Queen Rock Montreal

This article is about the live album. For the DVD of the same concert, see We Will Rock You (video).

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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. 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." (maybe referring to the part of the song he just sang "... you don't know what it means to me") 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

1. "Intro" (Roger Taylor) – 1:59
2. "We Will Rock You (Fast)" (Brian May) – 3:06
3. "Let Me Entertain You" (Freddie Mercury) – 2:48
4. "Play the Game" (Mercury) – 3:57
5. "Somebody to Love" (Mercury) – 7:53
6. "Killer Queen" (Mercury) – 1:59
7. "I'm in Love with My Car" (Taylor) – 2:03
8. "Get Down, Make Love" (Mercury) – 4:45
9. "Save Me" (May) – 4:14
10. "Now I'm Here" (May) – 5:31
11. "Dragon Attack" (May) – 3:11
12. "Now I'm Here (Reprise)" (May) – 1:53
13. "Love of My Life" (Mercury) – 3:56

Disc two

1. "Under Pressure" (Queen, David Bowie) – 3:49
2. "Keep Yourself Alive" (May) – 3:29
3. "Drum and Tympani Solo" (Taylor) – 3:00
4. "Guitar Solo" (May) – 5:11
5. "Flash" (May) * – 2:11
6. "The Hero" (May) * – 1:51
7. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) – 4:15
8. "Jailhouse Rock" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:32
9. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – 5:28
10. "Tie Your Mother Down" (May) – 3:52
11. "Another One Bites the Dust" (John Deacon) – 4:00
12. "Sheer Heart Attack" (Taylor) – 3:53
13. "We Will Rock You" (May) – 2:09
14. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) – 3:27
15. "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" and "Another One Bites The Dust" (chorus)
• 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

External links

• Official Site