Queen Rocks is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen, released on 3 November 1997.
Queen Rocks | ||||
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Released | 3 November 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1972–1997 | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 70:21 | |||
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Queen chronology | ||||
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Singles from Queen Rocks | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
The compilation is unique to the Queen catalogue, as it deliberately does not follow the standard "greatest hits" collection format and focuses on songs from Queen's heavier side. Some hits are present ("We Will Rock You", "I Want It All" and "Fat Bottomed Girls"), while other tracks included were never released as singles anywhere ("Put Out the Fire", "Tear It Up" and "Sheer Heart Attack").
The album also contains a remake of "I Can't Live With You", with a much louder and heavier guitar and more aggressive drumming, and one new track, "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)", which is a gentle ballad. The latter began life as a track for Brian May's solo album Another World (1998); the remaining members chose to record it as a bookend for their career as Queen. It was the last original studio recording from the 1990s featuring Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon and is among the few Queen songs not to feature lead singer Freddie Mercury (other examples include "Good Company" and "Sleeping on the Sidewalk").
All tracks are written by Brian May, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "We Will Rock You" | News of the World, 1977 | 2:01 | |
2. | "Tie Your Mother Down" (single version) | A Day at the Races, 1976 | 3:45 | |
3. | "I Want It All" (hybrid album/single version) | The Miracle, 1989 | 4:30 | |
4. | "Seven Seas of Rhye" | Freddie Mercury | Queen II, 1974 | 2:47 |
5. | "I Can't Live with You" (1997 Rocks Retake) | Innuendo, 1991 | 4:47 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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6. | "Hammer to Fall" (album version) | The Works, 1984 | 4:30 | |
7. | "Stone Cold Crazy" |
| Sheer Heart Attack, 1974 | 2:14 |
8. | "Now I'm Here" | Sheer Heart Attack, 1974 | 4:12 | |
9. | "Fat Bottomed Girls" (album version) | Jazz, 1978 | 4:18 | |
10. | "Keep Yourself Alive" | Queen, 1973 | 3:44 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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11. | "Tear It Up" | The Works, 1984 | 3:28 | |
12. | "One Vision" (album version) |
| A Kind of Magic, 1986 | 5:09 |
13. | "Sheer Heart Attack" | Taylor | News of the World, 1977 | 3:26 |
14. | "I'm in Love with My Car" (hybrid album/single version) | Taylor | A Night at the Opera, 1975 | 3:05 |
No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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15. | "Put Out the Fire" | Hot Space, 1982 | 3:20 |
16. | "Headlong" | Innuendo, 1991 | 4:33 |
17. | "It's Late" | News of the World, 1977 | 6:29 |
18. | "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" | previously unreleased, 1997 | 4:11 |
A video version of the album was made. It included slightly different videos for all these songs.
Weekly charts edit
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Year-end charts edit
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[12] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Japan (RIAJ)[13] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |