Queen Rocks [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Japanese edition of 1997 retrospective with the limitededition 16 page, full color booklet 'The Smallest RockBook - Music Life: Special Edition' added as a bonus. The CDcomes inside a standard jewel case & is packaged with thebooklet inside of a full color slipcase. Contains 18 tracks:16 classics and the 'new' singles 'No-One But You' & 'ICan't Live Without You' (1997 'Rocks' Retake). 1997Parlophone/ EMI release.

Tracks:

We Will Rock You
Tie Your Mother Down
I Want It All
Seven Seas Of Rhye
I Can't Live With You (1997 'Rocks' Retake)
Hammer To Fall
Stone Cold Crazy
Now I'm Here
Fat Bottomed Girls
Keep Yourself Alive
Tear It Up
One Vision
Sheer Heart Attack
I'm In Love With My Car
Put Out The Fire
Headlong
It's Late
No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)

Album Description

Japanese edition of 1997 retrospective with the limitededition 16 page, full color booklet 'The Smallest RockBook - Music Life: Special Edition' added as a bonus. The CDcomes inside a standard jewel case & is packaged with thebooklet inside of a full color slipcase. Contains 18 tracks:16 classics and the 'new' singles 'No-One But You' & 'ICan't Live Without You' (1997 'Rocks' Retake). 1997Parlophone/ EMI release.

Customer Reviews:

Some rock, some roll, some hard, some heavy.......2007-04-04

A look through the tracklisting will probably settle the debate for diehard fans as to whether they want this. And to Queen experts such as they I've probably got little to say to em' given they probably know more about the band than me. But newcomers, read on.

But I really feel that this album was aimed at the generic music fan who wasn't familiar with the Queen catalogue in depth. Now to me Queen is a band you have to make up your own mind about. For example my brother is an addict, wheras I'm a casual user only. So rather than trying to encapsulate the recordings here or give a track by track synopsis I'll just give a few ideas that may be of help to the newcomer.

This album has a fair whack of rockers, as the name suggests. Megahits like We Will Rock You and rollicking tunes such as Tie Your Mother Down and Sheer Heart Attack make this a great rock 'n' roll collection. While I'd question a couple of tracks and the exclusion of a few others this album succeeds in it's role of reeling in the newcomer, it's really hard to resist the energy of many of these songs. The reason why isn't just the tunes but what they represent. Rockers from the spectrum of Queen releases are here from the aforementioned Sheer Heart Attack to the latter day Headlong. Which means the casual music fan can hear tunes from most eras of Queen and that they retained some fire in the belly through most of their career. Not that this is heavy metal, but it is very livey rock music. At least this collection gives some credit to their rockin' moments - hey it wasn't all Radio Ga Ga and I Want to Break Free.

Apart from the community service of underlying for a new generation how great Queen could be when they dusted off their rock 'n' roll boots it also hangs together well which is a testament to fine production techniques throughout their career and attention to the sequencing of the tracks. Lyrics to the whole shebang as well as notes on each track re: credits, producers and parent album is also to be commended and the inclusion of the final tune - No One But You - is a cool touch.

A great guy (yeah yeah it ain't got Rhapsody - but don't you own that already on some rock compilation disc?) and one that should tell you if Queen are a band you want to explore further.

Superb compilation album .......2007-01-24

An absolutely superb compilation album combining some of Queen's best known hits like the anthemic We Will Rock You (1977), the rollicking Fat Bottomed Girls (1978) and Queen's first entry into the charts-Seven Seas Of Rhye (1974), with some of Queen's brillaint but underrated works, like hard-rocker Stone Cold Crazy (1974), Keep Yourself Alive (1973) and the high energy Sheer Heart Attack (1977), as well as latter day hits like the funky Put Out The Fire (1982), Tear It Up (1984) and One Vision (1986).
A good introduction after the Greatest Hits albums.

Queen Rocks.......2006-11-08

este disco recopilatorio de Queen es bueno ya que recoge temas de rock al estilo de Queen interpretado por el gran Freddie Mercury que tal voz por Dios pareciera que estuviera vivo todavía
no debe faltar este disco en tu colección de discos compralo now

Great compilation with a few minor flaws.......2006-01-03

As this compilation clearly proves, Queen's most well known songs may have been their pop singles but this band could really ROCK. Tracks like "We Will Rock You", "Tie Your Mother Down", "I Want It All", and "Hammer To Fall" are among my personal favorites and they are all here (and in full album versions or as hybrid single/album versions like with "I Want It All"). Some other lesser known gems on this compilation include "Stone Cold Crazy", "Sheer Heart Attack", "It's Late", and the "Rocks Retake" of "I Can't Live With You" (far superior to the version on the "Innuendo" album).

I would have given this 5 stars if not for a few small nitpicks:

1) Though a touching tribute to their departed lead singer Freddie Mercury, "No One But You (Only The Good Die Young)" does not belong on this collection because it is a pop ballad. They should have saved it exclusively for "Greatest Hits III" and used it as the single to promote that release. They could (and should) have used the aforementioned "I Can't Live With You" as the single to promote this release.

2) "Seven Seas of Rhye" also does not belong here because it is more of a pop song. "Princes of The Universe" definitely should have been on this compilation instead.

3) What's with the "click" at the start of "Fat Bottomed Girls"? It may be only for a brief second but it really annoys me whenever I listen to that song on this compliation.

