Various Artists - Killer Queen: A Tribute To Queen

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

720616252227

Description:

Tributee: Queen.
Various Artists: Aspen Miller, Tony Vincent, Lori Eure, Niki Scalera, Carly Thomas, Rosalind Brown, Maria Davidson, Jenny DiNoia, Dustin Dubreuil, Brandon Mix, Joey Calveri, Douglas Crawford, Jamison Scott (vocals); Jason Todd (guitar); John Gilutin (piano); Jed Leiber (Hammond b-3 organ); Greg Hawkes (keyboards); Natasha Shneider (Moog synthesizer); Abraham Laboriel, Sr., Paul Peterson, Brad Stewart , Cone McCaslin, Brian Ray (bass guitar); Adam King (drums, percussion); Sergio Gonz?lez (drums); David Gilmore, Deryck Whibley, Elliot Easton, Jack Irons , Abe Laboriel, Jr., Alain Johannes, Michael Ivins, Oliver Leiber, Steven Drozd, Wayne Coyne, Bill Bell, Brent Smith , Barry Kerch, Ian Sheridan, Eric Hinojosa, Raymond Angry, Dave Brownsound.
Personnel: Deryck Whibley (vocals, piano); Gavin DeGraw (vocals, Wurlitzer organ); Josh Kelley (vocals, background vocals); Jason Mraz, Josh Homme, Joss Stone, Brent Smith , Natasha Shneider (vocals); Niki Scalera, Aspen Miller, Lori Eure (soprano); Brandon Nix, Tony Vincent, Dustin Dubreuil (tenor); Rob Sutton, Joey Calveri, Douglas Crawford, Jamison Scott (bass voice); Oliver Leiber (guitar, percussion); David Gilmore, Elliot Easton, Jason Todd, Alain Johannes, Bill Bell, Dave Brownsound, Kristen Henderson (guitar); Eric Hinojosa (piano); Raymond Angry (keyboards); Ian Sheridan (bass guitar); Sergio Gonzales, Steve Jocz, Jack Irons , Abe Laboriel, Jr., Barry Kerch, Caesar Griffin (drums); Matt Laug (percussion).
Audio Mixers: Dave Fridmann; Tony Battaglia; David Bendeth; Stuart Sikes; Brian Reeves ; Rick Beato; Alain Johannes; Bill Bell; Dave Pensado; Bryan Golder; Jack Joseph Puig; Mark Johnson ; Jon Brion; Kevin Shirley; Tom Biller.
Liner Note Author: Charlie D`Atri.
Recording information: 11ad; Chez Mraz, San Diego, CA; Grand Master Studios; Ocean Studios; Ocean Way Studios; Ollywood Studios; Son Songs Studios; Sunset Sound Studios; Tarbox Road Studios; The Studio At The Sunset Maquis; Water Music.
Released contemporaneously with a Queen "reunion" album that found the surviving members collaborating with former Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers, KILLER QUEEN features a passel of younger artists paying their respects to Freddie Mercury and company. While there`s a wide variety of entrants in the build-your-own-Queen-song contest, from veteran roots-rockers Los Lobos to young neo-soul waif Joss Stone, many of these tracks stick surprisingly close to the originals. Hearing pop-punks Sum 41 and power-poppers Rooney deliver note-perfect versions of "Killer Queen" and "Death on Two Legs" respectively, one has to assume that Queen`s elaborate, painstakingly created templates just seemed too perfect to disturb. Closing things out, the all-female quintet Antigone Rising adds a wry gender-bending twist to "Fat Bottomed Girls," nodding to the broad sense of camp that was always at the heart of Queen`s approach.

Track Listing:

KILLER QUEEN:

1. We Are the Champions - Gavin DeGraw
2. Tie Your Mother Down - Shinedown
3. Bohemian Rhapsody - Constantine M.
4. Stone Cold Crazy - Eleven/Josh Homme
5. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - Jason Mraz
6. Under Pressure - Joss Stone
7. Who Wants to Live Forever - Breaking Benjamin
8. Bicycle Race - Be Your Own Pet
9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Josh Kelley
10. Sleeping on the Sidewalk - Los Lobos
11. Killer Queen - Sum 41
12. Death on Two Legs - Rooney
13. Play the Game - Jon Brion
14. Bohemian Rhapsody - The Flaming Lips
15. `39 - Ingram Hill
16. Fat Bottom Girls - Antigone Rising

Album Information

Release Date:

08/02/2005

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Hard Rock

Label:

Hollywood

Producer:

Dave Fridmann; Tony Battaglia; Beau Dozier; David Bendeth; Stuart Sikes; Brian Reeves; Rick Beato; Oliver Leiber; Kevin Forsey; Take It Easy Buddies; Eleven; Jack Joseph Puig; Jason Mraz; Jon Brion; Los Lobos; Scott Booker; Dave Fridmann; Tony Battaglia; Oliver Leiber; Beau Dozier; David Bendeth; Stuart Sikes; Keith Forsey; Brian Reeves; Rick Beato

Catalog Number:

62522

Original Release Year:

2005

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

67 : 1

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