Sealed, Out Of Print 2006 Gatefold Import With 16 Page Color Photo Album And Custom Inner Sleeve. "Ever Since 2001's Songs From The West Coast, Elton John And His Longtime Collaborator, Bernie Taupin, Have Been Deliberately And Unapologetically Chasing Their Glory Days Of The Early '70s, But Nowhere Have They Been As Candid In Evoking Those Memories As They Are On 2006's The Captain & The Kid, The Explicitly Stated Sequel To 1975's Masterpiece Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy. That Record Was An Autobiographical Fantasia Of John And Taupin's Early Years -- The Days When They Were Struggling To Make Their Mark, Right Up Till Their Glorious Success -- And The Idea Behind This Album Is To Tell The Story Of Those Salad Days, Which Not Only Isn't A Bad Idea At All - It's Clever And Well-Suited For John, The Most Self-Consciously Unautobiographical Of All Major Rock Artists -- But Fits Right Into Elton's Desire To Make Records Like He Used To." Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG.