Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John

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  • Release Date: 05/14/1996
  • Original Release: 1975
  • Sales Rank: 3,437
  • Label: ISLAND
  • UPC: 731452816023

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Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

1LISTENCaptain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy 5:46
2LISTENTower of Babel 4:28
3LISTENBitter Fingers 4:34
4LISTENTell Me When the Whistle Blows 4:20
5LISTENSomeone Saved My Life Tonight 6:45
6LISTEN(Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket 4:01
7LISTENBetter off Dead 2:37
8LISTENWriting 3:40
9LISTENWe All Fall in Love Sometimes 4:11
10LISTENCurtains 6:40
11LISTENLucy in the Sky With Diamonds Bonus Track 6:18
12LISTENOne Day (At a Time) Bonus Track 3:49
13LISTENPhiladelphia Freedom Bonus Track 5:23

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Sitting atop the charts in 1975, Elton John and Bernie Taupin recalled their rise to power in Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, their first explicitly conceptual effort since Tumbleweed Connection. It's no coincidence that it's their best album since then, showcasing each at the peak of his power, as John crafts supple, elastic, versatile pop and Taupin's inscrutable wordplay is evocative, even moving. What's best about the record is that it works best of a piece -- although it entered the charts at number one, this only had one huge hit in "Someone Saved My Life Tonight," which sounds even better here, since it tidily fits into the musical and lyrical themes. And although the musical skill on display here is dazzling, as it bounces between country and hard rock within the same song, this is certainly a grower. The album needs time to reveal its treasures, but once it does, it rivals Tumbleweed in terms of sheer consistency and eclipses it in scope, capturing John and Taupin at a pinnacle. They collapsed in hubris and excess not long afterward -- Rock of the Westies, which followed just months later is as scattered as this is focused -- but this remains a testament to the strengths of their creative partnership. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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The Bonus tracks helps this oneby JohnQ

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July 31, 2009: After the 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' album it was all down hill for John/Taupin. Captain Fantastic has some key songs on it (and the bonus tracks on this CD make it better than the original) but there is a real loss of quality here in music and lyrics. Although Elton John concerts remained a hot ticket for some time to come, with John/Taupin releasing to many lesser albums far to fast and far to close together, their work (starting in the last half of the seventies) became best suited for greatest hits albums as fans began to avoid all the fluff that turned a great team into just another radio band. Captain Fantastic is not a bad album, it is still worth owning, but it certainly marked the end of the best years for John & Taupin.

Confusing, strange lyrics unclear messageby Anonymous

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December 15, 2005: This particular Elton John album is labeled an autobiography and concept album. Reading the lyrics makes you wonder what was going on in Bernie Taupins mind when he gave them to Elton John to set music to them. You don't learn anything constructive about the early years except "someone saved my life tonight." When reading the lyric book, think "nilism" and you'll see what I mean. Frankly I think that some of these songs were a poor choice and should not have been included at all. It's a wonder that Sir Elton found a way to put life into certain tunes.


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