3x CD (3CD Deluxe 2019)

Diamonds

Compilation by Elton John

Released 3 November 2017

pop classic rock rock

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Your Song
4:03
3.8 ★
2
Tiny Dancer
6:15
3.2 ★
3
Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
4:42
3.8 ★
4
Honky Cat
5:14
3.2 ★
5
Crocodile Rock
3:56
3.4 ★
6
Daniel
3:55
3.5 ★
7
Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)
4:55
3.8 ★
8
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
3:15
3.7 ★
9
Candle in the Wind
3:49
3.7 ★
10
Bennie and the Jets
5:23
3.8 ★
11
The Bitch Is Back
3:44
2.9 ★
12
Philadelphia Freedom
5:30
3.6 ★
13
Island Girl
3:44
3.1 ★
14
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Elton John & Kiki Dee
6:47
3.4 ★
15
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
4:26
3.7 ★
16
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
3:50
3.4 ★
17
Little Jeannie
4:49
3.8 ★
CD 2
1
Song for Guy
6:34
4.0 ★
2
Blue Eyes
3:28
3.0 ★
3
I’m Still Standing
3:04
3.9 ★
4
I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues
4:43
3.5 ★
5
Sad Songs (Say So Much)
4:48
3.5 ★
6
Nikita
5:44
3.5 ★
7
I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That
4:34
4.0 ★
8
Sacrifice
5:05
2.9 ★
9
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Elton John & George Michael
5:48
2.5 ★
10
Something About the Way You Look Tonight (single edit)
4:00
1.7 ★
11
I Want Love
4:37
2.6 ★
12
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
4:01
2.9 ★
13
Are You Ready for Love?
3:32
2.5 ★
14
Electricity
3:31
2.0 ★
15
Home Again
5:02
3.0 ★
16
Looking Up
4:06
2.6 ★
17
Circle of Life
4:53
2.5 ★
CD 3
1
Skyline Pigeon (piano version)
3:54
1.0 ★
2
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
6:16
4.0 ★
3
Pinball Wizard
5:14
4.0 ★
4
Mama Can’t Buy You Love
4:04
3.0 ★
5
Part-Time Love
3:13
2.6 ★
6
Victim of Love
3:22
2.0 ★
7
Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
5:10
3.5 ★
8
Kiss the Bride
4:23
2.6 ★
9
That’s What Friends Are For
Elton John, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder
4:15
3.0 ★
10
The One
5:53
2.8 ★
11
True Love
Elton John & Kiki Dee
3:35
2.4 ★
12
Believe
4:52
2.9 ★
13
Live Like Horses
Elton John & Luciano Pavarotti
5:07
1.0 ★
14
Written in the Stars
Elton John & LeAnn Rimes
4:17
2.0 ★
15
This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore
4:39
2.4 ★
16
Good Morning to the Night (Elton John vs. Pnau)
Elton John & PNAU
3:24
1.0 ★
17
Step Into Christmas
4:29
2.9 ★

