Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

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Spignesi, Stephen; Lewis, Michael (15 October 2019). Elton John - Fifty Years On - Captain Fantastic. Post Hill Press. ISBN 9781642933284– via Google Books. Bally made an unknown quantity of playfields for this game having orange star rollover inserts instead of the usual green ones. This version is seldom seen, which indicates the quantity made was small. Pictured in this listing are three different examples of this "orange version" playfield. Two of the three also have a white droptarget Special insert, instead of the expected red-colored one. The production run of this game was over 16,000 units, and these "orange version" playfields may have simply resulted from spot shortages during the production run of playfield parts having the correct colors. More information is needed to understand the reason for these playfield differences. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Paul Flynn in The Observer was similarly taken with the album’s candour and authenticity. “Bernie Taupin and Elton have a rare telepathy,” he wrote, “and if Captain Fantastic dealt with their failure to cope with failure, the new one is about struggling with success: ‘You couldn’t tell me I was wrong/You couldn’t tell me anything,’ sings Elton on ‘I Must Have Lost It On The Wind.’ His defiance is still arresting.”

In 2003, the album was ranked #158 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. [5] Later releases [ edit ]In a rare interview with Melody Maker, published in January 1975, Olsson provided a tantalising preview of the upcoming release. “The next LP is perfect,” he said. “It really is the one! It’s called Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy. It’s a concept album and tells how Bernie and Elton started writing songs. For me – it’s my favorite album to date.” British album certifications – Elton John – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy". British Phonographic Industry. Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. p.144. ISBN 0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021.

My initial response was not tremendously enthusiastic, because you’re dealing with a [huge] arc of time, so you can’t get tremendously detailed. The second thing that came to mind was that we’re living in a much more cynical age now, and how are people going to view it? Offiziellecharts.de – Elton John – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 November 2021. In Canada, it also debuted at number 1 on the RPM national Top Albums chart and only broke a run of what would have been fifteen consecutive weeks at the top by falling one position to number 2 in the ninth week (31May–6September). [13] On the UK Albums Chart, it peaked at number 2. From the Music Capitals of the World-Toronto" (PDF). Billboard. 14 June 1975. p.47 . Retrieved 23 February 2023. This fascinating collection of songs was recorded, like its predecessor, Caribou, at the ranch of that name in Nederland, Colorado. Caribou was barely out and was turning into another top-selling smash when the band set about recording Captain Fantastic… in the summer of 1974.In reality, Taupin has been dabbling in this sort of allegorical, pseudoreligious crap for a while — but it is definitely out of control here.