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The history of Queen's Greatest Hits albums is impossibly convoluted. The first album with that title was released in 1981, and it was an excellent collection, but it was deleted in America by the end of the '80s. When Hollywood acquired the rights to the Queen catalog in 1991, it didn't reissue the original Greatest Hits album. Instead, it released Classic Queen, a bastardized version of the British compilation Greatest Hits, Vol. 2; it included "Bohemian Rhapsody" along with a couple other tracks from Greatest Hits. Classic Queen was essentially a quick cash-in to capitalize on the band's exposure in the hit film Wayne's World, and it served its purpose well. However, since it was pieced together with elements of the first two greatest-hits albums, Hollywood couldn't reissue either one. So, that year they put out their own Greatest Hits, which had the same skeleton as the British Greatest Hits, minus selections that were on Classic Queen, plus a handful of other tracks. To further complicate matters, Hollywood issued Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 in 1995, and this two-disc set contained the original British collections, which Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 functions as a sequel to. But Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 isn't a hits collection, it's a hodgepodge of rarities. The only real hit here is George Michael's live duet with Queen on "Somebody to Love." The rest are remixes, solo cuts, and tracks completed after Freddie Mercury's death. It's nice to get some of these items on one disc, but such a collection could barely be called "hits." It wouldn't be a problem if it was billed as such, but it's a sporadic collection of loose ends, a few of which are pretty good, most of which are unnecessary. If casual fans are expecting a true Greatest Hits, Vol. 3, they will be sorely disappointed.
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Elton John, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Queen, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, ComposerLyricist - Roger Taylor, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian May, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Deacon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Spike Edney, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 Queen Productions Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal International Music BV
Justin Shirley-Smith, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Queen, Producer, Remixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Freddie Mercury, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Taylor, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Bowie, Composer, Producer, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian May, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Deacon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joshua J. MacRae, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1999 Queen Productions Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal International Music BV
Dave Richards, Producer - Montserrat Caballe, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Mercury, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Moran, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 Mercury Songs Ltd.
Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Queen, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Mercury, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Taylor, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian May, Guitar, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Deacon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Richards, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Musker, ComposerLyricist - Elizabeth Lambers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Queen Productions Ltd
The London Community Gospel Choir, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - GEORGE MICHAEL, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Queen, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, ComposerLyricist - Roger Taylor, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Moran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Brian May, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Deacon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 Queen Productions Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal International Music BV
Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Queen, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Mercury, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Taylor, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian May, Guitar, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Deacon, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Richards, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1995 Queen Productions Ltd
Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Queen, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Mercury, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Taylor, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian May, Guitar, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Erdal Kizilcay, Fretless Bass, AssociatedPerformer - John Deacon, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Richards, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1995 Queen Productions Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal International Music BV
Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Taylor, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian May, Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Deacon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Reinhold Mack, Producer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 Raincloud Productions Ltd.
Justin Shirley-Smith, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian May, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1991 Queen Productions Ltd
Mack, Producer - Fred Mandel, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Mercury, Producer, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eddy Schreyer, Mastering Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Julian Raymond, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1992 Hollywood Records, Inc.
Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Queen, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Mercury, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Miriam Stockley, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Taylor, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian May, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Deacon, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Richards, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Martin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rebecca Leigh White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Catherine Porter, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Queen Productions Ltd
Dave Richards, Producer - Buck Ram, ComposerLyricist - Freddie Mercury, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Moran, Producer
℗ 1987 Mercury Songs Ltd.
Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Taylor, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian May, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Deacon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Reinhold Mack, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Queen Productions Ltd. / Raincloud Productions Ltd.
Pras Michel, FeaturedArtist - Wyclef Jean, Vocals, Remix Engineer, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Taylor, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Brian May, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Deacon, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Reinhold Mack, Producer, Engineer, Assistant Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 SKG Music LLC / Raincloud Productions Ltd., under exclusive licence to Universal International Music BV
Justin Shirley-Smith, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Taylor, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brian May, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Deacon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Queen Productions Ltd, under exclusive licence to Universal International Music BV
Justin Shirley-Smith, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Taylor, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian May, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Deacon, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Richards, Producer, Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Noel Harris, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Queen Productions Ltd
Queen, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Taylor, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian May, Producer, ComposerLyricist - John Deacon, Producer
℗ 1984 Raincloud Productions Ltd., under exclusive licence to Universal International Music BV
Album review
The history of Queen's Greatest Hits albums is impossibly convoluted. The first album with that title was released in 1981, and it was an excellent collection, but it was deleted in America by the end of the '80s. When Hollywood acquired the rights to the Queen catalog in 1991, it didn't reissue the original Greatest Hits album. Instead, it released Classic Queen, a bastardized version of the British compilation Greatest Hits, Vol. 2; it included "Bohemian Rhapsody" along with a couple other tracks from Greatest Hits. Classic Queen was essentially a quick cash-in to capitalize on the band's exposure in the hit film Wayne's World, and it served its purpose well. However, since it was pieced together with elements of the first two greatest-hits albums, Hollywood couldn't reissue either one. So, that year they put out their own Greatest Hits, which had the same skeleton as the British Greatest Hits, minus selections that were on Classic Queen, plus a handful of other tracks. To further complicate matters, Hollywood issued Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 in 1995, and this two-disc set contained the original British collections, which Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 functions as a sequel to. But Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 isn't a hits collection, it's a hodgepodge of rarities. The only real hit here is George Michael's live duet with Queen on "Somebody to Love." The rest are remixes, solo cuts, and tracks completed after Freddie Mercury's death. It's nice to get some of these items on one disc, but such a collection could barely be called "hits." It wouldn't be a problem if it was billed as such, but it's a sporadic collection of loose ends, a few of which are pretty good, most of which are unnecessary. If casual fans are expecting a true Greatest Hits, Vol. 3, they will be sorely disappointed.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:33
- Main artists: Queen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2010 Queen Productions Ltd. under exclusive licence to Universal International Music BV This Compilation ℗ 2010 Queen Productions Ltd. under exclusive licence to Universal International Music BV
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