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* InconsistentSpelling: "Bennie and the Jets" is spelled "Bennie" on the single sleeve, but "Benny" on the album sleeve.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: "Bennie and the Jets" is spelled "Bennie" on the single sleeve, but "Benny" on the album sleeve.
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* FaceOnTheCover: Elton standing full frontal, even with his name on the back of his sweater.
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* FaceOnTheCover: Elton standing full frontal, even is depicted on the cover with his back to the viewer (and his name on the back of his sweater.jacket) and his face in profile, looking back over his shoulder.
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* {{Homage}}: "Candle in the Wind", written for Creator/MarilynMonroe (whom Elton refers to by her original name, Norma Jean), which would become a RepurposedPopSong in 1997 when Elton rewrote the lyrics to commemorate the sudden death of Princess Diana. That version effectively became the best-selling single of all time for a while, surpassing even [[Music/MerryChristmas "White Christmas"]] by Music/BingCrosby. Nowadays "White Christmas" is back to being the best-selling one.
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* {{Homage}}: "Candle in the Wind", written for Creator/MarilynMonroe (whom Elton refers to by her original name, Norma Jean), which would become a RepurposedPopSong in 1997 when Elton Bernie rewrote the lyrics to commemorate the sudden death of Princess Diana.Diana, with Elton performing the re-written version at her funeral. That version effectively became the best-selling single of all time for a while, surpassing even [[Music/MerryChristmas "White Christmas"]] by Music/BingCrosby. Nowadays "White Christmas" is back to being the best-selling one.
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* CallToAgriculture: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
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* CallToAgriculture: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"Road", in which the narrator wants to go back to the farm where he was raised.
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* CountryMouse: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
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* CountryMouse: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"Road". Bernie Taupin was actually the son of a farmer.
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* {{Homage}}: "Candle in the Wind", written for Creator/MarilynMonroe (whom Elton refers to by her original name: name, Norma Jean), which would become a RepurposedPopSong in 1997 when Elton wrote it rewrote the lyrics to commemorate the sudden death of Princess Diana. That version effectively became the best-selling single of all time for a while, surpassing even [[Music/MerryChristmas "White Christmas"]] by Music/BingCrosby. Nowadays "White Christmas" is back to being the best-selling one.
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** The album title, TitleTrack, and album cover are all homages to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz.''
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** The album title, TitleTrack, and album cover are all homages to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz.'''' The narrator of the song states that he should have stayed on the farm, and expresses a desire to go back there.
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* OverlyLongTitle: "Your Sister Can't Twist (but She Can Rock 'n' Roll)".
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Two versions were made for a 40th anniversary re-release in 2014, both with the remastered original single CD as the first disc. The deluxe edition included a new second disc with some covers (which feature the likes of Music/EdSheeran, Wale, and Music/FallOutBoy, among others) and a selection of recordings from a concert at Hammersmith Odeon in 1973. The super deluxe edition had a different second disc that had the covers along with the previous bonus tracks and other older Elton John songs, two more discs with a wider selection of songs from the Hammersmith Odeon concert, and a DVD featuring an abridged documentary with Elton John and Bernie Taupin originally filmed in 1973.
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Two versions were made for a 40th anniversary re-release in 2014, both with the remastered original single CD as the first disc. The deluxe edition included a new second disc with some covers (which feature the likes of Music/EdSheeran, Wale, and Music/FallOutBoy, among others) and a selection of recordings from a concert at Hammersmith Odeon in 1973. The super deluxe edition had a different second disc that had the covers along with the previous bonus tracks and other older Elton John songs, songs (plus his 1973 standalone holiday single “Step Into Christmas”), two more discs with a wider selection of songs from the Hammersmith Odeon concert, and a DVD featuring an abridged documentary with Elton John and Bernie Taupin originally filmed in 1973.
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* NiceShoes: Elton wears plateau shoes on the album cover.