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Release credits

Adam Smalley
editor [17]
Alain Hatot
saxophone [4]
Alex Williams
engineer [16]
BJ Cole
steel guitar [2]
Barry Morgan
drums (drum set) [1]
Barry St. John
background vocals [2]
Bill Champlin
background vocals [17]
Bill Price
recording [2.2-4, 2.7, 3.7-8]
Bob Babbitt
electric bass guitar [4]
Bobby Eli
guitar [4]
Bruce Fowler
orchestrator [17], trombone [15]
Burt Bacharach
arranger [9], producer [9]
Buz Richmond
assistant [4]
Caleb Quaye
acoustic guitar [13], background vocals [13], congas [1], electric guitar [2], guitar [1]
Carl Fortina
accordion [16]
Carole Bayer Sager
arranger [9], producer [9]
Casey Jones
guitar [4], synthesizer [4]
Charles Collins
drums (drum set) [4]
Chris Porter
engineer [9]
Chris Thomas
mix [12, 17], producer [3.7-8, 3.10, 2.2-5, 2.7-8, 2.10, 2.12, 2.17]
Chris Thompson
background vocals [5]
Chuck Findley
flugelhorn [15], trombone [17], trumpet [17]
Chuck Sabo
drums (drum set) [12, 17]
Cidny Bullens
background vocals [15]
Claytoven Richardson
background vocals [11]
Clive Franks
assistant [1], bass guitar [5], engineer [1.11, 1.17, 3.5], mix [4-5], producer [3.5, 1.17]
Clive Hicks
12 string guitar [1]
Clydie King
background vocals [11]
Colin Green
guitar [1]
Curt Boettcher
background vocals [15]
Darrell Leonard
flugelhorn [15], horn [15]
Dave Mattacks
drums (drum set) [6]
Dave Richmond
bass guitar [1]
Davey Johnstone
acoustic guitar [1.2, 1.6, 1.10, 1.12, 1.14, 2.4], background vocals [1.3, 1.8-9, 1.13-14, 3.2-3, 3.5, 3.8, 2.3-4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.12], banjo [4, 13], electric guitar [1.5, 1.7-15, 2.3-4, 3.2, 3.8], guitar [2.5, 2.12, 2.16-17, 3.3, 3.5, 1.3], sitar [2], slide guitar [13], steel guitar [13], vocal [16]
David Burgess
assistant [17]
David Frazer
mix [11]
David Glover
bass guitar [2]
David Hentschel
engineer [7-10], synthesizer [3]
David Nicholas
engineer [8], recording [8]
David Paton
electric bass guitar [6]
David Piltch
double bass [15]
Dee Murray
background vocals [2.3-4, 1.2-3, 1.8-9, 1.14, 1.17, 3.2-3, 3.8], bass [3], bass guitar [3.3, 1.3-11, 1.14], electric bass guitar [1.12, 2.2-5, 3.2, 3.7-8]
Del Newman
orchestrator [8]
Dionne Warwick
lead vocals [9], solo [9]
Don Fay
flute [1], tenor saxophone [1]
Don Murray
engineer [4]
Dusty Springfield
background vocals [11]
Elton John
Rhodes piano [14], background vocals [1.13, 1.17, 2.6, 3.2], electric piano [4, 6, 12], farfisa [5], grand piano [6], guest [9], harpsichord [2], keyboard [5, 8], lead vocals [3.2-4, 3.7-10, 3.12, 3.14-15, 3.17, 2.2-8, 2.10-12, 2.15, 2.17, 1.1-17], mellotron [3.2, 1.6], mix [4], organ [10], performer [3.14, 2.14], piano [2.2-4, 2.15-16, 3.1-3, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9, 3.17, 1.1-5, 1.7-11, 1.13-14, 1.16], producer [3.5, 1.17, 2.16], string synthesizer [14], synthesizer [3.8, 2.3-4], vocal [3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.11, 3.16, 2.6, 2.16], voice synthesizer [6]
Frank Clark
acoustic guitar [1]
Fred Mandel
keyboard [8], synthesizer [6]
Gabriel Burch
engineer [16]
Gary Barlow
background vocals [12]
Gary Osborne
background vocals [5]
Gene Page
arranger [12], orchestrator [3]
George Bohanon
baritone horn [15]
George Michael
arranger [9], background vocals [6], producer [9]
Gladys Knight
additional [9], guest [9], lead vocals [9]
Graham Dickson
mix [6]
Graham Vickery
harmonica [1]
Gus Dudgeon
brass [4], engineer [16], mix [6], producer [3.1, 3.3, 3.17, 1.1-11, 1.13-16, 2.6]
Guy Babylon
keyboard [8], programming [12, 17]
