uncanny valley that makes me wonder if it is just bad or so bad it's good, or is it just flat out weird and kind of racist? I'm comfortable with ambiguity in art, but I think maybe this song just sucks. The high points on this record are very high; there are some middling songs, and one very low point. I'll spend some more time with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. For now, I'm going to leave it as an obvious classic of American pop music that I remain pretty ambivalent about. Three stars.

A couple good hits, but the rest didn’t really stand out to me maybe for most people. This is a banger, but for me, it fell to hit the mark.

Eh ok Bissl repititiv. Highlights: Benny and the Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Pretty solid, has gems, had a fun Elton John run early 2025

Very good, never listened to a full album of his before. -1 for some of the titles that didn't age well

6/10 classic album, banger opening track. vibe started to get a little repetitive.

Some bangers early, but a lot of dead weight in my opinion - drags

Good album, a few great songs

candle in the wind into bennie and the jets is literally crqzy i didnt know they were like right next to each other

To me, Elton has always been a singles guy and a showman. There are some cracking tunes here, but also a lot of filler and little cohesion.

too long but a ton of good songs wow - also i really like instrumental bridges and elton john does them better than a mfer - i will say though it’s kind of just not my thing but it’s objectively an incredibly good album

Een rijk en iconisch album dat ik met plezier heb verkend en waarvan ik de historische waarde goed voel. Veel mooie melodieën en duidelijke hoogtepunten, maar als geheel pakte het me niet genoeg om mijn aandacht vast te houden of om er in de toekomst vaak naar terug te keren. Fijn om te luisteren binnen dit project, zonder dat het een persoonlijke blijver wordt.

Starts amazing, first half is great. Second half is extremely mediocre for some reason.

has benny and the jets. has a bit of a marching vibe at times.

Easy listening … quand même un peu soupe en fait …

not bad

Some great tracks … but probably 4 or 5 tracks too long.

Another double album, sob. Starts cool but then you are reminded this is Elton John. Could easily be a single album, would be a lot better. So samey so Elton John. 3 Heard before? Some Owned: No: 39/151 (26%) Will I get?

1973. All the good musical weed in the 60s had gone up in smoke and now we must scrape the resin-crusted bowl that is 70s rock. Those first couple hits are Zeppelin and Floyd and Neil Young and then the last couple hits, the ones that taste like ass and make you dizzy, are everybody else.

Little long, 3.5 for the 4 or so classic tracks

Like all double albums ever released by any artist, if all the dud songs were pulled and just the great ones left, it would make a perfect album. Seeing as there are too many songs, the effect is a perfect album is now watered down and becomes average.

Good album. I was glad to see that some of my favorite songs from Elton were on this album (Bennie and the Jets and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road to name two).

Мне нравится звучание. Треки "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" и "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" особенно запомнились, ещё понравился "I've Seen That Movie Too". "Sweet Painted Lady" – controversial, как по мне. "Dirty Little Girl" — тоже. В целом кайф и приятное открытие на 7/10, хоть я не большая ценительница олдскульного такого рока и Элтона Джона, понимаю величие. Но не понимаю фиксации на 16-летках в текстах))) Понравилось, как в конце "Roy Rogers" скачет лошадка.

The opening track is a pretty crazy opening, starting like some eerie movie track into a rock pop amalgamation that sounds pretty epic. Candle in the wind... I'm familiar with this track. I fucking love this song. Something about the song writing speaks to me. I love the tempo and how all the instruments compliment each other. Its apparent that its about Marilyn Monroe, I don't know much about her, but this track confirms all the stuff I've heard about her being sexually abused basically her whole life. A very sad but great song. Bennie and the Jets. I really like this track, gets my head bobbing every time, and its the only Elton John song my Gen Z Girlfriend likes. Its overplayed for me because I hear it all the time out and about, and at work, so all I'll say Is it's an phenomenal piano song. The solo always tickled my brain when I first heard it. Good stuff. Good Bye Yellow Brick Road. A very good song about rejecting fame and fortune for a simpler life, written by Elton's song writing partner. I suggest you google more, its pretty interesting. Good song. The rest of the songs are varying but overall good. I was pretty disinterested in them honestly because I felt like the song writing got really boring and same-y but its worth a listen to see if you like anything. Amazing start to an album that gets boring as it gets to the end.

