Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits

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艺人: Elton John
语种: 英语
厂牌: Mercury Records Ltd
发行时间: 2007年03月26日
专辑类别: 精选集

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超过40年传奇滚石杂志百大单曲 35张金唱片25张白金唱片 24首生涯经典日本JVC公司原装进口 XRCD纯金再製世纪琴人一次拥有

纵横西洋乐坛半世纪，艾尔顿强创下超过2亿张的唱片销售，坐拥6座葛莱美奖(包括2000年葛莱美传奇奖)、奥斯卡、金球奖、东尼奖、全美音乐奖与全英音乐奖杰出贡献奖，入列摇滚名人堂，荣膺大英帝国颁赠司令官荣誉勳章，英国女皇册封为爵士；从吉他主宰摇滚乐坛的1970年代，宛如平地一声雷一般，艾尔顿强以钢琴为主轴的天才之作，改变了这个流行音乐的潮流，写下了钢琴唱作的传奇。

2007年在纽约麦迪逊花园广场，大开60岁生日演唱派对的艾尔顿强，特别推出精选大碟〈世纪琴人-生日精选〉，收录18首排行名曲，包括〈Daniel〉、〈Rocket Man (I Think It`s Going To Be a Long, Long Time)〉、〈Tiny Dancer〉、〈I Want Love〉、〈Candle in the Wind〉、〈Your Song〉、〈Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word〉、〈Tinderbox〉等多首名曲；本张日本JVC特製XRCD版本，让爱乐的您，能以目前最高规格音质，来欣赏艾尔顿强不断启发每个世代，从披头四约翰蓝侬到当代都会灵魂女声艾莉西亚凯斯，源远流长的琴音传奇。

With his stock amongst all generations being higher than ever, it's time for Reg to trot out yet another hits package. Coming only 3 years after the double Greatest Hits, we now get The Definitive! Apart from the inclusion of some DVD extras on the bonus disc edition it's up to you to spot the differences. Yet there are advantages to having Elton's hits reduced to a single disc.

Like many of his contemporaries, no amount of revisionism can detract from the fact that by the 1980s Elton's output was floundering somewhat. Even Mr Dwight would probably allow that there's no shame in admitting that your best output came before the excesses (and the loss of lyricist Bernie Taupin) started to dull the creative juices. Luckily this means that this collection dispenses with the soggier end of his back catalogue.

We get no Disney-sponsored schlock or weak-kneed Nikita. We do get the cream of everything from Madman Across The Water to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (as well as his Philly gems). Every one of them is a testament to the fact that, in their day, no one could turn out AM and FM-friendly numbers like Elton and Bernie.

From ''Your Song'' onwards, they crafted a winning almagamation of piano-led ballads and Americana-lite that made them superstars on both sides of the Atlantic. It's a shame that anything from Captain Fantastic is sacrificed for the obligatory latest 'hit' (''Tinderbox''), but his recent return to form means this is still preferable to ''Song For Guy'' etc. On the whole this is as solid a compilation as anyone who lacks a bit of Sir E in their collection could wish for. --Chris Jones

Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits

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