Rocket Man: Number Ones Package

Sir Elton John has composed along with co-writer Bernie Taupin more than a string of songs that have left lasting impressions on listeners. Elton John "Rocket Man: Number Ones" proves that Captain Fantastic possesses the showmanship as well as the pizzaz to write the most beloved ballads "Candle in the Wind" to the raunchiest and the most rockin' "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)" melodies in popular music history. No explanation is needed for the 17 number songs that are a part of John's musical journey that is still being heard and played. Listeners will hear the zaniest songs "Crocodile Rock" and "Bennie and the Jets" that some may remember John performing alongside the Muppets, or the still memorable and touching "Daniel," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Your Song," "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," a great rendition of The Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," and The Lion King's "Can You Feel the Love." Indeed, a recommended collection without the any unnecessary tracks that some greatest hits packages may contain. If not all, the entire set of songs will definitely become a favorite.

Simply a LEGEND and this compilation of songs that almost everyone has heard that has watched a movie, listened to the radio, or seen a commercial proves it. Songs that have stood that test of time and can take you back to the very moment you heard it for the first time. That is what music is, it is the immortal part of us that no matter how old we get it will never stop making us feel! And Elton puts his heart and soul into every track with some playful, deep down in your gut, kinda rock and roll that makes us sing, dance and shout! It is so personal that it feels like he wrote them just for me, but then decided everyone would love it too. I hope others have enjoyed Elton over the years as much as I have. Thanks Sir Elton, to quote your song, "how wonderful life is now your in the world."

Elton John remastered great sound- best ever-all killer no filler hit after hit-collector’s type cd: Buy it you will be very pleased. JE-Fla

This is an economical way to get 17 Elton John hits. It is not a comprehensive collection of his hits and it leaves out some of his songs that I prefer and includes others that I am less fond of. But it does include some good selections of his music and all of the selections sound familiar and as I am used to hearing them. This is an advantage over some of his other greatest hit compilations which include selections that were not hits and in order to get all of the hits on one album you have to receive some songs that were not hits. I have not viewed the DVD yet and I was not particularly interested in getting it. Someday I will view it when I get around to it.

I bought this cd for the heck of it (plus it was on sale for a very low price) as I already own Elton John's Greatest Hits double disc and basically all the songs from this disc, with the exception of 'Tiny Dancer', are on the Greatest Hits cd. Both cd's are remastered but the remastering seems to get better with newer releases on many cd's when there are several years between releases. This disc was no exception and sounds great. Looking at each song as a Wav file in a Wave Display within Nero, you can really visually see the differences between the discs for each song. The songs also sound like they have a bit more 'punch' to them too. One song in particular, 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' has the loudness or volume more evenly from beginning to end. On the 'Greatest Hits', the volume starts out very low and then gets louder. The songs sound fantastic on 'Rocket Man: Number Ones' and glad I purchased it. If you are unfamiliar with Elton John and want to dabble but not with a double disc cd, this has his big hits plus other popular radio hits and you won't be disappointed. Remember though, this just barely scratches the surface of Elton John as an artist, singer and writer (many written with Bernie Taupin).

Great cd

i have always enjoyed elton john's talent. myself and a friend were on our way driving down to clearwater, florida for the phillies spring training. before departing i purchased michael jackson's this is it along with elton john's rocketman: number ones. great purchase as me and my bud rocked to both cd's on our trip from the philadephia suburbs down to clearwater to watch our phightin' phils. great cd!

If you like Elton John's music and you like Number One Hits, then this classic Elton John album is for you, especially at a seven dollar price tag (about 20 Songs!)... from Amazon music. Some albums have a couple of hit songs, then the rest are "fillers", maybe original songs that never made it to "Billboard 100". Some albums are remakes, live performances or not even the original artist. But not this album.. Nothing but. Number One Hits, all on the same album and all the original recordings!