Audio CD review:
Queen - "Queen - The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III"

Queen - "Queen - The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III"

Band: Queen Title: "Queen - The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III" Rating: Release Date: 24 September, 2002 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 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 18: A Kind Of Magic 19: Under Pressure 20: Radio Ga Ga 21: I Want It All 22: I Want To Break Free 23: Innuendo 24: It's A Hard Life 25: Breakthru 26: Who Wants To Live Forever 27: Headlong 28: The Miracle 29: I'm Going Slightly Mad 30: The Invisible Man 31: Hammer To Fall 32: Friends Will Be Friends 33: The Show Must Go On 34: One Vison 35: The Show Must Go On 36: Under Pressure 37: Barcelona 38: Too Much Love Will Kill You 39: Somebody To Love 40: You Don't Fool Me 41: Heaven For Everyone 42: Las Palabras De Amor 43: Driven By You 44: Living On My Own 45: Let Me Live 46: The Great Pretender 47: Princes Of The Universe 48: Another One Bites The Dust 49: No-One But You 50: These Are The Days Of Our Lives 51: Thank God It's Christmas

Editoral Review 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. 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. 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 .. You can see a complete list of all Queen discography, or go back to the Queen tabs