Queen - Greatest Hits [Import]

Queen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 9, 2004)
• Original Release Date: January 1, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI
• ASIN: B000024A70
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,019 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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. Play The Game

8. Flash

9. Seven Seas Of Rhye

10. We Will Rock You

11. We Are The Champions

12. Don't Stop Me Now

13. Save Me

14. Crazy Little Thing Called Love

15. Somebody To Love

16. Now I'm Here

17. Good Old-Fashoned Lover Boy

Editorial Reviews

17 GREATEST HITS FROM QUEEN!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love you, but we only have 14 hours to save the Earth!, July 19, 2004

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Queen - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

The UK version of Queen's Greatest Hits is superior to the American version, in my opinion. It includes all of Queen's UK Top 20 Hits from 1974 to 1980. ("Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy" is included because it was the lead track on the hit "Queen's First EP".) It should be noted that these are the single versions of the songs, which are sometimes different than the album versions. The most notable differences are on "Bicycle Race", which is almost a minute shorter than the album version, and "Flash", which includes dialogue from the movie, which the album version does not. This is the definitive compilation of Queen's early years.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Music From An Excellent Band, May 9, 2002

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MR NC SHACKLEY (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Queen - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This is the first of the three greatest hits compliations released by Queen, and is considered by most to be their best (although I would personally put Greatest Hits 2 slightly ahead of it).
The best songs on this album are so well known that it is hardly worth me commenting on them (I'm sure everyone already has their own opinions of the likes of 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are The Champions') but thats not to say their aren't any others worth listening to on here.
The compilations only downpoint however, is that Queen were an outstanding band in the fact that every one of their albums offers over half a dozen brilliant tracks, meaning they have many other songs which are equal to (if not better than) many of the tracks chosen for this compliation, but if you're just looking for an introductory album to Queen's music then this is fine.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Killer Queen, March 13, 2001

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W. K. Jerram (Austin, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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Of course this compilation is great. It's got most of the cream of Queen's crop (huh?) and is expanded from the version on LP/Cassette I grew up listening to. With one exception: What in the hell did they do with "Under Pressure"? This is DEFINITELY not one you leave off! Hell, "Don't Stop Me Now" and "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" should have been axed WAY before the classic Queen/Bowie collaboration. Even "Flash" (which for some unknown reason, i still like) should have been left off in favor of "U.P.". That's really the only reason not to give this 5 stars...that and there are quite a few killer album tracks that no GH will have ("Misfire", "Who Needs You", "Don't Try Suicide")so you should really pursue the original albums, which you probably will after starting out with this primer.

Although Queen is not everyone's cup of tea, anyone who can appreciate good music should respond to Freddie Mercury's voice and Brian May's guitar playing is mandatory listening IMO. And the best part of all of it is Queen's songs. Adventurous, heavy, melodic, hilarious, pomp, and a multitude of styles. This is totally the surface of a great band, but worth coming back to even after you own every album.