Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

Album by Elton John

Released 19 May 1975

Tracklist

1
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (Dolby Atmos mix)
5:45
2
Tower of Babel (Dolby Atmos mix)
4:28
3
Bitter Fingers (Dolby Atmos mix)
4:33
4
Tell Me When the Whistle Blows (Dolby Atmos mix)
4:20
5
Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Dolby Atmos mix)
6:44
6
(Gotta Get a) Meal Ticket (Dolby Atmos mix)
4:01
7
Better Off Dead (Dolby Atmos mix)
2:37
8
Writing (Dolby Atmos mix)
3:40
9
We All Fall in Love Sometimes (Dolby Atmos mix)
4:12
10
Curtains (Dolby Atmos mix)
6:19
11
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (5.1 mix)
5:45
12
Tower of Babel (5.1 mix)
4:28
13
Bitter Fingers (5.1 mix)
4:33
14
Tell Me When the Whistle Blows (5.1 mix)
4:20
15
Someone Saved My Life Tonight (5.1 mix)
6:44
16
(Gotta Get a) Meal Ticket (5.1 mix)
4:01
17
Better Off Dead (5.1 mix)
2:37
18
Writing (5.1 mix)
3:40
19
We All Fall in Love Sometimes (5.1 mix)
4:12
20
Curtains (5.1 mix)
6:19
21
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
5:45
4.0 ★
22
Tower of Babel
4:28
3.5 ★
23
Bitter Fingers
4:33
3.6 ★
24
Tell Me When the Whistle Blows
4:20
3.5 ★
25
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
6:44
3.4 ★
26
(Gotta Get a) Meal Ticket
4:01
3.0 ★
27
Better Off Dead
2:37
3.5 ★
28
Writing
3:40
2.5 ★
29
We All Fall in Love Sometimes
4:12
3.5 ★
30
Curtains
6:19
3.5 ★
31
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
6:18
4.0 ★
32
One Day At A Time
3:50
3.0 ★
33
Philadelphia Freedom
5:22
3.6 ★
34
House of Cards
3:10
35
Tell Me When the Whistle Blows
5:28
3.5 ★
36
Captain Fantastic (Take 1)
3:24
37
Writing
4:02
38
We All Fall in Love Sometimes
7:11
39
Captain Fantastic (Take 2)
4:22
40
Bitter Fingers
0:30
41
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
6:56
42
Bitter Fingers
5:23
43
Tell Me When the Whistle Blows
4:47
44
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
7:43
45
(Gotta Get a) Meal Ticket
4:12
46
Better Off Dead
3:04
47
We All Fall in Love Sometimes/Curtains
10:20

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Release credits

Davey Johnstone
acoustic guitar [21, 25-29, 33], background vocals [23, 25-31], electric guitar [21-26, 29-33, 35], mandolin [21], piano [28], sitar [31]
David Hentschel
string synthesizer [29-30]
Dee Murray
background vocals [23, 25-31], bass guitar [21-30, 32, 35], electric bass guitar [31, 33]
Elton John
Rhodes piano [21, 24-25, 28, 35], background vocals [31], clavinet [24, 26, 35], electric piano [32-33], harpsichord [29-31], lead vocals [21-33, 35], mellotron [29-31], piano [21-23, 25-27, 29-32], string synthesizer [25]
Gene Page
arranger [33], orchestrator [24, 32, 35]
Gus Dudgeon
producer [21-30, 32, 35]
Jeff Guercio
engineer [21-30, 35]
John Lennon
background vocals [31-32], guitar [31]
Mark Guercio
assistant [21-30, 35]
Nigel Olsson
background vocals [23, 25-31], drums (drum set) [21-35]
Ray Cooper
Mark tree [31], bell [23, 29-30], bell tree [23], bongos [28], congas [21, 23-24, 29-31, 33, 35], cymbal [25], gong [21, 31], maracas [31, 33], percussion [32], quijada [21], shakers [21, 25, 28], tambourine [21-26, 29-31, 33, 35], triangle [27-28], tubular bells [31]