Astro!

Not my style

I liked this. It had quite a few songs that I know on it. My favorite Elton John song is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. It was a long album though and I really only liked the songs I already knew.

Not my usual vibe but also not bad

i like a ton of songs on here, but there's definitely songs that are repetitive or just.. aren't good (jamacia jerk-off...)

A little long and all over the map. Island sounds, old timey, 70s rock, easy listening. It was ok but not very focused.

This album feels incredibly hard to rate because of it being a double record and the first half being just so much better than the second in my opinion. Side Note: I fucking love the piano When the first 5/6 songs were done playing I thought to myself this might get a pretty high rating if it keeps up. It didn't. My god there's a lot of songs I consider to be filler, just songs that kill all momentum when listening to the album. The final songs made me want to skip through them instead of listening to them. If the album was only the first record/first 7 songs then it could've been a very high 4 Unfortunately I am rating an album and not only the best songs of said album. The length of the album, and the amount of songs that drag the album needlessly to said length, made me go all the way down to a 3 sadly. (would give a 3.5 if possible)

Ovaj album zvuči kao da baš ima ogroman potencijal, but can't quite get there. Šteta, jer neki dijelovi zvuče jebeno. I dalje mi oke album, ali imam filing da je mogao biti blizu masterpieceu. 3/5, 5.5/10

7/10.

Elton is so recognisable, he just has such a sound that you know it’s his. And it’s in a good way too. Whilst this isn’t my favourite and I won’t claim it to be, it’s an album that I enjoyed even if it it’s over an hour long.

- What an intro! Giving rock opera. Broadway quality almost. No lyrics until almost 6 mins into the song- over halfway through! - Oh Bennie and th jets is on this album. A classic, but also kinda bad? - I’ve definitely heard goodbye yellow brick road as well. Not bad - I’m liking the piano in this song has no title - I’m liking how upbeat and fast paced grey seal is. I feel like this would be a good song to run to. - I like all the girls love Alice. Like actually saving to my playlist! - Saturday nights alright is also getting added to th playlist

Not a fan but I believe it is a classic to some.

I knew this was a rated album, and considered a classic. I’d never ventured into Elton John’s albums, only previously being exposed to his singles. I liked this. Interesting to hear Elton John not in the “singles” context. It got maybe a little too jolly for me towards the end, but this is a worthy addition to the list. Horrible cover art though.

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is a lengthy album spanning many genres. It starts off particularly strong with a series of hits both energetic and reflective, including the 11-minute epic 'Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding'. Yet despite the varieties of sound present in the album, it is heavily top-loaded and feels overstuffed towards the end, and it is not unlikely that as a whole it would have been stronger without many of the later tracks. Further, the songs at the start while good feel more like a compilation of greatest hits, rather than a collective album. Although the musicality is great, it suffers from the sense of lethargy permeated its later tracks.

Listen again!

Epic

Jamaica Jerk-Off : un morceau incroyable de A à Z; de même pour Saturday Night's Alright; par contre je trouve que les autres morceaux se fondent un peu dans la masse de la production musicale de l'époque, peut-être dû au fait qu'on s'habitue rapidement à la voix d'Elton John quand elle passe légèrement en background. une très bonne prod, des titres que j'aurais aimé avoir choisis, mais l'album ne m'emballe pas plus que ça alors qu'il réunit pourtant pas mal des éléments qui me font en général apprécier un album. c'est aussi peut-être la longueur de l'album qui a joué (au-delà de 9 sons je trouve qu'on peut difficilement trouver des albums sans "filler tracks"), alors que s'il avait été un peu plus compact je pense qu'il aurait pour moi été plus impactant. un 3.5.

This was good, but I didn't like love listening to it.

