Greatest Hits III

by Queen

Overview

The history of Queen's Greatest Hits albums is impossibly convoluted. The first album with that title was released in 1981, and it was an excellent collection, but it was deleted in America by the end of the '80s. When Hollywood acquired the rights to the Queen catalog in 1991, it didn't reissue the original Greatest Hits album. Instead, it released Classic Queen, a bastardized version of the British compilation Greatest Hits, Vol. 2; it included "Bohemian Rhapsody" along with a couple other tracks from Greatest Hits. Classic Queen was essentially a quick cash-in to capitalize on the band's exposure in the hit film Wayne's World, and it served its purpose well. However, since it was pieced together with elements of the first two greatest-hits albums, Hollywood couldn't reissue either one. So, that year they put out their own Greatest Hits, which had the same skeleton as the British Greatest Hits, minus selections that were on Classic Queen, plus a handful of other tracks. To further complicate matters, Hollywood issued Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 in 1995, and this two-disc set contained the original British collections, which Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 functions as a sequel to. But Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 isn't a hits collection, it's a hodgepodge of rarities. The only real hit here is George Michael's live duet with Queen on "Somebody to Love." The rest are remixes, solo cuts, and tracks completed after Freddie Mercury's death. It's nice to get some of these items on one disc, but such a collection could barely be called "hits." It wouldn't be a problem if it was billed as such, but it's a sporadic collection of loose ends, a few of which are pretty good, most of which are unnecessary. If casual fans are expecting a true Greatest Hits, Vol. 3, they will be sorely disappointed.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/19/2024
Label:	Universal Japan
UPC:	4988031659069
Rank:	185655

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Queen   Primary Artist
Free   Primary Artist
Elton John   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Montserrat Caballe   Primary Artist
Prakazrel Michel   Primary Artist
George Michael   Primary Artist
David Bowie   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Brian May   Primary Artist
Freddie Mercury   Primary Artist
Wyclef Jean   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Pras Michel   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

David Bowie   Composer,Performer
Buck Ram   Composer
George Michael   Producer
Mike Moran   Composer,Producer
Wyclef Jean   Remixing
Justin Shirley-Smith   Remixing,Engineer
Elton John   Performer
Andy Davis   Liner Notes
Queen   Composer,Producer
Richard Gray   Design,Photography
Suzi Gibbons   Photography
Peter Hince   Photography
Neal Preston   Liner Notes
Elizabeth Lamers   Composer
Serge Ramaekers   Engineer,Producer
Simon Fowler   Photography
Kevin Metcalfe   Mastering
Colin Peter   Engineer,Producer
Freddie Mercury   Composer,Performer
Roger Taylor   Composer
Frank Musker   Composer
Brian May   Composer
John Deacon   Composer
David Richards   Engineer,Producer