Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (50th Anniversary Edition)

~ Release by Elton John (see all versions of this release, 34 available)

Annotation

℗ «2025 This Record Company Ltd.»

Annotation last modified on 2025-10-24 17:49 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶Digital Media

2▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Tell Me When the Whistle Blows (session demo)		5:28
2	Captain Fantastic (take 1 / session demo)		3:25
3	Writing (session demo)	1	4:02
4	We All Fall in Love Sometimes (session demo)	2	7:12
5	Captain Fantastic (take 2 / session demo)		4:22
6	Bitter Fingers (session demo) recording of: Bitter Fingers lyricist: Bernie Taupin composer: Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer) publisher: Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.	1	0:31
7	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (Captain Fantastic live / 2005) recording of: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy lyricist: Bernie Taupin composer: Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer) publisher: Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.	3	6:57
8	Bitter Fingers (Captain Fantastic live / 2005) recording of: Bitter Fingers lyricist: Bernie Taupin composer: Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer) publisher: Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.	1	5:24
9	Tell Me When the Whistle Blows (Captain Fantastic live / 2005)	1	4:47
10	Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Captain Fantastic live / 2005)	3	7:44
11	(Gotta Get a) Meal Ticket (Captain Fantastic live / 2005) recording of: (Gotta Get a) Meal Ticket lyricist: Bernie Taupin composer: Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)	1	4:13
12	Better Off Dead (Captain Fantastic live / 2005) recording of: Better Off Dead lyricist: Bernie Taupin composer: Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer) publisher: Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.	1	3:05
13	We All Fall in Love Sometimes / Curtains (Captain Fantastic live / 2005)		10:21

Credits

Release

streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/bw/album/1837231979 [info]

Release group

part of:

Billboard Decade End Chart: Billboard 200 (1970s) (number: 23) (order: 23)
Rolling Stone: The 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time (2022-10-12) (number: 41) (order: 41)
Grammy Award: Album of the Year nominees (number: 1976) (order: 67)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 158) (order: 158)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 158) (order: 158)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/30569 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Elton-john/Captain-fantastic-and-the-brown-dirt-cowboy [info]
reviews:	https://laut.de/Elton-John/Alben/Captain-Fantastic-And-The-Brown-Dirt-Cowboy-50th-Anniversary-126099 [info] https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mw28 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/elton_john/captain_fantastic_and_the_brown_dirt_cowboy/ [info] https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-details-5966 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000194334 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1754335 [info]

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Release information

Format:: 2×Digital Media
Length:: 2:12:55

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

This Record Co. Ltd.

Release events

Botswana
1975-05-19

Release group rating

3.85 (see all ratings)

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