Greatest Hits I, II & III - The Platinum Collection (3CD)

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What once seemed Queen's greatest liabilities--a preening flamboyance and pompous, overwrought theatricality--have ironically become their most enduring charms in a gray, postmodern pop-music landscape. While it eschews the glammy, pre-punk hard rock of live faves like "Stone Cold Crazy" and "Tie Your Mother Down" for the band's more quirky club-beat string of latter-day hits, this 51-track triple-CD anthology goes a long way toward documenting the true dimensions of the band's music and fame. Some songs may not be instantly familiar to American fans because of yet another irony: just as their U.S. fortunes waned during the punk and new wave era, the band was exploding into true international superstars. Thus, there may be a sense of discovery here, whether of latter-day Queen material or solo work by Brian May and Freddie Mercury, whose duet on "Barcelona" with diva Montserrat Caballé transcends boundaries of both time and genre. A previously unreleased live performance of "The Show Must Go On" featuring Elton John on vocals is also included. --Jerry McCulley

Disc 1:

1. Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Another One Bites The Dust
3. Killer Queen
4. Fat Bottomed Girls
5. Bicycle Race
6. You're My Best Friend
7. Don't Stop Me Now
8. Save Me
9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
10. Somebody To Love
11. Now I'm Here
12. Good Old-fashioned Lover Boy
13. Play The Game
14. Flash
15. Seven Seas Of Rhye
16. We Will Rock You
17. We Are The Champions

Disc 2:

1. A Kind Of Magic
2. Under Pressure
3. Radio Ga Ga
4. I Want It All
5. I Want To Break Free
6. Innuendo
7. It's A Hard Life
8. Breakthru
9. Who Wants To Live Forever
10. Headlong
11. The Miracle
12. I'm Going Slightly Mad
13. The Invisible Man
14. Hammer To Fall
15. Friends Will Be Friends
16. The Show Must Go On
17. One Vison

Disc 3:

1. The Show Must Go On
2. Under Pressure
3. Barcelona
4. Too Much Love Will Kill You
5. Somebody To Love
6. You Don't Fool Me
7. Heaven For Everyone
8. Las Palabras De Amor
9. Driven By You
10. Living On My Own
11. Let Me Live
12. The Great Pretender
13. Princes Of The Universe
14. Another One Bites The Dust
15. No-One But You
16. These Are The Days Of Our Lives
17. Thank God It's Christmas

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Queen Collection
Got this for my 16 y.o. daughter.All great HITS to sing and listen to.Can't miss!!!
Rating: - The best that we could have been the gift God Rock
Queen was pure glam rock. Freddie Mercury was 1 in a million, his voice was the best in rock (Robert Plant's is second). He was incredibly flamboyant, and operatic and Queen definitely gave the greatest live shows of our time. They sounded like no other band with four hit songwriters who wrote many songs that would later become sports anthems or movie themes such as the amazing Flash, Who Wants To Live Forever, One Vision, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions and Another One Bites The Dust. The ... Read More
Rating: - Awesome Collection
I recently became a fan of Queen and this collection has some great songs. I was looking at Vol. I and II separately and I think this was a better deal. I absolutely love these cds! The booklet is very nice. Overall this is a sweet collection of Queen and it's at great price.
Rating: - ...powerhouse collection..
I received this powerhouse collection of Queen hits as a gift -- which I love. I would have given it five-stars if it had included my favorite track, "Keep yourself Alive". Nonetheless, I enjoy this collection immensely.
Rating: - GREAT MUSIC / BAD BURN
THIS IS A GREAT PACKAGE BUT WHEN I PUT IT INTO ITUNES THE TITLES WERE ALL WRONG ON THE SECOND DISC, THEY CAME UP WITH THE SAME TITLES AS THE FRIST DISC