We Will Rock You (The Original London Cast Recording)

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We Will Rock You - Cast Album (The Music From The Rock Theatrical)
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Cast recording by
the Original We Will Rock You London Cast
Released11 November 2002
Recorded12 & 13 July 2002
Genre Rock, musical
Length74:03
Label EMI
Producer Justin Shirley-Smith and Brian May

The We Will Rock You Original London Cast Recording is a live album released in promotion of the award-winning West End musical We Will Rock You (musical) in 2002. The album was recorded over two nights of the original West End production at the Dominion Theatre and was the first audio release of the musical. Both instrumental pieces (Ogre Battle and One Vision) are the original recordings made by Queen in 1973 and 1985 respectively. The recording misses several tracks that were present in the original production. These are: Bicycle Race, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to...), Fat Bottomed Girls and Headlong (Reprise).

Contents

In 2012, a special 2-CD 10th Anniversary edition was produced, consisting of the original album along with a CD of bonus material.

Track listing

Original album

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Innuendo" Roger Taylor & Freddie Mercury 2:29
2."Radio Ga Ga"Roger Taylor3:34
3."I Want to Break Free" John Deacon 3:28
4."Somebody to Love" Freddie Mercury 3:27
5."Killer Queen"Freddie Mercury2:27
6."Play the Game"Freddie Mercury3:14
7."Under Pressure" Queen & David Bowie 3:47
8."A Kind of Magic"Roger Taylor3:35
9."I Want It All" Brian May 3:21
10."Headlong"Brian May3:25
11."No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"Brian May4:43
12."Ogre Battle" (Instrumental)Freddie Mercury0:39
13."One Vision"Queen4:35
14."Who Wants to Live Forever"Brian May4:17
15."Flash"Brian May0:42
16."Seven Seas of Rhye"Freddie Mercury2:32
17."Don't Stop Me Now"Freddie Mercury1:08
18."Another One Bites the Dust"John Deacon3:03
19."Hammer to Fall"Brian May3:03
20."These Are the Days of Our Lives"Roger Taylor3:06
21."We Will Rock You"Brian May2:08
22."We Are the Champions"Freddie Mercury2:26
23."We Will Rock You [Fast]" (Instrumental)Brian May2:39
24."Bohemian Rhapsody"Freddie Mercury5:53

Bonus CD (10th Anniversary)

  1. Another One Bites The Dust (2003 Remix) – Annie Crummer, Queen
  2. Sólo Por Ti (No One But You) (In Spanish) (Short Version) – Eva Maria Cortes, Queen
  3. Sin Control (Headlong) (In Spanish) – The Spanish Cast
  4. Algo Loco Es El Amor (Crazy Little Thing Called Love) (In Spanish) – The Spanish Cast
  5. Killer Queen (In German) – The German Cast
  6. Play The Game (In German) – The German Cast
  7. Bohemian Rhapsody ('Party at the Palace' Live At Buckingham Palace, 2002) - The London Cast, Queen
  8. Radio Ga Ga ["Wetten, dass..?" German TV Live Performance, 2004] – The German Cast
  9. Somebody To Love ["Wetten, dass..?" German TV Live Performance, 2004] - The German Cast, Queen
  10. We Will Rock You ["Wetten, dass..?" German TV Live Performance, 2004] - The German Cast, Queen
  11. We Are The Champions ["Wetten, dass..?" German TV Live Performance, 2004] - The German Cast, Queen

Personnel

Performers
Band
Writers
Production

Mixed at Allerton Hill Studio and Cosford Mill Studio. Mastered at Metropolis Mastering.

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