Greatest Hits II (Queen album)
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| Greatest hits album by Queen | ||||
| Released | 28 October 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1981–1990 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 75:57 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
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| Allmusic |   link |
Greatest Hits II is a compilation album by the British rock group Queen, released in 1991.[1] It reached #1 on the UK Album Chart, and is the eighth best-selling album in UK Chart history with sales of 3.7 million copies as of 2009, and has sold 16 million copies worldwide.[2][3]
The compilation contains most of Queen's European hits from 1981 to 1991. It was released less than a month before the death of vocalist Freddie Mercury and was the last Queen release of any kind while he was still alive. It was later made available in the United States in two box sets: Greatest Hits I & II and The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III. On April 19, 2011, Hollywood Records released the newly-remastered 2011 version of Greatest Hits II in the USA & Japan.
A companion video release entitled Greatest Flix II was released at the same time, but is currently out of print. Most of the videos are now available on the DVD Greatest Video Hits 2 with the exception of the videos from the 1991 Innuendo album.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "A Kind of Magic" (from A Kind Of Magic, 1986) | Roger Taylor | 4:22 |
| 2. | "Under Pressure" (edit, from Hot Space, 1982) | Queen, David Bowie | 3:56 |
| 3. | "Radio Ga-Ga" (from The Works, 1984) | Taylor | 5:43 |
| 4. | "I Want It All" (single version, from The Miracle, 1989) | Queen (Brian May) | 4:01 |
| 5. | "I Want To Break Free" (single remix, from The Works, 1984) | John Deacon | 4:18 |
| 6. | "Innuendo" (from Innuendo, 1991) | Queen | 6:27 |
| 7. | "It's A Hard Life" (from The Works, 1984) | Freddie Mercury | 4:09 |
| 8. | "Breakthru" (from The Miracle, 1989) | Queen (Mercury/Taylor) | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Who Wants To Live Forever" (edit, from A Kind Of Magic, 1986) | Brian May | 4:57 |
| 10. | "Headlong" (Single Version, from Innuendo, 1991) | Queen (May) | 4:33 |
| 11. | "The Miracle" (early faded, from The Miracle, 1989) | Queen (Mercury) | 4:54 |
| 12. | "I'm Going Slightly Mad" (Original Innuendo LP edit) | Queen (Mercury) | 4:07 |
| 13. | "The Invisible Man" (from The Miracle, 1989) | Queen (Taylor) | 3:58 |
| 14. | "Hammer To Fall" (single version, from The Works, 1984) | May | 3:40 |
| 15. | "Friends Will Be Friends" (from A Kind Of Magic, 1986) | Mercury, Deacon | 4:08 |
| 16. | "The Show Must Go On" (early faded, from Innuendo, 1991) | Queen | 4:23 |
| 17. | "One Vision" (single version, from A Kind Of Magic, 1986) | Queen | 4:02 |
| 2011 Japan Reissue Edition From the bonus track for Japan, Available in iTunes. |
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| 18. | "I Was Born to Love You" (From Made in Heaven, 1995) | Mercury | 4:48 | ||||||
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Total length:
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80:46 | ||||||||
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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| Australian Top 50 Albums[4] | 4 |
| Netherlands Top 100 Albums[5] | 1 |
| New Zealand Top 40 Albums[6] | 1 |
| Swiss Top 100 Albums[7] | 1 |
| UK Albums Chart[8] | 1 |
| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Top 75 Albums[9] | 1 |
| French Compilations[10] | 1 |
| German Albums Chart[11] | 2 |
| Hungarian Top 40 Albums[12] | 1 |
| Norwegian Top 40 Albums[13] | 4 |
| Swedish Top 60 Albums[14] | 2 |
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Spanish Top 100 Albums[15] | 45 |
[edit] Certifications
| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| Argentina (CAPIF)[16] | Diamond | 500,000x |
| Austria (IFPI Austria)[17] | 4× Platinum | 200,000x |
| Brazil (ABPD)[18] | 2× Platinum | 500,000* |
| Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[19] | 7× Platinum | 143,000[19] |
| France (SNEP)[20] | Diamond | 1,000,000* |
| Germany (BVMI)[21] | 9× Gold | 2,250,000^ |
| Sweden (GLF)[22] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[23] | 5× Platinum | 250,000x |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[24] | 8× Platinum | 3,746,404[25] |
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*sales figures based on certification alone |
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Queen; Greatest Hits, Vol. 2. All Music. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
- ^ BPI - UK Best Selling Albums of All Time (14 June 2009), Retrieved 13 June 2011
- ^ Queen Greatest Hits I and II Review BBC. Retrieved 17 June 2011
- ^ "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (ASP). Australian Charts. Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Greatest+Hits+II&cat=a. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (in Dutch) (ASP). Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Greatest+Hits+II&cat=a. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (ASP). New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Greatest+Hits+II&cat=a. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (ASP). Swiss Charts. Hung Medien. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Greatest+Hits+II&cat=a. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "All the Number One Albums: 1991". The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all-the-number-one-albums-list/_/1991/. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (in German) (ASP). Austrian Charts. Hung Medien. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Greatest+Hits+II&cat=a. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Les "Charts Runs" de chaque Album Classé" (in French) (PHP). InfoDisc. http://www.infodisc.fr/Albums_ChartRun.php. Find "QUEEN" under the drop-down menu to see statistics.
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / Queen / Longplay" (in German). Music Line. Media Control Charts. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Queen/?type=longplay. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Archivum: Top 40 Album" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. http://mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=1992&het=11&submit_=Keresés. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (ASP). Norwegian Charts. Hung Medien. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Greatest+Hits+II&cat=a. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (ASP). Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Greatest+Hits+II&cat=a. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (ASP). Spanish Charts. Hung Medien. http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Greatest+Hits+II&cat=a. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Argentinian album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits Vol II". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Queen&album=Greatest+Hits+Vol+II&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP.
- ^ "Austrian album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits II" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Enter Queen in the field Interpret. Enter Greatest Hits II in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
- ^ "Brazilian album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits II" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. http://abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=Queen&tmidia=1.
- ^ a b "Finnish album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits 2" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/Queen.
- ^ "French album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits Vol. 2" (in French). InfoDisc. http://www.infodisc.fr/Certif_Album.php. Select QUEEN and click OK
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Queen; 'Greatest Hits II')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Greatest+Hits+II&strInterpret=Queen&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked.
- ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf.
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Queen; 'Greatest Hits II')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Queen+Greatest+Hits+II.
- ^ "British album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits (Vol II)". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Enter Greatest Hits (Vol II) in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
- ^ "Top 40 Best Selling Albums 28 July 1956 – 14 June 2009" (PDF). British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/assets/files/top%2040%20albums.pdf. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
| Preceded by Stars by Simply Red Dangerous by Michael Jackson |
UK number one album November 9, 1991 – November 15, 1991 December 7, 1991 – January 3, 1992 |
Succeeded by Shepherd Moons by Enya Stars by Simply Red |
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