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Rock of the Westies is the tenth studio album by British musician Elton John. It was released on 24 October 1975, through DJM Records in the UK and MCA Records in the US. Produced by Gus Dudgeon, the record was recorded in mid-1975 at Caribou Ranch in Nederland, Colorado, and contained a new lineup of the Elton John Band. Released less than five months after Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Rock of the Westies repeated that album's then-unprecedented feat of entering the US Billboard 200 chart at number one. It was also successful in the UK, where it reached number 5. The album's lead single, "Island Girl", topped the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top 20 in multiple other territories. However, sales of the album tapered quickly, and both contemporary and retrospective reviews have been mixed. In October 2026, John announced a 50th anniversary edition of the album, containing an alternate vocal and piano mix of the songs, set to be released on 20 November. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_of...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
