Reception
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| Allmusic | |
| Robert Christgau | (B) |
| Rolling Stone | (unfavourable) |
| Rolling Stone | (2004) |
Initially regarded as having some good tracks, but being too diverse, not holding together, and being too long and patchy, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has come to be regarded as John's best and most popular album, and is his best selling studio album. Three singles were released in the US: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Bennie and the Jets", and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting".
It was certified gold on 12 October 1973, platinum through 5x platinum on 23 March 1993, 6x platinum on 11 September 1995 and 7x platinum on 26 August 1998 by the RIAA.
The album was ranked No. 91 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was also placed at No. 59 in Channel 4's 2009 list of 100 Greatest Albums.
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