Lot of shorter lesser known songs on this one. Dilutes the better ones. One hell of an opening track though

A classic but not my thing

Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding is like a cross between an 80s sci-fi death scene and Meatloaf. I bet Meatloaf loved Elton John. Eleven minutes is too long for an opening track. Candle In the Wind...the most famous song ever about a horny teenager. This song loses something when you know that later he'd remake the lyrics for Princess Diana. One a meditation on nostalgia and the images we carry with us from our youth....the other either a treacly attempt to express sorrow for a rich and powerful woman who never had a really hard day in her life or else a treacly cash crab and cynical injection of himself into a famous death. Bennie and The Jets is one of my least favorite Elton John songs but it was turned into the awesome Tribe Called Quest (featuring Busta Rhymes) song Solid Wall of Sound. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road on the other hand is one of my favorites. All of Elton's songs have a cinematic quality to them. Maybe that credit should go to Bernie Taupin. It's a double album! And all the hits were on the first side of the first disc.....it's going to be a long day. British musicians love Jamaican music. I've Seen That Movie Too is a good song. The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934) is like the lyrics to early Bob Dylan with the music of a carnival. I'm not sure if this is the spiritual center or the pop music floor of glam rock. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) would have been the theme song for college football coverage if it had been released in 1994. It's catchy and the best song since the hits from the first side. The chirping birds on Social Disease are really distracting. His hits are hits but everything else is just "Generic Elton John" song. I'm surprised he didn't write a musical, his music is like one step short of it already.

Good but too long

There are some bangers on this album. Unfortunately there were some cringe songs too. Elton John continues to be a mixed bag for me.

I was surprised by how many songs on here I knew.

Not really my kind of music, but the album does have some undeniable classics like Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Bennie and the Jets, and Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting (my personal favorite). It deserves its spot on the 1001 Albums list, but I wouldn’t listen to it again. 7.5/10

It was very alright besides the hits that I knew but there was a few good ones I didn't remember hearing before.

:)

2.5 stars It starts off with promise and then goes into a lot of forgettable tunes. Didn’t need to be a double album. I feel like that is said about 90% of double albums. The art of 75+ minute records that people would have to flip 3x is not relevant anymore. But there are enough good tunes to make it not terrible.

Decent, some classics on there but wasn’t loving it today.

It's Elton at his best

Has three good big songs, one mediocre big song, and otherwise fine.

15/1001 First listen. Sounds like the seventies right away. I know the hits. there’s a bunch on this one. Was feeling two stars but there’s more interesting things on here than just those tired old singles. Glad I listened.

i don’t really have any thoughts on this, i feel quite indifferent. didn’t love it, didn’t hate it, wouldn’t care if i heard it again and i wouldn’t care if i didn’t

Songs are way too long, enjoyable tho

Some of these tracks really alter the curve. As a whole it’s 3.425 ⭐️

...and he's back! Ready to rate albums again after an extended hiatus. I'd never listened to this front to back -- lotta bangers! Always loved All The Girls Love Alice and of course the quartet of better known tracks Candle in the Wind, Bennie and the Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road & Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting. But Sweet Painted Lady, Dirty Little Girl and Harmony were also fun. Not a huge Elton John fan and likely won't put this back on anytime soon, but it's very good at being what it is!

lotta hits. lotta skips.

it starts showing

Seemed too sad for me. Other than that Elton delivers. Elton gives variety. Masterful shit!

Nice

Just fun vibes

A classic for sure...we've all heard so many of the songs on the radio. Listening with fresh ears you wonder if this wouldn't have been stronger as a single album. There's some fluff (Jamaica Jerk Off, e.g.) and you have to wonder how much drugs affected decision making. 3 (would have been 4 but too long)

Good Album

Sorry Elton, I really wanted to like this more

I was hoping this would turn out to be an undiscovered gem, but there's a lot of filler that just sounds like AI Elton John. The singles are quite good but no unexpected revelations here.

why is elton into his sister and why is this so long

pay no heed to the man behind the curtain

It's Elton John, it's great.

So this is hard to rate It is far, far too long But it contains some absolutely classic 5⭐️ songs (Saturday Night and the title track in particular) However, of the songs I hadn’t heard before, only Harmony really landed So we probably end up at a high 3 rather than a low 4

I didn’t make it through this album. It has some classics. The first half of Funeral for a Friend is an amazing piece of prog-rock. Jamaican Jerk Off is not a good look-goes up with his red face track off of Madman Across the Pond. He’s a good musician though and there are some classics on here. For me it’s more of a 2, but I will bump it up for the classics.

Some high points...but goes on a bit...it's a bit too much Elton for me in one sitting. Jamaica Jerk off might be one of the worst things I've heard in a long time...

