Elton John - Rocket Man: Number Ones [CD/DVD Package]
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Free Music Notes for Rocket Man: Number Ones [CD/DVD Package]
Free Music Review: One disc is not enough.
Hit: 4 Stars
It is hard enough to fit all of Elton's hits on to 2 cds. So you can imagine that a single disc collection is missing some great tunes. For my money, I'll take "Greatest Hits 1970-2002."Free Music Review: its a big selection
Hit: 4 Stars
the cd is a very good selection
but it similar to many others greatest hits.
i bought it cause incluide a dvd with some videos.
Free Music Review: Going Back to the Well Again
Hit: 3 Stars
Elton John - Number Ones
The Beatles did it. Elvis Presley did it. Even Mariah Carey did it, so why not Elton John? Each of the above artists released compact career retrospectives containing nothing but `number one' hits, and each has sold remarkably well, so it is understandable why the Universal Group would want to apply the same logic to Elton John. His career spans decades, and his track record on the pop charts is up there with the best, so a collection of `number one' hits is bound to be a successful business venture, but is it valuable to consumers? That depends on a number of factors.
If you have been a fan of Elton John for any length of time, then the odds are good that you already own most of the songs on "Number Ones." There have been numerous opportunities to own virtually every song featured here. Elton John's "Greatest Hits, Vol. 1" already featured "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Bennie & the Jets," "Daniel," "Crocodile Rock," "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (less George Michael), "Your Song," "Rocket Man," "Candle in the Wind" and "Saturday Night's Alright (for Fighting). Greatest Hits Vol. 2 contains "Lucy in the Sky," Philadelphia Freedom" "Island Girl" and "Tiny Dancer". Between these two platinum-selling releases, all but four songs are covered. A later two-disk collection called "Greatest Hits 1970-2002" contains every track on "Number Ones" except the Beatles cover ("Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds"), and then goes on to include an additional seventeen tracks of hits, so the question really is, "Do we need this?"
A second point of consideration is the title itself. Calling an album "Number Ones" implies that every song peaked at the top of the charts, but a semi-bogus disclaimer appears after the first twelve songs that states "and other favorites". Apparently, John (or more accurately, Universal Records) didn't have enough number one hits to fill out a full-length disk, so they padded it with "other favorites." Among the twelve that are alleged to be "number ones", only seven of them topped the charts in the U.S., so they must be including European chart information as well. Unfortunately, I can't say for sure because the disk's booklet contains virtually no information or original artwork. My conclusion? If you somehow managed to get this far without buying any of the previous Elton John collections, then this is a succinct way to start. If you decide it's worthwhile, be sure to obtain the "Limited Edition" package, which contains a second disk of videos. Otherwise, "Number Ones" is redundant and perhaps a bit misleading as well. B Tom Ryan
Free Music Review: ...sixty and counting...
Hit: 3 Stars
elton is a legend...no doubt about that...and his songs live on, whether they were recorded 4 weeks ago or 4 decades ago...granted...
and contrary to many, "tiny dancer" was not a hit from the movie 'almost famous'...it was already famous...
and each and every one of the songs here are top notch, first rate, case closed...
so why only 3 stars...
well, let's start off with the cheezy cover and work our way backwards...
besides the cover, what's with the really, really, REALLY lame title...
(and the fact that not all these songs were #1's doesn't really help resolve that issue either...)
and, considering it's billing itself as 'the definitive collection', true, there's not a bad track here, but there are a lot of tracks that aren't here, and to add insult to injury, they include a couple on the enclosed 'video portion' of our program...
is this just a case of america, once again doing a half-butt job on a great british package, because we...A) care more about the money...and B) don't have the brains to do it right...
(trust me...amazon is full of examples on how they do it better across the pond...)
or does the fault lie, not in the stars, but in ourselves, because we the consumer have to be spoonfed dred instead of something with a little thought...
tough to say, but i will say that, if you do buy this package, you certainly won't be disappointed...
but, take the time to listen...really listen...that's something the british also do better...but let's give them a run for their money, and just listen...there's not just music in this package...there's a life...a well-known life that every once in a while, pulls back the curtain, if you're willing to listen...
Free Music Review: Explain to me the need for this to become my gazillionth Elton disc
Hit: 3 Stars
All these songs are on previous Elton hits discs. The song selection is baffling, as Tiny Dancer and Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting never made "#1" on any chart. (Chill, fellow Eltonians: They are two of my favorites. I'm not saying they didn't deserve to be #1, just that they weren't.) I fear the future "Trivial Pursuit" questions that will be answered wrongly based on the misrepresentations here. "Sacrifice" was a surprisingly rare British #1 for EJ, but if that's here why not add the recent UK smash "Are You Ready For Love"? Is anything going on here except another chance to get Reg back on the "New Releases" display of your local mass merchant?
True, the added videos are nice and new to buyers. But what would actually be a NON-rip-off would be a complete collection of all (or most) of Elton's videos. Just as he overcame his admitted non-prettiness to become a beloved superstar in the '70's, Elton John thrived in the MTV era with one brilliant video after another. (In part, thanks to a lot of scantily-clad dancers, but you gotta do what you gotta do.) "I'm Still Standing" was the best, and that's included here, but "Sad Songs", "Nikita", "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That", and "Believe" are only a few of his excellent videos unavailable on DVD, if at all.
Clearly Elton deserves a "#1's" CD more than Destiny's Child or "Mariah Carey", and as much as the Bee Gees. But it's hard to say who needs this, as I doubt the hip-hop and metal kids are really going to add this to their latest stack of purchases.