Elton John

Diamonds (2017)

    
 
Disc One	
 1. Your Song
 2. Tiny Dancer
 3. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a 
    Long Long Time)
 4. Honky Cat
 5. Crocodile Rock
 6. Daniel
 7. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
 8. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
 9. Candle in the Wind
 10.Bennie and the Jets
 11.The Bitch is Back
 12.Philadelphia Freedom
 13.Island Gril
 14.Someone Saved My Life Tonight
 15.Don't Go Breaking My Heart
 16.Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
 17.Little Jeannie
 
Disc Two
 1. Song for Guy
 2. Blue Eyes
 3. I'm Still Standing
 4. I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues
 5. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
 6. Nikita
 7. I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That
 8. Sacrifice
 9. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (Live)
 10.Something About the Way You Look Tonigh
 11.I Want Love
 12.Can You Feel the Love Tonight
 13.Are You Ready for Love?
 14.Electricity
 15.Home Again
 16.Looking Up
 
Disc Three (On Deluxe Release)
 1. Skyline Pigeon (Piano Version)
 2. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
 3. Pinball Wizard
 4. Mama Can't Buy You Love
 5. Part-Time Love
 6. Victim of Love
 7. Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
 8. Kiss the Bride
 9. That's What Friends are For
 10.The One
 11.True Love
 12.Believe
 13.Live Like Horses
 14.Written in the Stars
 15.This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
 16.Good Morning to the Night
 17.Step Into Christmas 
 

It seems like every time a new "hits" compilation gets released by Elton John, the older packages are no longer available. I guess that shouldn't be too surprising since these things are essentially rehashes of previously releaded collections with different packaging. So although I rate this one high, I can't honestly see the point - unless your a greedy record company executive that is trying to improve the balance sheet

So, yes, if this is now the only hits collection out there by Elton, it is very strong. However, as I have the tendency to do, I can't help but think that it could have been better. There are too many strong songs left off, and for the love of God, I can't figure out why Elton, or anyone else prefers the live version of Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me as opposed to the studio version. Not to mention the live version is really a George Michael song with Elton only "featured".

Then, apparently there are two versions of this package, with the "deluxe" featurning an extra CD. When one looks at the extra CD, again, one must scratch their head. There are too many "bonus" songs that should have been on the regular version, and too many on the regular version that should be on the bonus - if even featured at all.

So yes, a great collection of Elton's music over the years, but if anyone wants to make a better one in the future, please just reach out to me. I promise I can do a much better job than what is here.

Much better.