The songs on this album generally fit into 3 categories for me: Perfect/Great ("Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road") Good ("Candle in the Wind", "Social Disease" "Harmony", "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting") Meh ("Bennie and the Jets", "This Song Has No Title", "Grey Seal", "Jamaica Jerk-Off", "I've Seen That Movie Too" "Sweet Painted Lady", "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909–34)", "Dirty Little Girl", "All the Girls Love Alice", "Your Sister Can't Twist (but She Can Rock 'n Roll)", "Roy Rogers" While the sheer volume of meh songs should edge this toward a 2, the great singles (especially the opener funeral for a friend) makes the album well worth it, imo. 3/5

Some bangers, a little slow for me. 7/10

umm yes

Pretty good, but I'm not that much into Elton John's music.

Some absolute classics here and also a few not.

Итс окэй. По-моему здесь можно было бы найти один просто разъебный альбом вместо затянутого приличного. Лучшая песня - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

I haven’t listened to this since I was a wee lad and it reminds me of my mom. I’m typically not a fan of albums that run over an hour. Too much of a risk of filler tracks and this album is no exception.

Decent a bit to long 3/5

Interessant åpning! Ikke helt for meg dette. Noe klassiske låter såklart. Men hva er den Jamaica-sangen?

It's okay, it's not my favorite but I don't hate it. When I found out Benny and the Jets was not live but was engineered to sound like that, I thought less of it for some reason. Maybe its the added in cheers? I like the way they did drums in this era.

Nothing really stood out to me besides the classics.

elton john. nice rock.

A lot of bangers on this album but also a lot of filler too. I maintain that virtually no double album needs to exist.

An eclectic collection of songs.

I never truly enjoyed Elton John. He’s a rocker and a great singer/songwriter. There’s much respect to be had. Still, this album will not find a place in my collection

A 5 for the exquisite Candle In The Wind and the title song, then 1 for the mindless Benny and the Jets. The rest fall between.

The best songs have had a life outside this album for so long that it makes the rest of the album redundant. It's good to have them recontextualised, but I don't think the filler really adds much. That said, I love a sax break. Blues roots on show with strong harmonica and banjo. Three, purely because of the hits.

I didn't hate it 2.5

6/10

I can’t claim to the biggest Elton John fan but I did but this on vinyl pretty early on in my collection. It’s a solid album, probably a bit long bit does have a handful of great songs on it. I do return to it very occasionally, it’s a good Sunday morning album

åh, er det den. Hyggeligt! 3

Classic album. I didn't know Elton rocked this hard! Favorite track: Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

3.75

It was ok. A bit over the top for my tastes.

Lost of great tunes too many duds (note to EJ: quality is better than quantity)

Should have been great, too many filler tracks

Like it 3/5

Opening track left me pleasantly surprised, did not expect that sound. Did not get the hype around Bettie and the jets, one of the lower points of the album for me. Favorite track: Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding

I want to like it. And there are some great songs here (particularly sides one and four). But does it have to be a double album?

Ok I didn't expect the prog frost track. That was fun. The rest of the album feels like a best of album. You know and understand that he's been writing hits for a while but listening to this made me realize it. It's a very good album and I wasn't kidding when I said it feels like a best of. It's not his greatest hits, but the album has several on it, but it just feels like a huge album. Good stuff.

Elton John isn’t exactly my cup of tea, but that being said, its a really fun and feel good album that is incredibly catchy, blends multiple genres of music, and has a certain warmness to it. Feels like something I’d put on to clean my house to

nostalgic 70s piano rock.

I didn't care for Elton John on Madman Across The Water, I still don't care for him now. Music is good and well made, that's obvious, I just don't vibe with it.

I was excited when I saw this cover come up. Easily recognizable and highly regarded. I just am not a huge fan. The lyrics were not great in my opinion and sometimes I feel like I would have had a better experience if the entire album was instrumental. Don't get me wrong, some songs are beautiful. "Candle In the Wind" is an amazing song throughout. The opening instrumental of "Funeral for a Friend" is so good. "Grey Seal" and "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock'n' Roll)" and "Social Disease" are also standouts. Sadly, I just find myself getting bored halfway through a lot of these songs. The best songs are really good and I would come back to. The worst ones, honestly I wouldn't skip, but I don't see myself listening to the entire album again. A normal 10 song album or shorter version of many songs might land at a 4 or a 5, but as it is, it's just too long and doesn't use the time how I would want it to.

