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Caribou
- Peak position
- #1
- Weeks on chart
- 54
- Weeks at #1
- 4
Caribou is the eighth studio album by British musician Elton John, released on 24 June 1974 by MCA Records in the US and on 28 June by DJM Records in the UK.
Why this album mattered
Caribou is the eighth studio album by British musician Elton John, released on 24 June 1974 by MCA Records in the US and on 28 June by DJM Records in the UK. Background In the liner notes to the 1995 CD re-release, Elton John described the album as being recorded quickly in January 1974, with only about nine days to get everything recorded, because he and the band "were under enormous pressure" to finish the album and immediately embark on a Japanese tour. The album was named after the Caribou Ranch recording studio in Nederland, Colorado, where part of the album was recorded. It peaked at #1 and spent 4 weeks at #1 across 54 total chart weeks. Major singles from the album include "Don'T Let The Sun Go Down On Me", "The Bitch Is Back".
The music
1 The 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
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Jul 6, 1974#5
- Jul 13#1
- Jul 20#1
- Jul 27#1
- Aug 3#1
- Aug 10#2
- Aug 17#3
- Aug 24#3
- Aug 31#6
- Sep 7#6
- Sep 14#10
- Sep 21#12
- Sep 28#5
- Oct 5#5
- Oct 12#5
- Oct 19#15
- Oct 26#24
- Nov 2#29
- Nov 9#44
- Nov 16#42
- Nov 23#38
- Nov 30#50
- Dec 7#47
- Dec 14#47
- Dec 21#47
- Dec 28#38
- 1975
- Jan 4, 1975#51
- Jan 11#55
- Jan 18#57
- Jan 25#67
- Feb 1#68
- Feb 8#77
- Feb 15#68
- Feb 22#91
- Mar 1#82
- Mar 8#82
- Mar 15#91
- Mar 22#92
- Mar 29#93
- Apr 5#104
- Apr 12#142
- Apr 19#148
- Apr 26#171
- May 3#189
- May 10#187
- May 17#194
- May 24#199
- May 31#198
- Jun 7#197
- Jun 14#193
- Jun 21#197
- Jun 28#196
- Jul 5#197
- Jul 12#194
An instant smash — it arrived near the top of the chart and never looked like a slow build. Entered at #5, climbed rapidly for 2 weeks to reach #1, stayed at #1 for 4 weeks and fell quickly across 54 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
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Album facts
- LabelMCA
- GenresThe album
- Certificationsplatinum · gold · double-platinum in the US as well as receiving a gold certif
- AwardsGrammy Award for Album of the Year at the 17th Annual Grammy Awards
- Singles"Don'T Let The Sun Go Down On Me" · "The Bitch Is Back"
- ArtistElton John
- Year1974