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The Captain & the Kid
Studio album by Elton John
Released 18 September 2006
Recorded 2006
Genre Rock, pop
Length 46:02
Label Interscope (US)
Mercury Records
Producer Elton John, Matt Still
Elton John chronology
Peachtree Road
(2004)		 The Captain & the Kid
(2006)		 Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
Being There Magazine 2.5/5 stars[2]
Entertainment Weekly (A-)[3]
The Independent 4/5 stars[4]
Los Angeles Times 3/4 stars[5]
Music Box 4.5/5 stars[6]
PopMatters (4/10)[7]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[8]
This Is London 4/5 stars[9]
Twisted Ear 2/5 stars[10]

The Captain & the Kid is the twenty-ninth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 2006. It is his second autobiographical album with lyricist Bernie Taupin, picking up where 1975's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy left off. The Captain & the Kid chronicles the events in their lives since they started working together 30 years ago.

Interscope Records announced that there would be no physical single released from this album as the emphasis is on presenting the album as a body of work. However, a radio single would be found in "The Bridge". The album's booklet has photos of Elton John and Bernie Taupin all throughout their career, and on the lyrics section, two songs are included, "Across the River Thames" and "12," which do not appear on the music album. "Across the River Thames" was available as a free download to anyone inserting the CD into their computer. This is the first album created by Elton John and Bernie Taupin to have Taupin on the cover with John. This is the last studio album to feature Guy Babylon on keyboards; he died a few years later and was replaced by Kim Bullard.

The Captain & the Kid reached UK #6, a considerable improvement over the performance of John's preceding Peachtree Road in 2004, which peaked at #21. It reached #18 in the US, before quickly falling off the charts. At concerts in early 2007, John made clear his dissatisfaction with Interscope's promotion for the album, having threatened to terminate his contract with the label.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

[edit] Side one

  1. "Postcards From Richard Nixon" – 5:14
  2. "Just Like Noah's Ark" – 5:33
  3. "Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (NYC)" – 4:39
  4. "Tinderbox" – 4:26
  5. "And the House Fell Down" – 4:49

[edit] Side two

  1. "Blues Never Fade Away" – 4:45
  2. "The Bridge" – 3:38
  3. "I Must Have Lost It on the Wind" – 3:53
  4. "Old '67" – 4:01
  5. "The Captain and the Kid" – 5:01

[edit] Bonus track

  1. "Across the River Thames" – 4:31 (UK bonus track and download)

[edit] Bonus tracks

Song Availability
"Across the River Thames" UK edition
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (live) Best Buy (CD included download link) / iTunes
"We All Fall in Love Sometimes/Curtains" (live) Best Buy (CD included download link)
"Tell Me When the Whistle Blows" (live) iTunes
"(Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket" (live) iTunes
"Better Off Dead" (live) iTunes

[edit] Personnel

Producer Matt Still noted during an interview that in the second track, "Just Like Noah's Ark", Elton's black and white spaniel dog Arthur "barked in the middle of [the recording], because John Mahon was playing a cowbell, and the cowbell freaked him out. So he ran over to John and started barking at him right in the middle of a take. It's funny, just randomly he happened to hit the beats and he barked in time. So I recorded it and we actually kept him in there."

The sampled "woof-bells" can be heard in place of the cow-bell on the track.

[edit] Charts

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian Top 50 Albums[11] 37
Austrian Top 40 Albums[12] 37
Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums[13] 99
Danish Top 40 Albums[14] 26
French Top 200 Albums[15] 56
German Albums[16] 25
Netherlands Top 100 Albums[17] 43
Norwegian Top 40 Albums[18] 10
Spanish Top 100 Albums[19] 52
Swedish Top 60 Albums[20] 27
Swiss Top 100 Albums[21] 10
UK Albums Chart[22] 6
US Billboard 200[23] 18
US Digital Albums[23] 18
US Rock Albums[23] 7
US Tastemaker Albums[23] 14