The songs are all good but like I didn’t get much out of it. Fire vibes though

the second half of the forst track was lame. dirty little girl was just worse benny and the jets + some discomfort. the rest of it was pretty solid stuff eh? actually no it falls off after dirty little girl.

it's cheesy and all and I don't like cheesy. but it has a remarkable quality and a tremendous recognition value!

great album!

Jamaican Jerk-off has aged like milk

Not really my kind of thing, but shout out to Elton for Bennie and the Jets, The Ballad of Danny Bailey and Saturday Nights alright for Fighting.

I was never really interested in Elton John. Not that I don’t like him – I’m just not familiar enough with his music to have a strong opinion about it. This was the first Elton John album I actually listened from start to finish. At the end of the first song, I was in awe. It was amazing, and I thought I was going for a 5* album. But then... the songs started piling up, and it became apparent that Funeral For A Friend was the exception. This album is really all over the place – some good songs (mainly the jazzier ones with a lot of piano), some average songs, some super cheesy stuff, and a couple of abominations (Jamaica Jerk-Off is criminally bad). In the end, I was left puzzled. I can appreciate the talent, the creativity and the passion Elton John has poured into this double LP. It’s objectively a great album, no doubt about that. But personally... only a third of the songs really brought me excitement, and only a couple of them were truly great. I guess it’s just not my kind of music.

A bit longer, 80 minutes. I'm not a fan of Elton John, but It was a nice listening. I only was able to listen to the album once due to its length

Not really my kind of music, but the album does have some undeniable classics like Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Bennie and the Jets, and Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting (my personal favorite). It deserves its spot on the 1001 Albums list, but I wouldn’t listen to it again. 7.5/10

A better listen than I thought. The opening track is really fun. I was bracing for Candle in the Wind and it turned out pretty good. Plenty of hits here. The musicianship is great too. I particularly enjoyed the vocal harmonies. However this album is long. I just don’t need this much in one sitting.

Much like Elton Johns career, it starts off with a bang, and then just progressively peters out...

First off, good stuff overall. Critical bits: could have done without the white-boy reggae ("Jamaica Jerk-Off") and the slight country twang in "Roy Rogers", and while "Candle In the Wind" is a classic, it's also overplayed and the 70s production is a bit cringe at times. But three skippable songs in a 17 song set isn't bad.

A classic album that displays all the traits of overdoing everything in the 70's. The high points of this album are amazing, the rest... well it could have been left out entirely. A LOT of skippers on here. Had clear heads won out over cocaine confidence this would be a single album and not a double. All of that being said I own this on vinyl, cassette, cd and even 8 track.

Fine album, some classics on it. Was pretty enjoyable, probably wokt listen to it front to back again though.

Flöt förbi, men var inte necessarily dåligt. Skulle säga ett prima exempel på en 3/5

Woo!

I get it: he's very good . . . but it's just too much like a musical for me

I thought this would be one of those slam-dunk 5 star albums. I’ve heard all the hits from this (who hasn’t?!?!?) but the deep cuts were mostly new to me. And while some of them are pretty great (“Grey Seal,” “Twist”) most of them are either retreads of earlier songs or totally forgettable. In particular, “Dirty Little Girl,” is a problem. The lyrics are aggressively misogynistic, even for the 70s, but what I find interesting is that the most intensity Elton musters up for the entire album is when he threatens to tell the world the subject is a dirty little girl. Dude, chill. Two songs ago you were singing wistfully about a sea-side resort prostitute. What the hell. And musically it’s just “Bennie” in a minor key. Anyways. By the time I got to side four I was exhausted. Sides 1 and 2 - FOUR STARS: Sides 3 and 4 - TWO STARS THREE STARS

Classic Elton, Great mix of songs

Elton John is entertaining enough but not usually my first choice when playing albums. Surprised the first song was leaning so far into the prog realm. 3.5⭐️

I find it super tough to get into double albums. This has some great songs on - I didn't realise so many of his hits were on one double album together. It's tricky to get a feel for the whole work though when it's so long. I think I like Elton John when he's creating really interesting hooky melodies and harmonising them simply but beautifully (I think he does some interesting chord voicings sometimes!) I like it less when he leans into rock and roll clichés. I kind of want to give it more time but realistically I don't know when I'm going to feel like listening to a double album.

