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new Queen album
GREATEST HITS III
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Album release
day - November 8, 1999 All tracks will be available on this site no later than November 8, 1999. Some MP3 tracks are already here - others will be added soon.
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Please understand this before you download
anything
I don't think 'Queen' and their affiliated companies are
doing
the right thing these days. Simply put it: this new album is a tasteless rip-off.
It makes me sad. So here it is, online.
The notes are taken directly from the sleeve.
It does not mean that I agree with the superlatives.
This compilation is not worthy to the majestic name.
It includes real hits of course. And remixes, covers from
a man's work who wanted to work on
those songs without Queen. He finished and released them the
way he wished, under his very own, proud name.
Now his wishes don't mean a thing.
This site is therefore dedicated to the immortal,
free spirit of Freddie Mercury, the artist.
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Donate money directly to an AIDS charity today.
And listen to the original recordings.
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THE SHOW MUST GO ON (Queen) Written by Queen, this version of a hit
from Innuendo, previously unreleased, was recorded with Elton John
on lead vocals, at the Théâtre National de Chaillot, in Paris. The
date was 17th January 1997, and the event was the Gala opening night
of Le Presbytère n'a rien perdu de son charme ni le jardin de son
èclat, a moving work by French ballet legend Maurice Béjart. The
work drew upon AIDS and the early deaths of Freddie and the company's
principal dancer Jorge Donn, as its major source of inspiration.
The subsequent film of the ballet by David Mallet entitled "Ballet
For Life" won a Montreux Golden Rose in 1998. Queen's music,
along with Mozart, provided the score for the ballet, and Queen
- performing live for only the second time since Freddie's death
- with Elton John closed the show with this high drama version of
what has become identified as Queen's tribute to Freddie. Originally
a hit in 1991 it has now become a fitting tribute to the unquestionable
musical majesty of Queen and Elton John. |
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UNDER
PRESSURE Rah mix (Queen and
David Bowie)
Performed by Queen and David Bowie Produced by Queen and David Bowie Remixed by Queen with additional work by Joshua J. Macrae and Justin Shirley-Smith This classic collaboration with David Bowie started life at a jam session at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland. Built around John Deacon's unforgettable bassline and a wonderful duet between David Bowie and FreddieMercury, 'Under Pressure' became an instant No. 1 upon its release in 1981. Always a live favourite for Queen, in more recent years David too, has begun including the song in his set-lists. The version included here features fresh recording work by Brian and Roger and has been especially remixed for this album. |
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BARCELONA (Freddie Mercury
and Mike Moran)
Performed by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé Produced by Freddie Mercury, David Richards and Mike Moran On their first meeting at the Ritz Hotel in Barcelona Montserrat Caballé asked Freddie to write a song about her home town. The result realised Freddie's dream of recording with the famous Spanish opera star who he considered to have the most beautiful female voice in the world. A hit single in 1987, it reached No. 8 in the UK, but had a second lease of life five years later when it reached No. 2, after being adopted for the 1992 Olympic Games. Montserrat Caballé performed the song again in the Barcelona Olympic Stadium immediately before Manchester United1s 1999 triumph in the UEFA Champions League - a true European anthem. |
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TOO MUCH
LOVE WILL KILL YOU (Brian May, Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers) |
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SOMEBODY TO LOVE (Freddie Mercury) |
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YOU
DON'T FOOL ME (Queen)
Performed by Queen Produced by Queen, co-produced by David Richards, Justin Shirley-Smith and Joshua J. Macrae Harking back to the early 80s and their disco-flavoured Hot Space album, Queen wrote and recorded 'You Don1t Fool Me' as a latter-day foray into dance music. This was another track the band recorded together as a four-piece with Freddie but didn't release until 1995, when it first appeared on Made In Heaven. The song has the distinction of being one of Queen's first to be remixed by outside DJs, and upon its release as a 12", became the rage in clubs across Europe and America and a big hit in its own right. |
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HEAVEN FOR EVERYONE
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LAS PALABRAS DE AMOR (Brian
May)
