OK – now we might just have pushed this concept a little bit too far. Whether the band agreed to this release, or it was just record company eyes lighting up with dollar signs, I don’t know, but I think their luck ran out.
That’s not to say all of the material isn’t worthy of the album. If for no other reason, this release may well have come in order to rectify the almost blasphemous effort of leaving off “Princes of the Universe” from Greatest Hits II. It also came with the final Queen single to feature John Deacon, “No One But You (Only The Good Die Young)”.
The rest comprises a number of songs done at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert with various singers lending their voices, some solo work from both Freddie and Brian, and a couple of the final album, Made in Heaven.
So, in all fairness, rather than a greatest hits compilation, this is a collection of songs drawn together from the final stages of the band’s career with Freddie Mercury before his untimely death. It isn’t the kind of thing I pull out often and listen to. There are better examples of all of this work than what is found here.
Rating: Reasonable without being exciting. 2.5/5
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