Last listened to this when I was a kid. Thought it was too long then and my opinion hasn’t changed. Obviously some all time classic songs but it could have been trimmed to a much better single LP I think.

3 or so good songs nothing special really could've been shorter

I’ve always been lukewarm on Elton John. This album brought me around a little bit, though there were some songs that could be trimmed

Okay I get it but i dont love it

Benny and the jets really grinds my gears

Oh no. I thought I'd enjoy this. But then I didn't.

Some great songs on here. Some mid songs on here. And then there’s Jamaican Jerk-off.

A big album of soaring stadium rock, blues, rock n roll, country, and glam. Some of it has an epic sweep (the opening track feels like the overture to a musical), and some of it is more straightforward rock. There are a bunch of major songs here, and a bunch more in a similar vein. I didn’t feel a strong emotional connection to this album, but there’s not denying that it’s impressive. “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)” is my favorite. I love that hard rock sound! And Elton John’s shouted vocals are great! 3.5

Ah, Sir Elton. Golden voice and golden keys. I loved the classics on this double-album. But I’m coming through a tough personal time which has hijacked my head and my heart. And I suppose my ears. I thought he could ease me back in to the project but I was not vibing with a lot of it. Too overwrought, too orchestra-y. It’s a 3.5 for me in my current state.

Some absolute BANGERS but gosh this is long

-i liked this much more than the other Elton John album i listened to back in September -i could never get too huge into this type of music honestly, but there’s no doubt a lot to like here -the cinematic piano gives the whole thing a very grandiose, positive energy i really like -Favorites are Bennie And The Jets, Grey Seal, and I’ve Seen That Movie Too

A nice album, but it doesn’t quite hit the mark for me. It feels a bit uneven overall. It’s definitely not bad, but I can’t see myself returning to it anytime soon.

Me gustan mas otros álbumes de Elton John

The instrumental and arrangement was good. I wasn’t a huge fan of the vocals and lyrics though. I could vibe to it but wouldn’t listen to it on purpose again.

Kinda get it, kinda can't stand it.

Could probably have cut half of this out, it was alright overall but I'm just not fussed for Elton

6/26/25. Enjoyable album, like Elton’s rock style voice.

😎

Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding is like a cross between an 80s sci-fi death scene and Meatloaf. I bet Meatloaf loved Elton John. Eleven minutes is too long for an opening track. Candle In the Wind...the most famous song ever about a horny teenager. This song loses something when you know that later he'd remake the lyrics for Princess Diana. One a meditation on nostalgia and the images we carry with us from our youth....the other either a treacly attempt to express sorrow for a rich and powerful woman who never had a really hard day in her life or else a treacly cash crab and cynical injection of himself into a famous death. Bennie and The Jets is one of my least favorite Elton John songs but it was turned into the awesome Tribe Called Quest (featuring Busta Rhymes) song Solid Wall of Sound. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road on the other hand is one of my favorites. All of Elton's songs have a cinematic quality to them. Maybe that credit should go to Bernie Taupin. It's a double album! And all the hits were on the first side of the first disc.....it's going to be a long day. British musicians love Jamaican music. I've Seen That Movie Too is a good song. The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934) is like the lyrics to early Bob Dylan with the music of a carnival. I'm not sure if this is the spiritual center or the pop music floor of glam rock. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) would have been the theme song for college football coverage if it had been released in 1994. It's catchy and the best song since the hits from the first side. The chirping birds on Social Disease are really distracting. His hits are hits but everything else is just "Generic Elton John" song. I'm surprised he didn't write a musical, his music is like one step short of it already.

Ihan liikaa filleriä, jos ois pelkkä a-puoli, tää ois viis tähteä. Välillä sanoitukset on naurettavia, toisinaan naiiviudessaan kieltämättä silti viihdyttäviä. Piano aina hyvä, laulu yllättävänkin hyvä. Pikkusen alentuvantyyppistä ”kokeillaas tätäkin genreä kun osataan” -vibaa, mut pysyy karvan verran hauskan puolella.

