Audio CD review:
Queen - The Crown Jewels

Queen - The Crown Jewels

Band: Queen Title: The Crown Jewels Rating: Release Date: 24 November, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Keep Yourself Alive 2: Doing All Right 3: Great King Rat 4: My Fairy King 5: Liar 6: The Night Comes Down 7: Modern Times Rock N' Roll 8: Son And Daughter 9: Jesus 10: Seven Seas Of Rhye... 11: Procession 12: Father to Son 13: White Queen (As it Began) 14: Some Day One Way 15: The Loser In The End 16: Ogre Battle 17: The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke 18: Nevermore 19: The March of the Black Queen 20: Funny How Love Is 21: Seven Seas of Rhye 22: Brighton Rock 23: Killer Queen 24: Tenement Funster 25: Flick Of The Wrist 26: Lily Of The Valley 27: Now I'm Here 28: In The Lap Of The Gods 29: Stone Cold Crazy 30: Dear Friends 31: Misfire 32: Bring Back That Leroy Brown 33: She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettoes) 34: In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisted 35: Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to...) 36: Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 37: I'm In Love With My Car 38: You're My Best Friend 39: '39 40: Sweet Lady 41: Seaside Rendezvous 42: The Prophet's Song 43: Love Of My Life 44: Good Company 45: Bohemian Rhapsody 46: God Save The Queen 47: Tie Your Mother Down 48: You Take My Breath Away 49: Long Away 50: The Millionaire's Waltz 51: You And I 52: Somebody To Love 53: White Man 54: Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy 55: Drowse 56: Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) 57: We Will Rock You 58: We Are The Champions 59: Sheer Heart Attack 60: All Dead, All Dead 61: Spread Your Wings 62: Fight From The Inside 63: Get Down, Make Love 64: Sleeping On The Sidewalk 65: Who Needs You 66: It's Late 67: My Melancholy Blues 68: Mustapha 69: Fat Bottomed Girls 70: Jealousy 71: Bicycle Race 72: If You Can't Beat Them 73: Let Me Entertain You 74: Dead On Time 75: In Only Seven Days 76: Dreamers Ball 77: Fun It 78: Leaving Home Ain't Easy 79: Don't Stop Me Now 80: More Of That Jazz 81: Play The Game 82: Dragon Attack 83: Another One Bites The Dust 84: Need Your Loving Tonight 85: Crazy Little Thing Called Love 86: Rock It (Prime Jive) 87: Don't Try Suicide 88: Sail Away Sweet Sister 89: Coming Soon 90: Save Me

Customer Reviews "Crown Jewels'' they are. Although the 80's and 90's Queen was good, it didn't come up to their epic grandeur embodied in their 70's recordings. This is my opinion but this was the height of their career. This box set has all the good stuff from Queen to The Game. Queen did it all progressive, hard rock, heavy metal, speed metal, ballads, rockabilly, vaudeville, glam etc. like no other band. No other band could pull off this pastiche with such skill. All the band members strengths shine through. Freddie's Operatic vocals, Brian's texture laying guitar, John's throbbing bass lines and Roger's expert rippling on percussion. Though they had a awesome career after the 70's this still was their best and a good band at it's prime. Buying all these albums seperately used comes to the same price as this set, so if you are a fan of classic rock and a good band, by all means get this set you won't be disappointed. . Like no other group in history... . . they conquered the world on their own conditions and terms. Few bands could have done what Queen did in the 70's (and even in the 80's and 90's). This box show so much talent, creativity and guts. It really took and (still are) takin` a big demand on the listener. You have to be open minded about music. There is no bounderies and rules of what you can do as a rock band, and that's what I love about Queen. If you want to go on a musical journey and open up all doors in music history - this is what you're looking for. It's hard to pick one album, I love them all like my own children. But I have always had a soft spot for Queen II and News of the world (NOTW). The march of the black Queen (Queen II) was before Bohemian Rhapsody and you could already tell that Freddie Mercury was able to go over the top at anytime. NOTW really is so much more than WWRY/Champions. Listen to the break 2. 30 into Sheer heart attack, and it shows the fantastic energy that Roger Taylor delivers with his guitars (yes it's not Brian May). It's Late is something of an overlooked gem on NOTW, fantastic singing from Fred and guitarwork from the old Red Special creator Dr May. And don't forget the live favourite Spread your wings (written by John Deacon who's an underrated bass player). I really wish that Hollywood could release Crown Jewels II so people in the States could learn a thing or two about all the classics that were missed after Hot Space in 1982 (and were big time all over the world accept in the US). I mean songs like Radio Ga Ga, I want to break free, A kind of magic, Who wants to live forever, I want it all, The Miracle, Innuendo, These are the days of our lives and The show must go on (and more). They are really up there among all the classics on this Jewels box. Buy The Platinum Collection and you will know what I mean. Queen's Library I got this for my husband who is a big Queen fan!!! He loved it and so did I. . . it's remastered so it sounds great and it filled in the missing pieces of our Queen music library!!! Worth every penny!!!!. . You can see a complete list of all Queen discography, or go back to the Queen tabs