Ovaj legendarni album Eltona Johna zaslužuje da bude prezentiran na mojem blogu.To je prvi dvostruki album Eltona Johna, objavljenom 1973. godine, smatra se jednim od njegovih najboljih i najpopularnijih. Bio je to deveti album pod imenom Elton John, a sedmi studijski album; to je njegov prvi dvostruki album. Snimljeno u Château d'Hérouville nakon problema snimanja na namjeravanu mjestu Jamajke, sadrži hitove "Candlle In The Wind", "Bennie and the Jets ", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" i "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting".
Izvorno zamišljen kao jedan album budući je sniman u dvorcu na Jamajci, i kako je snimanje teklo sadržavo je puno materijala, te su ga je producent odlučio objaviti kao dvostruki.
Godine 2003., album je primljen u Grammy Hall of Fame. Album je rangiran kao 91 na top listi magazina Rolling Stone od 500 najvećih albuma svih vremena, a na top listi u Channel 4 bio je 59' od 100 najboljih albuma 2009 godine. Važno je reći da je abum je prodan u više od 30 milijuna primjeraka širom svijeta.
Popis pjesama:
Side One:
1. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" 11:09
2. "Candle in the Wind" 3:50
3. "Bennie and the Jets" 5:23
Side Two:
4. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" 3:13
5. "This Song Has No Title" 2:23
6. "Grey Seal" 4:00
7. "Jamaica Jerk-Off" 3:39
8. "I've Seen That Movie Too" 5:59
Side Three:
9. "Sweet Painted Lady" 3:54
10. "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909–34)" 4:23
11. "Dirty Little Girl" 5:00
12. "All the Girls Love Alice" 5:09
Side Four:
13. "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll)" 2:42
14. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" 4:57
Elton John – vocals, piano (1–6, 8–10, 12-17), electric piano (5, 6), organ (3, 7), Farfisa organ (5, 13), mellotron (5, 6, 11), Leslie piano (11)
Dee Murray – bass
Davey Johnstone – acoustic, electric, Leslie, slide and steel guitars, banjo
Nigel Olsson – drums, congas, tambourine
Ray Cooper – tambourine
Additional musicians
Dee Murray, Davey Johnstone, Nigel Olsson – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 10, 13, 17)
Del Newman[nl] – orchestral arrangement (4, 8–10, 15, 17)
Leroy Gómez – saxophone solo on "Social Disease"
David Hentschel – ARP synthesizer (1, 12)
Kiki Dee – backing vocals on "All the Girls Love Alice"
Production:
Producer: Gus Dudgeon
Engineer: David Hentschel
Assistant engineers: Peter Kelsey, Andy Scott
Tape operator: Barry Sage
Orchestra contractor: David Katz
Arranger: Del Newman
Art direction: David Larkham, Michael Ross
Artwork: David Larkham, Michael Ross, Ian Beck
Liner notes: Gus Dudgeon, John Tobler