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''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'', a double album by Elton John, released in 1973, is regarded as one of his best and most popular. It was the seventh album released under the Elton John name, and the seventh studio album; it is his first double album. Recorded at the Château d'Hérouville after problems recording at the intended location of Jamaica, it contains the hits "Candle in the Wind", "Bennie and the Jets", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting". Originally intended as a regular single album, the experience in transferring from Jamaica to the château proved to be conducive to producing such quality material, that it was decided to release the album as a double. In 2003, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.〔("Grammy Hall of Fame Award ). ''Grammy.org''. Retrieved 21 December 2012〕 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.〔 The album has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. ==Production== Under the working titles of ''Vodka and Tonics'' and ''Silent Movies, Talking Pictures'', Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics in two and a half weeks, with John composing most of the music in three days while staying at the Pink Flamingo Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica.〔 He had wanted to go to Jamaica he has said, in part, because the Rolling Stones had just recorded ''Goats Head Soup'' there.〔Radio Two: Johnnie Walkers Long Players, February 2012〕 Production on the album was started in Jamaica in January 1973, though after difficulties with the sound system and the studio piano, coupled with disturbance due to the Joe Frazier and George Foreman boxing match taking place in Kingston, and violent political tension due to the poor economic situation, the band decided to move before any productive work was done.〔 ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' was recorded in two weeks at the Château d'Hérouville in France, where John had previously recorded ''Honky Château'' and ''Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player''.〔 Only a version of "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" was recorded in Jamaica, but that recording was discarded and the final, released version of the song came from the sessions at the château. According to the album's producer, Gus Dudgeon, the album was not planned as a two-record collection. In total, John and Taupin composed 22 tracks for the album,〔 of which 18 (counting "Funeral for a Friend" and "Love Lies Bleeding" as two discrete tracks) were used, enough that it was released as a double album, John's first (three more such albums followed up to 2011). The songs, mostly around the theme of nostalgia for a more humble childhood and an older American culture as seen through eyes of the movies,〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road )〕 included "Bennie and the Jets", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", using memories of a Market Rasen pub Taupin frequented when younger,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Aston Arms in Market Rasen has been singled out as a top spot for drinkers by Scottish whisky brand The Famous Grouse. )〕 the 11-minute "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding", and the Marilyn Monroe tribute, "Candle in the Wind". "Grey Seal" was previously the B-side of the 1970 single, "Rock n' Roll Madonna", and was re-recorded for the album. "Harmony", the album's final track, was considered as a fourth single, but was not issued at the time because the chart longevity of the album and its singles brought it too close to the upcoming releases of ''Caribou'' and its proposed accompanying singles. It was, however, used as the B-side of the American release of the "Bennie and the Jets" single, and was popular on FM playlists of the day, especially WBZ-FM in Boston, whose top 40 chart allowed for the inclusion of LP cuts and B-sides as voted for by listeners. "Harmony" spent three weeks at No. 1 on WBZ-FM's chart in June 1974 and ranked No. 6 for the year, with "Bennie and the Jets" at No. 1 and "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" behind "Harmony" at No. 7. "Harmony" was released as a single in Britain in 1980 and failed to chart. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Goodbye Yellow Brick Road」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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