Greatest Hits 1970-2002
by Elton John
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Greatest Hits 1970-2002 is ranked 25th 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 211 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,157.
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Greatest Hits 1970-2002 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Greatest Hits 1970-2002 rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2002 | 21/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 2000s Pt 2 | 53/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2002 | 25/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 2000s Pt 2 | 70/100 | - |
| 2025 | horvis | Top 66 Music Albums of 2002 | 63/66 | 0 |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | Top 97 Music Albums of 2002 | 30/97 | 4 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Elton John (UK) incl. non-solo - Ranked | 9/62 | - |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Elton John (UK) - Ranked | 8/61 | - |
| 2024 |  pedro1976 | Most listened to albums - February 2023 | 14/20 | - |
| 2023 |  zwiebel | Top 60 Music Albums of 2002 | 40/60 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 32 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 48 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/26/2026 23:25 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,759 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2026 09:08 | Leginlists | 3,847 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2024 17:33 | alexandermause | 1,590 | 86/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.5/100, a mean average of 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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Greatest Hits 1970-2002 forum mentions
pedro1976 02/04/2023 10:11 in What album are you listening to right now?
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Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/29/2017 20:21 | #198894
The first disc is good tracks 1-17, Disc 2 18-34 is very mediocre, there is a third disc on the limited edition which is much better than the second disc here. Overall its just the singles that were "hits" by no means reflecting "his best". Most of Elton's best songs were never released as singles. He himself admits that he did not take much control over what was released as a single leaving it to others. Disc 1 is great but the rest pulls this down to 70/100.
I think Elton John is an artist you should buy the "Greatest Hits" kind. Many attractive songs such are Nikita, I guess that's what they call it the blues, Blue Eyes, Your song 2002 are included here.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/18/2017 02:08 | #190976
Drives home how brilliant his 70s work was, and how bland his 80s-90s work was. It's also illustrates how much of a singles artist he was.
An album full of great songs. Tails off somewhat towards the end but the first 2/3rds / 3/4 are fabulous.
Great compilation. Classic single after classic single. Certainly the best Elton John compilation out there. Brilliant.
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