To Be Continued... (box set)

To Be Continued...
Box set by Elton John
Released	8 November 1990 (US) November 1991 (UK)
Recorded	Various locations, 1965–1991
Genre	Rock, pop rock
Length	5:01:20
Label	MCA (US) Rocket (UK)
Producer	Gus Dudgeon Chris Thomas, Elton John, Clive Franks, Don Was, Steve Brown
Elton John chronology
Sleeping with the Past (1989)Sleeping with the Past1989 To Be Continued... (1990) The Very Best of Elton John (1990)The Very Best of Elton John1990
Alternate cover
1991 UK release

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic	[1]

To Be Continued... is a four-disc box set detailing Elton John's music from his days with Bluesology to the then-present day. Four new songs ("Made for Me", "You Gotta Love Someone", "I Swear I Heard the Night Talkin'" and "Easier to Walk Away") were recorded for the box set. Newly sober John was unhappy with the US cover art (it reminded him of his old excesses), so the 1991 UK release was issued with new cover art and also replaced "You Gotta Love Someone" (which had already been released on The Very Best of Elton John the previous year) and "I Swear I Heard the Night Talkin'" with then-unreleased "Suit of Wolves" and "Understanding Women", the former a B-side to "The One" and the latter later included as a track on the 1992 album The One. In the US, it was certified gold in June 1992 and platinum in November 2006. In April 2016 it was certified 2 x platinum by the RIAA.

Track listing

All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, except where noted.

Disc one

1. "Come Back Baby" (Reg Dwight) – 2:45 (with Bluesology)
2. "Lady Samantha" – 3:03
3. "It's Me That You Need" – 4:04
4. "Your Song" (Demo) – 3:33
5. "Rock and Roll Madonna" – 4:17
6. "Bad Side of the Moon" – 3:15
7. "Your Song" – 4:00
8. "Take Me to the Pilot" – 3:46
9. "Border Song" – 3:22
10. "Sixty Years On" (Extended intro) – 4:57
11. "Country Comfort" – 5:07
12. "Grey Seal" (Original version) – 3:36
13. "Friends" – 2:20
14. "Levon" – 5:21
15. "Tiny Dancer" – 6:15
16. "Madman Across the Water" – 5:58
17. "Honky Cat" – 5:13
18. "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" – 4:59

Disc two

1. "Rocket Man" – 4:43
2. "Daniel" – 3:53
3. "Crocodile Rock" – 3:54
4. "Bennie and the Jets" – 5:20
5. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" – 3:15
6. "All the Girls Love Alice" – 5:10
7. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" – 11:08
8. "Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)" – 2:53
9. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" – 4:53
10. "Jack Rabbit" – 1:51
11. "Harmony" – 2:46
12. "Screw You (Young Man's Blues)" – 4:43
13. "Step into Christmas" – 4:30
14. "The Bitch Is Back" – 3:44
15. "Pinball Wizard" (Pete Townshend) – 5:15
16. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" – 6:45

Disc three

1. "Philadelphia Freedom" – 5:39
2. "One Day (At a Time)" (John Lennon) – 3:48
3. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 6:16
4. "I Saw Her Standing There" (Live) (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:43 (with John Lennon)
5. "Island Girl" – 3:44
6. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" – 3:47
7. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" – 4:31 (with Kiki Dee)
8. "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" (Live) – 3:35
9. "Ego" – 3:59
10. "Song for Guy" (John) – 6:40
11. "Mama Can't Buy You Love" (LeRoy Bell, Casey James) – 4:03
12. "Cartier" (Dinah Card, Carte Blanche) – 0:54
13. "Little Jeannie" (John, Gary Osborne) – 5:12
14. "Donner Pour Donner" (Michel Berger, Taupin) – 4:26 (Duet with France Gall)
15. "Fanfare/Chloe" (John, Osborne, James Newton-Howard) – 6:20
16. "The Retreat" – 4:45
17. "Blue Eyes" (John, Osborne) – 3:26

Disc four

1. "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" – 5:12
2. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (John, Taupin, Davey Johnstone) – 4:43
3. "I'm Still Standing" – 3:02
4. "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (Single version) – 4:10
5. "Act of War" (Single remix) – 4:44 (Duet with Millie Jackson)
6. "Nikita" – 5:44
7. "Candle in the Wind" (Live) – 3:58
8. "Carla/Etude" (Live) (John) – 4:46
9. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (Live) – 5:39
10. "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (Shep Pettibone remix) – 7:18
11. "Give Peace a Chance" (Lennon) – 3:47
12. "Sacrifice" – 5:08
13. "Made for Me" – 4:22
14. "You Gotta Love Someone" – 4:59 (US only)
15. "I Swear I Heard the Night Talkin'" – 4:30 (US only)
16. "Easier to Walk Away" – 4:22
17. "Suit of Wolves" – 5:46 (UK only)
18. "Understanding Women" – 5:03 (UK only)

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