Elton John

"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" alone makes Captain Fantastic an album you want to hear. The whole set shows off Elton and Bernie at the top of their powers, writing tight little gems then tossing in that perfect Mick Ronson guitar sound here and there to roughen up the edges of otherwise slick pop/rock.

From the breakout success of his first hit single, "Your Song," in 1970, through the release
of Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy in May 1975, Elton John could do very little
wrong. This loosely autobiographical disc is esteemed by many as the last of John's
start-to-finish great albums, the kind of record ambitious indie troubadours of today like
Sufjan Stevens would make if they'd somehow found themselves making millions... More >