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Queen Greatest Vol 2
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To buy this album via Amazon.com, click here: Queen - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 &2
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1. A KIND OF MAGIC
(P) 1986 Hollywood Records, Inc.
2. UNDER PRESSURE*
(P) 1981 Hollywood Records, Inc. and David Jones / Main Man S.A.
3. RADIO GA GA
(P) 1981 Hollywood Records, Inc.
4. I WANT IT ALL
(P) 1989 Hollywood Records, Inc.
5. I WANT TO BREAK FREE
(P) 1984 Hollywood Records, Inc.
6. INNUENDO
(P) 1991 Hollywood Records, Inc.
7. IT’S A HARD LIFE
(P) 1984 Hollywood Records, Inc.
8. BREAKTHRU
(P) 1989 Hollywood Records, Inc.
9. WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER
(P) 1986 Hollywood Records, Inc.
10. HEADLONG
(P) 1991 Hollywood Records, Inc.
11. THE MIRACLE
(P) 1989 Hollywood Records, Inc.
12. I’M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD
(P) 1991 Hollywood Records, Inc.
13. THE INVISIBLE MAN
(P) 1989 Hollywood Records, Inc.
14. HAMMER TO FALL
(P) 1984 Hollywood Records, Inc.
15. FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS
(P) 1986 Hollywood Records, Inc.
16. THE SHOW MUST GO ON
(P) 1991 Hollywood Records, Inc.
17. ONE VISION
(P) 1985 Hollywood Records, Inc.
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This compilation (P) © 2002 Hollywood Records
Published by Queen Music Ltd. / Beechwood Music Corp. obo EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (BMI)
* Queen Music Ltd. / Beechwood Music Corp. (BMI) / Screen Gems-EMI Music obo EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (BMI)
_____________________________________________
A KIND OF MAGIC
Written by Roger Taylor, and taken from the album of the same name, it was released in the UK on March 17th 1986 and was produced by Queen and David Richards. The song was commissioned by director Russell Mulcahy for his feature film Highlander. The track was a major hit throughout the world, reaching No. 3 in Britain, but dominating the charts at No. 1 in no less than 35 countries. Mulcahy himself directed the video for the single using many special effects and computer animation.
UNDER PRESSURE
By Queen and Davis Bowie, released in the UK on October 26th 1981 and taken from the album Hot Space. Produced by Queen and David Bowie, the song was the result of an impromptu recording session, at Mountain Studios in Montreux and marked the band’s first collaboration with another recording artist. It was a huge success throughout Europe, and gave Queen their second UK No. 1 single; it was also No. 1 in Argentina. It was included on some countries’ Greatest Hits 1 album and in 1990 the riff was sampled as a basis for Vanilla Ice’s No. 1 single Ice Ice Baby.
RADIO GA GA
Written by Roger Taylor for The Works album, their first album to be recorded in Los Angeles.
Released in the UK on January 23rd 1984, produced by Queen and Mack. The track was inspired by MTV, and itself inspired a video based on Fritz Lang’s famous silent movie Metropolis. Queen purchased parts of that film from the German Government to use in the video. The track was No. 2 in the UK chart, and reached No. 1 in 19 different countries. It was the first to feature the band’s personal catalogue number.
I WANT IT ALL
Written by Queen and taken from the album The Miracle.
Released in the UK on May 2nd 1989 and produced by Queen and David Richards. After a two year hiatus from the European charts, Queen returned with a classic rock track and a performance video. The single was a huge hit all over Europe, peaking at No. 3 in the UK but reaching No. 1 in many other European territories. The song has been heard as a rallying song for black African youths.
I WANT TO BREAK FREE
Written by John Deacon, produced by Queen and Mack and released in the UK on April 2nd 1984.
This second single from The Works gave the band their longest reign of the decade in the UK charts. After climbing to No. 3, it remained in the chart for 15 consecutive weeks and proceeded to become one of the band’s most successful European hits. The video featured the members of the band in drag, in a parody of a British TV soap opera, and became one of their most popular in Europe, although it was banned in parts of America. The song has become an anthem in many oppressed areas of the world.
