Elton John - Rocket Man: Number Ones

Elton John
Rocket Man – Number Ones
Mercury Records
Grade: A

Ask yourself this question: ‘would you spend $200 to see Elton John in Vegas?’ If the answer is yes, then you probably already have all the songs included on this expansive seventeen-track best of. If the answer is no, you may still have all the songs on this release, but if you don’t then you should run out and get this. There are twelve ‘number ones’ here including “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” “Bennie & the Jets,” “Daniel,” “Crocodile Rock,” “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” and “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.” As an additional bit of love, and the set that you may likely spend all of your time, classics “Your Song,” “Tiny Dancer,” “Rocket Man,” “Candle in the Wind,” and “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)” are included at the end. Needless to say I’ve been spinning this record endlessly since I got it a month ago; even my dog has been belting out Elton John songs. After listening to Elton John everyday for a month, you realize how terrible almost every other songwriter is (while consider the Bernie Taupin tie in for Elton John). You know who this for.