Philadelphia Freedom (song) Page, including flutes, horns, and strings. The song made its album debut on 1977's "Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II". The unedited version (without an early fade out) appears on the box set "To Be Continued..." and the 40th anniversary edition of the "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" album. Recorded in the summer of 1974, during breaks between sessions for "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy", the song was at the time the only song Elton John and Bernie Taupin had ever consciously written as a single, as John told journalist Paul Gambaccini. John was looking to
The Wilderness (Cowboy Junkies album) a treat for me, anyway." The style of the songs on the album resemble earlier Cowboy Junkies music more than the other albums in the Nomad series. The Cowboy Junkies had turned their back on major labels, which gave them the independence to explore various themes for the Nomad series, to experiment with their music. It is the only Cowboy Junkies album to receive a Parental Advisory sticker, though all their other albums also contained profanity. Cowboy Junkies Additional musicians Production The Wilderness (Cowboy Junkies album) The Wilderness is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in