In 2001 Elton regarded "Heartache All Over the World" as the worst song he'd ever recorded, calling it "pretty insubstantial"; in 2006, he would declare "Jackets" his least favourite of all his albums, saying "Gus Dudgeon did his best but you can't work with a loony." He would also call its biker-inspired cover "very butch but a total disaster. I was not a well budgie, I was married and it was just one bag of coke after another." (In spite of this, lyricist Bernie Taupin believes "The Big Picture" deserves the honour of worst album.)