Elton John - The Very Best Of Elton John (Vinyl) (1990) [24/192]

The 1990 collection The Very Best of Elton John (available in the U.K. and Australia) is an excellent 30-track summary of his peak years, running from "Your Song" to "You Gotta Love Someone." In a sense, it's the concise counterpart to the box set To Be Continued, released that same year but spanning four discs and filled with rarities. Although that set has several great songs that aren't here, this set has nothing extraneous – just the biggest hits from a time when John was hitting the U.S. and U.K. Top 40 every single year. There are no American collections that perform the same task, which is a shame because there isn't a better Elton John hits collection than this; if you're looking for all the biggest hits on one album, it's certainly worth the import prices.

Track List:
LP 1:
A1 Your Song
A2 Rocket Man (I Think It Is Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
A3 Honky Cat
A4 Crocodile Rock
A5 Daniel
A6 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
A7 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
B1 Candle In The Wind
B2 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
B3 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
B4 Philadelphia Freedom
B5 Someone Saved My Life Tonight

LP 2:
C1 Don't Go Breaking My Heart
C2 Bennie And The Jets
C3 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
C4 Song For Guy
C5 Part Time Love
C6 Blue Eyes
C7 I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
D1 I'm Still Standing
D2 Kiss The Bride
D3 Sad Songs (Say So Much)
D4 Passengers
D5 Nikita
D6 Sacrifice
D7 You Gotta Love Someone