Elton John album "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" debuted at number one in the U.S., the first album ever to do so, and stayed at the top for seven weeks. Elton John revealed his previously ambiguous personality on the album, with Taupin's lyrics describing their early days as struggling songwriters and musicians in London. The lyrics and accompanying photo booklet are infused with a specific sense of place and time that is otherwise rare in his music. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" was the hit single from this album and captured an early turning point in John's life. The album's
The Wilderness (Cowboy Junkies album) The Wilderness (Cowboy Junkies album) The Wilderness is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2012. It is Volume Four of the Nomad Series. This volume is the introspection of winter after "Sing in My Meadow"'s joyful visitation of spring. The album is a return to the folk vibe the band played with in the early 90s and the late 80s. The song-writer, Michael Timmins, "started to think in terms of an album of songs reflecting on the lives of characters I'd written about early in the bands career and bringing those characters 20 years into