| Product Summary | | Label: Universal Records | | UPC: 00044006347820 | | Release Date: 11/12/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60580365 | | Item#: MGYDL2 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 2060 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Your Song ~ Elton John |  | | 2. Levon ~ Elton John | | | 3. Tiny Dancer ~ Elton John | | | 4. Rocket Man (IT's Going To Be Long, Long Time) ~ Elton John | | | 5. Honky Cat ~ Elton John | | | 6. Crocodile Rock ~ Elton John | | | 7. Daniel ~ Elton John | | | 8. Saturday's Night's Alright (For Fighting) ~ Elton John | | | 9. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ~ Elton John | | | 10. Candle In The Wind ~ Elton John | | | 11. Bennie And The Jets ~ Elton John | | | 12. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me ~ Elton John | | | 13. Bitch Is Back, The ~ Elton John | | | 14. Philadelphia Freedom ~ Elton John | | | 15. Someone Saved My Life Tonight ~ Elton John | | | 16. Island Girl ~ Elton John | | | 17. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word ~ Elton John | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Don't Go Breaking My Heart - (with Kiki Dee) ~ Elton John | | | 2. Little Jeannie ~ Elton John | | | 3. I'm Still Standing ~ Elton John | | | 4. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues ~ Elton John | | | 5. Sad Songs (Say So Much) ~ Elton John | | | 6. I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That ~ Elton John | | | 7. Nikita ~ Elton John | | | 8. Sacrifice ~ Elton John | | | 9. One, The ~ Elton John | | | 10. Can You Feel The Love Tonight ~ Elton John | | | 11. Circle Of Life ~ Elton John | | | 12. Believe ~ Elton John | | | 13. Blessed ~ Elton John | | | 14. Something About The Way You Look Tonight ~ Elton John | | | 15. Written In The Stars - (with LeAnn Rimes) ~ Elton John | | | 16. I Want Love ~ Elton John | | | 17. This Train Don't Stop There Anymore ~ Elton John | |
(P) 2002 Mercury Records Limited
(C) 2002 Mercury Records Limited
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Initial pressings of this first edition contain a bonus disc. | | Recorded between 1970 & 2002. Includes liner notes by Paul Gambaccini. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered. | | Rarely has a greatest-hits collection been as effective as Elton John's first compilation of Greatest Hits. Released at the end of 1974, after Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Caribou had effectively established him as a superstar, Greatest Hits is exactly what it says it is -- it features every one of his Top Ten singles ("Your Song," "Rocket Man," "Honky Cat," "Crocodile Rock," "Daniel," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Bennie and the Jets," "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"), plus the number 12 "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," and radio and concert favorites "Border Song" and "Candle in the Wind." Greatest Hits is a nearly flawless collection, offering a perfect introduction to Elton John and providing casual fans with almost all the hits they need. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | Here you go, Elton fans--a definitive two-disc collection of some of the bespectacled one's most beloved tunes. The full gamut of Elton John's stellar career is covered here. The archetypal singer-songwriter introspection of "Your Song" kicks things off, giving way in short order to the more glam pop moments of "Honky Cat" and "Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting." The Roy Orbison-like ballad "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" and the moving, mournful "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" represent the sadder side of the usually sunny popster. The second disc digs into Elton's later work, coming up with such gems as the surprisingly rocking "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That" and the Beatleseque "I Want Love," the latter proving that the 21st century found Elton still standing, in artistic terms. |
| | Artist Overview | | With his outrageous costumes and campy theatricality, the man formerly known as Reginald Dwight typified 1970s rock in all its excess, yet evaded fad-dom with an indomitable spirit, genial persona, and simple genius. From his beginnings as a sensitive singer and pianist through his ascent to superstardom, Elton John has enjoyed one of the longest and most successful careers in rock & roll. While a brief breakup with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin left some scars, John would rebound by the end of the '80s, remaining a constant on the pop charts, the definitive voice of musical eulogy with ever-evolving hit "Candle in the Wind," and a Broadway mover-and-shaker with long-running hits like LION KING, AIDA, and BILLY ELLIOT. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/12/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 063 478 | | Label : Island Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Live | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00044006347820 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (12/02, p.126)
- 3 out of 5 - "...This reappraisal is wisely timed....He was a phenomenally talented barroom piano basher, capable of tender love, majestic showstoppers and poignant soul-searching..."Q (1/04, p.136)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "'Your Song' and 'Daniel' are especially beautiful." Uncut (01/03, p.133)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...An impressive record by anyone's standards..." |
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