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Greatest Hits II

Greatest Hits II
Just like 10 years earlier ‘Greatest Hits II’ was released in ‘Flix’ and ‘Pix’ format – Queen gathered together all the hits from the Eighties and the ‘Innuendo’ album. The album inlay booklet contained passages on each track by Jim Jenkins and the last photo of Freddie Mercury officially issued by Richard Gray.

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Tracks
1. A Kind Of Magic (Taylor)
2. Under Pressure (Queen/Bowie)
3. Radio Ga Ga (Taylor)
4. I Want It All (Queen)
5. I Want To Break Free (Deacon)
6. Innuendo (Queen)
7. It’s A Hard Life (Mercury)
8. Breakthru (Queen)
9. Who Wants To Live Forever (May)
10. HeadLong (Queen)
11. The Miracle (Queen)
12. I’m Going Slightly Mad (Queen)
13. The Invisible Man (Queen)
14. Hammer To Fall (May)
15. Friends Will Be Friends (Mercury/Deacon)
16. The Show Must Go On (Queen)
17. One Vision (Queen)

Did You Know?
1. With ‘Greatest Hits II’ Queen became the first band to release two genuine greatest hits compilations which contained no filler tracks.
2. The album was originally released as a double album with full versions of all the songs – the CD was slightly edited.
3. The 17 tracks hits album that covered the years 1981 to 1991 has to date achieved a 5x platinum award.
4. The album has been repackaged twice-once with the original greatest hits and again with both ‘GH’ with their third hits album ‘Greatest Hits III to form ‘The Platinum Collection’.
5. ‘Greatest Hits II’ was Queen’s second No. 1 compilation hit album around the world.

Album Details
Release Date – UK 28 November
Highest Chart Position – UK No.1
Number Of Weeks On Chart – UK No.112
Producers – Various inc. Queen, Mack, David Richards
Engineers – Various inc. Mack, David Richards, Mike Beiriger, Croydon, John ‘Teddy Bear’ Brough, Andrew Bradfield, Angelique Cooper, Claude Frider, Andy Mason Justin Shirely –Smith and Noel Harris
Recording Studios – Various inc Mountain, Musicland, Record Plant, Townhouse and Metropolis
Artwork Concept – Queen and Richard Gray
Award Status – 12 x Platinum (UK)

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