Performed by Queen Produced by Queen and Mack Partly sung in Spanish and written by Brian May in the wake of Queen's epic tours of South America, 'Las Palabras De Amor' originally appeared on Hot Space. This beautiful song of love and hope was a hit single in 1982 and has become a great favourite with Queen's legendary South American fans. |
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DRIVEN BY YOU (Brian May)
Performed by Brian May Produced by Brian May and David Richards This terse yet emotional rock song and live favourite was written by Brian and, encouraged by Freddie and the band, Brian released it as a single in late 1991. Speeding into the charts, it became one of Brian's most successful solo singles to date. Featured on his Back To The Light album, it reached No. 6. It was further popularised by its use in a TV ad campaign for Ford Cars, and won Brian an Ivor Novello award. |
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LIVING ON MY OWN (Freddie
Mercury)
Original production by Freddie Mercury and Mack Rearranged, produced and recorded by Serge Ramaekers, Colin Peter and Carl Ward For 'No More Brothers'R Productions at No More Studio 1, Antwerp, April'93 Cutting by Paul Van Der Jonckheid at Foon Originally released by Freddie Mercury in 1985, and included on his Mr. Bad Guy album, 'Living On My Own' was remixed and re-released in 1993 and spent two weeks at No. 1 in the UK charts and won Freddie a postumous Ivor Novello award. At odds with the lyrical tone of the song, Freddie's vocal performance is one of pure delight. "Bee-bop-bay-bop" indeed! |
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LET ME LIVE (Queen)
Performed by Queen Produced and arranged by Queen Co-produced and engineered by Justin Shirley-Smith and Joshua J. Macrae Written by Queen, this provided the band with their 4th successive chart single from Made In Heaven.. Classic Queen rock - big on production and pounding rhythm - the track was however a notable departure from the band's familiar Freddie Mercury vocal-lead style; here Roger and Brian unusually came to the fore, each carrying a verse of the song before joining forces with Freddie in performing the powerful anthem chorus. |
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THE GREAT PRETENDER (Buck
Ram)
Performed by Freddie Mercury Produced by Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran and David Richards Freddie's larger-than-life remake of this Platters favourite from 1956 reached No. 4 in the UK charts in 1987. The video for the single, which starred Roger and Freddie dressed, once again, in women's clothing (remember 'I Want to Break Free'?), also featured the rare sight of Freddie without his trademark moustache. |
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PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE (Brian
May)
Performed by Queen Produced by Queen and Mack A highlight of Queen's 1986 album, A Kind Of Magic, 'Princes Of The Universe' is also something of an overlooked treasure, since it was only issued as a single in America. This thunderous song was originally written for the Russell Mulcahy film Highlander starring Christophe Lambert. It was accompanied by a memorable video in which a sword-fighting Lambert engages in battle with Freddie, who was armed only with his trusty microphone stand! It has been rediscovered worldwide as a result of the subsequent TV series. |
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ANOTHER
ONE BITES THE DUST (John Deacon)
Performed by Queen with additional vocals by Wyclef Jean featuring Pras Michel / Free Remixed by Wyclef Jean Queen's biggest U.S. hit provided them with a four week run at the top of the US charts in October 1980. This John Deacon song has since become one of Queen's most covered as well as an anthem for sports occasions the world over. This version produced by Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel and Free mixing Queen's original version with Pras Michel and Free's rap vocals, was for the 1998 film Small Soldiers. It was a hit all over again for the band, particularly registering high in the dance/R&B charts, bringing Queen's music to a whole new audience. |
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NO-ONE BUT YOU (Brian May) |
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THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR
LIVES (Queen)
Performed by Queen Produced by Queen and David Richards 'These Are The Days Of Our Lives' is one of the most beautiful and poignant songs in the Queen catalogue. Its video was the last to be filmed by the group as a four-piece with Freddie, and is especially memorable for its closing moment in which Freddie stops singing, looks down, and utters thewords "I still love you". The track first appeared on Innuendo in 1991 and reached No. 1 as a single later in the year. |
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THANK
GOD IT'S CHRISTMAS (Roger
Taylor, Brian May)
Performed by Queen Produced by Queen and Mack Queen's only Christmas single, this track spent six weeks in the charts over the Christmas/new Year period 1984/85. A rare songwriting collaboration between Roger Taylor and Brian May, it enjoyed a second lease of life Christmas 1995 coupled with the hit single 'A Winter's Tale' from Made In Heaven. |