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List Price: $11.98 | | Label: Island
Salesrank: 4677
Released: February 20, 1996 |
| Our Price: $6.62 |
| Used Price: $4.71 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Caribou Track Listing:
1. Bitch Is Back
2. Pinky
3. Grimsby
4. Dixie Lily
5. Solar Prestige a Gammon
6. You're So Static
7. I've Seen the Saucers
8. Stinker
9. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
10. Ticking
11. Pinball Wizard [*]
12. Sick City [*]
13. Cold Highway [*]
14. Step into Christmas [*]
Caribou Reviews:
The Bitch is Back 
2009-12-12 - Caribou is a much criticised Elton John L.P. mainly because it came inbetween his two biggest records, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Captain Fantastic. This however gives an unfair reflection of the albums merits. Caribou is an excellent release focusing purely on the balding pub pianist and his backing band and containing some great unrecognised Elton tracks. "Pinky" is one of Eltons best album tracks along with the mad "Solar Prestige a Gammon" and "You're so Static" it accumulates a great array of piano based rock and pop. The main track on the album is of course "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", what can be said for this, possibly Elton's finest .AND LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT "The Bitch is Back".
Elton John's album "Caribou" on CD 
2009-09-17 - Classic Elton John compilation at its best. "Caribou" includes two major hits by Elton from the 70's: "The Bitch is Back" and "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me." The other selections are great as well, which makes listening to the entire album a very pleasant experience indeed. I recommend this product highly for all Elton John and 70's music fans.
A must-have for any Elton fan!
2009-08-14 - Don't let the scuttlebutt about this album being a "rush job" deter you from buying it! We are talking Elton John, musical prodigy, in his vocal and melody-writing prime, people! He can write a decent song to an instruction manual to an oven, and did so on YouTube to prove it. The whole album is listenable with three standouts, "The Bitch is Back," with its killer hook and sax solo, made after the big sax solos in Brown Sugar and Same old Song and Dance made it fashionable around that time; "Pinky," one of the smoothest ballads he ever sang; "I've seen the saucers," which tears a little whole in your ceiling and transports you to another world of mood, sound, and adventure. Everyone else mentions "Don't let the sun go down on me," but that has been overplayed and does not hold up as well as the above three, for me anyway. No true Elton fan can ignore this gem and still have his music collection sparkle.
That's just Elton, for you ...
2009-02-22 - Okay, first off, have to dispel a few myths. One: Elton and Bernie weren't burned out when they set out to put together what would become "Caribou" (its working title was "Old Pink Eyes Is Back," a nod to Sinatra). And "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," by the way, wasn't written in a weekend ... it was done largely either before, during and after the ill-fated attempt to record in Jamaica. Much of the records was done in the studio in France during the week or two he and the band were there. Back to "Caribou," though, which wasn't done in a MONTH - God, don't we wish! Elton would only dedicate that much time to "Captain Fantastic."
"Caribou" was written during a nine-day break between legs of his world tour. Elton and Bernie were still on fire at this point, and if anything the only thing this record doesn't have is a sort of through-line to tie it all together. Then again, how do you follow "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road?" If you're Elton, Bernie and the band, you don't.
The album's a bit of a hodgepodge, but Gus kept it all together and even if it didn't come out quite as intended, many of the tracks hold up well, even today. Oh, sure there are a couple of clinkers ("Stinker") and a few head scratching moments ("Solar Prestige A Gammon"), but overall you have to love how unassuming and playful it is. Some of it's even downright movingly beautiful ("Ticking," "Pinky"). Even "Dixie Lily" has made a bit of comeback in concert in recent years, one of those great Elton album gems that's never been far from the fans' memories.
"The Bitch Is Back," "You're So Static" and "I've Seen The Saucers" are all good fun in their own way, and the big single, "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" has joined "Bitch" as a beloved concert staple.
Gus' remastering and the bonus tracks included make it a great listen all around. Grab one and just take it for what it is ... just Elton being Elton.
Little known classic from the golden age
2008-11-22 - This is a flawed classic from Eltons golden period when he was selling more records than anybody else on the planet. There are a some all-time classic Elton tracks in the "The Bitch is Back" and "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" as well as "Pinball Wizard", which is a extra track on this CD.
The main difference with this album over say his other classic albums of the 70's is the addition of the Tower of Power horn section. This adds some umph to the whole proceedings. So very average Elton songs like "Your so Static" and "Stinker" (both of which I love) become much funkier affairs.
Overall then this is an underrated album, that whilst not quite as good as GYBR or Tumbleweed Connection, is far better than its given credit for.
