Greatest Hits

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Though well received, this collection would eventually pose the problem of overlapping track lists in the future.

On that basis I’m tempted to score this a 1 but the individuals tracks are by and large excellent (9/10) so the overall effect is better than any of the albums that scored 5 so a 6/10 it is . It's a very good "Best Of" if you can't be bothered to dig any deeper into Queen, a pop picker's selection. Queen's 'Greatest Hits' Took 39 Years to Crack Billboard 200 Top 10 – And Only One Album Has Taken Longer".The 2-CD greatest hits, maybe even curated by the artists themselves so you're getting the greatest hits that they think are the best.

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. Fans would have been better served if this (or, my preference, a live album) had come out between A Day At The Races and News Of The World given the change in direction.

Freddie Mercury designed the crest on the album cover, using the astrological signs of the four members: two Leos ( Roger Taylor and John Deacon), one Cancer ( Brian May) and one Virgo (Mercury). Of the Beach Boys I eventually got Pet Sounds years later, the Heart became a favourite of mine and I ended up collecting all their albums, but Greatest Hits by Janis Joplin is still the only release I have.

Melody Maker 's Adam Sweeting stated, "I've never been the slightest bit interested in Queen's ridiculous pomposity and Freddie just makes me snigger, but I suppose songs like 'Killer Queen' are sort of catchy, while anything as preposterous as 'We Will Rock You' deserves an award if only for bad taste". This alone would be enough for me to dismiss Greatest Hits, but I realise I am very privileged: I am very familiar with the entire catalogue and I know which songs are my favourite. I have bought albums that the club has introduced me to, like Girlschool's Demolition or Whitesnake's Saints and Sinners.And that's the thing; if you want to introduce Queen to people who were born well after Freddie's death, then this is the album to start with. Every week, Album of the Week Club listens to and discusses the album in question, votes on how good it is, and publishes our findings, with the aim of giving people reliable reviews and the wider rock community the chance to contribute. It has also been certified 15× platinum in Australia, 10× platinum in New Zealand, and 3× platinum in Canada. I’m not a massive Queen fan by any means, but there’s no denying the greatness of most of these songs.