Queen Rocks

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Queen Rocks is a compilation album by the English rock band Queen, released in 1997.

The album is a selection of songs from Queen's heavier side. It also contained one new track, "No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young)", which is a gentle ballad. This song began life as a track for Brian May's solo album Another World (1998); the remaining members chose to record it as a bookend for their career as Queen. It was the last original studio recording from the 1990s featuring Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon (and the first Queen recording without Freddie Mercury).

The album is unique to the Queen catalogue, as it deliberately does not follow the standard "greatest hits" collection format. Some hits are present ("Hammer to Fall", "Seven Seas of Rhye"), while other tracks included were never released as singles anywhere ("Put Out the Fire" and "Sheer Heart Attack"). The album also contains a remake of the pop rocker "I Can't Live With You", with a much louder and heavier guitar and more aggressive drumming.

Track listing

1. "We Will Rock You"
2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (single version)
3. "I Want It All" (hybrid album/single version)
4. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
5. "I Can't Live With You" (1997 Rocks retake)
6. "Hammer to Fall" (album version)
7. "Stone Cold Crazy"
8. "Now I'm Here"
9. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (album version)
10. "Keep Yourself Alive"
11. "Tear It Up"
12. "One Vision" (album version)
13. "Sheer Heart Attack"
14. "I'm in Love with My Car" (hybrid album/single version)
15. "Put Out the Fire"
16. "Headlong"
17. "It's Late"
18. "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"

Video version

A video version of the album was made. It included slightly different videos for all these songs.

1. “I Want It All” (The original video, except for the fact that it uses clips from the 1986 Wembley concert.)
2. “We Will Rock You” (Uses clips of Queen singing that at Wembley ‘86, Budapest ‘86, Montreal ‘81, Live Aid ‘85, Japan ‘79, Hammersmith ‘79, Houston ‘77, Buenos Aires ‘81, Rio ‘85, Milton Keynes ‘82, and the original video. Also uses outtakes from the original video.)
3. “Keep Yourself Alive” (Uses clips from the original video, the BBC performance of the song, and old black/white movies.)
4. “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Lengthened version of original video including never-before-seen footage.)
5. “Sheer Heart Attack” (Rare video. Video includes clips of Queen performing the song at the Rainbow ‘74, Hammersmith ‘75, Earl’s Court ‘76, Houston ‘77, Hammersmith ‘79, Buenos Aires ‘81, Wembley ‘86, and clips from other Queen videos like Under Pressure and Keep Yourself Alive (Queen Rocks version).)
6. “I’m In Love With My Car” (Rare video. Video includes clips of Queen performing the song at Hammersmith ’79, along with shots of zooming cars.)
7. “It’s Late” (Rare video. Video includes clips of Queen performing the song at the Rainbow ‘74, Wembley ‘86, Milton Keynes ‘82, Hammersmith ‘75, Buenos Aires ‘81, Houston ‘77, Earl’s Court ‘76, Japan ‘79, Rio ‘85, and clips from other Queen videos like Keep Yourself Alive, Princes of the Universe, Killer Queen, These Are the Days Of Our Lives, and The Miracle.)
8. “Tie Your Mother Down: Through the Years” (Clips from Japan ‘84, Wembley ‘86, Houston ‘77, Hammersmith ‘79, Earl’s Court ‘76, Budapest ‘86, Japan ‘79, and the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.)
9. “Seven Seas of Rhye” (Original video with opening from One Vision.)
10. “Too Much Love Will Kill You” (Original video with clips from Pavarotti & Friends concert.)
11. “Put Out the Fire” (Performance at Milton Keynes with clips from old black/white movies.)
12. “Bicycle Race” (Original video re-edited with coloring and kaleidoscope effects.)
13. “One Vision (extended)” (Original video with some never-before-seen footage.)
14. “Makings of Queen” Making the videos for The Miracle, Radio Ga Ga, I Want It All, Spread Your Wings, Bicycle Race, Breakthru, Innuendo, These Are The Days Of Our Lives, and I'm Going Slightly Mad.
15. “Calling All Girls” (Extended video.)