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 unusually docile crowd, "If you guys want to move around and shift 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 show in this series, it sounds like a television game, but forget the cameras, it's just you and us, alright?".
During Love of My Life when the audience doesn't sing along, Freddie famously remarks, "You don't know it, huh?" as the band was used to audiences in Europe and South America singing. During Jailhouse Rock Freddie berates the audience with, "Move it, you fuckers, come on!".
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
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