Superfluous Compilation

The purpose of the publication of this disc reveals itself to me not to the full extent! Okay, ostensibly issue here obviously for the umpteenth time to the X-fold recovery already well known songs to the love Reibachs will! Whether Elton John that really needed to be seen again! Beyond that, the need for this CD in the spectrum of all existing Greatest Hits-recorded music by Elton John, however, is more than questionable. If you look at the tracklisting of this compilation once more exactly, one has to wonder but from a musical point of view about the existence of this album. This compilation is so superfluous as sinnfrei both for newcomers, as well as die-hard fans.

Now it is really a difficult task to put together a Greatest Hits compilation of an artist who has over 40 years in business and the history of pop music has influenced so as Elton John did it. The Rocket Man has quite an important and significant contribution to music and just done well at the Pop Hits. Since it is necessary for the selection of a good flair in order to meet this capacity. This feeling is probably stuck with this album by opting for the quick Euro on the track.

It is a simply impossible task to try to publish it on a single CD and a representativen reasonable cross section of Elton John's hits. Inevitably there must be considerable losses in terms of the effort to complete. As a result, this compilation is because even a rather uncharitable, not well thought out and chaotic affair, in which no one has really given some thought to a concept.

The selection of the united on this album title turns out to be a collection of songs based on randomness, which were each slapped disjointed. From the big hits of the piano-playing Englishman missing some very important. No trace of a chronological or otherwise meaningful to some sort of arrangement songs. An artistic development is incomprehensible what leaves the impression of a highly incomplete retrospective of Elton John in the overall picture. There is a lack of his career the most important songs that you would just expect a newcomer to a best-of CD. For example, the 1990's are represented by a single song. Where are such hits as "The One", "Can you feel the love tonight", "Believe" or "Made in England"?

In addition, the compilation is entitled "The Definitive Hits". This slogan does not meet the CD. Hits like "Do not go breaking my Heart" (with Kiki Dee) or the aforementioned "Can you feel the love tonight" swept under the carpet. There are "I Want Love" and "Tinderbox", two in itself great songs, no question! But there were no "definitive hits". - Bravo !!! As someone has actually made a lot of effort!

For beginners who want to have the hits of Elton John gathered as completely as possible on a Greatest Hits album, this disc would be a mistake. I recommend here rather the double CD "Greatest Hits 1970 - 2002" for all those who wish to acquire a useful hit compilation.

Longtime fans of Elton John can "Rocket Man - The Definitive Hits" confidently give because they on other albums called the gathered here songs in all likelihood already her own and there is also no specific or new songs that have an interest of fans would justify on this album.

The two stars are there only for Elton John's great music. For the non-existent concept of this album, it really ought to spend less!