Keyingi albomi Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973, # 1 AQSh  8 hafta, # 1 Buyuk Britaniya) yanada shov-shuvli muvaffaqiyatga erishdi, bu unchalik keng uslubdagi disk, unda Berni Topin o'zining ba'zi adabiy ambitsiyalarini ham amalga oshirdi (The Ballad of Danny Bailey).(20) Retrospektivda aynan shu albom musiqiy tanqidchi tomonidan Elton Jonning karerasidagi eng yaxshi deb hisoblanadi.
Zamonaviy musiqa tanqidchilari tomonidan Elton Jonning eng yaxshi albomi deb tan olinganmi?
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road