Queen Rock Montreal

Infobox Album
Name = Queen Rock Montreal
Type = Live album
Artist = Queen


Released = October 26 2007 flagicon|Germany October 28 2007 flagicon|Australia October 29, 2007 flagicon|United Kingdom October 30, 2007 flagicon|USA
Recorded = November 24 and November 25, 1981 in Montreal
Genre = Rock Hard rock
Length = 47:15 (CD 1), 50:35 (CD 2)
Label = Parlophone (UK) Hollywood Records (US)
Producer = Justin Shirley-Smith Kris Fredriksson Joshua J. Macrae
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wm05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzfoxz8hld0e link]
Artist = Queen
Last album = "Return of the Champions" (2005)
This album = "Queen Rock Montreal" (2007)
Next album = "The Cosmos Rocks" (2008)

Queen Rock Montreal is a live album by English band Queen. It was released in 2007 as a double CD / triple vinyl on October 28 in Australia, October 29 in Europe, and October 30 in the US.

It was recorded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum on November 24 and November 25, 1981, to the date ten years before lead singer Freddie Mercury died.

This marks the first official release of the film soundtrack to the concert film "We Will Rock You" on an audio-only format.

Unlike the original video release of "We Will Rock You", which has been re-released as "Queen Rock Montreal", the album and CD features the full show (including "Flash" and "The Hero" not on the film) fully remixed.

Before Killer Queen, Freddie remarked to the crowd "if you want to move around and shake your asses a little it's OK by us, you can take all your clothes off if you like too doesn't matter" before Brian and Roger play the intro riff to "Under Pressure and Freddie responds with "fuck off". Then Freddie states on the album "We must tell you that we are filming this as you know and it's the last night of this series, sounds like a television thing, but forget the cameras it's just you and us alright".

During Love of My Life, when the audience is supposed to sing along, Freddie even stopped singing and famously remarked "You don't know it, hem..." as the band was used to audiences in Europe and South America singing.

CD Track listing

Disc one

# Intro (Taylor) - 1:59
# We Will Rock You (Fast) (May) - 3:06
# Let Me Entertain You (Mercury) - 2:48
# Play the Game (Mercury) - 3:57
# Somebody to Love (Mercury) - 7:53
# Killer Queen (Mercury) - 1:59
# I'm in Love With My Car (Taylor) - 2:03
# Get Down, Make Love (Mercury) - 4:45
# Save Me (May) - 4:14
# Now I'm Here (May) - 5:31
# Dragon Attack (May) - 3:11
# Now I'm Here (Reprise) (May) - 1:53
# Love of My Life (Mercury) - 3:56

Disc two

# Under Pressure (Queen/Bowie) - 3:50
# Keep Yourself Alive (May) - 3:29
# Drum and Tympani Solo (Taylor) - 3:00
# Guitar Solo (May) - 5:11
# Flash (May) * - 2:11
# The Hero (May) * - 1:51
# Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury) - 4:15
# Jailhouse Rock (Leiber/Stoller) - 2:32
# Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury) - 5:28
# Tie Your Mother Down (May) - 3:52
# Another One Bites the Dust (Deacon) - 4:00
# Sheer Heart Attack (Taylor) - 3:53
# We Will Rock You (May) - 2:09
# We Are the Champions (Mercury) - 3:27
# God Save the Queen (tape) (arr. May) - 1:27

* previously unreleased

Personnel

*Freddie Mercury – vocals, piano, acoustic guitar on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
*Brian May – guitars, vocals, piano on "Save Me" and "Flash", synthesizer on "Flash"
*Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals, lead vocal on "I'm In Love With My Car"
*John Deacon – bass guitar, additional backing vocals on "Somebody to Love" and "Killer Queen"
*Joshua J. Macrae - mix producer
*Justin Shirley-Smith – mix producer
*Kris Fredriksson – pro tools hd
*Mack – recording engineer
*Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
*Richard Gray – artwork

External links

* [http://www.queenrockmontreal.com Official Site]