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Compared to his blockbusters of 1973, this album was rushed, being developed at Caribou Ranch in Colorado over barely more than a week in January 1974.1974. With some work in London and Los Angeles, it was largely recorded at Caribou Ranch in Colorado. Elton and his band were being rushed to tour Japan.
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* MeaningfulName: Much like ''Music/HonkyChateau'', this album was named after the place where it was recorded, Caribou Ranch in Nederland, Colorado (northeast of Boulder).
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-->''I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch, yeah, the bitch is back!''
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* BlatantLies: Elton claims to be sober in the first line chorus of "The Bitch is Back", then but comments on sniffing glue in the same first verse.
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[[caption-width-right:320:''Although I search myself\\
It's always someone else I see'']]
->''I was justified when I was five''\\
''Raising cain I spit in your eye''\\
''Times are changing now the poor get fat''\\
''But the fever's gonna catch you when the bitch gets back''\\
\\
''Eat meat on a friday that's alright''\\
''Even like steak on a saturday night''\\
''I can bitch the best at your social do's''\\
''I get high in the evening sniffing pots of glue''
-->--'''"The Bitch is Back"'''
''Caribou'' is the eighth studio album recorded by British pop rock musician Music/EltonJohn. It was released through DJM Records in the United Kingdom, and [[Creator/{{MCA}} MCA Records]] in the United States, on 28 June 1974.
Compared to his blockbusters of 1973, this album was rushed, being developed at Caribou Ranch in Colorado over barely more than a week in January 1974. Elton and his band were being rushed to tour Japan.
Even Elton doesn't think it's his best work. Tom Nolan of ''Magazine/RollingStone'' referred to it as "dispiriting", and lacking focus almost throughout. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of [=AllMusic=] recalls it as a disappointment besides its two singles.
Those two singles were "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" and "The Bitch is Back". Respectively peaking at #2 and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, they helped drive the album to be Elton's third consecutive number-one studio album on the Billboard 200 album chart. They both faltered in the teens on the UK pop chart.
The album itself would ultimately go double-Platinum in the United States, and Gold in the United Kingdom. It would stand in the top half of the year-end Billboard 200 album chart in both 1974 (#65) and 1975 (#77).
!!Tracklist
[AC:Side One]
# "The Bitch Is Back" (3:44)
# "Pinky" (3:54)
# "Grimsby" (3:46)
# "Dixie Lily" (2:55)
# "Solar Prestige a Gammon" (2:52)
# "You're So Static" (4:53)
[AC:Side Two]
[numlist:7]
# "I've Seen the Saucers" (4:48)
# "Stinker" (5:20)
# "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (5:36)
# "Ticking" (7:34)
[/numlist]
!!"Someone troped you something satanic:"
* BlatantLies: Elton claims to be sober in the first line of "The Bitch is Back", then comments on sniffing glue in the same verse.
* EpicRocking: "Ticking" goes 7 1/2 minutes.
* FaceOnTheCover: Well, in this case, a photo of Elton full-height.
* PrecisionFStrike: The term "bitch" is used quite a few times in "The Bitch is Back", both in the pronoun (self-descriptive) and verb sense.
* RottenRockAndRoll: "The Bitch is Back" is this in spades.
[[caption-width-right:320:''Although I search myself\\
It's always someone else I see'']]
->''I was justified when I was five''\\
''Raising cain I spit in your eye''\\
''Times are changing now the poor get fat''\\
''But the fever's gonna catch you when the bitch gets back''\\
\\
''Eat meat on a friday that's alright''\\
''Even like steak on a saturday night''\\
''I can bitch the best at your social do's''\\
''I get high in the evening sniffing pots of glue''
-->--'''"The Bitch is Back"'''
''Caribou'' is the eighth studio album recorded by British pop rock musician Music/EltonJohn. It was released through DJM Records in the United Kingdom, and [[Creator/{{MCA}} MCA Records]] in the United States, on 28 June 1974.
Compared to his blockbusters of 1973, this album was rushed, being developed at Caribou Ranch in Colorado over barely more than a week in January 1974. Elton and his band were being rushed to tour Japan.
Even Elton doesn't think it's his best work. Tom Nolan of ''Magazine/RollingStone'' referred to it as "dispiriting", and lacking focus almost throughout. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of [=AllMusic=] recalls it as a disappointment besides its two singles.
Those two singles were "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" and "The Bitch is Back". Respectively peaking at #2 and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, they helped drive the album to be Elton's third consecutive number-one studio album on the Billboard 200 album chart. They both faltered in the teens on the UK pop chart.
The album itself would ultimately go double-Platinum in the United States, and Gold in the United Kingdom. It would stand in the top half of the year-end Billboard 200 album chart in both 1974 (#65) and 1975 (#77).
!!Tracklist
[AC:Side One]
# "The Bitch Is Back" (3:44)
# "Pinky" (3:54)
# "Grimsby" (3:46)
# "Dixie Lily" (2:55)
# "Solar Prestige a Gammon" (2:52)
# "You're So Static" (4:53)
[AC:Side Two]
[numlist:7]
# "I've Seen the Saucers" (4:48)
# "Stinker" (5:20)
# "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (5:36)
# "Ticking" (7:34)
[/numlist]
!!"Someone troped you something satanic:"
* BlatantLies: Elton claims to be sober in the first line of "The Bitch is Back", then comments on sniffing glue in the same verse.
* EpicRocking: "Ticking" goes 7 1/2 minutes.
* FaceOnTheCover: Well, in this case, a photo of Elton full-height.
* PrecisionFStrike: The term "bitch" is used quite a few times in "The Bitch is Back", both in the pronoun (self-descriptive) and verb sense.
* RottenRockAndRoll: "The Bitch is Back" is this in spades.
