Greatest Hits I & II

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Queen's greatest-hits collections have contained different track listings throughout the world. In the band's native England they scored more hits than anywhere else, hence their compilations are usually more extensive. When Hollywood Records purchased the U.S. Queen catalog in the early '90s, the label reissued the long out of print Greatest Hits album (basing the track listing on the 1981 British album of the same name but with a few changes), and released a companion album entitled Classic Queen. The rest of the world received Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 in 1991, which contained their U.K. hits from 1981-1991 (Classic Queen contained tracks by the band from all eras). Sensing that Queen completists in the U.S. would want both British-only releases for their collection, Hollywood released the two-CD Greatest Hits, Vols. I & II in 1995. Most of the tracks are available on the U.S. versions, but Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 is the only compilation that includes such tracks as "Innuendo," "Breakthru," "It's a Hard Life," "The Invisible Man," and "Friends Will Be Friends." The set also comes with a special 40-page booklet. - by William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com - Track Listing CD1: 01. Bohemian Rhapsody - 5:58 02. Another One Bites The Dust - 3:37 03. Killer Queen - 3:02 04. Fat Bottomed Girls - 3:25 05. Bicycle Race - 3:04 06. You're My Best Friend - 2:52 07. Don't Stop Me Now - 3:32 08. Save Me - 3:49 09. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - 2:44 10. Somebody To Love - 4:58 11. Now I'm Here - 4:15 12. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - 2:56 13. Play The Game - 3:33 14. Flash - 2:48 15. Seven Seas Of Rye - 2:50 16. We Will Rock You - 2:03 17. We Are The Champions - 3:02 CD2: 01. A Kind Of Magic - 4:23 02. Under Pressure - 3:57 03. Radio Ga Ga - 5:43 04. I Want It All - 4:02 05. I Want To Break Free - 4:19 06. Innuendo - 6:28 07. It's A Hard Life - 4:10 08. Breakthru - 4:09 09. Who Wants To Live Forever - 4:57 10. Headlong - 4:33 11. The Miracle - 4:55 12. I'm Going Slightly Mad - 4:08 13. The Invisible Man - 3:59 14. Hammer To Fall - 3:41 15. Friends Will Be Friends - 4:09 16. The Show Must Go On - 4:24 17. One Vision - 4:03 Lineup • Freddie Mercury - vocals • Brian May - guitar • John Deacon - bass • Roger Taylor - drums.

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