Which Elton John album contains “The Bitch Is Back”?

“The Bitch Is Back” appears on Elton John's 1974 album Caribou.

The song was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin and became one of John's most recognizable rock performances. Its title came from a phrase Taupin's wife used to describe John's return to a difficult or irritable mood, turning a private comment into a memorable song title.

Caribou followed the enormous success of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and continued John's run of highly successful albums. It includes “Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” which became a major hit and was later revisited in John's famous duet with George Michael.

The title can make the track seem connected to the later album Rock of the Westies, but it is not. Caribou is the correct album, and its cover and title refer to the Canadian animal rather than to the song's outspoken subject matter.