Queen Rock Montreal
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Queen Rock Montreal is a live album by English band Queen. It was released in 2007 as a double CD / triple vinyl on 28 October in Australia, 29 October in Europe, and 30 October in the US.
It was recorded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum on 24 November and 25 November 1981, ten years to the date before lead singer Freddie Mercury died of complications related to AIDS.
This marks the first official release of the film soundtrack to the concert film We Will Rock You on an audio-only format.
Unlike the original video release of We Will Rock You, which has been re-released as Queen Rock Montreal, the album and CD features the full show (including "Flash" and "The Hero" not on the film) fully remixed.
Before Killer Queen, Freddie remarked to the unusually docile crowd, "If you guys want to move around and shift your asses a little it's OK by us... you can take all your clothes off if you like too, doesn't matter,". While addressing the crowd, John Deacon and Roger Taylor played the opening riff to Under Pressure, to which Freddie jokingly told them to "Fuck off" while laughing. Freddie gets notably frustrated with the crowd's lack of enthusiasm and orders them to "Move it, you fuckers, come on!" during Jailhouse Rock. Freddie and Brian also chatter during Jailhouse Rock, with Freddie quietly saying "Huh?...Do you wanna end it?" to which Brian shakes his head. Unbeknownst to Freddie, being "reserved" is part of the culture of the province and Canada. During Love of my Life, guitarist Brian May tells the crowd "You remember this!" However, after the passage where European crowds sing in the first verse was not sung by the crowd, Freddie remarked "You don't know it huh?" to which Brian replied "It's all right." Freddie states on the album, "We must tell you that we are filming this as you know and it's the last show in this series, it sounds like a television game, but forget the cameras, it's just you and us, alright?".
Track listing
Disc one
- Intro (Taylor) - 1:59
- We Will Rock You (Fast) (May) - 3:06
- Let Me Entertain You (Mercury) - 2:48
- Play the Game (Mercury) - 3:57
- Somebody to Love (Mercury) - 7:53
- Killer Queen (Mercury) - 1:59
- I'm in Love With My Car (Taylor) - 2:03
- Get Down, Make Love (Mercury) - 4:45
- Save Me (May) - 4:14
- Now I'm Here (May) - 5:31
- Dragon Attack (May) - 3:11
- Now I'm Here (Reprise) (May) - 1:53
- Love of My Life (Mercury) - 3:56
Disc two
- Under Pressure (Queen/Bowie) - 3:50
- Keep Yourself Alive (May) - 3:29
- Drum and Tympani Solo (Taylor) - 3:00
- Guitar Solo (May) - 5:11
- Flash (May) * - 2:11
- The Hero (May) * - 1:51
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury) - 4:15
- Jailhouse Rock (Leiber/Stoller) - 2:32
- Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury) - 5:28
- Tie Your Mother Down (May) - 3:52
- Another One Bites the Dust (Deacon) - 4:00
- Sheer Heart Attack (Taylor) - 3:53
- We Will Rock You (May) - 2:09
- We Are the Champions (Mercury) - 3:27
- God Save the Queen (tape) (arr. May) - 1:27
* previously unreleased
Personnel
- Freddie Mercury – vocals, piano, acoustic guitar on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
- Brian May – guitars, vocals, piano on "Save Me" and "Flash", synthesizer on "Flash"
- Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals, lead vocal on "I'm In Love With My Car"
- John Deacon – bass guitar, vocals
- Joshua J. Macrae - mix producer
- Justin Shirley-Smith – mix producer
- Kris Fredriksson – pro tools hd
- Mack – recording engineer
- Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
- Richard Gray – artwork
