Queen - Absolute Greatest

The images used with in the artwork for the book, CD/vinyl sleeves and t-shirt of this amazing compilation of Queens greatest recordings were taken by Johnny Dewe Mathews, and can be purchased here at Rockarchive.com.

Charting over 21 years of making people rock, feel, sense and celebrate, Absolute Greatest reminds us just what fine, and smart, rock and pop writers and musicians Messrs Deacon, May, Mercury and Taylor were (are). Also that they had a sense of humour, which is perhaps another thing that made them so accessible.

The earliest hit presented here, Seven Seas of Rhye (1974) reminds us of those days when we wondered about why they had chosen the name Queen, whether they really were just an arrogant bunch pushing their luck in Zandra Rhodes frocks and black nail varnish, or whether they really were the future of Progressive Rock? To make us further wonder, they didn't stop there - they went on to defiantly title their next single Killer Queen.

A joyous celebration of Queen's - and many of our own - greatest moments, Absolute Greatest also comes in very personalized versions in which band members Brian May and Roger Taylor share their own memories about the tracks chosen for this collection.

In a limited-edition book version, the Queen photo archives are opened up with 52 pages of unseen and rare photos, and handwritten song lyrics by each member of the band (including corrections and rewrites).

 

Taken from the Queen online news archive.