Talk:Goodbye Yellow Brick Road/Archive 1

Archive 1

Track order

While the track order is listed, it would be nice to know how they broke down based on LP side. --Walter Görlitz 00:36, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

You got it. --Fantailfan 14:54, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

There seems to be some disagreement. GYBR begins side two. --Fantailfan 12:07, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Number of Sales

The estimated number of sales for Goodbye Yellow Brick is 7 million, although the total is probably well over 10 million today, or diamond status. The correct number will never be known, unfortunately, as the RIAA only began issuing platinum status awards in 1976.unsigned comment by 24.18.6.202 21:40, 6 May 6 2006 (UTC)

I added the RIAA listings. It hit 7 million in 1998. It was first released on CD in 1990 (?) and remastered in 1996. --Fantailfan 14:58, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Preserving LP Track Listing

I feel strongly that noting the tracklisting for multiple-LP albums released before the CD era is important. The length given to each side (20-25 minutes maximum) frequently dictated the length, choice and placement of songs. --Fantailfan 18:47, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Songwriting credits before the track listing

As far as I can tell, songwriting credits when all or nearly all songs are by the same writer(s) are just after the Tracklisting section and just before the track list itself. It is not a policy but I believe it is more useful. You need not scroll down the page to find credits if they are not individually listed for each song. --Fantailfan 18:51, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Funeral for a friend

Isn't the correct punctuation for track 1, "Funeral for a friend (Love lies bleeding)", with parentheses, not with a slash, as it is currently listed? This is how it is written on the back of my CD.59.167.37.219 08:18, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

My LP has Love lies bleeding as a separate track listing alltogether. The omission of this listing really is an error.--Seanbruno (talk) 23:27, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

I also own a copy of the original double LP (DJM Records DJLPD 1001), and while it is true that the two songs are listed on separate lines on the back cover, they are grouped as song #1 on the label of side 1 of the vinyl record itself, without brackets around "Funeral for a Friend". I don't own a copy of the CD, but supposedly they count as song #1 when you play it, which would explain the accumulated length in time. In conclusion, I don't think it would be correct to split into separate tracks. – IbLeo (talk) 05:52, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

It is track 1 on the CD; I've got a copy. The interior album art also has one graphic for the track. Q Illespont (talk) 08:58, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

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Article requirements: Y Start: reasonably complete infobox; lead section with overview of album; track listing; reference to at least primary personnel by name; Categorization by at least artist and year. Y C: all of start and (1) cover art in infobox; (2) at least one additional section of prose; (3) track lengths & song authors in tracklist; (4) a personnel section including all musicians. To meet the more rigorous criteria of the revised B class, this article needs additional information. The C Class criteria describes an article from which "A casual reader should learn something about the album". B Class calls for an article where "Most readers should feel satisfied by the content, although it may not satisfy more expert readers. There are no obvious omissions, but also no obvious extraneous information—such as 'trivia'." Please see WP:ALBUM for ideas for additional information. B: all of C and (1) most technical details in infobox; (2) technical personnel in personnel section; (3) no obvious issues with sourcing; (4) no obvious issues with readability, though it may not conform completely to style guidelines; (5) no glaring omissions of information (see some suggestions at WP:ALBUM) or extraneous information, like trivia. Higher Classes are not assigned by WikiProject Album. Please review "the perfect article" and, if already B class, consider seeking additional feedback from Wikipedia:Good articles or Wikipedia:Featured articles. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums/Assessment for additional information on article class. To request a reassessment from the Album project, when concerns are addressed, please see "requesting an assessment". --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:08, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

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