Queen CD Single Box

The CD Single Box is a CD compilation box set by the English rock band Queen released exclusively in Japan on 26 April 1991 by EMI Records.[1][2]

CD Single Box
Compilation album by Queen
Released	26 April 1991 - Japan
Genre	Rock
Length	1:47:40
Label	EMI
Producer	Queen Mack Arif Mardin
Queen chronology
Innuendo (1991) CD Single Box (1991) Greatest Hits II (1991)
Queen box set chronology
The Complete Works (1985) CD Single Box (1991) Box of Tricks (1992)

Packaging

The CDs are housed inside a gold embossed flip top box with a 48-page booklet which includes the bio, anthology and song lyrics in English and Japanese.[1]

Contents

The box set has 12 x 3" CD single ('Mini Album' written on the reverse of all sleeves) snap-packs (Japanese: tanzaku) which includes twelve hit-singles released between 1973 and 1986. The singles start with the A-side tracks "Seven Seas Of Rhye" through to "A Kind Of Magic" complete with B-sides. The few non-album B-sides included are "See What a Fool I've Been", "Soul Brother", "I Go Crazy" and "A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling".[1] The compact discs are 3-inch or (8 cm), with sleeves called snap-packs, as they could be "snapped and folded" into a small square. Almost all of the writing is in Japanese.

All CDs have three tracks each, apart from "Queen's first E.P.", which has four.[1] The set features artwork from the original UK 7" vinyl releases, except the "Seven Seas Of Rhye" (original German sleeve) and "Killer Queen" (original French sleeve).

Disc and track listing

Disc 1: Seven Seas Of Rhye

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Seven Seas Of Rhye"	Freddie Mercury	2:51
2.	"See What a Fool I've Been"	Brian May	4:32
3.	"Funny How Love Is"	Mercury	2:50

Disc 2: Killer Queen

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Killer Queen"	Mercury	3:02
2.	"Flick of the Wrist"	Mercury	3:21
3.	"Brighton Rock"	May	5:10

Disc 3: Bohemian Rhapsody

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bohemian Rhapsody"	Mercury	5:59
2.	"I'm in Love with My Car"	Roger Taylor	3:10
3.	"You're My Best Friend"	John Deacon	2:51

Disc 4: Somebody To Love

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Somebody To Love"	Mercury	4:59
2.	"White Man"	May	5:01
3.	"Tie Your Mother Down"	May	3:46

Disc 5: Queen's First E.P.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"	Mercury	2:56
2.	"Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)"	Mercury	3:45
3.	"Tenement Funster"	Taylor	2:58
4.	"White Queen (As It Began)"	May	4:36

Disc 6: We Are The Champions

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Are The Champions"	Mercury	3:02
2.	"We Will Rock You"	May	2:02
3.	"Fat Bottomed Girls"	May	3:24

Disc 7: Crazy Little Thing Called Love

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"	Mercury	2:46
2.	"Spread Your Wings"	Deacon	4:35
3.	"Flash"	May	2:47

Disc 8: Another One Bites The Dust

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Another One Bites the Dust"	Deacon	3:38
2.	"Dragon Attack"	May	4:22
3.	"Las Palabras De Amor"	May	4:31

Disc 9: Under Pressure

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Under Pressure" (featuring David Bowie)	Queen and David Bowie	4:07
2.	"Soul Brother"	Queen	4:29
3.	"Body Language"	Mercury	4:33

Disc 10: Radio Ga Ga

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Radio Ga Ga"	Taylor	5:49
2.	"I Go Crazy"	May	3:45
3.	"Hammer to Fall"	May	3:39

Disc 11: I Want to Break Free

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Want to Break Free"	Deacon	4:25
2.	"Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')"	May, Taylor	5:00
3.	"It's a Hard Life"	Mercury	4:08

Disc 12: A Kind Of Magic

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Kind Of Magic"	Taylor	4:25
2.	"A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling"	Taylor	4:43
3.	"One Vision"	Queen	4:00
Total length:			1:47:40

See also

• Queen discography

References

1. AllMusic review of Queen Box Set. AllMusic
2. The Japan CD Single Box