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Song · 1973 · Soft rock

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

1973

★ 7.7 editorial score

Sessions collapsed in Kingston, so the band regrouped at a French chateau and Taupin traded Oz for a Lincolnshire farm.

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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Genre

Soft rock Glam rock Rock

Subject

Fame Home Disillusionment

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