Queen Rocks
Occupation
- John Deacon: Bass
- Brian May: guitars, vocals, piano
- Freddie Mercury: Vocals, Piano
- Roger Taylor: drums, percussion, vocals
Queen Rocks is published in 1997, fourth compilation album by British rock band Queen. In addition to older songs it contains the recorded in the same year and for the first time published titles No- One But You ( Only the Good Die Young).
The album
The album Queen Rocks includes a selection especially harder, more rock- oriented and some lesser-known songs by Queen. These pieces mostly written by Brian May come from all periods of the band, the album News of the World is the most highly represented with three titles. ( Only considered by the albums Made in Heaven, The Game and the Flash Gordon soundtrack is not a song. )
A special feature of this compilation album containing the 1997 -established Ballade No- One But You ( Only the Good Die Young), in which Roger Taylor and Brian May song writer share the vocals. No- One But You is the only new track that was added in the studio together, the three remaining members of Queen May, Taylor and John Deacon since the death of their singer, Freddie Mercury (1991).
Three pieces of Queen Rocks can be heard in revised versions. The partly re-recorded I Can not Live with You is significantly different from its original, six years earlier published version. When I'm in Love with My Car and I Want It All is - this is not indicated on the album - to previously unreleased hybrid versions of each album and single versions.
Over the years, the original tapes of different Queen songs were repeatedly subjected to a re- mastering process, in order to improve the sound quality. It came several times to not inconsiderable errors. One of them - in the form of more than clearly audible, Klick' - interference noise - is located here in the intro of Fat Bottomed Girls.
The design of the album cover, which shows a variation of the Queen logo with the star sign of the band members as well as the phoenix on the front, designed Richard Gray and Queen; the illustrations to come by Damien Rochford. In the later edition of this album another image was used for the cover, on which only the floating over flames phoenix can be seen.
Commercially was Queen Rocks - compared with other queen publications - not very successful; its enduring importance is significantly lower than those of greatest hits compilations. In the UK, the album reached number 7 of the local charts in most other countries Queen Rocks was placed worse. The published until after the album Single No- One But You ( Only the Good Die Young) was ranked 13 of the singles chart in the UK.
Title list
The title 3, 5, 14 and 18 were in this form unpublished until then. - Hammer to Fall, Fat Bottomed Girls, Headlong and One Vision are in contrast to the greatest hits albums do not listen to Single, but in the longer album versions.
Reception in the media
The U.S. website Allmusic expressed in their review of the album as follows: "Queen were never adverse to commercialism [ ... ]. It Should come as no surprise, then, did just two years after the release of did posthumous record, the surviving members went back into the vaults to assemble Rocks, Vol 1 As the title Suggests, Rocks, Vol 1 captures Queen at Their most rockin ', or, to be more accurate, Their heaviest. [ ... ] In other words, Rocks, Vol 1 is a bit of a hodgepodge and one did most fans will be able to ignore. But for casual fans of Brian May's searing, melodic guitar, Mercury's operatic wail, and the surprisingly swinging backbeat of John Deacon and Roger Taylor, this compilation will suit Their needs quite nicely. "
Chart positions and awards
Queen Rocks reached # 7 on the album charts and platinum status in the UK. In each case, within the top 20 of the charts is placed the album in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland.
In the U.S., the album did not reach the charts.
Follow-up single, No- One But You '
No- One But You ( Only the Good Die Young) was released in late 1997 ( eg in Germany ) and early 1998 (eg in the UK) as the only single On the coupling of the album. The cover shows Icarus, whose story from Greek mythology is one of the sources of inspiration for his song loud Brian May.
Additional contained on this single item counts Rick Rubin " Ruined " remix of We Will Rock You, on the Flea on bass and Chad Smith ( both members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers ) is heard on drums. Rubin's version was originally released only in North America as a bonus track from the new Hollywood Records CD brought out the News of the World in 1991. Was also published on the Single Joshua J. Macrae Instrumental remix of Gimme the Prize for Queens in 1998 published the computer game The Eye. Some single- editions also contain the pieces Tie Your Mother Down or not represented at the Princes Queen Rocks of the Universe.
Place reached 13 No- One But You You / Tie Your Mother Down in the British charts. In the Netherlands, the single No- One But You made it to number 33, and in Germany at number 75