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Queen Greatest Hits 1 & 2 [Best of]

Queen (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (119 customer reviews)

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Product Details
Disc: 1
1. Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Another One Bites The Dust
3. Killer Queen
4. Fat Bottomed Girls
5. Bicycle Race
6. You're My Best Friend
7. Don't Stop Me Now
8. Save Me
9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
10. Somebody To Love
See all 17 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. A Kind Of Magic
2. Under Pressure
3. Radio Ga Ga
4. I Want It All
5. I Want To Break Free
6. Innuendo
7. It's A Hard Life
8. Breakthru
9. Who Wants To Live Forever
10. Headlong
See all 17 tracks on this disc

Product Description

Amazon.com essential recording

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

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We Will Rock You Mar 20 2004
Format:Audio CD
It is so hard to imagine Greatest Hits records these days. They all seem to be anticipated very well at first, but they all seem to lack a lot of great songs in the process. It just never ends. Even some of the greatest Rock N' Roll bands also have that problem. That comes with the case of Queen. Although Freddie Mercury died several years ago, his feeling for what Pop music is in the industry, was more imaginitive and creative than anything that has ever come out. Still, there are a whole amount of people who want to cash in on Queen. Recently, Britney Spears, Pink, and Beyonce Knowles conjured their version of We Will Rock You for a Pepsi commercial, which was the worst remake ever, considering they don't have what Queen had, a legacy.

Queen Greatest Hits 1 & 2, released in 1994, was a combination plate of the first two Queen hits collections. The songs that Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor created were all their own. The legacy Queen made is truly felt right here. The first disc contained hits from their days in the 70's and early 80's. The songs include a wide amount of hits including operatic classics Bohemian Rhapsody, Bicycle Race, and Somebody To Love, as well as classic Rock anthems like We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions. The songs range here so well by Queen from Rock, R&B, Dance, Opera, and much more.

The second disc is where their popularity failed in the U.S. during the 80's, but still recieved massive airplay in Europe. The songs here are also widely recieved including Radio Ga Ga, The upbeat Invisible Man, Under Pressure with David Bowie, the dramatic Innuendo, and one of their most covered classics The Show Must Go On. The only dissapointment with this collection, is that a vast amount of songs here could've been added, including live performances, and songs like Tie Your Mother Down. Largely considering, the first disc was much shorther than the second one in the process.

Considering with this collection, a lot of fans might be torn into 2 different directions. In 2002, the colection was reissued with the Greatest Hits Volume 3. Another factor is that both collections are about the same price too. If you can't find this collection, get The Platinum Collection instead. It is one of the best Greatest Hits collections out there.

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God save the Queen Aug 23 2011
Format:Audio CD
For anyone who is a Queen fan, this is the ultimate CD collection. From Bohemian Rhapsody to Fat-Bottomed Girls to Radio Ga-Ga (one of my personal favourites) to some of their lesser-known songs (Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy, Seven Seas of Rhye, Hammer to Fall) the voice of Freddie Mercury will transport you back to another place and time where music was more than just a cacaphony of noise. Freddie will live forever through his music. I'll admit, the only thing missing was Princes of the Universe. This is a great collection and I highly recommend it to anyone.
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Loved it!! Nov 16 2009
Format:Audio CD
If you are a diehard Queen fan, this CD is for you. I am thoroughly enjoying it. It's really nice to finally have a lot of Queens hits on one CD.
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Most recent customer reviews
ROCK AS THEATRE
This double-CD is by far the most complete of all the greatest hits and best of collections by this theatrical UK band. Read more
Published on Oct 5 2003 by Pieter
What a quandry....
Even for the casual Queen fan, just owning the first volume of their greatest hits (if you can find the version with "Bohemian Rhapsody", which is only to be found in the... Read more
Published on July 31 2003 by guillermoj
Come for part 1, stay for part 2...
As a unit, this collection is superior to either Classic Queen or Greatest Hits in that you get a wider swath of the band's hits. Read more
Published on April 5 2003 by shakeemondown
Everybody likes Queen!
BR>The songs looks like brand new every day. The classics never die. I've learned enjoy Queen because of her.
This album must be in your collection. Read more
Published on Dec 11 2002 by Sergio Sabino
'Essential recording' is right!
It's hard to imagine a set more appropriately deserving that moniker than this one. Jam-packed with all of Queen's big hits and many that should have been big hits, this set is... Read more
Published on Oct 25 2002 by Andy Williamson
Get the America versions instead
This 2-disc set compiles the original British versions of "Greatest Hits I & II". You do get some songs on here that aren't on the American versions ("Greatest... Read more
Published on Oct 3 2002 by The Scenario
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WHY DO YOU NOT LET US LISTEN TO ALL THE SONGS ON ALL THE CD'S. YOU SHOULD LET US SO WE CAN TRY OUT THE CD TO SEE IF WE WANT TO BUY IT.
Published on July 9 2002
Great
This hits album is of the highest standard shore its not Johnny Soper but what is, from Bohemium Rapsody to We Are The Champions onto the other side Radio Ga Ga it is pure genius,... Read more
Published on July 4 2002
All the Queen You Need
The 1991 death of Freddie Mercury and the inclusion of "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the film "Wayne's World" ignited a renewed interest in Queen. Read more
Published on Jun 30 2002 by The Groove
They Will Rock You
If ever there was a bigger than life rock band that epitomized the meaning of "Rock And Roll Band", it is Queen. No questions asked. Queen was incredibly different. Read more
Published on April 25 2002 by Barry
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