| CD Single Box | ||||
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| Released | 26 April 1991 (Japan) | |||
| Recorded | 1973–1986 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 1:47:40 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Queen Mack Arif Mardin | |||
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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]
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]
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).
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Seven Seas Of Rhye" | Freddie Mercury | 2:51 |
| 2. | "See What a Fool I've Been" | Brian May | 4:32 |
| 3. | "Funny How Love Is" | Mercury | 2:50 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Killer Queen" | Mercury | 3:02 |
| 2. | "Flick of the Wrist" | Mercury | 3:21 |
| 3. | "Brighton Rock" | May | 5:10 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Mercury | 5:59 |
| 2. | "I'm in Love with My Car" | Roger Taylor | 3:10 |
| 3. | "You're My Best Friend" | John Deacon | 2:51 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Somebody To Love" | Mercury | 4:59 |
| 2. | "White Man" | May | 5:01 |
| 3. | "Tie Your Mother Down" | May | 3:46 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" | Mercury | 2:56 |
| 2. | "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" | Mercury | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Tenement Funster" | Taylor | 2:58 |
| 4. | "White Queen (As It Began)" | May | 4:36 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "We Are The Champions" | Mercury | 3:02 |
| 2. | "We Will Rock You" | May | 2:02 |
| 3. | "Fat Bottomed Girls" | May | 3:24 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Mercury | 2:46 |
| 2. | "Spread Your Wings" | Deacon | 4:35 |
| 3. | "Flash" | May | 2:47 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Another One Bites the Dust" | Deacon | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Dragon Attack" | May | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Las Palabras De Amor" | May | 4:31 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Under Pressure" (featuring David Bowie) | Queen and David Bowie | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Soul Brother" | Queen | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Body Language" | Mercury | 4:33 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Radio Ga Ga" | Taylor | 5:49 |
| 2. | "I Go Crazy" | May | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Hammer to Fall" | May | 3:39 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Want to Break Free" | Deacon | 4:25 |
| 2. | "Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')" | May, Taylor | 5:00 |
| 3. | "It's a Hard Life" | Mercury | 4:08 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Kind Of Magic" | Taylor | 4:25 |
| 2. | "A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling" | Taylor | 4:43 |
| 3. | "One Vision" | Queen | 4:00 |
| Total length: | 1:47:40 | ||
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