music.wikisort.org - CompositionThe Very Best of Elton John is a greatest hits compilation album by English musician Elton John, released in October 1990. His first career-retrospective compilation album, and fourth official greatest-hits album overall, it was released in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe, and in other countries such as Japan and Australia, but not in the United States, where the box set To Be Continued... was released the following month instead.
1990 compilation album by Elton John
The Very Best of Elton John |
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Released | 1 October 1990 |
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Recorded | 1970–1990 |
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Genre | Rock, pop |
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Length | 137:56 |
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Label | Polygram |
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Producer | Gus Dudgeon, Clive Franks, Chris Thomas, Don Was |
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To Be Continued (1990) |
The Very Best of Elton John (1990) |
The One (1992) |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [1] |
The compilation spans his second album Elton John in 1970 to Sleeping with the Past in 1989. After the double A-sided "Sacrifice/Healing Hands" single became a hit and the third best-selling single of 1990 in the United Kingdom, the album became an instant smash in that country. It spent its first two weeks at #1 followed by nine weeks at #2, kept there by Madonna's Immaculate Collection. In all, the compilation spent 145 weeks inside the UK top 200 album chart, making a total of 11 re-entries, and it was certified 9× Platinum by the BPI on 1 March 1995.[2]
It includes a total of 28 hit singles plus the new songs "Easier to Walk Away" and "You Gotta Love Someone", both of which also made the charts between 1990 and 1991. The release also spawned a music video compilation, which was originally released on both laserdisc and VHS, and reissued on DVD.
Track listing
- Disc one
Title | Writer(s) | Album |
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1. | "Your Song" | Elton John, Bernie Taupin | Elton John, 1970 | 4:03 |
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2. | "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be a Long, Long Time)" | John, Taupin | Honky Château, 1972 | 4:42 |
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3. | "Honky Cat" | John, Taupin | Honky Château | 5:15 |
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4. | "Crocodile Rock" | John, Taupin | Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, 1973 | 3:58 |
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5. | "Daniel" | John, Taupin | Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player | 3:56 |
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6. | "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" | John, Taupin | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973 | 3:17 |
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7. | "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" | John, Taupin | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 4:57 |
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8. | "Candle in the Wind" | John, Taupin | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 3:51 |
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9. | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | John, Taupin | Caribou, 1974 | 5:38 |
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10. | "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" | Lennon–McCartney | Non-album single, 1974 | 6:17 |
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11. | "Philadelphia Freedom" (Edited version) | John, Taupin | Non-album single, 1975 | 5:19 |
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12. | "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" | John, Taupin | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, 1975 | 6:47 |
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13. | "Pinball Wizard" | Pete Townshend | Tommy soundtrack, 1975 | 5:16 |
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14. | "The Bitch Is Back" | John, Taupin | Caribou | 3:46 |
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- Disc two
Title | Writer(s) | Album |
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15. | "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee) | John, Taupin (but credited to Ann Orson/Carte Blanche, respectively) | Non-album single, 1976 | 4:32 |
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16. | "Bennie and the Jets" | John, Taupin | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 5:21 |
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17. | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | John, Taupin | Blue Moves, 1976 | 3:51 |
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18. | "Song for Guy" | John | A Single Man, 1978 | 6:41 |
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19. | "Part-Time Love" | John, Gary Osborne | A Single Man | 3:16 |
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20. | "Blue Eyes" | John, Osborne | Jump Up!, 1982 | 3:28 |
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21. | "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" | John, Taupin, Johnstone | Too Low for Zero, 1983 | 4:46 |
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22. | "I'm Still Standing" | John, Taupin | Too Low for Zero | 3:04 |
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23. | "Kiss the Bride" | John, Taupin | Too Low for Zero | 3:56 |
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24. | "Sad Songs (Say So Much) (Single Version)" | John, Taupin | Breaking Hearts, 1984 | 4:11 |
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25. | "Passengers" | John, Taupin, Johnstone, Phineas Mchize | Breaking Hearts | 3:24 |
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26. | "Nikita" | John, Taupin | Ice on Fire, 1985 | 5:45 |
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27. | "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" | John, Taupin | Reg Strikes Back, 1988 | 4:00 |
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28. | "Sacrifice" | John, Taupin | Sleeping with the Past, 1989 | 5:08 |
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29. | "Easier to Walk Away" | John, Taupin | Soon to be released on To Be Continued..., 1990 | 4:25 |
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30. | "You Gotta Love Someone" | John, Taupin | Days of Thunder soundtrack, 1990 | 5:01 |
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- Track 25 is different on European version of the album. "Whispers" from Sleeping with the Past takes the place of "Passengers".
