Rock of the Westies

Rock of the Westies
Studio album by Elton John
Released	20 October 1975
Recorded	June–July 1975
Studio	Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado; remixed at Trident, London
Genre	Rock hard rock soft rock rock and roll
Length	43:39
Label	MCA (US), DJM (UK)
Producer	Gus Dudgeon
Elton John chronology
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975) Rock of the Westies (1975) Here and There (1976)
Singles from Rock of the Westies
"Island Girl" Released: 29 September 1975 "Grow Some Funk of Your Own"/"I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" Released: 12 January 1976

Rock of the Westies is the tenth studio album by Elton John and was released on 20 October 1975. It topped the album charts in Canada and the United States. It went to the top 10 in Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, except where noted. "Ann Orson & Carte Blanche" is a pseudonym used by John and Taupin.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Medley: Yell Help / Wednesday Night / Ugly" (John, Davey Johnstone, Taupin)	6:15
2.	"Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future)"	3:29
3.	"Island Girl"	3:42
4.	"Grow Some Funk of Your Own" (John, Johnstone, Taupin)	4:47
5.	"I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)"	5:27

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Street Kids"	6:25
2.	"Hard Luck Story" (Ann Orson & Carte Blanche)	5:16
3.	"Feed Me"	4:00
4.	"Billy Bones and the White Bird"	4:25
Total length:		43:39

• Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–9 on CD reissues.

Bonus tracks (1995 Mercury Records reissue)

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (featuring Kiki Dee)	4:30
Total length:		49:00

Bonus tracks (1996 Rocket Records reissue)

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Planes"	4:31
11.	"Sugar on the Floor" (Kiki Dee)	4:31
Total length:		52:41