Stone Cold Classics by Queen, album cover
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Stone Cold Classics

Released11 April 2006
Popularity22.1

Stone Cold Classics is a Queen compilation, released on 11 April 2006 by Hollywood Records. It appeared to coincide with an episode of the US television series American Idol, in which contestants performed songs from the band's catalogue.

The record sits well outside Queen's run of fourteen studio albums, which began with their 1973 debut and ended with Made in Heaven in 1995. It is a collection rather than a new chapter, aimed at listeners who had just heard the songs on television and wanted them in one place. For anyone coming to the British rock band through that broadcast, it offers a straightforward way in before heading off to the studio albums themselves.

Stone Cold Classics: tracklist and credits

14 tracks · 59:15

Tracklist

  1. 1Stone Cold CrazyDeacon, May, Mercury, Taylor2:16
  2. 2Tie Your Mother DownBrian May3:48
  3. 3Fat Bottomed GirlsBrian May3:24
  4. 4Another One Bites the DustJohn Deacon3:37
  5. 5Crazy Little Thing Called LoveFreddie Mercury2:44
  6. 6We Will Rock YouBrian May2:02
  7. 7We Are the ChampionsBrian May and Freddie Mercury3:01
  8. 8Radio Ga GaRoger Taylor5:49
  9. 9Bohemian RhapsodyFreddie Mercury5:55
  10. 10The Show Must Go OnDeacon, May, Mercury, Taylor4:35
  11. 11These Are the Days of Our LivesDeacon, May, Mercury, Taylor4:15
  12. 12I Want It AllDeacon, May, Mercury, Taylor4:32
  13. 13All Right Now (live)Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers6:56
  14. 14Feel Like Makin’ Love (live)Mick Ralphs and Paul Rodgers6:20
Produced by
Roy Thomas Baker, Queen, Mack, Mack, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Mike Stone, David Richards
Executive producer
Brian May, Roger Taylor
Recorded at
AIR Studios, Rockfield Studios, Trident Studios, Wessex Sound Studios, Mountain Studios, Super Bear Studios, Musicland Studios, The Record Plant, Metropolis, Utilita Arena Sheffield
Recorded
August 1975 – May 2005
Mixed at
Sarm East Studios
Engineered by
Kris Fredriksson, Justin Shirley‐Smith, Mike Stone, John Etchells, Geoff Workman, Mack, Mike Beiriger, David Richards
Labels
Hollywood Records, Hollywood
Length
59:15

Line-up

  • John Deacon · bass guitar, synthesizer, piano, electric guitar, guitar, keyboard, bass, handclaps, foot stomps
  • Brian May · electric guitar, background vocals, guitar, handclaps, foot stomps, other vocals, keyboard, vocals
  • Roger Taylor · drums (drum set), electronic instruments, handclaps, background vocals, foot stomps, drum machine, sampler, vocoder, timpani, gong, other vocals, keyboard, percussion, vocals
  • Freddie Mercury · lead vocals, background vocals, handclaps, acoustic guitar, foot stomps, piano, sampler
  • Fred Mandel · sampler, synthesizer · guest
  • David Richards · keyboard · guest
  • Spike Edney · keyboard, vocals · guest
  • Danny Miranda · bass guitar, vocals · guest
  • Jamie Moses · guitar, vocals · guest
  • Paul Rodgers · guitar, lead vocals · guest

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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
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MusicBrainz11 April 2006
Wikipedia infobox11 April 2006
Wikidata11 April 2006
US release11 April 2006earliest US date
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11 April 2006USHollywood Records720616260628original
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