- "Pinball Wizard", "The Bitch Is Back", "I Don't Wanna Go on With You Like That" and "Easier to Walk Away" are excised from the vinyl version of the compilation.
- The timings are different on the back cover and the actual CD. On Disc 1, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is listed as 6:12, while the actual song runs at 5:38 and "Philadelphia Freedom" runs at 5:42, rather at 5:19. On Disc 2, the back cover shows Song For Guy running at 5:02, but the actual track runs at 6:40 (the album length of the song). The same applies for "Nikita", which the back cover states for 4:53 but the actual song plays at 5:44. "I Don't Wanna Go on With You Like That" is the radio single edit on the CD (4:00) instead of the back cover's album cut listing of 4:33.
B-sides
Song |
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"Medicine Man" | "You Gotta Love Someone" 7"/12"/CD (UK) |
"Medicine Man" (with Adamski) | "You Gotta Love Someone" 12"/CD (UK) |
"Made for Me" | "Easier to Walk Away" 12"/CD (UK) |
"I Swear I Heard the Night Talkin'" | "Easier to Walk Away" 7"/12"/CD (UK) "You Gotta Love Someone" 7" (France) |
Music video compilation
- "Your Song" (Top of the Pops 1971 live version)
- "Daniel" (Top of the Pops 1973 live version)
- "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (Top of the Pops 1973 live version)
- "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee)
- "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (BBC Live Christmas Show version)
- "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long Long Time)" (live Wembley 1977 version)
- "Blue Eyes"
- "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
- "I'm Still Standing"
- "Kiss the Bride"
- "Sad Songs (Say So Much)"
- "Passengers"
- "Nikita"
- "Wrap Her Up"
- "Candle in the Wind" (live in Australia 1986 version)
- "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (live in Prince's Trust 1987 version)
- "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That"
- "Philadelphia Freedom" (live in Verona 1989 version)
- "Sacrifice"
- "You Gotta Love Someone"
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1990) |
Peak position |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] |
1 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] |
3 |
French Compilations[5] |
1 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] |
2 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] |
1 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] |
1 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[9] |
1 |
Spanish Albums Chart[10] |
1 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] |
1 |
UK Albums (OCC)[12] |
1 |
Chart (1991) |
Peak position |
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] |
1 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] |
5 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] |
1 |
Chart (1995) |
Peak position |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] |
28 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] |
17 |
Chart (1996) |
Peak position |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[18] |
19 |
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Year-end charts
Chart (1991) |
Position |
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] |
11 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20] |
2 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21] |
79 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] |
11 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[23] |
20 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] |
5 |
Chart (1995) |
Position |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] |
53 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] |
41 |
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Certifications and sales
References
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- Songs
- Albums
- Singles
- Concerts
- Videos
- Awards
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Studio albums | |
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Live albums | |
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Soundtrack albums | |
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Compilation albums | |
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Other albums | |
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Video albums | |
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Concert tours |
- 1970 World Tour
- West of the Rockies Tour
- Louder Than Concorde Tour
- 1979 tour of the Soviet Union
- 1980 World Tour
- Jump Up Tour
- Too Low for Zero Tour
- European Express Tour
- Breaking Hearts Tour
- Ice on Fire Tour
- Tour De Force
- Sleeping with the Past Tour
- The One Tour
- Face to Face 1994
- Face to Face 1995
- Made in England Tour
- Face to Face 1998
- An Evening with Elton John
- Medusa Tour
- Stately Home Tour
- Face to Face 2001
- Songs from the West Coast Tour
- Face to Face 2002
- A Journey Through Time
- 2003 Tour
- Face to Face 2003
- 2004 Tour
- Peachtree Road Tour
- 2006 European Tour
- The Captain and the Kid Tour
- Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live
- Face to Face 2009
- Face to Face 2010
- 2010 European Tour
- Greatest Hits Tour
- 40th Anniversary of the Rocket Man
- The Diving Board Tour
- Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour
- All the Hits Tour
- The Final Curtain Tour
- Wonderful Crazy Night Tour
- Farewell Yellow Brick Road
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Concert residencies |
- The Red Piano
- The Million Dollar Piano
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Miscellaneous performances |
- List of Elton John and Ray Cooper concert tours
- The Union Tour
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Musicals | |
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