Queen Rock Montreal | ||||
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Released | 29 October 2007 | |||
Recorded | 24–25 November 1981 1982 (overdubs) 2007 (overdubs) | |||
Venue | Montreal Forum, Montreal, Canada | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 98:03 | |||
Label | EMI/Parlophone (UK) Hollywood (US) | |||
Producer | Justin Shirley-Smith Kris Fredriksson Josh Macrae | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
Queen Rock Montreal is a live album by the British rock band Queen. It was released on 29 October 2007 as a double CD, Blu-ray, DVD, and triple vinyl in the UK and the following day in the US.
It was recorded in Montreal, Quebec, at the Montreal Forum on 24 November and 25 November 1981, the final concerts of The Game Tour. AllMusic described Queen's performance as being "deliberately theatrical and often majestic". [1]
This marks the first official release of the film soundtrack to the concert film We Will Rock You on an audio-only format. Unlike the original video release of We Will Rock You, which has been re-released as Queen Rock Montreal, the album and CD features the full show (including "Flash" and "The Hero") fully remixed. [1] [3]
On November 2023 it was announced that the concert would perform on cinema’s biggest screens with the global release of “QUEEN ROCK MONTREAL”, exclusively in IMAX from 18 January 2024 to 21 January 2024. [4] Due to high demand, this limited theatrical run was extended through to 28 January 2024. [5]
On 14th March 2024, the band's website announced a new 2-disc release of the film to come out on 10th May of that year, giving the option to watch it in its original full-frame aspect ratio or cropped to 16:9 widescreen as per the 2007 release. This will be available on standard Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray, the latter also featuring optional HDR for both aspect ratios. [6]
* previously unreleased
Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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Austrian Top 75 Albums [7] | 25 |
Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums [8] | 84 |
Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums [9] | 62 |
French Top 200 Albums [10] | 111 |
German Albums Chart [11] | 17 |
Irish Albums (IRMA) [12] | 88 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [13] | 27 |
Netherlands Top 100 Albums [14] | 54 |
Portuguese Top 30 Albums [15] | 22 |
Spanish Top 100 Albums [16] | 35 |
Swiss Top 100 Albums [17] | 27 |
UK Albums (OCC) [18] | 20 |
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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Mexican Top 100 Albums [19] | 73 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [20] | Gold | 7,500^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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