The Times Saturday Review 22 August 2020

Playlist: The Very Best of Earth, Wind & Fire focuses on the group’s peak mid-‘70s to early-‘80s years. It features most of EW&F's Top Ten R&B hits; it’s missing “Mighty Mighty,” “Kalimba Story,” “Got to Get You into My Life,” and “Let Me Talk.” This is an adequate option for those who want the biggest hits and nothing else, but the EW&F catalog is so deep that serious soul fans should strongly consider a more extensive overview, such as the two-disc The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 2002. -AllMusic Review by Andy Kellman

"Greatest Hits" is the 11th official album release for Elton John, and the first compilation. Released in November 1974, it spans the years 1970 to 1974, compiling ten of John's singles, with one track variation for releases in North America and for Europe and Australia. It topped the album chart in both the United States and the United Kingdom, staying at #1 for ten consecutive weeks in the former nation and eleven weeks in the latter. It was the best-selling album of 1975 in the United States, and is his best-selling album to date, being his first to have received an RIAA diamond certification for US sales of more than 10 million copies – as of April 2016 the album has been certified for 17 million units in the US. It remains John's best-selling album and one of the best-selling albums of all time, with 24 million copies sold worldwide.