Greatest Hits II

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We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. Throughout, the flamboyance and verve of the bands performances shines, highlighting exactly why they remain one of the most popular acts in the world. This is the first time that one of the Top Ten biggest selling albums of all time in the UK’s cover has been re-worked. The US ended up with its original edit of Queen's first single release, " Keep Yourself Alive", originally released in 1973 and re-released in the US in 1975, following the success of " Bohemian Rhapsody".

The US version also added " Under Pressure", Queen's collaboration with David Bowie, which was released the same week as Greatest Hits and subsequently topped the UK Singles Chart and reached the top ten in many charts around the world. However, retrospective reviews have rated the album higher: Ira Robbins gave Greatest Hits a B+ rating in Entertainment Weekly upon its reissue in 1992, [9] and AllMusic awarded the record four and a half stars out of five. Hits II was a double album, whereas the initial Hits collection was a single disc, and to date it has sold over 19 million copies worldwide.When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. In the UK, Greatest Hits debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and climbed to number one the following week, spending four weeks at the top. Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela had "Love of My Life" (live version) instead of "Seven Seas of Rhye". Accumulated sales ( Greatest Hits II and Classic Queen for the US and Canada combined) are in excess of 25 million worldwide.

As one person said to me once when asked what music I liked and I replied 'Queen' they're response was, 'everyone likes Queen', I don't think they were wrong. Accumulated sales ( Greatest Hits II and Classic Queen for the US and Canada combined) are in excess of 25 million worldwide. Greatest Hits II was released less than a month before the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury and was the last Queen release of any kind while he was still alive. There was only one track listing released worldwide, while the USA had a similar album titled ' Classic Queen' which featured other tracks from throughout Queen's career. It is the seventh best-selling album in Germany, [5] the thirteenth best-selling album in France, [6] and the best-selling album by a foreign artist in Finland.The 17 tracks were universal, with no territorial variations as with the first Greatest Hits compilation. Commercial performance [ edit ] Gold and silver discs issued by EMI in 1982 for Greatest Hits (1981). This the first is a series of full length releases celebrating Queen's 40th Anniversary, is a must have for any Queen fan, chock-full of 17 hits.

One of the longest charting albums in the US, as of February 2024 it has spent 579 weeks on the Billboard 200. Note: On the sleeve notes of the video, "We Are the Champions" is incorrectly listed after the two versions of "We Will Rock You". Top of the Music FIMI/GfK 2019: Un anno con la musica Italiana" (Download the attachment and open the Album file) (in Italian). There was no universal track listing or cover art for the album, and each territory's tracks were dependent on what singles had been released there and which were successful.Among the longest charting albums in the US, as of January 2024, it has spent 579 weeks on the Billboard 200 and has been certified 9× platinum in the US. Greatest Hits II is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen, released on 28 October 1991.