other songs from this album in concert, including "Grimsby", "You're So Static", "Ticking" and "Dixie Lily". The 1995 CD reissue contains four songs from the general period in and around the release of Caribou, though only two of them, the B-sides "Sick City" and "Cold Highway", were recorded during the album sessions. "Step into Christmas" was recorded during a previous one-off single session, and "Pinball Wizard" was recorded at the Who's Ramport Studios in England, during the sessions for the movie score and soundtrack album of Tommy. Critical reception Tom Nolan of Rolling Stone described the album as "dispiriting" and said, "Nearly every song on Caribou suffers from a blithe lack of focus, an almost arrogant disregard of the need to establish context or purpose ... Shifting from sentimental to heavy to mocking, [John and Taupin] not only fail to touch all bases but undercut what credence they might possibly have achieved." Criticising the album's production and the superficiality of the songs, he concluded that Caribou is "a startlingly empty experience". Stephen Thomas Erlewine's retrospective review for AllMusic called Caribou "a disappointment" and that aside from the two singles, "the album tracks tend to be ridiculous filler on the order of 'Solar Prestige a Gammon' or competent genre exercises like 'You're So Static'". Track listing Note On the 1995 CD reissue, "You're So Static" is spelled incorrectly as "Your're So Static". Personnel Track numbers refer to CD and digital releases of the album. Elton John – lead vocals, acoustic piano, Hammond organ (9) David Hentschel – ARP synthesizer (2, 5, 10), mellotron (9) Chester D. Thompson – Hammond organ (8) Davey Johnstone – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, backing vocals Dee Murray – bass guitar, backing vocals Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals Ray Cooper – tambourine, congas, whistle, vibraphone, snare, castanets, tubular bells, maracas Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone solo (1), soprano saxophone solo (4, 5), clarinet (5) Tower of Power – horn section (1, 6, 8, 9) Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone Steve Kupka – baritone saxophone Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet Mic Gillette – trombone, trumpet Greg Adams – trumpet, horn arrangements (1, 6, 8) Del Newman – horn arrangements (9) Clydie King – backing vocals (1, 6) Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals (1) Jessie Mae Smith – backing vocals (1) Dusty Springfield – backing vocals (1) Billy Hinsche – backing vocals (9) Bruce