INNUENDO
Written by Queen, taken from the album of the same name.
Released in the UK on January 14th 1991 and produced by Queen and David Richards. Queen’s first release of the Nineties, this six and a half minute long opus crashed straight into the British charts at No. 1. It also provided them with a huge hit all over Europe. The epic track takes in several diverse musical styles – an intrinsic Queen trademark – and includes guest musician Steve Howe on ‘wandering minstrel guitar’. The video, produced by Hibbert Ralph and Doro Productions won several prestigious awards, including a Gold Camera award from the American Film and Video Festival.
IT’S A HARD LIFE
Written by Freddie Mercury for The Works album, it was released in the UK on July 16th 1984.
Produced by Queen and Mack. The song opens with a line from I Pagliacci opera Vesti La Gibba and features all the famous Queen trademarks. It peaked at No. 6 in the British chart and was the band’s first release to appear as a 12” picture disc.
BREAKTHRU
Written by Queen and taken from the album The Miracle.
Released in the UK on June 19th 1989, and was produced by Queen and David Richards. The video for the song was filmed on a private railway in the Nene Valley in Cambridgeshire and featured a steam train dubbed The Miracle Express. The single was No. 7 in the UK charts, and gave the band a Top 10 hit throughout Europe.
WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER
Written by Brian May, from the A Kind Of Magic album, and released in the UK on September 15th 1986.
Produced by Queen and David Richards with orchestral arrangements by Michael Kamen. This poignant ballad was composed by Brian in a car after the band had first viewed the rough cut of the film Highlander and became one of the central themes of the movie. The video for the single featured the full National Philharmonic Orchestra, forty choirboys and two thousand candles. It gave Queen yet another Top 30 hit in Europe, climbing to 24 in the UK.
HEADLONG
Written by Queen, taken from the album Innuendo and released on May 13th 1991.
Produced by Queen and David Richards. A characteristically fast paced Queen rocker, it was the first release in the USA for the band’s new label Hollywood Records. The performance video to accompany the track was shot in the London studio where much of the album had been recorded. It climbed to 14 in the UK chart and was a big seller throughout the rest of Europe.
THE MIRACLE
Written by Queen and taken from the album of the same name.
Released in the UK on November 27th 1989 and produced by Queen and David Richards. It was the first time that EMI had ever released five singles from a Queen album. The single peaked at 21 in the UK and made the Top 40 in Europe. The video featured four young Queen ‘lookalikes’ who performed a perfectly executed mini Queen stage show to the track – leaving the ‘real Queen’ to make a mere cameo appearance during the finale.
I’M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD
Written by Queen and taken from the Innuendo album.
Released in the UK on March 4th 1991, it was produced by Queen and David Richards. A complete change of mood and pace for this second single from Innuendo, typical Queen eccentricity with tongues planted very firmly in cheeks. The monochrome video features the band interacting with live penguins and a gorilla. The song reached 22 in the UK chart and climbed into the Top 20 all over Europe, while settling at No. 1 in far flung Hong Kong.
THE INVISIBLE MAN
Written by Queen and taken from the album The Miracle.
Released in the UK on August 7th 1989, it was produced by Queen and David Richards. The video for this single was one of the band’s more lighthearted, yet still innovative, films; the members of the band were duplicated on film via computerised motion control. The single reached No. 12 in the UK and made Top 20 all over Europe.
HAMMER TO FALL
Written by Brian May, produced by Queen and Mack, this track was released as a single in the UK on September 10th 1984. The fourth and final single from The Works, Hammer To Fall features Queen in their heaviest rock guise. Different sleeves were used to package the record, and the live picture sleeve is now a collector’s item. The video was filmed in Brussels during the band’s European tour, and the single gave the band a European wide Top 20 hit, peaking at 13 in the UK. The track was featured later in the film Highlander.
FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS
Written by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, taken from the album A Kind Of Magic and released in the UK on June 9th 1986. Produced by Queen and Mack. This traditional Queen anthem was released to coincide with the Magic Tour in the summer of ‘86, and marked the band’s 30th single release in the UK. Peaking at 14 in the UK, the single reached the Top 40 in most European territories.
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
Written by Queen, taken from the Innuendo album, released October 1991 as a forerunner to Greatest Hits II.
Produced by Queen and David Richards. It signaled the band’s fortieth British single release. Combining everything inherently Queen. It is a perfect foil for a video depicting the best of Queen on film during the 80s.
ONE VISION
Written by Queen and released on November 4th 1985, taken from their A Kind Of Magic album.
Produced by Queen and Mack, the song was recorded after the band’s triumphant appearance at Live Aid and climbed into the Top 10 in most European countries, reaching No. 7 in the UK. The video marked the first collaboration between Queen and Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher, the Austrian director and producer team who have been responsible for many Queen Film’s productions since. The song was also featured in the film Iron Eagle.
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Queen are: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.
Management: Jim Beach
Queen website: www.queenonline.com
Publicity: Phil Symes, Cowan Symes Associates, 83 Charlotte Street, London W1P 1LB.
Queen North American Release Info:
www. hollywoodrecords.com/queen
Queen International Fan Club:
The Old Bakehouse, 16a Barnes High Street, London SW13 9LW.
Design: Richard Gray, Peacock and Queen.
Photography: Mick Rock, Simon Fowler, Peter Hince, Richard Gray, Snowdon, Richard Young (Rex Features), Neal Preston, Denis O’Regan
Sleeve notes: Jim Jenkins, Jacky Smith, Andy Davis and Phil Symes.
_____________________________________________
© (P) 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc. Manufactured and Marketed by Hollywood Records, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521. All rights reserved. Made in U.S.A.
Unauthorized copying, reproduction, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting prohibited.
2061-62360-2
To buy this album via Amazon.com, click here: Queen - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 &2
_____________________________________________
1. A KIND OF MAGIC
(P) 1986 Hollywood Records, Inc.
2. UNDER PRESSURE*
(P) 1981 Hollywood Records, Inc. and David Jones / Main Man S.A.
3. RADIO GA GA
(P) 1981 Hollywood Records, Inc.
4. I WANT IT ALL
(P) 1989 Hollywood Records, Inc.
5. I WANT TO BREAK FREE
(P) 1984 Hollywood Records, Inc.
6. INNUENDO
(P) 1991 Hollywood Records, Inc.
7. IT’S A HARD LIFE
(P) 1984 Hollywood Records, Inc.
8. BREAKTHRU
(P) 1989 Hollywood Records, Inc.
9. WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER
(P) 1986 Hollywood Records, Inc.
10. HEADLONG
(P) 1991 Hollywood Records, Inc.
11. THE MIRACLE
(P) 1989 Hollywood Records, Inc.
12. I’M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD
(P) 1991 Hollywood Records, Inc.
13. THE INVISIBLE MAN
(P) 1989 Hollywood Records, Inc.
14. HAMMER TO FALL
(P) 1984 Hollywood Records, Inc.
15. FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS
(P) 1986 Hollywood Records, Inc.
16. THE SHOW MUST GO ON
(P) 1991 Hollywood Records, Inc.
17. ONE VISION
(P) 1985 Hollywood Records, Inc.
______________________________________________________________
This compilation (P) © 2002 Hollywood Records
Published by Queen Music Ltd. / Beechwood Music Corp. obo EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (BMI)
* Queen Music Ltd. / Beechwood Music Corp. (BMI) / Screen Gems-EMI Music obo EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (BMI)
_____________________________________________
A KIND OF MAGIC
Written by Roger Taylor, and taken from the album of the same name, it was released in the UK on March 17th 1986 and was produced by Queen and David Richards. The song was commissioned by director Russell Mulcahy for his feature film Highlander. The track was a major hit throughout the world, reaching No. 3 in Britain, but dominating the charts at No. 1 in no less than 35 countries. Mulcahy himself directed the video for the single using many special effects and computer animation.
