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Elton John Album: “Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits”
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Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits |
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Release Date:2007-03-26
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Pop, Soft Pop, Classic Rock
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Label:Umvd Import
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:0602517236783
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Review - :
Hard to believe, but there's never been a good single-disc overview of {$Elton John}'s biggest hits available in America until 2007's 18-track {^Rocket Man: Number Ones}. He's had plenty of collections, including a good single-disc European set that circulated in the late '90s, but {^Rocket Man} is the first to really offer a solid career-spanning overview as a single-disc set. Of course, even though this pulls number ones from various charts in the U.S. and U.K., there are big hits missing -- whether it's classics like {&"Honky Cat,"} which never reached the pole position in the U.S., or latter-day number ones like {&"I Don't Want to Go on You Like That,"} which did top the {\adult contemporary} chart -- but it's hard to argue with what's here (with the possible exception of {&"Sacrifice,"} which does represent his late-'80s/early-'90s {\adult contemporary} work but isn't one of his best hits). All the big songs -- {&"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,"} {&"Bennie and the Jets,"} {&"Daniel,"} {&"Crocodile Rock,"} {&"Philadelphia Freedom,"} {&"Can't You Feel the Love Tonight,"} {&"Your Song,"} {&"Candle in the Wind"} -- are here, which will satisfy the casual fan for whom this is designed. Those who would lament the absence of {&"Levon,"} {&"Someone Saved My Life Tonight,"} {&"Mama Can't Buy You Love,"} {&"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues,"} or {&"I'm Still Standing"} should turn to another compilation: this is not the set for them. But for the fan who wants a good sampling of {$Elton} throughout the years, this is ideal. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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