How can you possibly go wrong with a compilation of great songs from the great Elton? It's hard, but I have to say that the exclusion of any tune from the classic "Tumbleweed Connection" album and the inexcusable absence of the exquisite "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" keeps this from being a fantastic collection. I certainly didn't need the bubble-gum Crocodile Rock or the forgettable Island Girl in their stead. There should someday be a cd of Elton's greatest album cuts that would include such gems as "Ticking" "Madman across the water" "Take me to the Pilot" "Burn down the mission" and "There goes a well known gun" just to name a few... Ah, well, that's why I'm not a record executive!