UNDER PRESSURE
By Queen and Davis Bowie, released in the UK on October 26th 1981 and taken from the album Hot Space. Produced by Queen and David Bowie, the song was the result of an impromptu recording session, at Mountain Studios in Montreux and marked the band’s first collaboration with another recording artist. It was a huge success throughout Europe, and gave Queen their second UK No. 1 single; it was also No. 1 in Argentina. It was included on some countries’ Greatest Hits 1 album and in 1990 the riff was sampled as a basis for Vanilla Ice’s No. 1 single Ice Ice Baby.
RADIO GA GA
Written by Roger Taylor for The Works album, their first album to be recorded in Los Angeles.
Released in the UK on January 23rd 1984, produced by Queen and Mack. The track was inspired by MTV, and itself inspired a video based on Fritz Lang’s famous silent movie Metropolis. Queen purchased parts of that film from the German Government to use in the video. The track was No. 2 in the UK chart, and reached No. 1 in 19 different countries. It was the first to feature the band’s personal catalogue number.
I WANT IT ALL
Written by Queen and taken from the album The Miracle.
Released in the UK on May 2nd 1989 and produced by Queen and David Richards. After a two year hiatus from the European charts, Queen returned with a classic rock track and a performance video. The single was a huge hit all over Europe, peaking at No. 3 in the UK but reaching No. 1 in many other European territories. The song has been heard as a rallying song for black African youths.
I WANT TO BREAK FREE
Written by John Deacon, produced by Queen and Mack and released in the UK on April 2nd 1984.
This second single from The Works gave the band their longest reign of the decade in the UK charts. After climbing to No. 3, it remained in the chart for 15 consecutive weeks and proceeded to become one of the band’s most successful European hits. The video featured the members of the band in drag, in a parody of a British TV soap opera, and became one of their most popular in Europe, although it was banned in parts of America. The song has become an anthem in many oppressed areas of the world.
INNUENDO
Written by Queen, taken from the album of the same name.
Released in the UK on January 14th 1991 and produced by Queen and David Richards. Queen’s first release of the Nineties, this six and a half minute long opus crashed straight into the British charts at No. 1. It also provided them with a huge hit all over Europe. The epic track takes in several diverse musical styles – an intrinsic Queen trademark – and includes guest musician Steve Howe on ‘wandering minstrel guitar’. The video, produced by Hibbert Ralph and Doro Productions won several prestigious awards, including a Gold Camera award from the American Film and Video Festival.
IT’S A HARD LIFE
Written by Freddie Mercury for The Works album, it was released in the UK on July 16th 1984.
Produced by Queen and Mack. The song opens with a line from I Pagliacci opera Vesti La Gibba and features all the famous Queen trademarks. It peaked at No. 6 in the British chart and was the band’s first release to appear as a 12” picture disc.
BREAKTHRU
Written by Queen and taken from the album The Miracle.
Released in the UK on June 19th 1989, and was produced by Queen and David Richards. The video for the song was filmed on a private railway in the Nene Valley in Cambridgeshire and featured a steam train dubbed The Miracle Express. The single was No. 7 in the UK charts, and gave the band a Top 10 hit throughout Europe.
WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER
Written by Brian May, from the A Kind Of Magic album, and released in the UK on September 15th 1986.
Produced by Queen and David Richards with orchestral arrangements by Michael Kamen. This poignant ballad was composed by Brian in a car after the band had first viewed the rough cut of the film Highlander and became one of the central themes of the movie. The video for the single featured the full National Philharmonic Orchestra, forty choirboys and two thousand candles. It gave Queen yet another Top 30 hit in Europe, climbing to 24 in the UK.
HEADLONG
Written by Queen, taken from the album Innuendo and released on May 13th 1991.
