Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl
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Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl | ||||
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Live album by Queen | ||||
Released | 25 October 2004 (Europe) 9 November 2004 (US) | |||
Recorded | 5 June 1982 in Milton Keynes | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 101:58 | |||
Label | Parlophone (Europe) Hollywood (US) | |||
Producer | Brian May, Roger Taylor, Justin Shirley-Smith | |||
Queen chronology | ||||
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Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl | |
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Directed by | Gavin Taylor |
Produced by | Jeff Brown Malcolm Gerrie Simon Lupton Brian May Roger Taylor Rhys Thomas Andrea Wonfor |
Starring | Freddie Mercury Brian May Roger Taylor John Deacon Morgan Fisher Fred Mandel |
Release date |
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Running time | 170 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
BBC | (Positive)[1] |
Allmusic | [2] |
Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl is a DVD/live album by the English rock band Queen released on the 25 October 2004 in Europe and on 9 November 2004 in the US.
It was recorded live at the National Bowl, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, on 5 June 1982 during the Hot Space Tour. A DVD was also released with the complete concert and bonus material, such as band interviews and tour highlights.
In 2005, the album was also released as an LP, like every Queen album.
In the UK, the DVD made No. 1 and CD made No. 20 and in the DVD and CD chart respectively. In the US, neither the DVD nor the album charted.
Contents
1 Notes
2 Track listing
2.1 Disc 1
2.2 Disc 2
3 DVD bonus material
4 Personnel
5 Charts and certifications
5.1 Charts
5.1.1 Album
5.1.2 DVD
5.2 Certifications
5.2.1 Album
5.2.2 DVD
6 References
7 External links
Notes[edit]
During the show, lead guitarist Brian May had a few minor problems with his homemade Red Special guitar. During both the fast version of "We Will Rock You" and "Dragon Attack", two of the strings broke and he had to change to his Birch Red Special backup for most of "Action This Day" and for the entire second half of "Dragon Attack" and the entire duration of "Now I'm Here (Reprise)".
Before playing "Love of My Life", May played a snippet of the intro to "Las Palabras de Amor" calling it "a little fiddle around".
During May's guitar solo, the pickup switches of his guitar were switched off and May's guitar solo stopped for 20 seconds (the full 20 seconds is on the DVD, but the album version of the performance contains only 3 seconds). His guitar tech, Brian Zellis, helped May to get his guitar going again by simply turning back on the switches.
Drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon performed impromptu solos during "Dragon Attack" and before "Under Pressure," respectively when May switched guitars during "Dragon Attack" and was getting his guitar fixed following his solo.
During "Fat Bottomed Girls", Freddie Mercury's voice very briefly slipped into an off-key falsetto during the lyric "in this locality" (the original error could be heard on the original BBC TV, Channel 4, MTV, an audience recording, and radio broadcasts of the Milton Keynes show) but the error was fixed for the release of the DVD and CD.
During the first verse of "Fat Bottomed Girls," instead of singing the original line "you made a bad boy out of me," Mercury sang "you made an asshole out of me."
Mercury performed without his trademark bottomless microphone stand for "The Hero" (shown on the Live in Japan bonus footage on DVD), "We Will Rock You (Fast)" and "Now I'm Here". This allowed Mercury to more freely scale and walk along the raised wings on either side of the stage.
Due to censorship laws the Hong Kong & China release of the CD removed "Get Down, Make Love" and "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Track listing[edit]
Disc 1[edit]
- "Flash" (May) – 1:54
- "The Hero" (May) – 1:44
- "We Will Rock You" (Fast) (May) – 3:17
- "Action This Day" (Taylor) – 4:52
- "Play the Game" (Mercury) – 4:30
- "Staying Power" (Mercury) – 4:03
- "Somebody to Love" (Mercury) – 7:53
- "Now I'm Here" (May) – 6:18
- "Dragon Attack" (May) – 4:16
- "Now I'm Here" (Reprise) (May) – 2:21
- "Love of My Life" (Mercury) – 4:22
- "Save Me" (May) – 4:00
- "Back Chat" (Deacon) – 5:00
Disc 2[edit]
- "Get Down, Make Love" (Mercury) (not included on the China or Hong Kong release) – 3:39
- "Brighton Rock Guitar Solo " (May) – 6:22
- "Under Pressure" (Queen/Bowie) – 3:47
- "Fat Bottomed Girls" (May) (not included on the China or Hong Kong release) – 5:25
- "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) – 4:15
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – 5:38
- "Tie Your Mother Down" (May) – 4:09
- "Another One Bites the Dust" (Deacon) – 3:49
- "Sheer Heart Attack" (Taylor) – 3:25
- "We Will Rock You" (May) – 2:08
- "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) – 3:28
- "God Save the Queen" (Trad. arr. May) – 1:24
DVD bonus material[edit]
- MK Bowl backstage interview
Freddie Mercury interview
Brian May and Roger Taylor interviews- Songs from concert at Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria on 12 May 1982
- Another One Bites the Dust
- We Will Rock You
- We Are the Champions
- God Save the Queen
- Songs from concert at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Japan on 3 November 1982
- Flash / The Hero
- Now I'm Here
- Impromptu
- Put Out the Fire
- Dragon Attack
- Now I'm Here (Reprise)
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
- Photo gallery (Calling All Girls)
Personnel[edit]
Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Brian May – guitars, vocals, piano on "Save Me"
Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals, co-lead vocals on verses of "Action This Day", and co-lead vocals on "Sheer Heart Attack"
John Deacon – bass guitar, rhythm guitar on "Staying Power", additional backing vocals on "Somebody to Love" and "Back Chat"
Morgan Fisher – keyboards, piano- Justin Shirley-Smith – mix producer
- Kris Fredriksson – pro tools hd
