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Greatest Hits

by Queen

Greatest Hits is a 1981 rock album by Queen. It runs 17 tracks across 58 minutes on EMI. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.1/5 from 322 ratings.

Rock · Pop Rock · Glam Rock

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17
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58 min
Runtime
118 bpm
Tempo
C major
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Greatest Hits album cover

Greatest Hits album cover

The Greatest Hits cover was designed by Cream and photographed by Snowdon.

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Cream
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Snowdon

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17 tracks · 58 min

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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Greatest Hits is Bohemian Rhapsody — rated 4.6/5 by 340 listeners.

  1. 1Bohemian Rhapsody4.6340 ratings
  2. 2Play the Game4.67 ratings
  3. 3Don't Stop Me Now5.01 rating
  4. 4Crazy Little Thing Called Love4.611 ratings
  5. 5Killer Queen4.4323 ratings

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About

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the British rock group Queen. When released in November 1981, the album consisted of Queen's best-selling singles since their first chart appearance in 1974 with "Seven Seas of Rhye", up to their 1980 hit "Flash" (though in some countries "Under Pressure", the band's 1981 chart-topper with David Bowie, was included). There was no universal track listing or cover art for the album, and each territory's tracks were dependent on what singles had been released there and which were successful. Queen's Greatest Hits was an instant success, peaking at number one on the UK Album Chart for four weeks. It has spent 476 weeks in the UK Charts, and is the best-selling album of all time in the UK. It is certified eight times platinum in the United States, and is Queen's most commercially successful album worldwide with over 25 million copies sold, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.

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Is Greatest Hits good?
Riffiter listeners rate Greatest Hits 4.1/5 from 322 ratings.
What is the highest-rated track on Greatest Hits?
Bohemian Rhapsody, rated 4.6/5 by 340 listeners on Riffiter.
When was Greatest Hits released?
Greatest Hits was released in 1981 on EMI.
How many tracks are on Greatest Hits?
Greatest Hits has 17 tracks, with a runtime of 58 minutes.
What genre is Greatest Hits?
Greatest Hits is catalogued under Rock, Pop Rock, Glam Rock.
What BPM is Greatest Hits?
Greatest Hits runs at a median tempo of 118 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Greatest Hits?
Listeners of Greatest Hits also rate The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars by David Bowie, 1 by The Beatles, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John.
Who produced Greatest Hits?
Greatest Hits was produced by Queen, Brian May, Roger Taylor and Roy Thomas Baker, among 6 credited in total. Queen produced 12 of them.
Who wrote the songs on Greatest Hits?
Freddie Mercury wrote 1 of the 17 tracks on Greatest Hits.

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