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* GenreRoulette: The album switches from ProgressiveRock ("Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding") to melodic piano ballads (the title track) to minimalistic GlamRock ("Bennie and the Jets") to [[Music/TheRollingStones Stonesy]] rockers ("Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting") to [[Music/TheBeatles Beatle-esque]] numbers ("Harmony") to soft rock ("Candle in the Wind") to {{Reggae}} ("Jamaica Jerk-Off") to boogie blues-rock ("Dirty Little Girl") to proto-disco-soul ("Grey Seal") to pseudo-doo-wop ("Your Sister Can't Twist (but She Can Rock 'n' Roll)") to country ("Roy Rogers", "Social Disease") to '20's jazz ("Sweet Painted Lady") to cinematic pieces like "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)" and the aptly-named "I've Seen That Movie Too".
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* GenreRoulette: The album switches from ProgressiveRock ("Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding") to melodic piano ballads (the title track) to minimalistic GlamRock ("Bennie and the Jets") to [[Music/TheRollingStones [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Stonesy]] rockers ("Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting") to [[Music/TheBeatles Beatle-esque]] numbers ("Harmony") to soft rock ("Candle in the Wind") to {{Reggae}} ("Jamaica Jerk-Off") to boogie blues-rock ("Dirty Little Girl") to proto-disco-soul ("Grey Seal") to pseudo-doo-wop ("Your Sister Can't Twist (but She Can Rock 'n' Roll)") to country ("Roy Rogers", "Social Disease") to '20's jazz ("Sweet Painted Lady") to cinematic pieces like "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)" and the aptly-named "I've Seen That Movie Too".
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When the album was first pressed to CD, it was pressed to a single disc, as the combined albums could fit in the Red Book CD format. Remasters in 1992 and 1995 were also pressed to a single CD. A 30th anniversary edition in 2003 split the album back into its original two-disc format, with the second disc including three B-sides and an acoustic version of "Candle in the Wind".
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When the album was first pressed to CD, it was pressed to a single disc, as the combined albums could fit in the Red Book CD "Red Book" CD-DA format. Remasters in 1992 and 1995 were also pressed to a single CD. A 30th anniversary edition in 2003 split the album back into its original two-disc format, with the second disc including three B-sides and an acoustic version of "Candle in the Wind".
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When the album was first pressed to CD, it was pressed to a single disc, as the combined albums could fit in the Red Book CD format. Remasters in 1992 and 1995 were also pressed to a single CD. A 30th anniversary edition in 2003 split the album back into its original two-disc format, with the second disc including three B-sides and an acoustic version of "Candle in the Wind".
Two versions were made for a 40th anniversary re-release in 2014, both with the remastered original single CD as the first disc. The deluxe edition included a new second disc with some covers (which feature the likes of Music/EdSheeran, Wale, and Music/FallOutBoy, among others) and a selection of recordings from a concert at Hammersmith Odeon in 1973. The super deluxe edition had a different second disc that had the covers along with the previous bonus tracks and other older Elton John songs, two more discs with a wider selection of songs from the Hammersmith Odeon concert, and a DVD featuring an abridged documentary with Elton John and Bernie Taupin originally filmed in 1973.
Two versions were made for a 40th anniversary re-release in 2014, both with the remastered original single CD as the first disc. The deluxe edition included a new second disc with some covers (which feature the likes of Music/EdSheeran, Wale, and Music/FallOutBoy, among others) and a selection of recordings from a concert at Hammersmith Odeon in 1973. The super deluxe edition had a different second disc that had the covers along with the previous bonus tracks and other older Elton John songs, two more discs with a wider selection of songs from the Hammersmith Odeon concert, and a DVD featuring an abridged documentary with Elton John and Bernie Taupin originally filmed in 1973.
