Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (studio album) by Elton John
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Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy is ranked 3rd best out of 56 albums by Elton John on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elton John is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road which is ranked number 204 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,815.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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75/100 ![]() | 04/22/2025 20:27 | ![]() | ![]() | 75/100 |
70/100 ![]() | 03/23/2025 15:31 | cicadelic | ![]() | 73/100 |
75/100 ![]() | 03/16/2025 09:16 | zsolti | ![]() | 81/100 |
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55/100 ![]() | 03/01/2025 16:13 | BoxFL | ![]() | 51/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Shortlisted at the Grammy's in 1976 for album of the year. the winner was Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon
This album exposes a flaw in the site’s ranking methodology. It’s a fine record, but not one with any business ranking ahead of the far superior Tumbleweed Connection. While the ratings are strangely close, the community narrowly prefers TC, but CFatBDC tacks on loads of points from best-of-the-year lists because it arrived in a lackluster year, while TC competes with dozens of all-time classics.
My personal favorite from EJ

I have totally missed this album. 87&100
An interesting album to explore in terms of its concept and it is very enjoyable to look into the lyrics behind each song. Elton John's vocal is brilliant all the way through and he really delivers the lyrics with a passion on this release. Songs like the Title Track and the ballad Someone Saved My Life Tonight really emphasise this. It is quite a complex album with its instrumentation as well which gives us lots of reasons to come back and discover more on later listens. However, what lets this album down is the lack of really good songs. Every song is decent but there are not many which truly push the limits of the music. This makes the record feel quite repetitive due to the high level of filler. Overall, a consistent release that lacks that edge to propel it to the next level but I feel like if I was a mega fan of Elton John this would probably be my favourite release of his.

Foi um clássico imediato por uma boa razão, não tem uma música ruim!

This grew on my quick. Rating (79.00)
I'll never forget listening to this album while waiting in line to get tickets for Elton's 1975 Tour Shows in Oakland. They sold out just before I get to the door, but luckily a high school friend got two! Amazing show with Elton at his peak. This album along with Physical Graffiti, Wish You Were Here, One of These Nights and Venus & Mars (Wings) take me right back to my Junior Year of High School here in S.F.
Favorites: the entire Album!!!
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirty Cowboy has a cool concept. The songs on the album aren't really to be consumed on their own, Only as part of the story. With the exception of Someone Saved My Life Tonight and possibly the title track. I also like the first half a bit more than the second. I'd probably rank at least 3 Elton John albums higher than this one.
Key tracks: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Bitter Fingers and Tower of Babel.
Mayhaps I only think so highly of this album because of nostalgia. Regardless, I think this is Elton's best, im in love with that title track. But also nearly every other song is jammy and catchy too. yeah this all might just be nostalgic drivel. Oh well, it's all the same to me, I love it.
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