Rock of the Westies except where noted. “Ann Orson/Carte Blanche” is a pseudonym used by John. Production Rock of the Westies Rock of the Westies, released in October 1975, is the tenth studio album release for Elton John. As with "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy", "Rock of the Westies" debuted on the US "Billboard" 200 chart at No. 1, the only two albums at that time to have done so. It was less successful in the artist's home territory of the UK, where it reached No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart. Robert Christgau ranked it as No. 7 on his list
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy to make a lasting contribution to rock." In a 2006 interview with Cameron Crowe, John said, "I've always thought that "Captain Fantastic" was probably my finest album because it wasn't commercial in any way. We did have songs such as "Someone Saved My Life Tonight," which is one of the best songs that Bernie and I have ever written together, but whether a song like that could be a single these days, since it's [more than] six minutes long, is questionable. "Captain Fantastic" was written from start to finish in running order, as a kind of story about coming to