The Platinum Collection

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The Platinum Collection
The Platinum Collection, 2000
Released 13 November 2000, re-released May 2002
Recorded 1973 - 1999 at various studios
Length mm:ss
Label Parlophone (UK), Hollywood Records (US)
Producer(s) Queen, variously with Mack, David Richards, and Justin Shirley-Smith
Queen chronology
Greatest Hits III
1999		 The Platinum Collection
2000, 2002		 Live At Wembley Stadium
2003

Contents

Much like Greatest Hits I & II from earlier in the 1990s, the three "greatest hits" discs were bundled into an all-encompassing multi-disc set for the important and lucrative Christmas market. As with the earlier (and slimmer) compilation, nothing new was offered, begging the question: what's the point?

Fans agreed, and the album only reached #63 in the UK upon its first run in November 2000. It was rereleased in May 2002, shortly after the London premiere of We Will Rock You: The Musical, and narrowly missed the top spot, peaking at #2. It even charted in the US, reaching #48; considering that Made In Heaven reached only #58 in North America, this was a success.

It was revealed in 2005 that Queen Productions had intended on promoting the album on a German shopping channel. A more elaborate package, containing not only the three greatest hits discs but also a VHS version of Greatest Video Hits 2 and a We Will Rock You: The Musical T-shirt, was produced for this plan, but Roger protested the idea, apparently exclaiming, "We don't sell things on shopping channels!" As a result, this interesting package remained in a warehouse for years until Brian came up with the idea of giving them away at the September 2005 Fan Club Convention, with the caveat that none of them be sold on eBay. Though, of course, human nature being what it is, some of them did.

Tracklists

  • Disc 1:
  1. Bohemian Rhapsody
  2. Another One Bites The Dust
  3. Killer Queen
  4. Fat Bottomed Girls
  5. Bicycle Race
  6. You're My Best Friend
  7. Don't Stop Me Now
  8. Save Me
  9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  10. Somebody To Love
  11. Now I'm Here
  12. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
  13. Play The Game
  14. Flash's Theme
  15. Seven Seas Of Rhye
  16. We Will Rock You
  17. We Are The Champions
  • Disc 2:
  1. A Kind Of Magic
  2. Under Pressure
  3. Radio Ga Ga
  4. I Want It All
  5. I Want To Break Free
  6. Innuendo
  7. It's A Hard Life
  8. Breakthru
  9. Who Wants To Live Forever
  10. Headlong
  11. The Miracle
  12. I'm Going Slightly Mad
  13. The Invisible Man
  14. Hammer To Fall
  15. Friends Will Be Friends
  16. The Show Must Go On
  17. One Vision
  • Disc 3:
  1. The Show Must Go On (live, 1997) (Queen + Elton John)
  2. Under Pressure (Rah Mix) (Queen + David Bowie)
  3. Barcelona (Freddie Mercury + Montserrat Caballé)
  4. Too Much Love Will Kill You (Queen)
  5. Somebody To Love (live, 1992) (Queen + George Michael)
  6. You Don't Fool Me (Queen)
  7. Heaven For Everyone (Queen)
  8. Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) (Queen)
  9. Driven By You (Brian May)
  10. Living On My Own (Freddie Mercury)
  11. Let Me Live (Queen)
  12. The Great Pretender (Freddie Mercury)
  13. Princes Of The Universe (Queen)
  14. Another One Bites The Dust (remix) (Queen + Wyclef Jean)
  15. No One But You (Only The Good Die Young) (Queen)
  16. These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Queen)
  17. Thank God It's Christmas (Queen)

Credits

  • Musicians:
John Deacon - bass guitar, keyboards
Brian May - guitars, vocals, keyboards
Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano, keyboards
Roger Taylor - drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards

Additional info

  • Info

Reviews

  • Reviews
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