Reinhold Mack – recording engineer- Mick McKenna – second recording engineer
- Tim Young – mastering
- Richard Gray – artwork
Denis O'Regan – photography
Charts and certifications[edit]
|
Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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Austrian Top 75 Albums[3] | 23 |
Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums[4] | 60 |
Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums[5] | 80 |
French Top 200 Albums[6] | 75 |
German Albums Chart[7] | 10 |
Italian Top 20 Albums[8] | 15 |
Netherlands Top 100 Albums[9] | 74 |
Portuguese Top 30 Albums[10] | 9 |
Swiss Top 100 Albums[11] | 52 |
UK Albums Chart[12] | 20 |
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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Spanish Top 100 Albums[13] | 73 |
DVD[edit]
Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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Australian Top 40 DVDs[14] | 10 |
Austrian Top 10 Music DVDs[15] | 1 |
Norwegian Top 10 DVDs[16] | 4 |
Swedish Top 20 DVDs[17] | 1 |
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Wallonia) Top 10 Music DVDs[18] | 1 |
Hungarian Top 20 DVDs[19] | 5 |
Certifications[edit]
Album[edit]
Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
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Austria (IFPI Austria)[20] | Gold | 15,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[21] | Platinum | 200,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[22] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^shipments figures based on certification alone |
DVD[edit]
Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[23] | Platinum | 8,000^ |
Australia (ARIA)[24] | 3× Platinum | 45,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[25] | Gold | 5,000* |
France (SNEP)[26] | 3× Platinum | 60,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[27] | 5× Gold | 125,000^ |
Mexico (AMPROFON)[28] | Gold | 10,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[29] | Gold | 3,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] | 3× Platinum | 150,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[31] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
References[edit]
^ "Music – Review of Queen – Queen on Fire: Live At The Bowl". BBC. 14 November 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/queen-on-fire-live-at-the-bowl-r714768/review
^ "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (ASP). Austrian Charts (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (ASP). Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (ASP). Ultratop (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (ASP). Les Charts (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Chartverfolgung / Queen / Longplay". Music Line (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (ASP). Italian Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (ASP). Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (ASP). Portuguese Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (ASP). Swiss Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Chart Archive: Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive – 6th November 2004". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (ASP). Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "ariaNET: The ARIA Report! (Issue 769)" (PDF). Pandora Archive. Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 22. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVD Top 10" (ASP). Austrian Charts (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Topp 10 DVD Audio: 2004 – Uke 47". VG-lista (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Sverigetopplistan". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Search for Queen and click SØk.
^ "Ultratop 10 Musicaux" (ASP). Ultratop (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ "Archivum: DVD Top 20". Mahasz (in Hungarian). Retrieved 3 July 2011.
^ "Austrian album certifications – Queen – On Fire – Live at the Bowl" (in German). IFPI Austria.
Enter Queen in the field Interpret. Enter On Fire – Live at the Bowl in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen.
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Queen; 'Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
^ "British album certifications – Queen – On Fire – Live at the Bowl". British Phonographic Industry.
Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type On Fire – Live at the Bowl in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ "Argentinian video certifications – Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 DVDs". Australian Recording Industry Association.
^ "Austrian video certifications – Queen – Queen on Fire" (in German). IFPI Austria.
Enter Queen in the field Interpret. Enter Queen on Fire in the field Titel. Select DVD in the field Format. Click Suchen.
^ "French video certifications – Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Queen; 'Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas.
Type Queen in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl in the box under TÍTULO
^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Queen; 'On Fire: Live at the Bowl')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
^ "British video certifications – Queen – Live at the Bowl". British Phonographic Industry.
Select videos in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Live at the Bowl in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ "American video certifications – Queen – On Fire: Live at the Bowl". Recording Industry Association of America.
If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Video Longform, then click SEARCH.
External links[edit]
- Official YouTube videos: "Guitar Solo" (Live at the Bowl), Queen + Paul Rodgers – "Guitar Solo"
Queen official website: Discography: On Fire Live At The Bowl (includes no lyrics)
Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl on IMDb
Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl at AllMovie
Categories:
- 2004 films
- Queen (band) live albums
- Queen (band) video albums
- 2004 live albums
- 2004 video albums
- Live video albums
- Hollywood Records live albums
- Hollywood Records video albums
- Parlophone live albums
- Parlophone video albums
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