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Topic	Rank the Tracks Week 76: Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (+ Singularity)
BlueCrystalTear 08/19/22 4:33:55 PM #22:	Only issue I have with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is its length. Honestly, if it drops just two songs, it's a LOT less exhaustive to listen to. I could also probably get more than two listens in. But still... the really good stuff is... the really REALLY good stuff. There are eight songs here that I truly enjoyed and the rest were mostly solid too. The track order is also pretty great in that it feels like a concert - the energy swings, as FoolFantastic said, ebb and flow nicely. Overall, a still fantastic album that has some all-time great songs and some... lesser ones that are still fine to listen to. Candle in the Wind Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding Bennie and the Jets Goodbye Yellow Brick Road I've Seen That Movie Too Harmony Roy Rogers All the Girls Love Alice Jamaica Jerk-Off - Am I the only person in the world who finds this catchy? It got stuck in my head after the first listen. It's not one of Bernie's better sets of lyrics but the instrumentation is enough for me to put it this high. The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934) Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock'n'Roll) Grey Seal Sweet Painted Lady Social Disease Dirty Little Girl This Song Has No Title - Album would have benefited from dropping this song. It doesn't do anything that its other songs do better. It's just filler. ~~~ Seanchan posted... I was listening a bit to Weirdest Hits and was enjoying it. The songs I heard were more mature lyrically than Singularity. Also it just sounds better production-wise. Happy to see you're becoming a Sunspot fan! The themes definitely feel more mature than half of Singularity - Weirdest Hits has many good songs, including two fan favorites, "Arthuriana" and "Saturday Night Gospel." It's probably their "most definitive" album, in terms of how many songs they still play from it. If you're really liking Weirdest Hits, also check out Wonders of the Invisible World and The Strangest Frequency (which just came out),which were also produced by Eric LaBrosse. He definitely evolved their sound from something raw to the mid-80s cusp of classic arena rock and glam metal. Since you liked "Uncanny Valley" quite a bit, I'll also recommend The Slingshot Effect, since that album's in the same vein as that song. Also, I'm sure you understand why I didn't nominate Weirdest Hits, which is very similar in length to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Too intimidating to rank, let alone listen to more than twice. But I'm prattling so I'll stop. --- [This post adds nothing to the discussion but for whatever reason I felt the need to say it anyway.] <cite>BlueCrystalTear posted [p:967426125] in Rank the T... [t:80129759]...</cite> <quote>Only issue I have with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is its length. Honestly, if it drops just two songs, it's a LOT less exhaustive to listen to. I could also probably get more than two listens in. But still... the really good stuff is... the really REALLY good stuff. There are eight songs here that I truly enjoyed and the rest were mostly solid too. The track order is also pretty great in that it feels like a concert - the energy swings, as FoolFantastic said, ebb and flow nicely. Overall, a still fantastic album that has some all-time great songs and some... lesser ones that are still fine to listen to.Candle in the WindSaturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies BleedingBennie and the JetsGoodbye Yellow Brick RoadI've Seen That Movie TooHarmonyRoy RogersAll the Girls Love AliceJamaica Jerk-Off - Am I the only person in the world who finds this catchy? It got stuck in my head after the first listen. It's not one of Bernie's better sets of lyrics but the instrumentation is enough for me to put it this high.The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934)Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock'n'Roll)Grey SealSweet Painted LadySocial DiseaseDirty Little GirlThis Song Has No Title - Album would have benefited from dropping this song. It doesn't do anything that its other songs do better. It's just filler.~~~Seanchan posted... </cite><quote>I was listening a bit to Weirdest Hits and was enjoying it. The songs I heard were more mature lyrically than Singularity. Also it just sounds better production-wise.</quote>Happy to see you're becoming a Sunspot fan! The themes definitely feel more mature than half of Singularity - Weirdest Hits has many good songs, including two fan favorites, "Arthuriana" and "Saturday Night Gospel." It's probably their "most definitive" album, in terms of how many songs they still play from it.If you're really liking Weirdest Hits, also check out Wonders of the Invisible World and The Strangest Frequency (which just came out),which were also produced by Eric LaBrosse. He definitely evolved their sound from something raw to the mid-80s cusp of classic arena rock and glam metal. Since you liked "Uncanny Valley" quite a bit, I'll also recommend The Slingshot Effect, since that album's in the same vein as that song.Also, I'm sure you understand why I didn't nominate Weirdest Hits, which is very similar in length to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Too intimidating to rank, let alone listen to more than twice. But I'm prattling so I'll stop. --- [This post adds nothing to the discussion but for whatever reason I felt the need to say it anyway.]</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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