Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Glam pop's most ambitious double album — from hard rock to reggae to torch songs, recorded in two weeks at a French château with maximum excess and maximum craft.
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A double album recorded in two weeks at a French château, traversing hard rock, reggae, torch songs, and progressive pop. The title track's farewell to innocence and Bennie and the Jets' art-rock deconstruction of glam showed range without losing cohesion.
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Maximum excess and maximum craft. The double-album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road traversed every style from hard rock to reggae to torch songs; Captain Fantastic channeled personal history into a concept album of rare cohesion.
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