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On Air
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Compilation album by Queen
Released 4 November 2016 (2016-11-04)
Recorded Various
Genre
Rock, hard rock
Length
105:00 (2CD Edition)
398:28 (6CD Deluxe Edition)
Label


  • Virgin EMI

  • Hollywood


Producer Justin Shirley-Smith
Josh Macrae
Kris Fredriksson

Queen chronology






A Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975
(2015)

On Air
(2016)

Bohemian Rhapsody
(2018)


On Air is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen. It was released in November 2016 in a two disc CD format, a six disc deluxe CD format and a 3LP vinyl release. The two disc format features the complete BBC studio sessions; the six disc format adds a disc featuring several songs from three live concerts spanning between 1973 and 1986 and three discs featuring various interviews broadcast on Capital Radio and BBC Radio 1.




Contents






  • 1 Track listing


    • 1.1 2-Disc Edition: The Complete BBC Sessions


    • 1.2 6CD Deluxe Edition




  • 2 Charts


  • 3 References





Track listing[edit]



2-Disc Edition: The Complete BBC Sessions[edit]


















































































Disc one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "My Fairy King" (Session 1: 5 February 1973)
Freddie Mercury 4:08
2. "Keep Yourself Alive" (Session 1: 5 February 1973)
Brian May 3:49
3. "Doing All Right" (Session 1: 5 February 1973)
May, Tim Staffell
4:13
4. "Liar" (Session 1: 5 February 1973)
Mercury 6:30
5. "See What a Fool I've Been" (Session 2: 25 July 1973)
May 4:21
6. "Keep Yourself Alive" (Session 2: 25 July 1973)
May 3:50
7. "Liar" (Session 2: 25 July 1973)
Mercury 6:29
8. "Son and Daughter" (Session 2: 25 July 1973)
May 6:03
9. "Ogre Battle" (Session 3: 3 December 1973)
Mercury 4:40
10. "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll" (Session 3: 3 December 1973)
Roger Taylor 2:02
11. "Great King Rat" (Session 3: 3 December 1973)
Mercury 5:57
12. "Son and Daughter" (Session 3: 3 December 1973)
May 7:08

















































































Disc two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll" (Session 4: 3 April 1974)
Taylor 2:46
2. "Nevermore" (Session 4: 3 April 1974)
Mercury 1:29
3. "White Queen (As It Began)" (Session 4: 3 April 1974)
May 4:54
4. "Now I'm Here" (Session 5: 16 October 1974)
May 4:18
5. "Stone Cold Crazy" (Session 5: 16 October 1974)
Queen 2:17
6. "Flick of the Wrist" (Session 5: 16 October 1974)
Mercury 3:26
7. "Tenement Funster" (Session 5: 16 October 1974)
Taylor 3:00
8. "We Will Rock You" (Session 6: 28 October 1977)
May 1:35
9. "We Will Rock You (fast)" (Session 6: 28 October 1977)
May 2:46
10. "Spread Your Wings" (Session 6: 28 October 1977)
John Deacon 5:24
11. "It's Late" (Session 6: 28 October 1977)
May 6:36
12. "My Melancholy Blues" (Session 6: 28 October 1977)
Mercury 3:11


6CD Deluxe Edition[edit]


Note: even though Disc One and Disc Two has the same track listing as the two-disc format, it features DJ chatter after songs which is omitted in the two disc format.


















































































Disc one: The BBC Sessions
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "My Fairy King" (Session 1: 5 February 1973)
Freddie Mercury 4:17
2. "Keep Yourself Alive" (Session 1: 5 February 1973)
Brian May 3:53
3. "Doing All Right" (Session 1: 5 February 1973)
May, Tim Staffell
4:17
4. "Liar" (Session 1: 5 February 1973)
Mercury 6:38
5. "See What a Fool I've Been" (Session 2: 25 July 1973)
May 4:28
6. "Keep Yourself Alive" (Session 2: 25 July 1973)
May 3:56
7. "Liar" (Session 2: 25 July 1973)
Mercury 6:37
8. "Son and Daughter" (Session 2: 25 July 1973)
May 6:14
9. "Ogre Battle" (Session 3: 3 December 1973)
Mercury 4:48
10. "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll" (Session 3: 3 December 1973)
Roger Taylor 2:06
11. "Great King Rat" (Session 3: 3 December 1973)
Mercury 5:57
12. "Son and Daughter" (Session 3: 3 December 1973)
May 7:17

















































































Disc two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll" (Session 4: 3 April 1974)
Taylor 2:53
2. "Nevermore" (Session 4: 3 April 1974)
Mercury 1:30
3. "White Queen (As It Began)" (Session 4: 3 April 1974)
May 5:00
4. "Now I'm Here" (Session 5: 16 October 1974)
May 4:25
5. "Stone Cold Crazy" (Session 5: 16 October 1974)
Queen 2:18
6. "Flick of the Wrist" (Session 5: 16 October 1974)
Mercury 3:31
7. "Tenement Funster" (Session 5: 16 October 1974)
Taylor 3:16
8. "We Will Rock You" (Session 6: 28 October 1977)
May 1:35
9. "We Will Rock You (fast)" (Session 6: 28 October 1977)
May 2:51
10. "Spread Your Wings" (Session 6: 28 October 1977)
John Deacon 5:32
11. "It's Late" (Session 6: 28 October 1977)
May 6:37
12. "My Melancholy Blues" (Session 6: 28 October 1977)
Mercury 3:15

























































































































































