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Queen - Live at Wembley Stadium Audio CD

A fair review of the Queen "Live at Wembley Stadium" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Queen reviews here, or go back to the Queen tabs.

Queen Band: Queen
Title: Live at Wembley Stadium
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Release Date: 2003-08-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: One Vision 2: Tie Your Mother Down 3: In the Lap of the Gods 4: Seven Seas of Rhye 5: Tear It Up 6: Kind of Magic 7: Under Pressure 8: Another One Bites the Dust 9: Who Wants to Live Forever 10: I Want to Break Free 11: Impromptu 12: Brighton Rock (Solo) 13: Now I'm Here 14: Love of My Life 15: Is This the World We Created...? 16: (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care 17: Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart) 18: Tutti Frutti 19: Gimme Some Lovin' 20: Bohemian Rhapsody 21: Hammer to Fall 22: Crazy Little Thing Called Love 23: Big Spender 24: Radio Ga Ga 25: We Will Rock You 26: Friends Will Be Friends 27: We Are the Champions 28: God Save the Queen 29: Kind of Magic [*] 30: Another One Bites the Dust [*] 31: Crazy Little Thing Called Love [*] 32: Tavaski Szel Vizet Araszt [*]

Addicting
His music and style is in my opinion the very best. Yes Freddie Mercury and Queen is very addicting. I bought this cd after seeing him on VH1. It's on my Mp3 only thing better than the cd is the DVD because it's visual. See why Freddie Mercury has been voted the Ultimate Rock God.


Queen's second US live album gets better

The album was recorded on Queen's final tour with its classic lineup at the now demolished old Wembley Stadium in London on July 12, 1986 (the band sold out two nights and could have done a few more Wembley gigs but was not available so it ended at Knebworth Park (which deserves a release for pure historical value)). Queen's Live at Wembley '86 was originally released in June of 1992.
Regardless, this is a pretty damn fine show featuring a good mix of (then) new songs (The pulsing opener "One Vision", a killer "A Kind of Magic", a stunning "Who Wants to Live Forever" and a great but short "Friends Will Be Friends") and classic ones ("Tie Your Mother Down", "In the Lap of the Gods (Revisited)", a short "Seven Seas of Rhye", "Tear it Up (with a teaser of Liar)", "Under Pressure", "Another One Bites the Dust", the pulsing "I Want to Break Free", "Now I'm Here", the acoustic "Love of My Life" and "Is This the World We Created", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Hammer to Fall", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Radio Ga Ga", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions") despite some obvious vocal overdubs (as this came out on video in the late 1980s in Europe) on "One Vision", "A Kind of Magic", "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "We Are the Champions".
Also, there was a little jam called "Impromptu" which showcased Freddie's dynamic vocal range and Brian May's 9 minute guitar solo called "Brighton Rock Solo".
Also, the band decided to incorporate several 50's-era tunes into one medley ("You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)", "Hello Mary Lou" (although Led Zeppelin did it better on How the West Was Won) and "Tutti Fruitti" (which was extended on this remastered version of Live at Wembley) and also the 40s song Big Spender which was part of the first encore. Certainly it is a slicker package than Live Killers and better than Live Magic but not as great as Queen On Fire Live at the Bowl (recorded in 1982 and released in 2004) nor Queen Rock Montreal (recorded in 1981 and released in 2007).
The Live at Wembley '86 album reached #52 on the US charts in 1992 but would eventually go Platinum with a million copies sold in the US over time.
In August of 2003, to coincide with the DVD release of this show, Hollywood Records in the US and Canada re-released Live at Wembley '86 with a new title Live at Wembley Stadium with FOUR BONUS TRACKS including killer versions of "A Kind of Magic", "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" from the first Wembley performance July 11, 1986 (which was better than the versions on the regular album and also overdub free) and "Tavasi Szel Vizet Arast" which was recorded at Nepstadion in Budapest, Hungary on July 30, 1986.
This live album is recommended! .


What a concert !
When you're down and out, don't miss the second CD, it will restore your energy !. Incredible recording sound quality ! I love the background sound, cheering throughout the concert.


The greatest!!!
This is the greatest concert of Queen!!! All the songs are great and Freddie rocks!!!.


Queen's last live concert
It starts out with One Vision, and includes some of my favorite Queenhits of all time such as the rock opera masterpiece In The Lap Of The Gods, Seven Seas Of Rhye, Bohemian Rhapsody, and Now I'm Here. This was an amazing performance by Queen, and sadly the bands second last. They also do a smashing rendition of Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Radio Gaga, Under Pressure and I Want To Break Free, and Is This The World We Created, among others.
Also included some tongue in cheek renditions of some old 50's hits like (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care, Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart), and Tutti Frutti.
I wish the band had actually sung Brighton Rock, instead of making it just a guitar instrumental. I know Brian May is one of the best guitarists ever, but Brighton Rock is actually one of my favorite songs, and that's whatI wanted to hear , not just the background guitar music to the song.
Peronally, I don't think it is quite as good as Live Killers.
Nonetheless it was a fantastic concert, by one of the best bands ever.


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