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
Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit (album) grade from critic Robert Christgau), "Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit" only reached #113 on the "Billboard" 200. The first single off the album, "Half a Boy and Half a Man", would become a moderate chart hit in the UK, reaching #53. All songs written by Nick Lowe except as noted. Note: the US and UK versions of the album had different track orders; the above is the US order. However, there are no song differences between the two. Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit (album) Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit is a 1984 album by British singer-songwriter Nick