The Captain & the Kid The Captain & the Kid The Captain & the Kid is the twenty-eighth studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John, released in 2006. It is his second autobiographical album with lyricist Bernie Taupin, picking up where 1975's "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" left off. "The Captain & the Kid" chronicles the events in their lives over those subsequent 30 years. "The Captain & the Kid" reached No. 6 in the UK, a considerable improvement over the performance of John's preceding "Peachtree Road" in 2004, which peaked at No. 21. It reached No. 18 in the US, before quickly
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy album that gives an autobiographical glimpse at the struggles John (Captain Fantastic) and Taupin (the Brown Dirt Cowboy) had in the early years of their musical careers in London (from 1967 to 1969), leading up to John's eventual breakthrough in 1970. The lyrics and accompanying photo booklet are infused with a specific sense of place and time that would otherwise be rare in John's music. John composed the music on a ship voyage from the UK to New York. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", the only single released from the album (and a number 4 hit on the US Pop