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Absolute Greatest
Greatest hits album by Queen
Released 11 November 2009 (Japan)
13 November 2009 (Germany, Austria)
16 November 2009 (Europe)
17 November 2009 (US)
Recorded 1973–1995
Genre Rock
Length 79:29
Label Parlophone (UK)
Hollywood Records (US)
Producer various
Queen chronology
Singles Collection 2
(2009)		 Absolute Greatest
(2009)		 Singles Collection 3
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]
Classic Rock 7/10 stars [2]
Q 4/5 stars [3]
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Absolute Greatest is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen. The album features 20 of their most famous hits throughout their career on one CD for the very first time and is available in several formats, including the single CD edition, a 2 CD special edition featuring audio commentaries by Brian May and Roger Taylor, a 52 page hardback book with the 2 CDs, digital download, and an LP edition box set. Each track has been remastered from the original tapes.[4]

A promotion running on the band's official website, Queen Online, gave fans the opportunity to guess the placings of the tracks on the album and win a prize if their answer was correct (a new track was revealed daily). The prize winner was then chosen in a random selection.[5]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[1]
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "We Will Rock You"   Brian May 2:02
2. "We Are the Champions"   Freddie Mercury 3:01
3. "Radio Ga Ga"   Roger Taylor 5:48
4. "Another One Bites the Dust"   John Deacon 3:34
5. "I Want It All" (Single Version) Queen 4:00
6. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"   Mercury 2:44
7. "A Kind of Magic"   Taylor 4:22
8. "Under Pressure"   Queen, David Bowie 4:06
9. "One Vision" (Single Version) Queen 3:58
10. "You're My Best Friend"   Deacon 2:52
11. "Don't Stop Me Now"   Mercury 3:31
12. "Killer Queen"   Mercury 2:58
13. "These Are the Days of Our Lives"   Queen 4:16
14. "Who Wants to Live Forever" ('Greatest Hits II' Edit) May 4:55
15. "Seven Seas of Rhye"   Mercury 2:44
16. "Heaven for Everyone" (Single Version) Taylor 4:37
17. "Somebody to Love"   Mercury 4:48
18. "I Want to Break Free" (Single Version) Deacon 4:22
19. "The Show Must Go On"   Queen 4:27
20. "Bohemian Rhapsody"   Mercury 5:56

[edit] Bonus streaming live performances

Title Writer City / Venue Year
1. "White Queen" Brian May London / Rainbow 1974
2. "Killer Queen" Freddie Mercury London / Earls Court 1977
3. "You Take My Breath Away" Mercury London / Earls Court 1977
4. "The Millionaire Waltz" Mercury Houston / The Summit 1977
5. "My Melancholy Blues" Mercury Houston / The Summit 1977
6. "Dreamer's Ball" May Paris / Pavillon de Paris 1979
7. "We Will Rock You" (fast) May Tokyo / Nippon Budokan 1979
8. "Let Me Entertain You" Mercury Tokyo / Nippon Budokan 1979
9. "I'm in Love With My Car" Roger Taylor London / Hammersmith Odeon 1979
10. "Now I'm Here" May London / Hammersmith Odeon 1979
11. "Save Me" May Montreal / Montreal Forum 1981
12. "Somebody to Love" Mercury Milton Keynes / National Bowl 1982
13. "Tie Your Mother Down" May Rio de Janeiro (Rock in Rio) 1985
14. "Love of My Life" Mercury Rio de Janeiro (Rock in Rio) 1985
15. "One Vision" Queen London / Wembley Stadium 1986
16. "In the Lap of the Gods" (revisited) Mercury London / Wembley Stadium 1986
17. "We Are the Champions" Mercury London / Wembley Stadium 1986
18. "We Will Rock You" May Budapest / Népstadion 1986

[edit] Personnel

Guest musicians:

[edit] Charts and certifications

[edit] Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Top 50 Albums[6] 18
Austrian Top 75 Albums[7] 10
Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums[8] 22
Danish Top 40 Albums[9] 6
French Compilations[10] 11
German Albums Chart[11] 23
Hungarian Top 40 Albums[12] 4
Mexican Top 100 Albums[13] 22
Norwegian Top 40 Albums[14] 6
Portuguese Top 30 Albums[15] 4
Spanish Top 100 Albums[16] 20
Swedish Top 60 Albums[17] 5
Swiss Top 100 Albums[18] 15
UK Albums Chart[19] 3
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums[20] 15
Netherlands Top 100 Albums[21] 36
New Zealand Top 40 Albums[22] 6
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart[23] 16
Finnish Top 50 Albums[24] 15

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[25] Gold 35,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[26] Gold 15,000^
Hungary (Mahasz)[27] Platinum 6,000x
Ireland (IRMA)[28] Platinum 15,000x
New Zealand (RIANZ)[29] Platinum 15,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[30] Gold 10,000*
Portugal (AFP)[31] Gold 10,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[32] 2× Platinum 600,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Absolute Greatest at Allmusic
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  3. ^ "The Official Queen Website". QueenOnline.com. http://www.queenonline.com/news/1547. Retrieved 2011-08-04. 
  4. ^ Press Release: Absolute Greatest. Queen online, 3 September 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  5. ^ Tracklisting Competition. Queen online. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
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  9. ^ "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (ASP). Danish Charts. Hung Medien. http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Absolute+Greatest&cat=a. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
  10. ^ "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.
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  12. ^ "Archivum: Top 40 Album" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. http://mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2009&het=51&submit_=Keresés. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
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  14. ^ "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (ASP). Norwegian Charts. Hung Medien. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Absolute+Greatest&cat=a. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
  15. ^ "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (ASP). Portuguese Charts. Hung Medien. http://portuguesecharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Absolute+Greatest&cat=a. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
  16. ^ "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (ASP). Spanish Charts. Hung Medien. http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Absolute+Greatest&cat=a. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
  17. ^ "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (ASP). Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Absolute+Greatest&cat=a. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
  18. ^ "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (ASP). Swiss Charts. Hung Medien. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Absolute+Greatest&cat=a. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
  19. ^ "Chart Archive: Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive – 28th November 2009". The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2009-11-28/. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
  20. ^ "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (in Dutch) (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Absolute+Greatest&cat=a. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
  21. ^ "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (in Dutch) (ASP). Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Absolute+Greatest&cat=a. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
  22. ^ "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (ASP). New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Absolute+Greatest&cat=a. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
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  24. ^ "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (ASP). Finnish Charts. Hung Medien. http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Absolute+Greatest&cat=a. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
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  26. ^ "Danish album certifications – Queen – Absolute Greatest". IFPI Denmark. http://www.hitlisterne.dk/default.asp?w=50&y=2009&list=a40. 
  27. ^ "Adatbázis – Arany- és platinalemezek – 2010" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=arany_es_platinalemezek&menu2=adatbazis&ev=2010. 
  28. ^ "Irish album certifications – Queen – Absolute Greatest". Irish Recorded Music Association. http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/platinum09.htm. 
  29. ^ "Latest Gold / Platinum Albums". Radioscope. 17 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20110724195817/http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=62. 
  30. ^ "Polish album certifications – Queen – Absolute Greatest" (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV). http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/zlote/index.php. 
  31. ^ "Portuguese album certifications – Queen – Absolute Greatest" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. http://www.afp.org.pt/estatisticas.php.  Enter 2009 in the field Ano at the bottom of the page. Click Vêr
  32. ^ "British album certifications – Queen – Absolute Greatest". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Absolute Greatest in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
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