Queen Rock Montreal

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Queen Rock Montreal
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Live album by
Queen
Released29 October 2007
Recorded
  • 24–25 November 1981
  • 1982 (overdubs)
  • May 2007 (pitch-corrections)
Venue Montreal Forum, Montreal, Canada
Genre Rock
Length98:03
Label
Producer
Queen chronology
The A–Z of Queen, Volume 1
(2007)		Queen Rock Montreal
(2007)		 The Singles Collection Volume 1
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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.

Contents

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, this album features the full show (including "Flash" and "The Hero") fully remixed. [1] [3] Its soundtrack, Queen Rock Montreal , was released on double CD (by Hollywood Records for the US and Canada and by Parlophone Records for Europe and EMI for the rest of the world) and triple vinyl LP. [4]

A special double DVD Queen Rock Montreal & Live Aid included Queen's performance at Live Aid as well as never before seen interviews and rehearsal footage. HD-DVD and Blu-ray versions were released on 4 December 2007.

In November 2023 it was announced that the concert film will be released in IMAX from 18 January 2024 to 21 January 2024. [5] Due to high demand, this limited theatrical run was extended through to 28 January 2024. [6]

The concert was remastered and given a limited theatrical release in January 2024 and released on all formats including 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray later the same 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. [7]

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Intro" – 1:59
  2. "We Will Rock You (Fast)" (Brian May) – 3:06
  3. "Let Me Entertain You" (Freddie Mercury) – 2:48
  4. "Play the Game" (Mercury) – 3:57
  5. "Somebody to Love" (Mercury) – 7:53
  6. "Killer Queen" (Mercury) – 1:59
  7. "I'm in Love with My Car" (Roger Taylor) – 2:03
  8. "Get Down, Make Love" (Mercury) – 4:45
  9. "Save Me" (May) – 4:14
  10. "Now I'm Here" (May) – 5:31
  11. "Dragon Attack" (May) – 3:11
  12. "Now I'm Here (Reprise)" (May) – 1:53
  13. "Love of My Life" (Mercury) – 3:56

Disc two

  1. "Under Pressure" (Queen, David Bowie) – 3:49
  2. "Keep Yourself Alive" (May) – 3:29
  3. "Drum and Tympani Solo" (Taylor) – 3:00
  4. "Guitar Solo" (May) – 5:11
  5. "Flash" (May) * – 2:11
  6. "The Hero" (May) * – 1:51
  7. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) – 4:15
  8. "Jailhouse Rock" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:32
  9. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – 5:28
  10. "Tie Your Mother Down" (May) – 3:52
  11. "Another One Bites the Dust" (John Deacon) – 4:00
  12. "Sheer Heart Attack" (Taylor) – 3:53
  13. "We Will Rock You" (May) – 2:09
  14. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) – 3:27
  15. "God Save the Queen" (traditional) (arr. May) – 1:27

* previously unreleased

Track listing (Double disc Live Aid footage)

Live Aid

  1. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
  2. "Radio Ga Ga"
  3. "Hammer To Fall"
  4. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  5. "We Will Rock You"
  6. "We Are The Champions"
  7. "Is This The World We Created"
  • All tracks recorded live at Wembley Stadium, 13 July 1985.

Personnel

Queen

Production

Charts

2007–2008 weekly chart performance for Queen Rock Montreal
Chart (2007–2008)Peak
position
Australian Music DVDs (ARIA) [8] 9
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9] 25
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [10] 84
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [11] 62
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] 54
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 111
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14] 17
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) [15] 24
Irish Albums (IRMA) [16] 88
Italian Albums (FIMI) [17] 27
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) [18] 73
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [19] 22
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [20] 35
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] 27
UK Albums (OCC) [22] 20
2024 weekly chart performance for Queen Rock Montreal
Chart (2024)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [23] 6
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [24] 30
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [25] 20
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [26] 13

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Queen Rock Montreal
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [27] Gold7,500^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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