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The most comprehensive collection of Queen hits ever! Throw in the good price and the 48-page booklet and it's simply "killer." Includes Bohemian Rhapsody; Killer Queen; We Are the Champions; We Will Rock You; Crazy Little Thing Called Love; Another One Bites the Dust; Under Pressure (original and Rah mix); You're My Best Friend; Bottomed Girls , and more. 51 songs! Composer(s) Brian May, David Bowie, Elizabeth Lamers, Frank Musker, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Queen, Roger Taylor Performer(s) Brian May, Elton John, George Michael, Montserrat Caballé, Steve Howe, Wyclef Jean Producer(s) Brian May, Colin Peter, David Bowie, David Richards, Freddie Mercury, George Michael, Josh MacRae, Mike Moran, Queen, Roy Thomas Baker .com ---- What once seemed Queen's greatest liabilities--a preening flamboyance and pompous, overwrought theatricality--have ironically become their most enduring charms in a gray, postmodern pop-music landscape. While it eschews the glammy, pre-punk hard rock of live faves like "Stone Cold Crazy" and "Tie Your Mother Down" for the band's more quirky club-beat string of latter-day hits, this 51-track triple-CD anthology goes a long way toward documenting the true dimensions of the band's music and fame. Some songs may not be instantly familiar to American fans because of yet another irony: just as their U.S. fortunes waned during the punk and new wave era, the band was exploding into true international superstars. Thus, there may be a sense of discovery here, whether of latter-day Queen material or solo work by Brian May and Freddie Mercury, whose duet on "Barcelona" with diva Montserrat Caballé transcends boundaries of both time and genre. A previously unreleased live performance of "The Show Must Go On" featuring Elton John ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/23176/%24%7B0%7D ) on vocals is also included. --Jerry McCulley