Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth studio album by Elton John. The album is an autobiographical account of the early musical careers of Elton John (Captain Fantastic) and Bernie Taupin (the Brown Dirt Cowboy). It was released in May 1975 by MCA in America and DJM in the UK. It debuted at number 1 on the US "Billboard" 200, the first album to do so, reportedly selling 1.4 million copies in its first 4 days of release, and stayed in that position for seven weeks. Though they would all
Flowers in the Dirt commercial fortunes, he must have realised that his records hadn't been treated seriously for years, so he decided to make a full-fledged comeback effort with Flowers in the Dirt." Writing for the "Chicago Tribune", David Silverman wrote that the album was "a welcome, if not wholly fantastic, return from the "fabbest" of the Fab Four". Following tracks are included on bonus disc. Disc 1 The original 13-track album. Disc 2 – Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello original demos<br> All songs written and performed by Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello, as an acoustic duo Disc 3 – Paul McCartney and Elvis