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
Under Soil and Dirt assholes." Cannon did not "record one vocal sober". In April 2011 The Story So Far revealed the album's title, "Under Soil and Dirt". A month later, the track listing and cover art was revealed. The artwork was illustrated by Cody Sullivan, who also provided the layout. On May 24, "Quicksand" was made available for streaming. On June 6, "High Regard" was made available for streaming. On June 14, "Placeholder" was made available for streaming. On June 17, the album was made available for streaming. "Under Soil and Dirt" was released on June 21 through Pure Noise. The band supported We