Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the seventh studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John. Released in 1973, it has come to be regarded as his best and most popular album.
Recorded at the Château d'Hérouville, the album contains the Marilyn Monroe tribute, "Candle in the Wind", as well as three successful singles: "Bennie and the Jets", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting".
The album was ranked No. 91 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and No. 59 in Channel 4's 2009 list of 100 Greatest Albums. To date the album has sold 31 million copies .
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