Amazon.com essential recording: Queen brought a whole new meaning to the phrase over the top. While rock & roll flamboyance stretched back at least as far as Little Richard, Freddie Mercury continued to camp it up, taking little seriously and smirking at the music's growing pretensions while partaking in them no small bit. Many of the band's singles hold up extremely well, later tracks such as "Hammer to Fall" as much as prime-era numbers such as "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Killer Queen," and "You're My Best Friend." The quartet's canny sense of melody and sophisticated vocal harmonies--not to mention Mercury's raised eyebrow--have traveled well through the years. --Rickey Wright
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0720616204226 Item Dimensions:45 Label: Hollywood Records Manufacturer: Hollywood Records MPN: 162042 Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Hollywood Records Release Date: November 14, 1995 Studio: Hollywood Records
Customer Reviews
Greatest Hits indeed!
This is a great collection of some of the best Queen songs ever. I purchased this for a 13-year-old who is newly becoming acquainted with Queen, and now it's all she listens to. The insert booklet has some really good inside information about the songs and the albums they were taken from. The only thing that would have made it better is if the words were included.