Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen
| Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | August 9, 2005 | 
| Recorded | 2005 | 
| Genre | Rock, hard rock | 
| Length | 64:29 | 
| Label | Hollywood | 
| Producer | Brian Reeves | 
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating | 
| Allmusic |      [1] | 
| Boston Herald | Favorable[2] | 
| Chartattack.com | Mixed[3] | 
| Rolling Stone |      [4] | 
Killer Queen is a tribute album of Queen songs.[5] The album is named for the 1974 Queen song of the same name that first appeared on the Sheer Heart Attack album. The album peaked at #104 on the Billboard 200 on August 27, 2005. Later, it re-entered the Billboard 200 in April 2006 at #115 after the Queen round in American Idol's season 5.
Track listing
- "We Are the Champions" (Freddie Mercury) – performed by Gavin DeGraw
- "Tie Your Mother Down" (Brian May) – performed by Shinedown
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – performed by Constantine Maroulis, with the cast of We Will Rock You
- "Stone Cold Crazy" (Queen) – performed by Eleven, featuring Josh Homme (of Queens of the Stone Age)
- "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" (Mercury) – performed by Jason Mraz
- "Under Pressure" (Queen, David Bowie) – performed by Joss Stone
- "Who Wants to Live Forever" (May) – performed by Breaking Benjamin
- "Bicycle Race" (Mercury) – performed by Be Your Own Pet
- "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) – performed by Josh Kelley
- "Sleeping on the Sidewalk" (May) – performed by Los Lobos
- "Killer Queen" (Mercury) – performed by Sum 41
- "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" (Mercury) (features the piano intro to "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" at the end) – performed by Rooney
- "Play the Game" (Mercury) – performed by Jon Brion
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – performed by The Flaming Lips
- "'39" (May) – performed by Ingram Hill
- "Fat Bottomed Girls" (May) – performed by Antigone Rising
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Boston Herald review
- ↑ Chartattack.com review
- ↑ Rolling Stone review
- ↑ Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen Allmusic. Retrieved July 10, 2011
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