Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Your Song
2. Levon
3. Tiny Dancer
4. Rocket Man (It's Going to Be Long, Long Time)
5. Honky Cat
6. Crocodile Rock
7. Daniel
8. Saturday's Night's Alright (For Fighting)
9. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
10. Candle in the Wind
11. Bennie and the Jets
12. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
13. Bitch Is Back, The
14. Philadelphia Freedom
15. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
16. Island Girl
17. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
DISC 2:
1. Don't Go Breaking My Heart - (with Kiki Dee)
2. Little Jeannie
3. I'm Still Standing
4. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
5. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
6. I Don't Wanna Go on With You Like That
7. Nikita
8. Sacrifice
9. One, The
10. Can You Feel the Love Tonight
11. Circle of Life
12. Believe
13. Blessed
14. Something About the Way You Look Tonight
15. Written in the Stars - (with LeAnn Rimes)
16. I Want Love
17. This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
| Details | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
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.
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.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...An impressive record by anyone's standards...
Uncut (01/01/2003)
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 (12/01/2002)
4 stars out of 5 - 'Your Song' and 'Daniel' are especially beautiful.
Q (01/01/2004)
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