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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Is It His Greatest Hits, 23 Jan 2006
I am an Elton John fan, so please don't take this the wrong way but although this is a good collection of his hits, it is not his "BEST". These 3 C.D.'s contain nearly all of Eltons hit singles,however my favourite disc from this collection is the "bonus " 3rd disc if you purchase the 3 C.D.version I think you'll see what I mean. He has made so many great album tracks that were never singles that I think they deserve an Album of their own, tracks such as Great Discovery,Madman across The Water,Talking Old Soldiers, Pinky, I've Seen that Movie Too, Funeral For a Friend, Crazy Water,Bitter Fingers,Elderberry Wine,Blues For Baby and Me,Writing,Mona Lisas And Madhatters and more recently some of the Tracks from the albums he has made in the 90's, Sweat it Out, Recover Your Soul and Emily. It would be great to see a Best Of album that contains these tracks and some lesser known 45's that didn't make the "TOP 40". Elton is an album artist not a singles artist. In fact I think I'm right in saying he didn't have much say in what was released as a single or maybe he didn't want the hastle . Anyway that's the reason I only give this 4 stars.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
an Elton convert., 19 Dec 2005
I have to admit, I've never had a great deal of time for Sir Elton. I've grown up in a period of time which i don't think even his most dedicated fans would consider his most productive. Rewind thiry years though and it's a different story. Your Song. Tiny Dancer. Are you ready for love. Rocket Man. Goodbye yellow brick road. Saturday nights alrigh for fighting. These are all such wonderful songs! Bernie and Elton were litterally on fire during this period - sometimes they even knocked out four LPs a year! I realised that as a music fan, i just had to have these songs in my collection. I still can't stand some of his later stuff, but even if you just listen to the first CD, this greatest hits collection is worth the money.
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51 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Elton - the first 32 years, 5 Dec 2004
Elton John goes in and out of fashion, but he never goes away, and this selection of songs is a reminder of why.It must have been a job selecting the tracks for this compilation, because the stuff left out is better than many other artists' greatest hits - Bite your Lip, Song for Guy, Part Time Love, Step Into Christmas, Border Song, Funeral for a Friend, Pinball Wizard, for example. Considering how prolific Elton was in the 1970s (15 albums between 1970 and 1976!) that decade is a little under-represented here. But the problem is that the songs which are the favourites for many fans were not actually singles, although they are possibly as well-known as some of the singles. Some older fans will feel that they would rather have more of the older songs at the expense of tracks like Circle of Life or Written in the Stars, but perhaps some younger fans are drawn in by those tracks and will discover classics like Honky Cat, so this selection is a reasonable compromise. After listening to this, I felt a compulsion to go out and get new CD copies of Caribou, Captain Fantastic, and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Forget the tabloid stories, ridiculous costumes, and celebrity tantrums, Elton became famous for writing songs and this collection is a fine showcase of well-written songs.
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