This is another QP joke, right ? Compilation so called DEEP cuts with not REAL DEEP CUTS likes demos, alternatives ? OK. But part 3 has also singles...
5 I Was Born To Love You - single 6 A Winter's Tale - single 10 One Year Of Love - single
Jimmy Dean · Member since
I hate Gimme the Prize - but my only relevant comment will be - I can't believe Gimme the Prize did not make it on this shitlist of a compilation...
Did they place a bunch of cue cards on a table, blindfold someone, and then ask them to pick up 15 cards?
No thought process - no flow - no proper choice cuts - fuck - Was It All Worth It was destined to be on this type of compilation... it's in no way a "Greatest Hit" but a good example of a "Deep Cut"...
fuckin' eeediots.
Voice of Reason 2018 · Member since
Holly2003 wrote: Picking non-hits from some of Queen's weakest albums was always going to be a hiding to nothing but even so, this is a dog's dinner of a release woith no rhyme or reason to the selections or the order of the tracks. Who in their right mind would buy this? Destined to quickly end up in Walmart bargain bins everywhere!
Indeed Holly. With four or five singles being taken from the albums by that stage the remaining pool is smaller and poorer quality. Choosing from the fifth best song on AKOM, sixth best on Miracle etc, only five songs left from The Works, including Man on the Prowl and Is This the World...
Having said that I still think they could have done a much better job of this selection.
The Real Wizard · Member since
The 'Deep Cuts' discs aren't intended for folks like us who have had all the records for years, so why are we all complaining over it?
They're simply meant to give the Greatest Hits crowd a peek into the back catalog of the band. Sure, tastes will always be subjective, but on all three discs there are plenty of tracks that may inspire some casual fans to purchase albums like A Day At The Races and Innuendo.
There's only one improvement I could suggest - make anything but Mother Love the last track. It should end on an upbeat note, not with the most depressing track in the Queen catalog. Swap tracks 14 and 15 and I think it's pretty solid.
rhyeking · Member since
Here's what they had to pick from; compared to the first two, the available tracks are fewer:
Tear It Up Man On The Prowl Machines Keep Passing The Open Windows Is This The World We Created...? One Year Of Love Pain Is So Close To Pleasure Gimme The Prize Don't Lose Your Head Party Khashoggi's Ship Rain Must Fall Scandal My Baby Does Me Was It All Worth It I Can't Live With You Don't Try So Hard Ride The Wild Wind All God's People Delilah The Hitman Bijou It's A Beautiful Day Made In Heaven Mother Love My Life Has Been Saved I Was Born To Love You A Winter's Tale It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise)
All the other tracks appear on Hits II or III, and that's the key. Yes, certain songs were moderate hits or singles in other territories, but Queen and/or QPL are standardizing the available hits collections in most countries with the three UK hits. The 1981 hits with multiple tracks are long out of print, I believe, and with Universal/Island Records now handling everything except North America (still Hollywood Records here), a new fan picking up Deep Cuts probably won't know "One Year Of Love" was a hit in a territory outside the UK. As noted before, this is an interim step between the Hits and the albums.
dysan · Member since
We're all saying the same things over about 8 different threads. I'm losing track! And to whoever it was saying it's only a bloody record. Yes it is, and one that serves almost purpose, even compared to the previous DC collections.
I think they should have not done Deep Cuts records and released the albums in 5 batches of 3. At the very least as a 'sampler' each batch coud've had it's own attendant 3 track triple A side single featuring a song from each of the 3 albums in those batches. Much more likelyhood of getting airplay.
Batch 1: In The Lap Of The Gods Revisited / March Of The Black Queen / My Fairy King Batch 2: Sheer Heart Attack / You & I / Good Company Batch 3: Coming Soon / The Hero / Mustapha Batch 4: Staying Power / Gimme The Prize / Tear It Up Batch 5: Was It All Worth It / Don't Try So Hard / whatever MIH track
Something like that.
The Fairy King · Member since
Dr Zoidberg wrote: Like everybody else, surprised at only one from AKOM (I expected the PISCTP single remix along with OYOL), shocked at FIVE from MIH (that's at least one too many), disappointed Machines is there instead of Keep Passing the Open Windows, sorry that the underrated Scandal didn't make it, surprised they didn't stick the 'Rocks Retake' of "I Can't Live With You" on instead of "The Hitman". I would have been fine with All God's People. I would have also chucked IABD (reprise) in favor of something else. Also a little surprised NOBY isn't there, which I guess means it will probably end up as a MIH bonus track? I don't see 'Rocks' going back into print anytime soon and as much as Brian loves NOBY and its place in the musical, I figure it would turn up on DC3 or as a MIH bonus. Its not a bad comp but some of the choices surprise me.
As for what the sleeve notes for 3 will say, you know the theme will be Freddie's last days in the studio, bravely singing til the very end. Which, really, is only fair.
And you people pissing on Bijou should be ashamed of yourselves. ASHAMED.
Totally agree with Mr. Zoidberg here! Wooh wooh wooh! xD
Dodger Taylor · Member since
Not really sure who these Deep cut albums are aimed at.A die hard fan will already have all the tracks n I doubt a casual Queen listener would be interested in anythng other than Greatest Hits compilations.My only assumption is QPL know that completist will buy every release so theyve just made 3 more albums to buy out of old stuff.Why didnt they just release a cd of all the BBC sessions and both casual n diehards would of been happy as they did a mixture of singles n album tracks for the BBC
dysan · Member since
RE BBC sessions - exactly my point in the 'discussion piece' thread. My point about DC3 earlier in this thread is that for the casual listener, this is a very very weak album - at least DC1 compiled the 'famous' album tracks that always get refered to in magazine articles etc. Although I guess later in their career Queen didn't have many of them - just the rather macarbre 'final song with freddie' thing. Which is not nice.
Maxïmo Razzamatazz · Member since
Very ballsy move putting Taylor/May composition Machines on there as second. As much as I love the song I'm sure Mercury's Keep Passing The Open Windows has much greater appeal to people who are expected to buy these compilations.
PS. Isn't the instrumental Machines a glaring omission on the The Works bonus disc?
dysan · Member since
One of them, yes :o)
TheGame · Member since
Scandal not part of the DC3 release. Most disappointed about this.
dysan · Member since
And the 12" is not on the Miracle bunus EP. I think Roger and Brian are letting personal taste affect honest archival releases.
Ren Sen · Member since
I wonder if theyll put the whole version of A Kind Of Magic (Highlander) on the bonus ep I mean .... you never know !
malicedoom · Member since
Um, so the cover for Deep Cuts 3 is from the Princes of the Universe video but the song itself isn't on the CD??
