Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen

Breaking Benjamin (Artist), Constantine (Performer), Shinedown (Performer), Joss Stone (Performer), Gavin DeGraw (Performer), Josh Kelley (Performer), Los Lobos (Performer), Flaming Lips (Performer), Sum 41 (Performer), Ingram Hill (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 9, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hollywood Records
• ASIN: B0009W5IY2
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,434 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #27 in Music > Pop > Tributes

Track Listings

1. We Are the Champions

2. Tie Your Mother Down

3. Bohemian Rhapsody

4. Stone Cold Crazy

5. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy

6. Under Pressure

7. Who Wants to Live Forever

8. Bicycle Race

9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love

10. Sleeping on the Sidewalk

11. Killer Queen

12. Death on Two Legs

13. Play the Game

14. Bohemian Rhapsody

15. '39

16. Fat Bottom Girls

Editorial Reviews

QUEEN/VARIOUS Killer Queen - A Tribute To Queen (2005 US issue 16-track CD album which highlights what great musicians Queen were [and still are!] the likes of Joss Stone Jason Mraz Sum 41 Eleven featuring Josh Homme Los Lobos and HEAPS moretackling the classics that have stood the test of time also includes CD-Rom content providing access to special features - complete with picture sleeve)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

85 of 96 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good for a tribute album!, August 9, 2005

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P. Baker - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (Audio CD)

Gavin DeGraw - We Are the Champions - I really didn't care for the arrangement on this. So much so that I actively disliked this version. Gavin sounded like...Gavin.

Shinedown - Tie Your Mother Down - Absolutely loved this. Rockin! Fun! Really really like the interpretation and presentation. Very lively.

Constantine and WWRY - Bohemian Rhapsody - Very true to the original, but with a bit of interpretation/personalization. Fantastic voice with lots of nuance/richness. Very, very good!

Eleven w/ Josh Homme - Stone Cold Crazy - This is well done. Josh does a really wonderful job with the song. It almost feels sorta bluesy in the way he does some of his inflections and things, which was unexpected, but good.

Jason Mraz - Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy - Was really surprised by this. I'm not a Mraz fan, but this was GOOD! Pretty, pretty voice.

Joss Stone - Under Pressure - Hated everything about this song. The arrangement was poor, the singing atrocious. And I'm not a Joss hater.

Breaking Benjamin - Who Wants to Live Forever - It sounds exactly like Breaking Benjamin. And it really really works. Love it!

Be Your Own Pet - Bicycle Race - This just needs to go away. Yesterday.

Josh Kelley - Crazy Little Thing Called Love - It's...OK. But it didn't choose me.

Los Lobos - Sleepin' on the Sidewalk - I just didn't care for this. The vocal affectations/stylizations really just ruined it for me. I couldn't get past them enough to enjoy the song as a whole.

Sum-41 - Killer Queen - OK, I was not expecting something this faithful to the original from Sum-41. At all. I am impressed for that very reason honestly. Well done!

Rooney - Death on Two Legs - Not a song you hear very often. Was happy to see it's inclusion on the disc. Enjoyed the guitar work quite a bit. Nicely done.

Jon Brion - Play the Game - It didn't do anything for me. Lacked the passion of the original and the singing was...adequate at best.

Flaming Lips - Bohemian Rhapsody - All I can say is I almost wish these backup singers had been behind Constantine instead of the cast of WWRY and Constantine's version had been the only one on the album. The backups are FUN on this track (and 'richer' than WWRY, but I can understand why Constantine was expected to stay more 'traditional' in his interpretation by the album producers.)

Ingram Hill - '39 - Another semi unusual track which I was pleased to see. It was good just for it's uniqueness.

Antigone Rising - Fat Bottom Girls - Sweet track! Lot of fun! Great to hear a chick doing this. Hee! Loved it, just loved it. :-)

By the way, there's a pretty cool 'making of' documentary up on the website for this album. It centers mostly around Constantine and the Bohemian Rhapsody track, but you also get to see the studio and the producers and rest of the crew.

hollywoodrecords.go.com

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!!!, August 9, 2005

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Kristine (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (Audio CD)

Overall, a wonderful tribute to Queen. I hope that it brings in many new listeners and brings back the ones who've been around for years. I really love the whole album but must say that Constantine's Bohemian Rhapsody is, by far, the best song on the album!! He outdoes himself. The price of the album is worth it, if just for this one song. Thank you, thank you.

Go buy it, you will LOVE it!

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good tribute CD, August 9, 2005

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Rusty - See all my reviews

This review is from: Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (Audio CD)

I have always been a huge fan of Queen and out of curiosity decided to get a copy of this CD. I am pleasantly surprised with the vast array of talent on this. I have never watched American Idol but this guy Constantine was supposedly on that show? Where did he come from, what a great voice? He actually did justice to Freddy's version of Bohemian Rhapsody which is not an easy task. I don't consider Flaming Lips rock-n-roll and they crucified their version. Tie Your Mother Down by Shinedown, Good Old Fashioned Loverboy by Jason Mraz, Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Josh Kelly and Fat Bottom Girls by Antigone Rising were very enjoyable. I hold Queen in the highest regard as untouchable but the above performers came as close as possible. I am a guy and a die-hard Queen fan; if you like Queen or any of these artists than this CD is a must have.