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Album Details / Review : The Crown Jewels


The Crown Jewels
Queen
The Crown Jewels
Released : Tuesday, November 24th 1998
Higest UK Chart Position : 1
Buy The Crown Jewels

Track Listing

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1) Keep Yourself Alive   May Interesting Information about Keep Yourself Alive
2) Doing All Right   May-Staffel Interesting Information about Doing All Right
3) Great King Rat   Mercury Interesting Information about Great King Rat
4) My Fairy King   Mercury Interesting Information about My Fairy King
5) Liar   Mercury Interesting Information about Liar
6) The Night Comes Down   May Interesting Information about The Night Comes Down
7) Modern Times Rock'N'Roll   Taylor Interesting Information about Modern Times Rock'N'Roll
8) Son And Daughter   May Interesting Information about Son And Daughter
9) Jesus   Mercury Interesting Information about Jesus
10) Seven Seas Of Rhye...   Mercury Interesting Information about Seven Seas Of Rhye...
11) Procession   May Interesting Information about Procession
12) Father To Son   May   
13) White Queen (As It Began)   May   
14) Some Day One Day   May   
15) The Loser In The End   Taylor   
16) Ogre Battle   Mercury Interesting Information about Ogre Battle
17) The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke   Mercury Interesting Information about The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke
18) Nevermore   Mercury Interesting Information about Nevermore
19) The March Of The Black Queen   Mercury Interesting Information about The March Of The Black Queen
20) Funny How Love Is   Mercury   
21) Seven Seas Of Rhye   Mercury Interesting Information about Seven Seas Of Rhye
22) Brighton Rock   May Interesting Information about Brighton Rock
23) Killer Queen   Mercury Interesting Information about Killer Queen
24) Tenement Funster   Taylor Interesting Information about Tenement Funster
25) Flick Of The Wrist   Mercury   
26) Lily Of The Valley   Mercury   
27) Now I'm Here   May   
28) In The Lap Of The Gods   Mercury   
29) Stone Cold Crazy   Mercury, May, Taylor, Deacon   
30) Dear Friends   May   
31) Misfire   Deacon Interesting Information about Misfire
32) Bring Back That Leroy Brown   Mercury   
33) She Makes Me   May   
34) In The Lap Of The Gods (revisited)   Mercury   
35) Death On Two Legs   Mercury   
36) Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon   Mercury   
37) I'm In Love With My Car   Taylor Interesting Information about I'm In Love With My Car
38) You're My Best Friend   Deacon Interesting Information about You're My Best Friend
39) '39   May Interesting Information about '39
40) Sweet Lady   May   
41) Seaside Rendezvous   Mercury   
42) The Prophet's Song   May   
43) Love Of My Life   Mercury   
44) Good Company   May   
45) Bohemian Rhapsody   Mercury Interesting Information about Bohemian Rhapsody
46) God Save the Queen   Trad. arr. Interesting Information about God Save the Queen
47) Tie Your Mother Down   May Interesting Information about Tie Your Mother Down
48) You Take My Breath Away   Mercury   
49) Long Away   May   
50) The Millionaire Waltz   Mercury   
51) You And I   Deacon   
52) Somebody To Love   Mercury   
53) White Man   May   
54) Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy   Mercury   
55) Drowse   Taylor   
56) Teo Torriate (Let Us Cling Together)   May   
57) We Will Rock You   May Interesting Information about We Will Rock You
58) We Are The Champions   Mercury Interesting Information about We Are The Champions
59) Sheer Heart Attack   Taylor Interesting Information about Sheer Heart Attack
60) All Dead, All Dead   May   
61) Spread Your Wings   Deacon Interesting Information about Spread Your Wings
62) Fight From The Inside   Taylor   
63) Get Down, Make Love   Mercury   
64) Sleeping On The Sidewalk   May   
65) Who Needs You   Deacon   
66) It's Late   May   
67) My Melancholy Blues   Mercury   
68) Mustapha   Mercury   
69) Fat Bottomed Girls   May   
70) Jealousy   Mercury   
71) Bicycle Race   Mercury   
72) If You Can't Beat Them   Deacon   
73) Let Me Entertain You   Mercury   
74) Dead On Time   May   
75) In Only Seven Days   Deacon   
76) Dreamers Ball   May   
77) Fun It   Taylor   
78) Leaving Home Ain't Easy   May   
79) Don't Stop Me Now   Mercury   
80) More Of That Jazz   Taylor   
81) Play The Game   Mercury   
82) Dragon Attack   May   
83) Another One Bites The Dust   Deacon   
84) Need Your Loving Tonight   Deacon   
85) Crazy Little Thing Called Love   Mercury   
86) Rock It (prime jive)   Taylor   
87) Don't Try Suicide   Mercury   
88) Sail Away Sweet Sister (To the sister I never had)   May   
89) Coming Soon   Taylor   
90) Save Me   May   

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The Crown Jewels

Queen are:
Freddie Mercury (vocals, piano, harpsichord, synthesizer);
Brian May (vocals, guitar, harp, ukelele, piano, bells);
Roger Taylor (vocals, drums, percussion);
John Deacon (guitar, electric piano, acoustic & electric basses).

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

QUEEN I: Producers: John Anthony, Roy Baker, Queen.
Engineers include: Roy Baker, Mike Stone, Ted Sharpe.
Principally recorded at Trident Studios, London, England

QUEEN II: Producers: Roy Thomas Baker, Queen, Nicholas Sansono, Freddie Bastone. Engineer: Mike Stone.
Recorded at Trident Studios, London, England.

SHEER HEART ATTACK: Producers: Roy Thomas Baker, Queen.

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA: Producers: Roy Thomas Baker, Queen. Engineers: Mike Stone, Gary Lyons.

A DAY AT THE RACES: Producer: Queen. Engineer: Mike Stone. Recorded in England between July and November 1976.

NEWS OF THE WORLD: Producer: Queen. Engineer: Mike Stone.

JAZZ: Producers: Roy Thomas Baker, Queen. Engineer: Geoff Workman.
Recorded in Montreux, Switzerland and Nice, France between July and October, 1978.

THE GAME: Producers: Queen, Mack. Engineer: Mack. Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany.

As far as I am aware this release was in the USA only, but I'm sure it is available by import in the UK and elsewhere.
Each album comes in its original packaging along with a new booklet of lyrics, rare photographs, and some articles about Queen. There are also some new elements like embossed covers and the infamous nude bicycle race poster that was initially included with vinyl copies of Jazz.

Recommended Songs : My Fairy King, White Queen (As It Began), March Of The Black Queen, Killer Queen, 39, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down, You Take My Breath Away, My Melancholy Blues, Don't Stop Me No

Review

This Box Set of the groups first 8 albums comes in a very well designed package. Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races, News Of The World, Jazz and The Game were remastered at Abbey Road Studios from original UK master tapes, under the supervision of the remaining band members, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.

This is something I think that only collectors, or new Queen Fans who want to get all the early albums in one go. The average retail price on the web ranges from $112 to $114 (ex. P&P).


Review Rating : 10

This album was released on the 7th anniversary of Freddies death, although it was claimed by the press that it was the 25th Anniversary of Queen … coinsidence ?
Shanes Queen Site - queen.shanemcdonald.org :|: email: queen(at)shanemcdonald.org :|: Queen are Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor.