 | VirileVagabond (32)
06/29/2006 |  For a compilation release, Elton John's "Greatest Hits" is one of the classics that will please most any music fan. The track list covers Elton's earliest work through 1974 (ie "Your Song," "Daniel," "Honky Cat," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting," "Rocket Man," "Bennie And The Jets," "Candle In The Wind," "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me," "Border Song," and "Crocodile Rock"). There are some notable omissions from that time frame (presumably due to the limitations of vinyl), including "Take Me To The Pilot," "Country Comfort," "Burn Down The Mission," "Friends," "Tiny Dancer," "Levon," "Madman Across The Water," "Elderberry Wine," "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding," "Harmony," and "The Bitch Is Back." Of course most, if not all of these omitted singles can be obtained on other compilations from Elton. Moreover, "Greatest Hits 1970-2002" (2002) includes all the tracks from "Greatest" (except "Border Song") plus 24 other singles. Nevertheless, in my opinion, no greatest hits package should be on this list, as those releases do not represent the concept of the full-length effort.
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 | kolby1973 (32)
02/23/2004 | I would never deny the fact that Elton John is talented, but I just the find this musician to be way too whiny in his music and his onstage persona. He was and never will be one of my favorites. And to top it off, he is extremely overrated. As for this particular CD, it definately is jam packed full of hits, but they all pretty much sound the same to me, and after while, repetitive music gets boring...no thanks...
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 | Rufieo30us (0)
02/23/2004 | Now this is an album. Elton John is the man who knows how to put classic songs on a greatest hits album. Elton is one of the kind pure genious of rock and roll music and the world would be greatly missed without him in the world. To his debute Your Song to the ever popular Candle in the Wind to the rockin rolling CROCODILE ROCK Elton sure has one thing on his mind, PLEASING HIS FANS ALL OVER!
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 | lauren33 (0)
06/19/2003 | This is a MUST HAVE album for any ELton fan!! it has such timeless hits such as Goodbye Yellow Brick Road , Daniel, and Rocket Man. This album first introduced me to Elton, and I love him!1 Prolific writitng from Bernie Taupin and addictive rhythms from Elton power this collage of classic Elton songs.
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 | Jason1972 (3)
12/03/2002 | If you are a big fan of his early seventies (1970-74) stuff, this album is a MUST have. If you're looking for Tiny Dancer, get Greatest Hits Vol. II, other than that it's a definitive must have LP.
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