Greatest Hits

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Later that year, Hollywood Records released a companion collection, Greatest Hits, with similar artwork (on a red background, where Classic Queen was on royal blue). Some tracks were not even singles in the US (" One Year of Love") or anywhere (" Stone Cold Crazy"). Front hype sticker on bottom right corner reads "ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST-SELLING ALBUMS OF ALL TIME! On the other hand, I have never owned any Queen albums other than this (on a long lost tape), Queen Rocks and Live Killers.

Accumulated sales ( Greatest Hits II and Classic Queen for the US and Canada combined) are in excess of 25 million worldwide. Some examples of these were " Sweet Lady" and " Love of My Life", neither of which was released as a single in any country but appear on some regions' 1981 Hits release. In conclusion: this is an album I personally regard as superfluous, I never bought it and never listened to it before this week. and I'll just yell into the abyss that I'd like to see a re-release of the Canadian version with shorter track list and Keep Yourself Alive: a more perfect Greatest Hits, IMLTHO.It is a compilation of latter-day songs, the band members' solo hits and the band's collaborations with other artists (hence the album's credit to " Queen+"). Which position Another One Bites The Dust reached in the pop charts is of no consequence to me whatsoever and certainly isn't the barometer for how Queen's music should be judged in terms of 'greatness'. On that basis I’m tempted to score this a 1 but the individuals tracks are by and large excellent (9/10) so the overall effect is better than any of the albums that scored 5 so a 6/10 it is .

This grouping collects all versions and editions of the "Greatest Hits II" compilation, originally released on 28.

Following the release of the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018, it re-entered the charts worldwide. In the end, I gave it a perfunctory run through then went back to listening to the new deluxe version of UFO's seminal Strangers In The Night.

It has spent over 700 weeks in the UK Charts, and is the best-selling album of all time in the UK, selling over 6 million copies there. If anyone wants affirmation of the continuing relevance of all those great songs recorded by Brian May, Roger Taylor, Deacon and the aptly mercurial Mercury, they might also look at the long list of movies that have benefited from Queen numbers — from Wayne’s World ( Bohemian Rhapsody) to Grosse Pointe Blank ( Under Pressure) to Shaun Of The Dead ( Don’t Stop Me Now). In 1992, the US version of the album Classic Queen was released following the band's rekindled popularity in the nation. In some territories, despite the band's popularity, not enough songs were issued as singles to fill a compilation album, and a few album tracks were used as filler. For well over a decade and every time we were setting up or breaking down the arena this is the one album the guv'nor insisted on playing weekend in, weekend out, year in, year out.For a generation of fans too young to have experienced the band's 70s' output first time round, Greatest Hits was their way into the band. A collection of songs that are well known to both fans of the band and non-fans alike through sheer volume of airplay down the years, several of which have been played to death to the point where, personally, I wouldn't care if I never heard them again. We bring you breaking news, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes features, as well as unrivalled access to the biggest names in rock music; from Led Zeppelin to Deep Purple, Guns N’ Roses to the Rolling Stones, AC/DC to the Sex Pistols, and everything in between. In 1991, Queen sought to issue a second Greatest Hits collection worldwide, this time with a standard track listing.

In the US, Greatest Hits sold moderately well on initial release in 1981, obtaining a platinum certification.On 19 April 2011, Hollywood Records eventually released the newly remastered version of Greatest Hits II in the United States for the first time individually, [17] thus, superseding Classic Queen in the process and ultimately out of print.