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Four singles were released from the album: "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", the TitleTrack, "Bennie and the Jets", and "Candle in the Wind". "Bennie" would be his second #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" would hit #2; both would go double-Platinum as singles. All four were hits in the UK (respectively, #7, #6, #37, and #11).[[note]]"Candle in the Wind" did not chart at all in the United States, and wouldn't until a live version hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. Another version, recorded in 1997 as a tribute to the recently-deceased Princess Diana, went on to sell 11 million copies (in the United States alone) and become a multi-week No. 1 hit that fall.[[/note]]
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Four singles were released from the album: "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", the TitleTrack, "Bennie and the Jets", and "Candle in the Wind". "Bennie" would be his second #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" would hit #2; both would go double-Platinum as singles. All four were hits in the UK (respectively, #7, #6, #37, and #11).[[note]]"Candle in the Wind" did not chart at all in the United States, and wouldn't until [[Music/LiveInAustraliaWithTheMelbourneSymphonyOrchestra a live version version]] hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. Another version, recorded in 1997 as a tribute to the recently-deceased Princess Diana, went on to sell 11 million copies (in the United States alone) and become a multi-week No. 1 hit that fall.[[/note]]
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: "Bennie and the Jets" references the Parable of the Prodigal Son with the line, "We'll kill the fatted calf tonight".
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A documentary about the creative process behind the making of the album was featured in the TV series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]] The record was listed at #91 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] both in 2003 and 2012, and would stand at #112 on [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 the 2020 list]].
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A documentary about the creative process behind the making of the album was featured in the TV series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]] The record was listed at #91 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] both in 2003 and 2012, and would stand at #112 on [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 the 2020 list]].
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Four singles were released from the album: "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", the TitleTrack, "Bennie and the Jets", and "Candle in the Wind". "Bennie" would be his second #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" would hit #2; both would go double-Platinum as singles. All four were hits in the UK (respectively, #7, #6, #37, and #11).[[note]]"Candle in the Wind" did not chart at all in the United States, and wouldn't until a live version hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987.[[/note]]
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Four singles were released from the album: "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", the TitleTrack, "Bennie and the Jets", and "Candle in the Wind". "Bennie" would be his second #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" would hit #2; both would go double-Platinum as singles. All four were hits in the UK (respectively, #7, #6, #37, and #11).[[note]]"Candle in the Wind" did not chart at all in the United States, and wouldn't until a live version hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. Another version, recorded in 1997 as a tribute to the recently-deceased Princess Diana, went on to sell 11 million copies (in the United States alone) and become a multi-week No. 1 hit that fall.[[/note]]
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Elton originally wanted to produce the album in Jamaica, but logistics issues surrounding the world championship boxing match between Joe Frazier and George Foreman stymied that. So he settled for returning to Château d'Hérouville in France, where he had produced ''Music/HonkyChateau'' and ''Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player''. Once settled, it took barely more than two weeks to produce.
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Elton originally wanted to produce the album in Jamaica, but logistics issues surrounding the world championship boxing match between Joe Frazier and George Foreman stymied that. So he settled for returning to Château d'Hérouville in France, where he had produced ''Music/HonkyChateau'' and ''Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player''.''Music/DontShootMeImOnlyThePianoPlayer''. Once settled, it took barely more than two weeks to produce.
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''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' is the seventh studio album by British pop rock musicial Music/EltonJohn. It was released through DJM Records in the United Kingdom, and [[Creator/{{MCA}} MCA Records]] in the United States, on 5 October 1973.
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''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' is the seventh studio album recorded by British pop rock musicial musician Music/EltonJohn. It was released through DJM Records in the United Kingdom, and [[Creator/{{MCA}} MCA Records]] in the United States, on 5 October 1973.
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A documentary about the creative process behind the making of the album was featured in the TV series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]] The record was listed at #91 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]], Time]] both in 2003 and 2012, and would stand at #112 on [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 the 2020 list]].
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A documentary about the creative process behind the making of the album was featured in the TV series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]] The record was listed at #91 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]], and would stand at #112 on [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 the 2020 list]].
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''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' is the seventh studio album by British pop rock musicial Music/EltonJohn. It was released through DJM Records in the United Kingdom and [[Creator/{{MCA}} MCA Records]], on 5 October 1973.
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''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' is the seventh studio album by British pop rock musicial Music/EltonJohn. It was released through DJM Records in the United Kingdom Kingdom, and [[Creator/{{MCA}} MCA Records]], Records]] in the United States, on 5 October 1973.
