Live Killers

Live Killers
Live album by Queen
Released	22 June 1979
Recorded	January – March 1979 in Europe
Genre	Rock
Length	90:08
Label	EMI, Parlophone (Europe) Elektra, Hollywood Records (US)
Producer	Queen
Queen chronology
Live Killers (1979) Live Magic (1986)
Singles from Live Killers
"Love of My Life (Live)" Released: 29 June 1979 "We Will Rock You (Live)" Released: August, 1979 (US, Japan)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Record Mirror	(favorable)
George Starostin
Rolling Stone	(unfavorable)

Live Killers is a double vinyl, cassette tape and compact disc live album by English rock band Queen. It was released on 22 June 1979.

It was recorded live during the European leg of Queen's Jazz world tour between January and March 1979. The album was self-produced by the band and was their first album to be mixed at their own studios, Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland.

Guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor revealed on the US radio show In the Studio with Redbeard (which spotlighted the making of 1980's The Game) that the band was not happy with the album's final mix as the band mixed the album themselves.

Despite May and Taylor's unhappiness with the album, Live Killers reached number 3 on the UK Albums Chart, and number 16 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, and is certified double platinum in the US.

In the territories outside of the United States, Europe and Canada, Elektra Records re-released a shorter, edited version of the album in 1985 titled Queen Live.^{[citation needed]}

The 1994 issue that was released as part of the Digital Master Series by EMI was not improved as the quality was bad.^{[citation needed]} It was later remastered and restored in better quality by Peter Mew in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

Side one

1. "We Will Rock You" [fast version] (Brian May) – 3:18
2. "Let Me Entertain You" (Freddie Mercury) – 3:15
3. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated To...)" (Mercury) – 3:31
4. "Killer Queen" (Mercury) – 1:59
5. "Bicycle Race" (Mercury) – 1:28
6. "I'm in Love with My Car" (Roger Taylor) – 2:08
7. "Get Down, Make Love" (Mercury) – 4:31
8. "You're My Best Friend" (John Deacon) – 2:08

Side two

1. "Now I'm Here" (May) – 8:42
2. "Dreamer's Ball" (May) – 3:44
3. "Love of My Life" (Mercury) – 4:57
4. "'39" (May) – 3:26
5. "Keep Yourself Alive" (May) – 4:02

Side three

1. "Don't Stop Me Now" (Mercury) – 4:28
2. "Spread Your Wings" (Deacon) – 5:17
3. "Brighton Rock" (May) – 12:13

Side four

1. "Bohemian Rhapsody" [intro: "Mustapha"] (Mercury) – 6:02
2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (May) – 3:40
3. "Sheer Heart Attack" (Taylor) – 3:35
4. "We Will Rock You" (May) – 2:48
5. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) – 3:27
6. "God Save the Queen" (Trad.; arr. May) – 1:31

Omitted tracks

• "It's Late" (May)
• "If You Can't Beat Them" (Deacon)
• "Somebody to Love" (Mercury)
• "Fat Bottomed Girls" (May)

Singles

• "Love of My Life" (Live)/"Now I'm Here" (Live)
• "We Will Rock You (Fast Version) (Live)"/"Let Me Entertain You (Live)" – Elektra E46532; released August, 1979

Charts

Country	Charts		Sales
	Peak position	Weeks	Certification	Sales
Austria	3	12	Gold	40.000
United Kingdom	3	27	Gold	380,000
Germany	4		Gold	450.000
Japan	9			250.000
Netherlands	10			80.000
Norway	10	7		100.000
Sweden	15	4		50.000
United States	16	14	Platinum (2x)	2,500,000
Switzerland	34	2	Gold	10.000
Canada				150.000

External links

• Queenlive.ca: "Live Killers" Analysis – an analysis of the edits and overdubs on the album