At the Beeb

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At the Beeb
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Live album by
Released4 December 1989 (Europe)
1995 (US)
Recorded5 February and 3 December 1973
StudioLangham 1
Genre Rock
Length37:27
Label
  • Band of Joy ("by arrangement with BBC Records and Tapes and EMI Records Ltd") (UK)
  • Hollywood (US)
Producer Bernie Andrews
Queen chronology
The Miracle
(1989)
At the Beeb
(1989)
Innuendo
(1991)
Alternative cover
Queen at the bbc.jpg
At the BBC reissue cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
MusicHound Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Times (?) [4]

At the Beeb is a live album by the British rock band Queen, released on vinyl, cassette tape, and CD in 1989. It was released by Hollywood Records in 1995 in the United States and Canada under the title At the BBC on CD and as limited edition picture disc vinyl.

Contents

The album comprises tracks recorded in two sessions for the BBC Radio 1 Sound of the 70s programme. The first four tracks were recorded on 5 February 1973; the rest were recorded on 3 December 1973.

All but one track appeared on the album Queen ; the exception is "Ogre Battle" which appeared on Queen II . All these tracks would later be released on the 2016 album On Air along with other session recordings. [5]

Track listing

At the Beeb track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Fairy King" Freddie Mercury 4:06
2."Keep Yourself Alive" Brian May 3:48
3."Doing All Right"4:11
4."Liar"Mercury6:28
5."Ogre Battle"Mercury3:57
6."Great King Rat"Mercury5:59
7."Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll" Roger Taylor 2:00
8."Son and Daughter"May7:08
Total length:37:27

Chart performance

In 1989, At the Beeb debuted at number 67 in the United Kingdom. [6]

References

  1. "At the Beeb". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  2. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). "Queen". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. pp. 909–910. ISBN   1-57859-061-2.
  3. "Queen: Album Guide". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  4. "Reviews – Studio – Queen – 12-19-1989 – Queen at the BBC – The Times". Queen Archives. 19 December 1989. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  5. "Queen – on Air". Discogs . 2016.
  6. "Queen full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 August 2020.