Disc three: Queen Live on Air
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Procession" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13 September 1973)
May 1:41
2. "Father to Son" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13 September 1973)
May 5:29
3. "Son and Daughter" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13 September 1973)
May 3:44
4. "Guitar Solo" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13 September 1973)
May 1:25
5. "Son and Daughter (Reprise)" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13 September 1973)
May 2:08
6. "Ogre Battle" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13 September 1973)
Mercury 5:22
7. "Liar" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13 September 1973)
Mercury 7:27
8. "Jailhouse Rock" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13 September 1973)

Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
1:07
9. "Intro" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20 March 1981)
Taylor 0:26
10. "We Will Rock You (fast)" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20 March 1981)
May 3:02
11. "Let Me Entertain You" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20 March 1981)
Mercury 3:26
12. "I'm in Love With My Car" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20 March 1981)
Taylor 2:09
13. "Alright Alright" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20 March 1981)
Queen 2:39
14. "Dragon Attack" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20 March 1981)
May 3:27
15. "Now I'm Here (Reprise)" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20 March 1981)
May 1:50
16. "Love of My Life" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20 March 1981)
Mercury 4:39
17. "A Kind of Magic" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21 June 1986)
Taylor 6:25
18. "Vocal Improvisation" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21 June 1986)
Mercury 1:03
19. "Under Pressure" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21 June 1986)
Queen, David Bowie
3:38
20. "Is This the World We Created...?" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21 June 1986)
Mercury, May 2:49
21. "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21 June 1986)
Leiber, Stoller 1:27
22. "Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21 June 1986)
Gene Pitney 1:39
23. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21 June 1986)
Mercury 4:55
24. "God Save the Queen" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21 June 1986)
Trad. arr, May 1:21

































Disc four: Queen on Air: The Interviews (1976–1980)
No. Title Length
1. "Freddie with Kenny Everett, ‘A Day at the Races’ album, November 1976" (Broadcast on Capital Radio)
15:57
2. "Queen Interview with Tom Browne, ‘News of the World’ album, Christmas 1977" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
40:34
3. "Roger with Richard Skinner, ‘Live Killers’ album, June 1979" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
4:32
4. "Roger with Tommy Vance, ‘Flash Gordon’ album and film, December 1980" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
5:53
5. "Roy Thomas Baker ‘The Record Producers’" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
10:36
















































Disc five: Queen on Air: The Interviews (1980–1986)
No. Title Length
1. "John interview, South American tour, March 1981" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
2:26
2. "Brian on ‘Rock On’ with John Tobler, ‘Hot Space’ album, June 1982" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
11:08
3. "Brian on ‘Saturday Live’ with Richard Skinner and Andy Foster, ‘The Works’ album, March 1984" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
11:46
4. "Freddie on ‘Newsbeat’, The Works Tour, August 1984" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
2:34
5. "Brian on ‘Newsbeat’, ‘The Works’ album, September 1984" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
2:47
6. "Freddie on ‘Saturday Live’ with Graham Neale, ‘The Works’ album, September 1984" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
5:14
7. "Freddie with Simon Bates, April 1985" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
28:51
8. "Brian on ‘The Way It Is’ with David ‘Kid’ Jensen. Wembley Stadium, London, July 1986" (Broadcast on Capital Radio)
4:39




























Disc six: Queen on Air: The Interviews (1986–1992)
No. Title Length
1. "Roger interview, ‘My Top Ten’ with Andy Peebles, May 1986" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
24:46
2. "‘Queen for an Hour’ interview with Mike Read, ‘The Miracle’ album, May 1989" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
41:18
3. "Brian with Simon Bates, ‘Freddie and Too Much Love Will Kill You’, August 1992" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
5:54
4. "Brian with Johnnie Walker, ‘Freddie and the Tribute Concert’, October 1992" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)
2:51


Charts[edit]























































Chart (2016)
Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[1]
60
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[2]
65
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[3]
52
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[4]
47
French Albums (SNEP)[5]
123
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6]
28
Italian Albums (FIMI)[7]
73
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[8]
27
Scottish Albums (OCC)[9]
20
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[10]
32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11]
84
UK Albums (OCC)[12]
25


References[edit]





  1. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Queen – On Air" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2016.


  2. ^ "Ultratop.be – Queen – On Air" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 November 2016.


  3. ^ "Ultratop.be – Queen – On Air" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 November 2016.


  4. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Queen – On Air" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 November 2016.


  5. ^ "Lescharts.com – Queen – On Air". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2016.


  6. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Queen – On Air" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 November 2016.


  7. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Queen – On Air". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 November 2016.


  8. ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Queen – On Air". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2016.


  9. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2016.


  10. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Queen – On Air". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 November 2016.


  11. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Queen – On Air". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2016.


  12. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2016.












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