Friday, August 25, 2006

Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (Top 500 Countdown Update)

Concept albums like this are the hardest albums to review on this countdown. The story and complexities of the album are buried and require more than one sit through to get at. I can say that none of the songs on the album are as good as the one hit off the album "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" which I think is a great song. One thing I find interesting is that when they released this album on CD they added on bonus tracks. I've never understood why you would add on bonus tracks to a concept album, but then again I thought the record companies should have made their albums and songs available via mp3 back in 1996 or so.

My big question is whether or not I'll return to listen to this album again to fully appreciate the music and lyrics behind the story. I kind of doubt it, but you never know.