Greatest Hits II

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It is the seventh best-selling album in Germany, [5] the thirteenth best-selling album in France, [6] and the best-selling album by a foreign artist in Finland. The US version also added " Under Pressure", Queen's collaboration with David Bowie, which was released the same week as Greatest Hits and subsequently topped the UK Singles Chart and reached the top ten in many charts around the world. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse. Note: On the sleeve notes of the video, "We Are the Champions" is incorrectly listed after the two versions of "We Will Rock You". Curiously, only Under Pressure was released from Hot Space, while Scandal was also nowhere to be found.

This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. As one person said to me once when asked what music I liked and I replied 'Queen' they're response was, 'everyone likes Queen', I don't think they were wrong. In NME Barney Hoskyns said, "All of [their songs], besides 'Another One Bites the Dust', are quite repulsive, unbelievably crass insults to their respective genres and uniformly vulgar music. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.This was due to an aggressive marketing campaign by Hollywood Records, with whom Queen had signed the year before. The other sixteen tracks on the album collected the best and finest from the decade prior, meaning that, again, nothing that didn't reach the UK Top 30 was included.

The single "Under Pressure", which was released the same week as Greatest Hits, also topped the UK Singles Chart. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. Front hype sticker on bottom right corner reads "ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST-SELLING ALBUMS OF ALL TIME! This compilation was made up of tracks such as "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Keep Yourself Alive" and "Under Pressure" (which had already appeared on the Elektra 1981 Hits collection), as well as newer tracks (" A Kind of Magic" and " Radio Ga Ga").However, retrospective reviews have rated the album higher: Ira Robbins gave Greatest Hits a B+ rating in Entertainment Weekly upon its reissue in 1992, [9] and AllMusic awarded the record four and a half stars out of five. The highest quality pressing, will serve you well for a long time and give you so much pleasure for the outlay. The cover photo that appeared on the UK and US release was taken by Lord Snowdon at his home studio, using only natural light. The video for "Killer Queen" had been shot especially for Greatest Flix, as no video had been made for the song on its original release in 1974.

However, the band had just changed record labels in the US, from Capitol to Hollywood Records, who were keen on a massive promotion of the band's back catalogue. Following the release of the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018, it re-entered the charts worldwide. If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. Hacemos nuestro mejor esfuerzo para entregar su pedido a tiempo, sin embargo, puede haber retrasos mientras intentamos mantener a todos a salvo. Among the longest charting albums in the US, as of January 2024, it has spent 579 weeks on the Billboard 200 and has been certified 9× platinum in the US.

It reached a new peak of number 11 on the Billboard 200 chart on its reissue in 1992, [22] and finally made the top ten of the Billboard 200 in November 2020 when it peaked at number eight, as a result of a Walmart sale on various vinyl albums on 14 November 2020. For the 1981 release, the photo was skewed, but was later presented as it was originally taken for the 2011 re-release. years after Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon formed Queen and the band became the epitome of rock n roll swagger and excess Queen continues to rule globally.