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Queen CD Single Box

CD Single Box
Compilation album by
Queen
Released26 April 1991 (Japan)
Recorded1973–1986
GenreRock
Length1:47:40
LabelEMI
ProducerQueen
Mack
Arif Mardin
Queen chronology
Innuendo
(1991) 		CD Single Box
(1991) 		Greatest Hits II
(1991)

The CD Single Box is a compilation compact disc box set by the English rock band Queen released exclusively in Japan on 26 April 1991 by EMI Records.[1][2]

Packaging

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The CDs are housed inside a gold embossed flip top box with a 48-page booklet which includes the bio, anthology and song lyrics in English and Japanese.[1]

Contents

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The box set has 12 x 3" CD single ('Mini Album' written on the reverse of all sleeves) snap-packs (Japanese: tanzaku) which includes twelve hit-singles released between 1973 and 1986. The singles start with the A-side tracks "Seven Seas Of Rhye" through to "A Kind Of Magic" complete with B-sides. The few non-album B-sides included are "See What a Fool I've Been", "Soul Brother", "I Go Crazy" and "A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling".[1] The compact discs are 3-inch or (8 cm), with sleeves called snap-packs, as they could be "snapped and folded" into a small square. Almost all of the writing is in Japanese.

All CDs have three tracks each, apart from "Queen's First E.P.", which has four.[1] The set features artwork from the original UK 7" vinyl releases, except the "Seven Seas Of Rhye" (original German sleeve) and "Killer Queen" (original French sleeve).

Disc and track listing

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Disc 1: Seven Seas Of Rhye
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Seven Seas Of Rhye"Freddie Mercury2:51
2."See What a Fool I've Been"Brian May4:32
3."Funny How Love Is"Mercury2:50
Disc 2: Killer Queen
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Killer Queen"Mercury3:02
2."Flick of the Wrist"Mercury3:21
3."Brighton Rock"May5:10
Disc 3: Bohemian Rhapsody
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bohemian Rhapsody"Mercury5:59
2."I'm in Love with My Car"Roger Taylor3:10
3."You're My Best Friend"John Deacon2:51
Disc 4: Somebody To Love
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Somebody To Love"Mercury4:59
2."White Man"May5:01
3."Tie Your Mother Down"May3:46
Disc 5: Queen's First E.P.
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"Mercury2:56
2."Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)"Mercury3:45
3."Tenement Funster"Taylor2:58
4."White Queen (As It Began)"May4:36
Disc 6: We Are The Champions
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."We Are The Champions"Mercury3:02
2."We Will Rock You"May2:02
3."Fat Bottomed Girls"May3:24
Disc 7: Crazy Little Thing Called Love
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Crazy Little Thing Called Love"Mercury2:46
2."Spread Your Wings"Deacon4:35
3."Flash"May2:47
Disc 8: Another One Bites The Dust
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Another One Bites the Dust"Deacon3:38
2."Dragon Attack"May4:22
3."Las Palabras De Amor"May4:31
Disc 9: Under Pressure
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Under Pressure" (featuring David Bowie)Queen and David Bowie4:07
2."Soul Brother"Queen4:29
3."Body Language"Mercury4:33
Disc 10: Radio Ga Ga
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Radio Ga Ga"Taylor5:49
2."I Go Crazy"May3:45
3."Hammer to Fall"May3:39
Disc 11: I Want to Break Free
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Want to Break Free"Deacon4:25
2."Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')"May, Taylor5:00
3."It's a Hard Life"Mercury4:08
Disc 12: A Kind Of Magic
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Kind Of Magic"Taylor4:25
2."A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling"Taylor4:43
3."One Vision"Queen4:00
Total length:1:47:40

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "AllMusic review of Queen Box Set". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Queen: CD Single Box". Discogs. 26 April 1991. Retrieved 28 July 2022.