[edit] Sales

Country Provider Sales
United States Nielsen Soundscan/Billboard 151,000+[24]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r854153
  2. ^ Miller, Adam D.. "Being There". Beingtheremag.com. http://beingtheremag.com/reviewalbum.php?id=521&issue=21. Retrieved 2012-02-09. 
  3. ^ "CNN.com - EW review: Elton's best album in decades - Sep 19, 2006". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/19/ew.mus.elton/. 
  4. ^ The Independent (London). http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article1587824.ece. 
  5. ^ Nichols, Natalie (2006-09-18). "Elton John pauses for a glance back". articles.latimes.com (The Los Angeles Times). http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/18/entertainment/et-albums18. Retrieved 2011-09-18. 
  6. ^ John Metzger. "Elton John - The Captain & The Kid (Album Review)". Musicbox-online.com. http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2006/elton-john-captain-kid.html. Retrieved 2012-02-09. 
  7. ^ O'Neil, Tim. "Elton John: The Captain & The Kid < PopMatters". Popmatters.com. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/6128/elton-john-the-captain-the-kid/. Retrieved 2012-02-09. 
  8. ^ "Rolling Stone Music | Album Reviews". Rollingstone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/11520022/review/11715868/the_captain_and_the_kid. Retrieved 2012-02-09. 
  9. ^ "CDs of the week | Music". Thisislondon.co.uk. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23366153-details/CDs+of+the+week/review.do?reviewId=23366153. Retrieved 2012-02-09. 
  10. ^ http://www.twistedear.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=370&Itemid=31
  11. ^ "Elton John – The Captuin & the Kid (Album)" (ASP). Australian Charts. Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Elton+John&titel=The+Captain+%26+The+Kid&cat=a. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  12. ^ "Elton John – The Captain & the Kid (Album)" (ASP). Austrian Charts. Hung Medien. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Elton+John&titel=The+Captain+%26+The+Kid&cat=a. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  13. ^ "Elton John – The Captain & the Kid (Album)" (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Elton+John&titel=The+Captain+%26+The+Kid&cat=a. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  14. ^ "Elton John – The Captain & the Kid (Album)" (ASP). Danish Charts. Hung Medien. http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Elton+John&titel=The+Captain+%26+The+Kid&cat=a. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  15. ^ "Elton John – The Captain & the Kid (Album)" (ASP). Les Charts. Hung Medien. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Elton+John&titel=The+Captain+%26+The+Kid&cat=a. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  16. ^ "Chartverfolgung / JOHN, ELTON / Longplay" (in German). Music Line. Media Control Charts. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/JOHN%2C+ELTON/?type=longplay. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  17. ^ "Elton John – The Captain & the Kid (Album)" (ASP). Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Elton+John&titel=The+Captain+%26+The+Kid&cat=a. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  18. ^ "Elton John – The Captain & the Kid (Album)" (ASP). Norwegian Charts. Hung Medien. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Elton+John&titel=The+Captain+%26+The+Kid&cat=a. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  19. ^ "Elton John – The Captain & the Kid (Album)" (ASP). Spanish Charts. Hung Medien. http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Elton+John&titel=The+Captain+%26+The+Kid&cat=a. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  20. ^ "Elton John – The Captain & the Kid (Album)" (ASP). Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Elton+John&titel=The+Captain+%26+The+Kid&cat=a. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  21. ^ "Elton John – The Captain & the Kid (Album)" (ASP). Schweizer Hitparade. Hung Medien. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Elton+John&titel=The+Captain+%26+The+Kid&cat=a. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  22. ^ "Chart Archive: Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive – 30th September 2006". The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2006-09-30/. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  23. ^ a b c d "The Captain & the Kid – Elton John". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/elton-john/the-captain-the-kid/793653. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
  24. ^ "Elton John mulling Ronson collaboration". billboard.com. Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/-1003918957.story#/bbcom/news/-1003918957.story. Retrieved 2011-09-18. 
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