Awesome Collection.......2005-04-19

This is very Definitely a great selection of QUEEN'S heavier side. However, it is not a "stripped down" version of Queen's audio work. We Will rock, Hammer to Fall, and etc., are all layered guitar works. The Brilliance of QUEEN lay in this over the top working of just about anything they did. In this respect they were worlds ahead of their time. The multiple guitars come into their own in the world of multi channel recordings. The real kicker about what Brian Did, is that he could achieve a semblance of the multi-layer sound in live concerts with an effect that allowed him to play over lines he did ( as in the solo in WE WILL ROCK YOU on dvd, WEMBLEY, and one other concert).
There is never anything simple about what QUEEN did, except that they appealed to many on a raw level. Their work is deceptively simple in fact. Even the dropped tuning on the bass guitar for fat bottomed girls sounds superb.
It's a compilation, but hell, is it brilliant. And ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG is so very true, and such a brilliant piece by the remnant of QUEEN.
Freddy Lives on in his recordings. A Master Craftsman taken too early, and an interpreter of the collective consciousness of QUEEN that was intense,subtle, beautiful, and totally original.

ENJOY

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Complete Secular Songs (3cd)

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000DJENT
Release Date: 2004-01-13

Average customer rating:

Some rock, some roll, some hard, some heavy
Superb compilation album
Queen Rocks
Great compilation with a few minor flaws
Awesome Collection

Queen Rocks - AUTOGRAPHED!
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Customer Reviews:

Some rock, some roll, some hard, some heavy.......2007-04-04

Superb compilation album .......2007-01-24

Queen Rocks.......2006-11-08

Great compilation with a few minor flaws.......2006-01-03

Awesome Collection.......2005-04-19

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Beautiful music and lyrics
Dissapointing

The Pleasures and Follies of Love

Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Odes | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005J6ZZ
Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

Adieu To The Pleasures And Follies Of Love
The Pleasures: Dear, Do Not Your Fair Beauty Wrong
The Pleasures: Have You Seen But A Bright Lily Grow
The Pleasures: The Lowest Trees Have Tops
The Pleasures: Welcome To The Pleasures: Here The Deities Approve
The Pleasures: In A Garden So Green
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The Pleasures: Love's Constancy
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The Follies: O Solitude
The Follies: O Sweet Woods!
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The Follies: O Death, Rock Me Asleep
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The Follies: Go Crystal Tears
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Customer Reviews:

Beautiful music and lyrics.......2004-08-17

I love this CD. When I first got it, I listened to it over and over ... especially the second half. Fine musicianship from the musicians and the singer, I think. I passed it to other baroque aficionados who were similarly delighted. Those not used to baroque instrumentation may think the songs all sound alike. I felt, however, that there was great emotional variety in these many lute songs. Beautiful.

Dissapointing.......2004-01-25

I recently purchased this cd and had high hopes for it, being a fan of such music. When I actually got to listen to it, I was quite dissapointed. All of the songs sound identical, the same voice, and the same tunes. The woman's voice on this CD got a bit annoying since it sounds as if she's singing with her gag reflex. All in all, I'm not very thrilled with this cd.

Soccer Rocks the Globe - World Cup USA 94

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Soccer Rocks the Globe - World Cup USA 94
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Soccer Rocks the Globe - World Cup USA 94 // 1. We Are the Champions - Queen 2. Gloryland - Daryl Hall and Sounds of Blackness 3. Goal, Goal, Goal - James 4. New Star - Tears For Fears 5. This Is the Moment - The Moody Blues 6. Blow by Blow - Fleetwood Mac 7. Blaze of Glory - Jon Bon Jovi 8. Best - Tina Turner 9. Rock & Roll '94 (Part I and II Live) - Gary Glitter 10. Under the Same Sun - Scorpions 11. Celebration '94 [Remix] - Kool & the Gang 12. Luz, Amor y Vida - Carlos Santana 13. Anthem (Alé, Alé, Alé, Alé) - The Crowd 14. Gloryland [Instrumental] - Glory

The Secular Songs of Henry Purcell, Vol. 2

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Purcell stole my heart

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Love's Pow'r In My Heart Shall Find No Compliance, Z395
How Delightful's The Life Of An Innocent Swain, Z373
She, Who My Poor Heart Possesses, Z415
Love Arms Himself In Celia's Eyes Z392
When First My Shepherdess And I, Z431
Through Mournful Shades, Z424
If Music Be The Food Of Love (Second Version), Z379B
Scarce Had The Rising Sun Appear'd, Z469
Who But A Slave Can Well Express, Z440
High On A Throne Of Glitt'ring Ore, Z465
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Amazon.com essential recording

Purcell fans will delight in this collection of 30 of his 85 secular songs. Barbara Bonney, singing with ease and controlled fervor, steals the recording with her endearing sound and impeccable musicianship. Soprano Susan Gritton brings a more dramatic perspective, singing with zest and a little edge that almost, but never quite, grates. Sometimes, however, she vibrates mildly out of control. Tenors Charles Daniels and Roger Covey-Crump sing with grace, joviality, and tenderness, but both are a little shallow throughout the bottom. Countertenor James Bowman occasionally stumbles with intonation, but always lands standing upright. This buffet of various voices captivates the listener's attention span, totally avoiding potential monotony. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Customer Reviews:

Purcell stole my heart.......2001-02-08

Alas, with the help of phenomenally expressive singers on this CD, Purcell has stolen my heart. I listened to this CD a few times then immediately emptied my pocketbook to the nearest consort putting on a Purcell concert. Such poverty is love.