Greatest Hits II

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The cover photo that appeared on the UK and US release was taken by Lord Snowdon at his home studio, using only natural light. In NME Barney Hoskyns said, "All of [their songs], besides 'Another One Bites the Dust', are quite repulsive, unbelievably crass insults to their respective genres and uniformly vulgar music. The single "Under Pressure", which was released the same week as Greatest Hits, also topped the UK Singles Chart. Type Queen in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Greatest Hits II in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen, released worldwide on 26 October 1981.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. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered.

This the first is a series of full length releases celebrating Queen's 40th Anniversary, is a must have for any Queen fan, chock-full of 17 hits. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. In the UK, the album was limited to the Queen singles that had reached the top 20 in the UK singles chart up to that point, plus " We Will Rock You", which had been the B-side of " We Are the Champions".The album continued to sell well throughout the 1980s, appearing on several UK year-end charts, and by the end of the decade it had become the fourth-biggest selling album in the UK during the 1980s, with sales of over 1.

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. The album consisted of Queen's biggest hits 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). Freddie Mercury designed the crest on the album cover, using the astrological signs of the four members: two Leos (Roger Taylor and John Deacon), one Cancer (Brian May) and one Virgo (Mercury).Queen's 'Greatest Hits' Took 39 Years to Crack Billboard 200 Top 10 – And Only One Album Has Taken Longer". Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse.