Elton John's Greatest Hits Vol. 3

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Name = Elton John's Greatest Hits Vol. 3
Type = greatest hits
Artist = Elton John

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Released = 1987
Recorded = 1977-1986
Genre = Pop,Rock
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Label = Geffen
Producer = Chris Thomas, Thom Bell, Elton John, Clive Franks, Gus Dudgeon
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Last album = "Elton John live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra" (1987)
This album = "Elton John's Greatest Hits Vol. 3" (1987)
Next album = "Reg Strikes Back" (1988)

"Elton John's Greatest Hits Vol. 3" is a compilation album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1987 only in the United States and Canada. It contains some of his biggest hits released from 1979 through 1986. The album was released at a time when Elton John had just moved back to his old U.S. label, MCA Records. Geffen's last-ditch compilation was met with some disdain from the artist, who resented the competition against his new live album on MCA, which eventually bought Geffen in 1990.

Fully one third of the contents came from the 1983 album "Too Low For Zero", the album that had received the strongest critical and commercial response of the era. Elsewhere on the collection, less successful but more recent songs such as "Wrap Her Up" and "Heartache All Over the World" were chosen over older but modestly more successful songs such as 1978's "Part Time Love" and 1981's "Nobody Wins". However, it did include two songs from MCA, 1979's "Mama Can't Buy You Love" (actually recorded in 1977) and 1980's "Little Jeannie".

In 1992, this album was deleted and replaced with "Greatest Hits 1976-1986". MCA had taken over Geffen Records, and control of copyrights had shifted such that 1977's "Greatest Hits Volume II" could no longer be presented as before. Two songs from it, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart " and "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", were shifted to the new third volume, which also now included 1984's "Who Wears These Shoes". To make room for these additions, the 1986 flop "Heartache All Over The World" and 1983's album-only track "Too Low For Zero" were eliminated.

Track listing

#"I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues"
#"Mama Can't Buy You Love"
#"Little Jeannie"
#"Sad Songs (Say So Much)"
#"I'm Still Standing"
#"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)"
#"Heartache All Over The World"
#"Too Low For Zero"
#"Kiss The Bride"
#"Blue Eyes"
#"Nikita"
#"Wrap Her Up"

Credits

*Album Coordinators - John David Kalodner & Robin Rothman
*Originally Mastered by Greg Fulginiti
*Art Direction/Design - Laura Lipuma
*Management - John Reid