The Singles Collection Volume 1

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The Singles Collection Volume 1
Queen - The Singles Collection Volume 1.jpg
Box set by
Released17 November 2008
Recorded1972-1978
Genre Rock
Length1:39:05
Label Parlophone/EMI
Producer John Anthony
Roy Thomas Baker
Queen
Robin Geoffrey Cable
Mike Stone
Queen chronology
Queen Rock Montreal
(2007)
The Singles Collection Volume 1
(2008)
The Singles Collection Volume 2
(2009)

The Singles Collection, Volume 1 is a limited edition CD series compilation box set by the English rock band Queen, released in 2008. The box set contains remastered versions of the first 13 worldwide top-40 charting singles released by Queen, including b-sides. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Keep Yourself Alive" – 3:46
  2. "Son and Daughter" – 3:19

Disc two

  1. "Seven Seas of Rhye" – 2:47
  2. "See What a Fool I've Been" – 4:29

Disc three

  1. "Killer Queen" – 3:00
  2. "Flick of the Wrist" – 3:19

Disc four

  1. "Now I'm Here" – 4:12
  2. "Lily of the Valley" – 1:40

Disc five

  1. "Bohemian Rhapsody" – 5:55
  2. "I'm in Love with My Car" – 3:12

Disc six

  1. "You're My Best Friend" – 2:52
  2. "'39" – 3:30

Disc seven

  1. "Somebody to Love" – 4:56
  2. "White Man" – 4:59

Disc eight

  1. "Tie Your Mother Down" – 3:45
  2. "You and I" – 3:25

Disc nine ( Queen's First E.P. )

  1. "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" – 2:53
  2. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated To...)" – 3:43
  3. "Tenement Funster" – 3:00
  4. "White Queen (As It Began)" – 4:34

Disc ten

  1. "We Are the Champions" – 3:04
  2. "We Will Rock You" – 2:02

Disc eleven

  1. "Spread Your Wings" – 4:35
  2. "Sheer Heart Attack" – 3:25

Disc twelve

  1. "Bicycle Race" – 3:02
  2. "Fat Bottomed Girls" – 3:23

Disc thirteen

  1. "Don't Stop Me Now" – 3:31
  2. "In Only Seven Days" – 2:31

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References

  1. "Queen – Queen Singles Collection 1 (2008, Box Set)".