A- ja D-puolet ovat todella hyviä, jopa vaikuttavia (Benny and the Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, yleinen rokkaus...). B- ja C-puolilla artisti tyytyy musiikillisesti omaan tyyliinsä. Lisäksi hän omaksuu sovinistisen homon roolin, missä ei ole mitään järkeä. Levyn hyvät puolet kuitenkin pelastavat kokonaisuuden näin kuuntelukokemuksena.

Intersting that he mixes sooo many styles, throwing stuff at the wall. Not much of it sticks anymore, but some true keepers (though I didn’t find that elusive ‘song I didn’t know before’ on here, disappointingly)

Man- this was the tape that was played on the car the most when I was little. Driving to dentists and doctor appts and the grocery store listening to Bennie and candle In The wind. My brother was obsessed with the title track and couldn’t stop singing the chorus until my parents had to ban him from singing it. Good times. Some great tracks but some skippers too.

Not a big Elton John fan. I either really like or really dislike his songs. There were a few good ones mingled with the classics, but many songs haven't aged well.

As an album I have to give it a 3 because it's overstuffed and I'll never listen to it as an album again but good Lord the songs that are bangers in this record are all timers

Interesting listen, not my style.

Thai has some great songs but also has some awful tunes too - Jamaica Jerk Off anyone?!? It’s a cool album and the hits keep coming, It was good to listen to it properly as opposed to just the hits but I rarely think to put it on…

Whimsical. An easy enjoyable listen

Goodbye yellow brick road niezłe

I've never been a huge Elton John fan but was surprised I actually kind of enjoyed this one. While I probably wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it again, it had some good enjoyable moments, with Funeral For A Friend being the definite highlight, I actually really dug that one.

This is a 30 minute 5 star album ruined by 46 minutes of filler

Long long boi. It was OK. Nothing in particular that I enjoyed.

Great instrumentation and opening and closing tracks. Found album bit too long.

I appreciate this for sort of putting the piano back into pop music. Some of it works really well but I think it also suffers from a bit of the 50 cent syndrome, where you could cut a lot of the songs because it feels quite bloated. I was really excited from the first song, as its definitely my favourite, I love the synth parts and I'm quite disappointed there weren't more of them. I just don't like the fast blues piano stuff, it just reminds me of the bad parts of that meatloaf album. There are quite a lot of Beatles rip-offs on here as well, which might not have felt dated at the time, but for sure do now. The ballads are definitely some of the best ones, like the title song, which is amazing, but some of the ballads just run a bit thin, as they don't really have anything special and drag on. Favourite songs: funeral for a friend/love lies bleeding, candle in the wind, goodbye Yellow Brick Road, I've seen that movie too, all the girls love Alice, harmony. Overall around 6/10

First track - Funeral for a Friend - interesting instrumental! Kinda proggy, rocky, synthy, operatic, almost even metal at one point Quite samey throughout otherwise, rock with piano lead Production is nice and guitar tone sounds very modern for 1973 Back end is quite country/western Best track - All the girls love Alice/Funeral for a Friend would be best if it were separate 3 stars

I listened to this album twice and still don't know what to rate it. I liked 7/17 songs. I saved Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and I've Seen That Movie Too to my Album's playlist. Rest of the album was fine. A bit too long. Won't return to the entire album again, but will take some songs.

Elton classics

I dont really care

Classic, just not my favorite

I really like Elton John’s music from the 70s, and even after that. His songs have a great sense of melody and are easy to enjoy, which makes them seem simpler than they really are. But his music hits harder during that 70s period. I realize that what I really look for are the buildups, often very well done, between the slower, quieter parts. I love that clear, warm sound and the little bouncy groove he often has.

Elton voice is amazing on this recording.

It was ok. I think in small doses it would have been good, but an hour and twenty minutes of Elton John is a voyage. I didn't dislike the album, it was just A LOT. He and Bernie are definitely great songwriters, but I don't think they're great album writers, if that make sense? I bet he was fantastic live in his hey day.

It's a good album, but way too long. I've learned that the ~40 minute range is a good album length.

Thought I was going to enjoy this a lot more than I actually did. Some bangers but some bits dragged.

