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Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy flac album
  • Performer Elton John
  • Title Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
  • Date of release 1995
  • Country UK
  • Style Pop Rock, Classic Rock
  • Other formats ASF DMF RA VOC MOD AHX MP2
  • Genre Rock
  • Size MP3 1595 mb
  • Size FLAC 1193 mb
  • Rating: 4.5
  • Votes: 751

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth studio album by Elton John. It was released in May 1975 by MCA in America and DJM in the UK. It debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200, the first album to do so, reportedly selling . million copies in its first 4 days of release, and stayed in that position for seven weeks.

Brown Dirt Cowboy, still green and growing. Грязно-Коричневый Ковбой, все еще зеленый мальчишка, City slick Captain. Фантастический Капитан, городской. Fantastic the feedback. Пижон, нашли контакт, The honey the hive could be holding. Out for the count and when we're down. Изнемогали и были подавлены, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. Фантастический Капитан и Грязно-Коричневый Ковбой, From the end of the world to your town.

Explore the music of Elton John. Elton’s ninth studio album was an unquestionable critical and commerical smash. It entered the Billboard Top 200 Chart at the spot, something no album had ever done before, was nominated for two Grammys: Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male, and has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA. In 2012, it placed at on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. aptain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy5:46.

Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks - but almost nothing demands repeated listenings. Similarly, he always sounds like he’s singing up a storm, but his voice glosses over the material, reducing most things to an uninteresting sameness. More importantly, his music is often devoid of noteworthy emotional content. That problem can’t be talked about without bringing up the controversial lyrics of his collaborator, Bernie Taupin. In This Article: Elton John.

For Captain Fantastic, he and Taupin wrote a concept album which sketches their career together. Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is easily the strongest song outside of the concept. The addition of several songs "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" featuring John Lennon, "Philadelphia Freedom," and "One Day at a Time" blow the concept but up the entertainment value considerably.

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. 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.

The 1975 album "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" was recorded in the summer of 1974 at Caribou Ranch in Colorado, USA. Gus Dudgeon, producer. It is an autobiographical album, the songs telling the story of Elton John and Bernie Taupin's struggling years as songwriters, leading to their success in 1970

Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin – Davey JohnstoneBass – Dee MurrayCongas, Tambourine, Shaker, Gong, Percussion [Jawbone] – Ray CooperDrums – Nigel OlssonVocals, Electric Piano, Piano [Acoustic] – Elton John
5:46
2 Tower Of Babel
Bass – Dee MurrayDrums – Nigel OlssonElectric Guitar – Davey JohnstoneTambourine – Ray CooperVocals, Piano – Elton John
4:28
3 Bitter Fingers
Backing Vocals – Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray, Nigel OlssonBass – Dee MurrayDrums – Nigel OlssonElectric Guitar – Davey JohnstoneTambourine, Congas, Bells, Bell Tree – Ray CooperVocals, Piano – Elton John
4:33
4 Tell Me When The Whistle Blows
Arranged By [Orchestra] – Gene PageBass – Dee MurrayDrums – Nigel OlssonElectric Guitar – Davey JohnstoneTambourine, Congas – Ray CooperVocals, Electric Piano, Clavinet – Elton John
4:20
5 Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Backing Vocals – Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray, Nigel OlssonBass – Dee MurrayDrums – Nigel OlssonGuitar [Leslie], Acoustic Guitar – Davey JohnstoneTambourine, Cymbal, Shaker – Ray CooperVocals, Electric Piano, Piano [Acoustic], Synthesizer [A R P String Ensemble] – Elton John
6:44
6 (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket
Backing Vocals – Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray, Nigel OlssonBass – Dee MurrayDrums – Nigel OlssonElectric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Davey JohnstoneTambourine – Ray CooperVocals, Piano, Clavinet – Elton John
4:01
7 Better Off Dead
Acoustic Guitar – Davey JohnstoneBacking Vocals – Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray, Nigel OlssonBass – Dee MurrayDrums – Nigel OlssonTriangle – Ray CooperVocals, Harmony Vocals, Piano – Elton John
2:37
8 Writing
Acoustic Guitar, Piano – Davey JohnstoneBacking Vocals – Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray, Nigel OlssonBass – Dee MurrayBongos, Triangle, Shaker – Ray CooperDrums – Nigel OlssonVocals, Harmony Vocals, Electric Piano – Elton John
3:40
9 We All Fall In Love Sometimes
Backing Vocals – Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray, Nigel OlssonBass – Dee MurrayDrums – Nigel OlssonElectric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Davey JohnstoneSynthesizer [A R P] – Dave Hentschel*Tambourine, Congas, Bells – Ray CooperVocals, Piano, Harpsichord, Mellotron – Elton John
4:12
10 Curtains
Backing Vocals – Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray, Nigel OlssonBass – Dee MurrayDrums – Nigel OlssonElectric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Davey JohnstoneSynthesizer [A R P] – Dave Hentschel*Tambourine, Congas, Bells – Ray CooperVocals, Piano, Harpsichord, Mellotron – Elton John
6:34
Bonus Tracks:
11 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Written-By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney*
6:17
12 One Day At A Time
Written-By – John Lennon
3:49
13 Philadelphia Freedom 5:24

Companies, etc.

  • Made By – Disctronics, UK
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – This Record Co. Ltd.
  • Copyright (c) – Mercury Records Ltd.

Credits

  • Engineer – Jeff Guercio
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Mark Guercio
  • Lyrics By – Bernie Taupin (tracks: 1 to 10, 13)
  • Mixed By – Phil Dunne
  • Music By – Elton John (tracks: 1 to 10, 13)
  • Producer – Gus Dudgeon
  • Remastered By – Tony Cousins
  • Remastered By [Assistant] – Crispin Murray
  • Remix – Gus Dudgeon, Phil Dunne

Notes

℗ 1975 This Record Company © 1995 Mercury Records Ltd (London).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 7 31452 81602 3
  • Barcode (String): 731452816023
  • Mastering SID Code: IFPI L135
  • Matrix / Runout: 5281602 02 5
  • Matrix / Runout (Mould): MADE IN THE UK BY DISCTRONICS
  • Mould SID Code: IFPI 0416
  • Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS
  • Label Code: LC 0268
  • Other (Distribution Code): PY 899

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
DJLPX 1 Elton John Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(LP, Album, Gat) DJM Records DJLPX 1 UK 1975
821 746-2 Elton John Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(CD, Album, RE) DJM Records 821 746-2 Germany Unknown
DJLPX 1 Elton John Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(LP, Album, Gat) DJM Records DJLPX 1 UK 1975
MCAC 37066, MCAC-37066 Elton John Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(Cass, Album) MCA Records, MCA Records MCAC 37066, MCAC-37066 US 1980
821 746-2 Elton John Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy ‎(CD, Album) DJM Records 821 746-2 UK 1985