Queen CD Single Box
CD Single Box | ||||
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Box set by | ||||
Released | April 26, 1991 (Japan) | |||
Recorded | 1973-1986 | |||
Studio | various | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 1:47:40 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | ||||
Queen chronology | ||||
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The CD Single Box was a CD compilation box set by the English rock band Queen released exclusively in Japan by EMI records.[1][2]
Packaging
The CDs are housed inside a gold embossed flip top box with a 48-page booklet which includes the bio, anthology and song lyrics in English and Japanese.[1]
Contents
The box set has 12 x 3" CD single (despite 'Mini Album' on the sleeves) snap-packs (Japanese: tanzaku) which includes twelve hit-singles released between 1973 and 1986. The singles start with the A-side tracks "Seven Seas Of Rhye" (recorded at Trident) through to "A Kind Of Magic" complete with B-sides. The few non-album B-sides included are "See What a Fool I've Been", "Soul Brother", "I Go Crazy" and "A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling".[1] The compact discs are 3-inch or (8 cm), with sleeves called snap-packs, as they could be "snapped and folded" into a small square. Almost all of the writing is in Japanese.
All CDs have three tracks each, apart from "Queen's first E.P.", which has four.[1] The set features artwork from the original UK 7" vinyl releases, except the "Seven Seas Of Rhye" (original German sleeve) and "Killer Queen" (original French sleeve).
Disc and track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Seven Seas Of Rhye" | Freddie Mercury | 2:51 |
2. | "See What a Fool I've Been" | Brian May | 4:32 |
3. | "Funny How Love Is" | Freddie Mercury | 2:50 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Killer Queen" | Freddie Mercury | 3:02 |
2. | "Flick of the Wrist" | Freddie Mercury | 3:21 |
3. | "Brighton Rock" | Brian May | 5:10 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Freddie Mercury | 5:59 |
2. | "I'm In Love With My Car" | Roger Taylor | 3:10 |
3. | "You're My Best Friend" | John Deacon | 2:51 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Somebody To Love" | Freddie Mercury | 4:59 |
2. | "White Man" | Brian May | 5:01 |
3. | "Tie Your Mother Down" | Brian May | 3:46 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" | Freddie Mercury | 2:56 |
2. | "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" | Freddie Mercury | 3:45 |
3. | "Tenement Funster" | Roger Taylor | 2:58 |
4. | "White Queen (As It Began)" | Brian May | 4:36 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "We Are The Champions" | Freddie Mercury | 3:02 |
2. | "We Will Rock You" | Brian May | 2:02 |
3. | "Fat Bottomed Girls" | Brian May | 3:24 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Freddie Mercury | 2:46 |
2. | "Spread Your Wings" | John Deacon | 4:35 |
3. | "Flash Theme" | Brian May | 2:47 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Another One Bites the Dust" | John Deacon | 3:38 |
2. | "Dragon Attack" | Brian May | 4:22 |
3. | "Las Palabras De Amor" | Brian May | 4:31 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Under Pressure Featuring – David Bowie" | Queen and David Bowie | 4:07 |
2. | "Soul Brother" | Queen | 4:29 |
3. | "Body Language" | Freddie Mercury | 4:33 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Radio Ga Ga" | Roger Taylor | 5:49 |
2. | "I Go Crazy" | Brian May | 3:45 |
3. | "Hammer to Fall" | Brian May | 3:39 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Want to Break Free" | John Deacon | 4:25 |
2. | "Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')" | Brian May, Roger Taylor | 5:00 |
3. | "It's a Hard Life" | Freddie Mercury | 4:08 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "A Kind Of Magic" | Roger Taylor | 4:25 |
2. | "A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling" | Roger Taylor | 4:43 |
3. | "One Vision" | Queen | 4:00 |
Total length: | 1:47:40 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d AllMusic review of Queen Box Set. AllMusic
- ^ The Japan CD Single Box