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The Captain and The Kid by: Elton John List Price: £14.99 CD-Charts Price: £9.78 You Save: £5.21 (35%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0602517057104 Format: Enhanced Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London) Manufacturer: Mercury Records Ltd (London) Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Mercury Records Ltd (London) Release Date: September 18, 2006 Running Time: 46 minutes Studio: Mercury Records Ltd (London) Sales Rank: 5277 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Elton John, well known at this stage in his career for his flamboyance, has taken a back to basics approach on his 44th album The Captain and the Kid. With his long-time collaborator Bernie Taupin, Elton has re-approached his classic 1975 album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (the first album ever to debut at Number 1 on the Billboard chart). That album was an autobiographical document of two starving artists getting started in the music business, and their ambitions for the future. More than 30 years later, The Captain and the Kid tells a very different story, but it's no less personal or ambitious. Think of it as a sequel: where Captain Fantastic... was full of youthful optimism and big dreams, The Captain and the Kid catches up with those two characters to find that their dreams have come true in a big way, and the route that was taken to get there. It's therefore a more mature album, but not a more modern-sounding one, something that's very much to its credit. John and Taupin are a masterful songwriting duo, and they rely on the basics that brought them continued success: Elton's piano and voice at centre stage, delivering Taupin's lyrics (in fact, on "Blues Never Fade Away" and the heartfelt "The Bridge", it's nearly two minutes before any other instruments are heard). The Captain and the Kid is a rare and remarkable feat for a musician; it showcases Elton John at the height of his fame, not attempting to recapture his youth, but reexamining his career. It's an intelligent and thoughtful album, and Elton John's finest in many years. --Ted Kord Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - This really is his best since Yellow brick roadI can't believe this album didn't sell too well. It is, put simply, fantastic. A lot has been said about Elton being famous for being famous, but this shows and reminds us as to why he is where he is. The songs are all very strong, its the kind of album which is a playlist in itself, there are no tracks which require the skip button. Having learnt lessons from his failures, he also shows that he no longer wishes to rest on his laurels. Him and Bernie have written honest songs, not hollywood glamour songs. 'And the house fell down' is arguably the most touching on the album, as he cries out 'When you're this deep in there's no place else to fall', amongst the cryptic but digestable lyrics. if he doesn't write an autobiography, this ... Read More: Rating: - We heard Richard Nixon say, I gotta go, but you can stayIt's absolutely the best recent Elton studio album. All tracks are great to listening to. And on July 8, 2008, the man himself gave me his autograph on my Special Edition-Captain & The Kid-Cover during his concert in Konstanz. Couldn't get better - it was also definitively the best Elton & Band-Show of 13 I've seen so far in 10 years. And the fever's gonna catch you .. ! Rating:  - Yet another great album from Elton in what is proving to be his second best decade for musicBilled as a sequel to 1975's 'Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy', I viewed this album with slight trepidation because of some (whilst generally favourable) mixed reviews and an underlying fear that it would be very difficult for Elton to make another album as good as his last two excellent efforts, 'Songs From The West Coast' and 'Peachtree Road'. Well, I'm sure that it was very difficult, but I'm pleased to say that he's managed it. The album kicks off with a snappy, bluesy piano riff which introduces 'Postcards From Richard Nixon', a lyrically excellent and musically decent opener which name checks Brian Wilson and Steve McQueen and is written from an US immigrant's point of view, wide-eyed and optimistic yet tinted with ... Read More: Rating: - Elton tries to do it againIn all honesty it must be said that this is an excellent album. If a new artist would have come up with this album it would be the sensation of the year. But the trouble is "It isn't a new artist. It's Elton John!". He has done all of this and better the first time around. So all the rave reviews are just an indication of how much we miss the "classic" Elton and how lightweight some of his later albums have become. It is certainly a return to form and nobody buying this album will be disappointed. Whereas most of his more recent albums rely on a few strong tracks this is a consistent effort with good to fine songwriting, inventive musicianship and a clean "Elton John" sound. In comparison with his classic albums however it falls short. ... Read More: Rating: - Captain Fantastic Rides Again!If you are reading this review,first let me direct you to the Deluxe edition of this album The Captain and the Kid(Deluxe Edition) that comes with a bonus DVD doco and a web-link on the CD to download exclusive tracks online that are not on the album but one of which appears in the lyric book.I highly recommend the Deluxe edition to the standard edition for those two reasons.One of the download tracks "Across The River Thames" is awesome,and part of the Captain and the Kid Story! Elton toured Australia in late 2006 on the back of this album and had a good deal to say about it getting no airplay or promotion.Indeed he performed a block of the album's songs(5 or 6 of them if my memory serves me),right in the middle of the show preceded by ... Read More: |
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