Queen Rocks
Gathering together Queen’s hardest tracks in one collection. ‘Rocks’ also featured ‘No-One But You’ the first Queen single not to feature Freddie Mercury’s voice, and a remixed ‘I Can’t Live With You’. Tracks where taken from every era of the band’s history.
Tracks
1. We Will Rock You (May)
2. Tie Your Mother Down (Mercury)
3. I Want It All (Queen)
4. Seven Seas Of Rhye (Mercury)
5. I Cant Live With You (1997 Rocks retake) (Queen)
6. Hammer To Fall (May)
7. Stone Cold Crazy (Queen)
8. Now I’m Here (May)
9. Fat Bottom Girls (May)
10. Keep Yourself Alive (May)
11. Tear It Up (May)
12. One Vision (Queen)
13. Sheer Heart Attack (Taylor)
14. I’m In Love My Car (Taylor)
15. Put Out The Fire (May)
16. Headlong (Queen)
17. It’s Late (May)
18. No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young) (May)
Did You Know?
1. Queen Rocks was the first complete rockin and rollin compilation by the band.
2. No One But You (Only The Good Die Young) is a ballad…on an album called Queen Rocks…
3. When released the album also came as a limited edition double album
4. The first cover featured a re-adaptation of the famous ‘Crest’ exploding and the second cover featured just “the phoenix” rising out of the ashes.
5.‘Queen Rocks’ was the bands 21st album release and contained a staggering 10 singles that span the career of Queen.
Album Details
Release Date – UK 3rd Novmeber 1997 / US 4th November 1997
Highest chart postion – UK No.7
Number Of Weeks on chart – UK 7
Producers – Various inc Queen, Mike Stone, David Richards, Roy Thomas Baker, Justin Shirley Smith, Joshua J Macrae, Mack, John Anthony
Recorded At – Various
Artwork Concept – Queen and Richard Gray
Award Status – Gold (UK)
Singles
No One But You (Only The Good Die Young)/Tie Your Mother Down (Double A-side)
Release Date – UK 5th January 1998
Highest Chart Position – UK No.13