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Live Killers | 
 enlarge | Artist: Queen
Label: Hollywood Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 15095
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 161066
UPC: 720616106629
EAN: 0720616106629
ASIN: B000000OAP
Release Date: October 22, 1991
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | We Will Rock You | | • | Let Me Entertain You | | • | Death on Two Legs | | • | Killer Queen | | • | Bicycle Race | | • | I'm in Love With My Car - Queen, Queen | | • | Get Down, Make Love | | • | You're My Best Friend - Queen, Queen | | • | Now I'm Here - Queen, May, Brian [1] | | • | Dreamer's Ball - Queen, May, Brian [1] | | • | Love of My Life | | • | '39 - Queen, May, Brian | | • | Keep Yourself Alive - Queen, May, Brian [1] |
Disc 2
| • | Don't Stop Me Now | | • | Spread Your Wings - Queen, Deacon, John | | • | Brighton Rock - Queen, Queen | | • | Bohemian Rhapsody | | • | Tie Your Mother Down - Queen, May, Brian [1] | | • | Sheer Heart Attack - Queen, Taylor, Roger [1] | | • | We Will Rock You | | • | We Are the Champions | | • | God Save the Queen - Queen, Queen |
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Album Description
Japanese 2001 remastered reissue of 1979 album.
Album Details
24 bit digitally remastered Abbey Road Technology Series.
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| Customer Reviews:
Avoid censored version! October 2, 2008
G. Jackson
This is a decent live album, but I won't repeat what many others have already said here. I would, however, like to warn you of a censored version. I'm listening loudly in headphones to a 2003 remastered version from Parlaphone/EMI (although mine is in a jewel case and not a digipack). During the introduction to "Death on Two Legs", there are three loud beeps, much louder than Mr. Mercury's voice, which nearly caused me to go deaf, not to mention the insult to Queen's art and their fans' intelligence. I don't remember the Hollywood Records remaster being censored, but this sort of thing should not be tolerated. Shame on EMI.
 The things you do for money... August 20, 2008
Mark H. (Hanson, MA USA)
I usually judge my appreciation of live albums in two ways: 1) is it a significant historical document and 2) are the live versions better than the old studio songs? As far as the latter goes for me, `Live Killers' is somewhere between `Love You Live' and `Live! Bootleg!' A good live record not a great one, and most definitely not the album I grab when I want to here Queen. I would much rather have the Rainbow concert for early 1975, but then again the 1974-1975 era is my favorite of Queen's. This record still rocks but I don't know why I don't love it. Maybe "Brighton Rock" is too long and just not as impressive as the studio recording, surprisingly since Brian May is an all-time favorite of mine. The original side one is probably the best with the killer version of `Rock You' that blows away the original and serves as a great concert opener. "Rhapsody" and "Tie Your Mother Down" just don't go for the jugular enough for me. Freddie is bleeped out on "Death..." ? I guess Steven Tyler and Mick Jagger can drop f-bombs on a live album but Freddie can't? That's a head-scratcher. Queen fans will love `Live Killers' but for me its pretty ordinary and I am a Queen fan!
Could have been so much better March 25, 2008
Louis E. Negrette
I was lucky enough to have seen Queen live on four separate occasions (1977, 78, 80 & 83) Amazing shows! It is quite different when you are actually there as opposed to listening to a live recording.
This CD is OK. The performances range from good to lackluster. If you are looking for the sound they make in their studio releases you won't find it here. What you will find is more of a rendition of their 70's work. They rework most of their material so that they can perform it live without much difficulty. Sometimes it works well, other times you feel disappointed. (The medley part is a big disappointment for me)
It says that this CD was "Remastered" but after comparing it to the original vinyl release, it sounds exactly the same. The original mix was not all that good anyway. It tends to sound dull most of the time. Also this is not a complete show. "It's late" & "Fat bottom girls' are not included.
Audio quality serverly lacking January 12, 2008
Lawrence A Team (Tucson, AZ)
Queen performs their special magic but the recording quality is simply poor. The miking is miserable with many vocals distant and weak sounding. Ruins a thoroughly memorable performance for the CD listener.
If you are not so fond of Queen's studio-albums, try this "Live Killers"-album November 12, 2007
O. Drost (Leiden/Netherlands)
I never was so fond of Queen the way they sounded studio-like.
When I bought their album "Queen Live Killers" in 1980, however, this only confirmed my opinion that Queen is an excellent live-performer of the songs which had seemed so dull, with all due respect, in the first place before hearing the "Live Killers"-album.
Therefore, I pay my respect to Queen's studio-albums of the 1960s-1970s including the "Live Killers"-album which forms an indispensible kind of bridge between the old and new Queen to come.
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