Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John (1975)
Elton John hits back harder than Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in this autobiographical tale of the early relationship between John and his writer, Bernie Taupin. Elton and Bernie worked the absolute hardest on this album, evidently paying off by selling 1.4 million in the first four days. A story about failure resulted in a huge success, pushing limits in every sense making it the antithesis of failure and a success in the history books. The tracks are as energetic as ever and the months of hard work was a much stronger strategy over shipping albums out every few weeks. Some tracks are introspective, some are for dancing, but they all accompany you in the classy journey led by Captain Fantastic and his best friend The Brown Dirt Cowboy.
