Queen - Greatest Hits II (FLAC) - 1991

Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970. The classic line-up was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), and John Deacon (bass guitar). Queen's earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works by incorporating further styles, such as arena rock and pop rock, into their music.

Before joining Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor had been playing together in a band named Smile with bassist Tim Staffell. Freddie Mercury (then known by his birth name of Farrokh "Freddie" Bulsara) was a fan of Smile, and encouraged them to experiment with more elaborate stage and recording techniques after Staffell's departure in 1970. Mercury himself joined the band shortly thereafter, suggested "Queen" as a new band name, and adopted his familiar stage name. John Deacon was recruited prior to recording their eponymous debut album in 1973. Queen enjoyed success in the UK with their debut and its follow-up, Queen II in 1974, but it was the release of Sheer Heart Attack later in 1974 and A Night at the Opera in 1975 that gained the band international success. The latter featured "Bohemian Rhapsody", which stayed at number one in the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks; it charted at number one in several other territories, and gave the band their first top ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100. Their 1977 album, News of the World, contained two of rock's most recognisable anthems, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions".

By the early 1980s, Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world, and their performance at 1985's Live Aid is regarded as one of the greatest in rock history. In 1991, Mercury died of bronchopneumonia, a complication of AIDS, and Deacon retired in 1997. Since then, May and Taylor have occasionally performed together, including collaborations with Paul Rodgers (2004–09) and with Adam Lambert (since 2011). In November 2014, Queen released a new album, Queen Forever, featuring vocals from the late Freddie Mercury.

The band have released a total of 18 number one albums, 18 number one singles, and 10 number one DVDs. Estimates of their record sales generally range from 150 million to 300 million records, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. They received the Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1990, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

Greatest Hits II is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen, released in 1991. It reached No. 1 on the UK Album Chart, and is the tenth best-selling album in UK Chart history with sales of 3.9 million copies as of 2014, and has sold 19 million copies worldwide. Accumulated sales (Greatest Hits II and Classic Queen for the US and Canada combined) are in excess of 23 million worldwide. It is also the best-selling album by a foreign artist in Finland.

The compilation contains most of Queen's European hits from 1981 to 1991. It was released less than a month before the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury and was the last Queen release of any kind while he was still alive. It was later made available in the United States in two box sets: Greatest Hits I & II and The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III. On April 19, 2011, Hollywood Records released the newly remastered version of Greatest Hits II in the United States and Japan.

A companion video release entitled Greatest Flix II was released at the same time, but is currently out of print. Most of the videos are now available on the DVD Greatest Video Hits 2 with the exception of the videos from the 1991 Innuendo album.

The singles "Body Language", "Back Chat", "Las Palabras de Amor", "Thank God It's Christmas", "Princes of the Universe" and "Scandal" were omitted for this release.


Genre: Rock.

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Track listing
01. "A Kind of Magic" (from A Kind of Magic, 1986) Roger Taylor 4:22
02. "Under Pressure" (with David Bowie; from Hot Space, 1982) Queen, David Bowie 3:57
03. "Radio Ga Ga" (from The Works, 1984) Taylor 5:43
04. "I Want It All" (single mix, from The Miracle, 1989) Queen (Brian May) 4:01
05. "I Want to Break Free" (single mix, from The Works, 1984) John Deacon 4:18
06. "Innuendo" (from Innuendo, 1991) Queen (Mercury/Taylor) 6:27
07. "It's a Hard Life" (from The Works, 1984) Freddie Mercury 4:09
08. "Breakthru" (from The Miracle, 1989) Queen (Mercury/Taylor) 4:09
09. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (from A Kind of Magic, 1986) Brian May 5:16
10. "Headlong" (from Innuendo, 1991) Queen (May) 4:37
11. "The Miracle" (from The Miracle, 1989) Queen (Mercury/Deacon) 5:01
12. "I'm Going Slightly Mad" (from Innuendo, 1991) Queen (Mercury) 4:22
13. "The Invisible Man" (from The Miracle, 1989) Queen (Taylor) 3:58
14. "Hammer to Fall" (single mix, from The Works, 1984) May 3:40
15. "Friends Will Be Friends" (from A Kind of Magic, 1986) Mercury, Deacon 4:08
16. "The Show Must Go On" (from Innuendo, 1991) Queen (May) 4:37
17. "One Vision" (single mix, from A Kind of Magic, 1986) Queen (Taylor) 4:02
Total length: 76:32