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Queen - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 &2
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Artist(s)Queen
StudioHollywood Records
Release DateNovember 14, 1995
UPC Code720616204226
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About Queen - Queen - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 &2

Queen brought a whole new meaning to the phrase over the top. While rock & roll flamboyance stretched back at least as far as Little Richard, Freddie Mercury continued to camp it up, taking little seriously and smirking at the music's growing pretensions while partaking in them no small bit. Many of the band's singles hold up extremely well, later tracks such as "Hammer to Fall" as much as prime-era numbers such as "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Killer Queen," and "You're My Best Friend." The quartet's canny sense of melody and sophisticated vocal harmonies--not to mention Mercury's raised eyebrow--have traveled well through the years. --Rickey Wright Amazon.com essential recording

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen, Mercury, Freddie
  2. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen, Deacon, John
  3. Killer Queen - Queen, Mercury, Freddie
  4. Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen, May, Brian [1]
  5. Bicycle Race - Queen, Mercury, Freddie
  6. You're My Best Friend - Queen, Deacon, John
  7. Don't Stop Me Now - Queen, Mercury, Freddie
  8. Save Me - Queen, May, Brian [1]
  9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen, Mercury, Freddie
  10. Somebody to Love - Queen, Mercury, Freddie
  11. Now I'm Here - Queen, May, Brian [1]
  12. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - Queen, Mercury, Freddie
  13. Play the Game - Queen, Mercury, Freddie
  14. Flash - Queen, May, Brian [1]
  15. Seven Seas of Rhye - Queen, Mercury, Freddie
  16. We Will Rock You - Queen, May, Brian [1]
  17. We Are the Champions - Queen, Mercury, Freddie
Disc 2
  1. A Kind of Magic - Queen, Taylor, Roger
  2. Under Pressure - Queen, Bowie, David
  3. Radio Ga Ga - Queen, Taylor, Roger [1]
  4. I Want It All - Queen, Queen
  5. I Want to Break Free - Queen, Deacon, John
  6. Innuendo - Queen, Queen
  7. It's a Hard Life - Queen, Mercury, Freddie
  8. Breakthru - Queen, Queen
  9. Who Wants to Live Forever - Queen, May, Brian [1]
  10. Headlong - Queen, Queen
  11. The Miracle - Queen, Queen
  12. I'm Going Slightly Mad - Queen, Queen
  13. The Invisible Man - Queen, Queen
  14. Hammer to Fall - Queen, May, Brian [1]
  15. Friends Will Be Friends - Queen, Mercury, Freddie
  16. The Show Must Go On - Queen, Queen
  17. One Vision - Queen, Queen

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (185 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteGreat CDQuote
Love Queen. When I was in high school, our them song was Another One Bites the Dust and it takes me back every time I listen to it. Great CD September 30, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteQueen still rules!Quote
If you are a Queen fan, you must have this greatest hits collection. Not only is the music fantastic, the price was great. May 27, 2008

rating: 5 QuotePerfect.......unmatched creativity in the rock genre.Quote
If you like Queen, you need to check out America's best kept secret for over 15 years, Poi Dog Pondering. The new '7' CD is incredible and is the only release to match the creative heights of the mighty Queen.....great, great work. A work of art, really.7 April 18, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteExcellent CollectionQuote
good selection of most of Queen's best songs. I wish Princes of the Universe was included, but one can't have everything. April 5, 2008

rating: 2 QuoteSchizophrenic rock bandQuote
At their best, Queen produced some of the finest rock songs ever recorded. I'm partial to the great work they did early in their career--tunes like "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Killer Queen," and "You're My Best Friend." "Under Pressure," their collaboration with David Bowie, is one of my favorite songs of all time. I accept the claim by several reviewers, who are no doubt more knowledgeable about the band than I, that this is probably the most complete collection of their hits you can find. I had never heard most of these songs before.

The problem is that most of them are terrible, and not just in comparison to their greats. I found many of them to be unlistenable messes with operatic aspirations. It's hard to believe that the many 1-star tunes ( i.e., "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" and "I'm Going Slightly Mad") were composed by the same guys who wrote the comparatively few 5-star songs. Personally, I prefer the one-disc "Greatest Hits" compilation that many of the other reviewers deride.
March 22, 2008

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