Produced by Queen and David Richards. A characteristically fast paced Queen rocker, it was the first release in the USA for the band’s new label Hollywood Records. The performance video to accompany the track was shot in the London studio where much of the album had been recorded. It climbed to 14 in the UK chart and was a big seller throughout the rest of Europe.
THE MIRACLE
Written by Queen and taken from the album of the same name.
Released in the UK on November 27th 1989 and produced by Queen and David Richards. It was the first time that EMI had ever released five singles from a Queen album. The single peaked at 21 in the UK and made the Top 40 in Europe. The video featured four young Queen ‘lookalikes’ who performed a perfectly executed mini Queen stage show to the track – leaving the ‘real Queen’ to make a mere cameo appearance during the finale.
I’M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD
Written by Queen and taken from the Innuendo album.
Released in the UK on March 4th 1991, it was produced by Queen and David Richards. A complete change of mood and pace for this second single from Innuendo, typical Queen eccentricity with tongues planted very firmly in cheeks. The monochrome video features the band interacting with live penguins and a gorilla. The song reached 22 in the UK chart and climbed into the Top 20 all over Europe, while settling at No. 1 in far flung Hong Kong.
THE INVISIBLE MAN
Written by Queen and taken from the album The Miracle.
Released in the UK on August 7th 1989, it was produced by Queen and David Richards. The video for this single was one of the band’s more lighthearted, yet still innovative, films; the members of the band were duplicated on film via computerised motion control. The single reached No. 12 in the UK and made Top 20 all over Europe.
HAMMER TO FALL
Written by Brian May, produced by Queen and Mack, this track was released as a single in the UK on September 10th 1984. The fourth and final single from The Works, Hammer To Fall features Queen in their heaviest rock guise. Different sleeves were used to package the record, and the live picture sleeve is now a collector’s item. The video was filmed in Brussels during the band’s European tour, and the single gave the band a European wide Top 20 hit, peaking at 13 in the UK. The track was featured later in the film Highlander.
FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS
Written by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, taken from the album A Kind Of Magic and released in the UK on June 9th 1986. Produced by Queen and Mack. This traditional Queen anthem was released to coincide with the Magic Tour in the summer of ‘86, and marked the band’s 30th single release in the UK. Peaking at 14 in the UK, the single reached the Top 40 in most European territories.
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
Written by Queen, taken from the Innuendo album, released October 1991 as a forerunner to Greatest Hits II.
Produced by Queen and David Richards. It signaled the band’s fortieth British single release. Combining everything inherently Queen. It is a perfect foil for a video depicting the best of Queen on film during the 80s.
ONE VISION
Written by Queen and released on November 4th 1985, taken from their A Kind Of Magic album.
Produced by Queen and Mack, the song was recorded after the band’s triumphant appearance at Live Aid and climbed into the Top 10 in most European countries, reaching No. 7 in the UK. The video marked the first collaboration between Queen and Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher, the Austrian director and producer team who have been responsible for many Queen Film’s productions since. The song was also featured in the film Iron Eagle.
_____________________________________________
Queen are: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.
Management: Jim Beach
Queen website: www.queenonline.com
Publicity: Phil Symes, Cowan Symes Associates, 83 Charlotte Street, London W1P 1LB.
Queen North American Release Info:
www. hollywoodrecords.com/queen
Queen International Fan Club:
The Old Bakehouse, 16a Barnes High Street, London SW13 9LW.
Design: Richard Gray, Peacock and Queen.
Photography: Mick Rock, Simon Fowler, Peter Hince, Richard Gray, Snowdon, Richard Young (Rex Features), Neal Preston, Denis O’Regan
Sleeve notes: Jim Jenkins, Jacky Smith, Andy Davis and Phil Symes.
_____________________________________________
© (P) 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc. Manufactured and Marketed by Hollywood Records, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521. All rights reserved. Made in U.S.A.
Unauthorized copying, reproduction, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting prohibited.
2061-62360-2
