Greatest Hits
by Elton John
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Elton John bestography
Greatest Hits is ranked 8th best out of 56 albums by Elton John on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elton John is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road which is ranked number 207 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,247.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Greatest Hits track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Greatest Hits rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 35/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | 56 Favorite Compilation Albums | 25/56 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum Zone 12 Europe British Isles | 17/100 | - |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1d410Arthur | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 38/99 | 61 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1970s | 17/100 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | All Time Pt 2 | 30/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 71 Music Albums of 1974 | 67/71 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum albums | 57/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 89 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 338 | |||
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Greatest Hits ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/03/2026 11:38 | Tamthebam | 23,289 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2026 10:28 | cicadelic | 13,838 | 73/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2026 11:33 | pago82 | 3,227 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.9/100, a mean average of 81.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Forum mentions
pedro1976 11/18/2023 17:38 in What album are you listening to right now?
Romanelli 11/16/2023 14:06 in The Romanelli Music Diary: MutationsGreatest Hits comments
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VictorVale 10/16/2020 23:02 | #259359
Muito hitmaker do caralho!!
I’m purely rating this on the songs chosen alone. For new fans this or any version of greatest hits of his will do. The hits are just as good as the album cuts and vice versa, that can’t be said for too many artists. (Edited)
Elton John is severely underrated here! (Edited)
Tamthebam 10/17/2016 09:32 | #177018 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the better Greatest Hits albums, this captures the period 1970-74 in Eltons career. It is just one great song after another, obviously time restrictions appllied given that a vinyl record can only hold about 25 mins of music per side before the sound starts to be affected. Otherwise Tiny Dancer and Burn Down The Mission would have been included.
Can't go wrong with this collection but it's a little threadbare in the digital era, barely scratching the surface of John's music from his classic period. There are better collections available now. Better yet, get acquainted with some of the original albums. (Edited)
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