Much better than the last Elton John record. But it felt like it dragged on much longer than it needed to. The first 5 tracks were so good and cohesive. Favorite tracks: track 1-4 6/10

Not my fave. I want to like but maybe need to listen more

Greit nok, litt kjedelig

This is an album almost everyone know but much like myself I don't expect everyone to have listened to the album cover to cover. Kinda interesting, the first song was super pink Floyd vibes. There were some classics but other than that nothing was outstanding, hidden gem level music.

This was a bit of a struggle to get through. I think Elton John is great at what he does but a few of these songs (and the album in general) dragged on a bit. Saved by a couple bangers but overall won't dig this one out of the stack anytime soon.

A bit long, but I understand why everyone calls it Elton John's magnum opus. Overall, it's a pretty great album (aside from Jamaica Jerk-off, which feels borderline offensive). Favourite tracks: Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Bennie and the Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

3.5 stars I like the ambition and audacity that drove artists to release double albums, especially in the heyday of vinyl. But there’s just sooo much bloat. Maybe my smartphone has destroyed my attention span but you cannot convince me that Jamaica Jerk-off REALLY needed to be on this album. -Candle in the Wind - Marilyn Monroe is a misunderstood icon, and I like that Bernie Taupin and Elton tried to humanize her. This version is better than the Princess Di one. -Bennie and the Jets - that intro gets me every time. These vibes are unmatched on the rest of the record. Are the lyrics about a robot band? -Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - What a 3-song run. Ahhhhhhh ahhhhh ahhhhhhhh -The Ballad of Danny Bailey - my attention started flagging after Goodbye Yellow Brick Road… I liked this song but it’s all blending together at this point. -Saturday Night’s Alright - So sorry, I prefer Nickelback’s version. As I said in the chat, it’s because of HNIC. I cannot help who I am as a person. I think Elton is singing these lyrics in jest and Chad Kroeger is deadly serious.

This is a double album... so naturally only half of it is good. And the other half should have been cut. Unfortunately, Elton was in the prime of his career, so reigning him in creatively was just not on the table. Thus we have this bloated, indulgent, never-ending double album that was honestly tough to get through. It does have 4 classic songs on it though... which is very impressive. But it would be much more impressive if there were only 10 songs on the album... not 17. It does start off strong though, really lures you into a false sense of security. For 4 tracks, I thought maybe my campaign against double albums was misguided. Maybe this would be the album that proved me wrong. But then the middle third hits and boy is it a mixed bag. The final third is similar but at least Saturday Night is there to soften the blow. There are just so many songs on this record and each one is over 4 minutes long. Time moves slowly when I listen to this record... and not in a good way. But there is a good single album somewhere in this track list. So instead of giving a list of tracks that i enjoyed, i'm going to give a new track list for the record... cutting out about one album worth of material. The goal being to make one legendary single album instead of a mediocre double album. So here it goes... the new track list: 1. Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding - Love the prog rock intro. I've never heard Elton go in this direction before, but he really nails it. Love Lies Bleeding is a banger, a piano rock barn burner. I love that chorus. 2. Candle In the Wind - It's a classic. But I do think I enjoy the 90s version better... the one dedicated to Princess Diana with deep voice Lion King Elton. 3. Bennie And The Jets - iconic. love that glitchy keyboard part at the end. nothing more to say. 4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - just a beautiful, classic song. That chorus. the pre-chorus vocal build. no notes. 5. I've Seen That Movie Too - Moody, tense track with an epic solo 5. Jamaica Jerk-Off - a fun novelty cut. I feared it when I saw the title in the track list, but it's just really fun and gives some variety to the album 6. All The Girls Love Alice - love that dramatic stompin' groove 6. Sweet Painted Lady - a nice little piano ballad 7. Saturday Night's Alright - great driving rock track. perfect for compilations of NHL highlights. 8. Roy Rogers - fun tear in your bear country-tinged number 9. Harmony - really nice album closer. I dig the line: Harmony and me, are pretty good company. Love the harmonized vocal bits.

Too long, gets kinda boring after 9 songs

Elton is a guy I'm rather fond of on a Greatest Hits level but never needed to hear more of. You could mistake the start of this for a greatest hits comp, and there are bits later on where the cocktail of glam and musical theatre works for me...but my overall impression was that it's just too damn noodlely!

It’s hard to criticize the hits that came out of this album, but it’s still never going to be a go to for me