New Queen Compilation

It's true, I'm afraid.

The new Fan Club magazine says that the Platinum Collection has been withdrawn and a new compilation will be released before the end of the year.

I guess EMI have decided that Queen are ready to move into the 'Best of' category.

I expect a 20 track 'Best of' for Christmas.

What do you guys think?

It's a bit of a step too far isn't it. I can't believe this is Brian or Roger making these decisions - must be EMI "making them" agree, if EMI need their agreement?

Well, we'll have to wait and see what's on the new compilation to judge it fairly I suppose.

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So it will be "Some songs that didn't appear on Greatest Hits 1, 2 & 3"... Great....

Maybe including "Say It Isn't True" or something??

I don't know Brian and Roger have the righst to release these songs, because they were part of the 46664 thing.

Why wouldn't they have the right? They wrote it, plus they helped organize the event. I'm sure they can do whatever they want with those tracks, but knowing how they are (and how rich they are) they would probably donate any money to 46664 regardless if a song was released on one of their compilations.

A "Best Of" that would include 46664 tracks sounds logical, albeit scraping the barrel. The studio versions of 46664 stuff was supposed to happen this June, but I haven't heard any further word on it lately.

1. Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Killer Queen
3. I Want To Break Free (Single Mix)
4. Radio Ga Ga
5. Bicycle Race
6. Innuendo
7. I Want It All (Single Edit)
8. A Kind Of Magic
9. You're My Best Friend
10. Heaven For Everyone
11. Who Wants To Live Forever (Edit)
12. Somebody To Love
13. Don't Stop Me Now
14. Flash (Edit)
15. Breakthru
16. Under Pressure
17. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
18. The Show Must Go On
19. We Will Rock You
20. We Are The Champions
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Probably around 80 minutes long. Slightly edit all the tracks like they did on Greatest Hits 2 and there you go. I bet 80% of the stuff on my tracklist will be on the final compilation.

And the title will be "You Had It Already On Greatest Hits I, II & III, But We Think There's Still Some Money To Be Earned"

Or, to quote from Flick of the Wrist, they could name another compilation "Baby, You've Been Had".

It's a rip off...
Just another quote...:)

or "Songs From and Inspired by "WE WILL ROCK YOU" the musical by Queen and Ben Elton".

I don't think it will be a 'best of', since the Platinum Collection (while deleted) will still likely be widely available at Christmas. I personally think it might be the 'Ballads' idea that popped up a while back.

Sounds like what Brian said on the Virgin interview was true. They're pulling the Platinum collection because it becomes "one-dimensional after a while. You know, you hear the same things, you know. And actually there are a lot of hidden treasures on those, those er, particularly the middle-period albums." Basically hoping that people will get into the older albums. Fair enough.

But this new release is old and new stuff. Things that the casual fan and outsider wouldn't otherwise hear without seeking out the original albums. I have no problem with this as it's obviously not for fans like us.

Peace,
Adam.

I'll be buying it anyway.

But then, I have far more money than sense.

Sounds about right, Flashy... I'll probably wind up buying it just to say I have it and to deplete money from my zero-income wallet.

Whooo Hoo another Compilation album, I cant wait. Brian said he wanted people to get into the real albums, but by releasing The Best of Queen its still gonna contain a lot of the stuff that was on the Greatest Hits albums.

Don't get me wrong a 'Best of Queen' two CD set (similar in design to Best Of Bowie) would be a good album. The benefit of a 'Best Of' collection is that you dont necessarily have to include all the singles, and the 'best' album tracks could also be used.
However something like this should be released after all the DVD's, the boxsets and any potential new album as there are potential hits/songs that could feature on it in the future.

What other compilation could they release; Queen ballads, Queen Disco'd....the list is endless.