Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Singles chart), is a semi-autobiographical story about John's disastrous engagement to Linda Woodrow, and his related 1968 suicide attempt. The "Someone" refers to Long John Baldry, who convinced him to break off the engagement rather than ruin his music career for an unhappy marriage. It was viewed by "Rolling Stone" writer Jon Landau as the best track on the album: "As long as Elton John can bring forth one performance per album on the order of 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight', the chance remains that he will become something more than the great entertainer he already is and go on
The Ballymena Cowboy Man. Emerald Music re-released the album in 2001. The album was made available separately or in a boxset with The Very Best of James Young. The re-release features the same tracks as the original release but in a different order. The re-release features tracks in the following order: The Ballymena Cowboy The Ballymena Cowboy is the seventh comedy album released by Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young. The album cover features a picture taken by Stanley Matchett. The cover features a photograph of Young holding a lasso and dressed as a cowboy. Beside him a woman is dressed as