An article looks back at Elton John's remarkable run of seven consecutive number one albums between 1972 and 1975, a feat few artists have matched even across an entire career. The piece argues this streak, which cemented John as the dominant rock star of the 1970s, was achieved at a pace of roughly two albums a year, and singles out one record as standing above the rest.

The albums in question were Honky Château, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Caribou, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Rock of the Westies, and a greatest hits compilation, alongside hit singles such as "Rocket Man", "Bennie and the Jets" and "Island Girl". The article names Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, a 17-track double album, as the best of the run, praising its opening trio of songs, "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding", "Candle in the Wind" and "Bennie and the Jets", along with its blend of melancholy and whimsy.