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This Elton John collection presents many of the British pop/rock icon's greatest hits, including "Your Song," "Candle in the Wind," "Bennie & the Jets," and "Sad Songs." The Japanese edition presents one additional track. CD contains 1 bonus track. 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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