Ivan Jullien
trumpet [4]
J.D. Stewart
assistant [4]
Jacques Bolognesi
trombone [4]
James Newton Howard
Rhodes piano [15, 17], accordion [16], brass [2.2, 3.7], conductor [16], electric piano [2.2, 3.7, 1.16], mellotron [13], orchestrator [15], solo [13], strings [1.16, 2.2, 3.7], synthesizer [2.2, 1.13, 1.17, 3.7]
Jason Wormer
engineer [16], mix [16], recording [15]
Jay Bellerose
drums (drum set) [15]
Jean-Louis Chautemps
saxophone [4]
Jeff Gartenbaum
engineer [16]
Jeff Guercio
engineer [13-14]
Jeff Porcaro
drums (drum set) [3.7, 2.2]
Jerry Hey
flugelhorn [17]
Jessie Smith
background vocals [11]
Jim Horn
alto saxophone [17], brass [17], piccolo [17]
Joanne Stone
background vocals [5]
John Lennon
background vocals [2], guitar [2]
John Mahon
percussion [16], vocal [16]
John Stewart
producer [16]
Jonathan Moffett
drums (drum set) [8]
Karl Lever
assistant [8]
Keefus Ciancia
keyboard [15]
Ken Scott
engineer [3-6], synthesizer [6]
Kenny Passarelli
background vocals [13], bass guitar [13], electric bass guitar [15-16]
Kiki Dee
background vocals [2.12, 1.13, 1.15], guest [15], performer [11], vocal [11]
Kim Bullard
keyboard [16]
Larry Washington
percussion [4]
LeAnn Rimes
guest [14]
LeRoy Bell
guitar [4]
Lenny Pickett
solo [11], tenor saxophone [11]
Lesley Duncan
background vocals [2]
Liza Strike
background vocals [2]
Luciano Pavarotti
performer [13]
MFSB
horn [4], strings [4]
Mark Guercio
assistant [13-14]
Mark Howlett
engineer [16]
Matt Bissonette
bass [16], vocal [16]
Matthew Vaughn
additional [17]
Max Gronenthal
background vocals [17]
Mike Piersante
editor [16]
Narada Michael Walden
producer [11]
Nick Glennie‐Smith
conductor [17], orchestrator [17]
Nigel Olsson
background vocals [1.2-3, 1.8-9, 1.14, 3.2-3, 3.8, 2.3-4], drums (drum set) [1.3-12, 1.14, 1.17, 2.3-5, 2.16, 3.2-3, 3.8], maracas [6], membranophone [3], vocal [16]
Nik Kershaw
electric guitar [6]
Olle Romo
programming [12, 17]
PNAU
producer [16]
Patrick Jauneaud
engineer [17]
Paul Buckmaster
arranger [1], conductor [1], strings [5]
Paula Jones
engineer [12, 17]
Pete Bellotte
producer [6]
Pete Lewis
assistant [12, 17]
Peter Mayes
mix [16]
Phil Dunne
engineer [5], mix [5]
Phil Spalding
background vocals [12], bass [12, 17]
Ray Cooper
Mark tree [2], bongos [15], congas [1.12-13, 1.15, 3.2-3, 3.5], cymbal [14], gong [2], maracas [3.2, 1.12], marimba [13], percussion [3], shakers [14], tambourine [1.11-15, 3.2-3, 3.5], tubular bells [2], vibraphone [16]
Reggie McBride
electric bass guitar [17]
Renate Blauel
recording [5]
Richie Zito
acoustic guitar [17], guitar [3.7, 2.2]
Rick Astley
background vocals [12]
Robin Geoffrey Cable
engineer [1-2]
Roger Cook
background vocals [2]
Roger Pope
drums (drum set) [1.2, 1.15, 3.1], membranophone [13], percussion [1]
Romeo Williams
bass guitar [8]
Ron Nevison
engineer [3]
Sandy Griffith
background vocals [11]
Sherlie Matthews
background vocals [11]
Steve Holly
drums (drum set) [5]
Stevie Vann
background vocals [5]
Stevie Wonder
guest [9], harmonica [4], lead vocals [9]
Stuart Epps
engineer [3.5, 2.6], mix [5]
Sue & Sunny
background vocals [2]
Terry Steele
background vocals [2]
The Spinners
background vocals [4]
Thom Bell
arranger [4], conductor [4], keyboard [4], producer [4]
Tim Renwick
electric guitar [5]
Tom Pearce
assistant [6]
Tony Bell
guitar [4]
Tony Burrows
background vocals [2]
Tony Murray
bass guitar [1]
Tower of Power Horn Section
brass [11]
T‐Bone Burnett
producer [15-16]
Vanessa Parr
assistant [16]
Vicki Brown
background vocals [5]
William Roper
tuba [15]