Queen: Greatest Hits II (2LP) [HOLLYWOOD]

Why you'll love it

Greatest Hits II went to No. 1 in the UK and is one of the 10 best-selling albums in British history. It gathers Queen's biggest songs from 1981 to 1991, including "Under Pressure" with David Bowie and "Who Wants to Live Forever."

This edition

• 2LP set, 17 tracks
• Hollywood pressing
• Covers 1981 to 1991

About the album

Queen's first Greatest Hits covered the '70s. This one picks up the story in 1981 and runs right through to 1991, and what a decade it was: the band went from stadium rock gods to Live Aid legends to synth-pop experimenters and back again, and the hits never stopped coming.

It's all here: "Under Pressure" with David Bowie, "Radio Ga Ga," "I Want It All," "I Want to Break Free," "A Kind of Magic," "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "Innuendo," closing with Freddie Mercury's astonishing "The Show Must Go On." Out just weeks before his death in November of 1991, it went straight to No. 1 in the UK and has sold millions around the world. If you're building a Queen shelf, you need both volumes.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Hollywood (cat# D002449801), a reissue of the 1991 compilation.