Greatest Hits Volume 3 (1999)
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1. The Show Must Go On
2. Under Pressure (rah mix)
3. Barcelona
4. Too Much Love Will Kill You
5. Somebody to Love
6. You Don't Fool Me
7. Heaven for Everyone
8. Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)
9. Driven by You
10.Living on My Own
11.Let Me Live
12.The Great Pretender
13.Princes of the Universe
14.Another One Bites the Dust
15.Not Only You (Only the Good Die Young)
16.These are the days of Our Lives
17.Thank God It's Christmas
 
I am not reviewing this album by the
quality of the material, but rather by the title of this compilation
itself. This is labeled as a greatest hits package, a "volume 3", and
it is absolutely nothing of the sort. This is basically a compilation
of rarities, alternate takes, unreleased songs, and material scrapped
together after Freddie Mercury's death. Had this been called something
like "Rarities", then I may have been a bit more kind, but this is,
plain and simple, a rip off.
I don't know who is at fault here. The tendency is to always blame the
big wigs at the record label, but I'll reserve my judgement for
"whomever is at fault". It didn't help matters any when the original
greatest hits albums that this band put out were simply too confusing in
and of themselves since there were so many different releases and
versions. Many of these packages were only available one one side of the
globe, so many out of prints and re-releases were out there, and it
actually made your head spin. This travesty didn't help any. Shame on
you Queen (or whomever). Shame on you.
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