The Complete Works (Queen album)
| The Complete Works | ||||
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| Box set by Queen | ||||
| Released | 1985 (UK) | |||
| Recorded |
December 1971 - September 1985 August 1983 - January 1984 |
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 9:19:01 | |||
| Label | EMI (UK) | |||
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December 1971 - September 1985
Queen
December 1971 - November 1972
Queen II
August 1973
Sheer Heart Attack
July - September 1974
A Night At The Opera
October 1974 - November 1975
A Day At The Races
July - November 1976
News Of The World
July - September 1977
Jazz
July - October 1978
Live Killers
January - March 1979
The Game
June 1979 - May 1980
Flash Gordon
February - November 1980
Hot Space
June 1981 - March 1982
The Complete Works is a boxed set issued by the rock band Queen in 1985. It contained all of the band's original studio albums, live album and non-album tracks to that point. It was available in vinyl and cassette formats.
Following the 1985 Live Aid concert, Queen found themselves in a creative period. While spending only 20+ minutes onstage before the whole world, some felt that Queen had stolen the show. In the wake of this unexpected turn, Mercury called on the other band members, to go into the studio and record a song together. Until this point, all but a handful of songs were written by the individual members (and occasional duo-songwriting credits): "Stone Cold Crazy", "Under Pressure" (with David Bowie) and "Soul Brother". The result of this enthusiastic session was "One Vision" and its remixed B-side "Blurred Vision" being released as a single worldwide.
On 2 December, Parlophone Records released what was then the definitive Queen boxed set: all of Queen's 11 original studio albums, their live album Live Killers, and an extra disc titled Complete Vision, which contained all the non-album A-sides and B-sides to that point. The band signed only 600 copies (on the Complete Vision sleeve), which have now become collectors' items. This was a 14 LP box. In addition, the box included two books, the first with all the albums' artwork, lyrics and pictures; the other had a color world map showing where Queen played and charted, and a world tour itinerary up to that time, showing a list of equipment they carried with them. Each album was digitally remastered and re-sleeved in white with an embossed crest and gold Roman numerals.
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