Queen Rocks

Queen Rocks is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen, released on 3 November 1997.

Queen Rocks
Compilation album by Queen
Released	3 November 1997
Recorded	1972–1997
Genre	Hard rock
Length	70:21
Label	Parlophone (Europe) Hollywood (North America)
Queen chronology
Ultimate Queen (1995) Queen Rocks (1997) The Crown Jewels (1998)
Singles from Queen Rocks
"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" Released: 5 January 1998 (UK)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Content

The compilation is unique to the Queen catalogue, as it deliberately does not follow the standard "greatest hits" collection format and focuses on songs from Queen's heavier side. Some hits are present ("We Will Rock You", "I Want It All" and "Fat Bottomed Girls"), while other tracks included were never released as singles anywhere ("Put Out the Fire", "Tear It Up" and "Sheer Heart Attack").

The album also contains a remake of "I Can't Live With You", with a much louder and heavier guitar and more aggressive drumming, and one new track, "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)", which is a gentle ballad. The latter began life as a track for Brian May's solo album Another World (1998); the remaining members chose to record it as a bookend for their career as Queen. It was the last original studio recording from the 1990s featuring Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon and is among the few Queen songs not to feature lead singer Freddie Mercury (other examples include "Good Company" and "Sleeping on the Sidewalk").

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Will Rock You" (from News of the World, 1977)	Brian May	2:01
2.	"Tie Your Mother Down" (single version, from A Day at the Races, 1976)	May	3:45
3.	"I Want It All" (hybrid album/single version, from The Miracle, 1989)	May	4:30
4.	"Seven Seas of Rhye" (from Queen II, 1974)	Freddie Mercury	2:47
5.	"I Can't Live with You" (1997 Rocks Retake, from Innuendo, 1991)	Queen (May)	4:47

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Hammer to Fall" (album version, from The Works, 1984)	May	4:30
7.	"Stone Cold Crazy" (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)	Queen	2:14
8.	"Now I'm Here" (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)	May	4:12
9.	"Fat Bottomed Girls" (album version, from Jazz, 1978)	May	4:18
10.	"Keep Yourself Alive" (from Queen, 1973)	May	3:44

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Tear It Up" (from The Works, 1984)	May	3:28
12.	"One Vision" (album version, from A Kind of Magic, 1986)	Queen	5:09
13.	"Sheer Heart Attack" (from News of the World, 1977)	Roger Taylor	3:26
14.	"I'm in Love with My Car" (hybrid album/single version from A Night at the Opera, 1975)	Taylor	3:05

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Put Out the Fire" (from Hot Space, 1982)	May	3:20
16.	"Headlong" (from Innuendo, 1991)	Queen (May)	4:33
17.	"It's Late" (from News of the World, 1977)	May	6:29
18.	"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" (previously unreleased, 1997)	May	4:11

Video version

A video version of the album was made. It included slightly different videos for all these songs.

1. "I Want It All" (The original video, except for the fact that it uses clips from the famous 1986 Wembley concert.)
2. "We Will Rock You" (Uses clips of Queen singing that at Wembley ‘86, Budapest ‘86, Montreal ‘81, Live Aid ‘85, Japan ‘79, Hammersmith ‘79, Houston ‘77, Buenos Aires ‘81, Rio ‘85, Milton Keynes ‘82, and the original video. Also uses outtakes from the original video.)
3. "Keep Yourself Alive" (Slightly modified 1992 DoRo video with clips from two original 1973 videos, and BBC version with footage from black/white movies.)
4. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (The original video, except intercut with "mud wrestling" footage)
5. "Sheer Heart Attack" (Rare video. Video includes clips of Queen performance at the Rainbow ‘74, Hammersmith ‘75, Earl's Court ‘77, Houston ‘77, Hammersmith ‘79, Buenos Aires ‘81, Wembley ‘86, and clips from other Queen videos like Under Pressure and Keep Yourself Alive.)
6. “I’m in Love with My Car” (Rare video. Video includes clips of Queen performing the song at Hammersmith ’79, along with shots of zooming cars.)
7. “It's Late” (Rare video. Video includes clips of Queen performance at the Rainbow ‘74, Wembley ‘86, Milton Keynes ‘82, Hammersmith ‘75, Buenos Aires ‘81, Houston ‘77, Earl's Court ‘77, Japan ‘79, Rio ‘85, and clips from other Queen videos like Keep Yourself Alive, Princes of the Universe, Killer Queen, These Are the Days of Our Lives, and The Miracle.)
8. “Tie Your Mother Down: Through the Years” (Clips from Japan ‘85, Wembley ‘86, Houston ‘77, Hammersmith ‘79, Earl’s Court ‘77, Rio '85, Budapest ‘86, Paris ‘79, Frankfurt '82, Montreal '81, and the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.)
9. “Seven Seas of Rhye” (Slightly modified 1992 DoRo video with footage from Tokyo '75 and Tokyo '85)
10. “Put Out the Fire” (Performance at Osaka '82 with clips from old black/white movies.)
11. “One Vision (extended)” (Original video with some never-before-seen footage.)
12. “Makings of No-One But You”

Personnel

• Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals, handclaps, footstomps, synthesizer, piano, organ (except on "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)")
• Brian May – co-lead vocals on "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)", "I Want It All" (bridge), "Fat Bottomed Girls" (chorus), "Keep Yourself Alive" (bridge) and "Put Out The Fire" (falsetto at end of verses), backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, handclaps, footstomps, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, sampler, drum programming
• Roger Taylor – lead vocals on "I'm In Love With My Car", co-lead vocals on "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)", "Keep Yourself Alive" (bridge) and "Sheer Heart Attack", backing vocals, acoustic and electric drums, percussion, tambourine, cowbell, handclaps, footstomps, rhythm guitar, bass guitar
• John Deacon – bass guitar, handclaps, footstomps (except on "Sheer Heart Attack")

Additional personnel

• David Richards – keyboards on "I Can't Live With You (1997 Rocks Retake)"
• Fred Mandel – synthesizer on "Hammer to Fall"

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3]	16
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4]	14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5]	12
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6]	32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7]	51
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8]	16
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	7

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r325812
2. "Queen: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
3. "Austriancharts.at – Queen – Queen Rocks" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Queen – Queen Rocks" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
5. "Offiziellecharts.de – Queen – Queen Rocks" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
6. "Charts.nz – Queen – Queen Rocks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
7. "Swedishcharts.com – Queen – Queen Rocks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
8. "Swisscharts.com – Queen – Queen Rocks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
9. "Queen | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

External links

• Queen official website: Discography: Queen Rocks: includes lyrics of "We Will Rock You", "I Want It All", "I Can't Live With You", "Hammer To Fall", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Tear it Up", "Sheer Heart Attack", "Put Out The Fire", "Headlong", "It's Late".