Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was where Elton John's personality began to gather more attention than his music, as it topped the American charts for eight straight weeks. In many ways, the double album was a recap of all the styles and sounds that made John a star. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is all over the map, beginning with the prog rock epic "Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)" and immediately careening into the balladry of "Candle in the Wind." For the rest of the album, John leaps between popcraft ("Bennie and the Jets"), ballads ("Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"), hard rock ("Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"), novelties ("Jamaica Jerk-Off"), Bernie Taupin's literary pretensions ("The Ballad of Danny Bailey"), and everything in between. Though its diversity is impressive, the album doesn't hold together very well. Even so, its individual moments are spectacular and the glitzy, crowd-pleasing showmanship that fuels the album pretty much defines what made Elton John a superstar in the early '70s.
Latest and Greatest Rock is a roaring 3 disc collection featuring 60 essential high calibre Rock anthems from the biggest and baddest bands This monster set includes modern and classic Rock hits plus a dose of indie and heavy metal to complete the album. The impressive line-up includes Marilyn Manson, Papa Roach, Puddle Of Mudd, Soundgarden, Anthrax, Monster Magnet, Blink 182 to name but a few. Also featured are renowned bands such as Motorhead, Diamond Head, Magnum, Dio, Judas Priest and Status Quo. The album concludes with the greatest classic cuts from Alice Cooper, Kiss, Boston, Heart, Nazareth, Thin Lizzy, Rainbow and many more legendary bands.
The eighth in a series of 8 simultaneously released sets celebrating the most iconic British pop show of all time takes a journey back in time to a time of pure pop joy, nu-metal and urban grooves. Marking the period 2001-2006 this 3-CD collection includes Take That, Fall Out Boy, Girls Aloud, Scissor Sisters, Gnarls Barkley, 50 Cent, Razorlight, Sugababes and many more.