Return of the Champions

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Return of the Champions
Live album by Queen + Paul Rodgers
Released	September 19, 2005 (CD) October 17, 2005 (DVD)
Recorded	May 9, 2005 in Sheffield
Length	101:00
Label	Hollywood
Producer(s)	Joshua J. Macrae, Justin Shirley-Smith & Peter Brandt
Professional reviews
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Queen chronology
Queen On Fire - Live at the Bowl (2004)	Return of the Champions (2005)
Paul Rodgers chronology
Live: The Loreley Tapes (1997)	Return of the Champions (2005)

Return of the Champions is a double live album by English rock band Queen plus Paul Rodgers. It was recorded in May 2005 during the "Queen + Paul Rodgers" tour at the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield, England (except for "Imagine", which was performed in Hyde Park, London immediately after that year's terrorist attack) and released on September 13, 2005. A companion DVD was released in October, directed by David Mallet.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Personnel 3 External links

[edit] Track listing

All lead vocals performed by Paul Rodgers, except where noted.

[edit] Disc one

1. "Reaching Out" (Black, Hill)
2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (May)
3. "I Want to Break Free" (Deacon)
4. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (May)
5. "Wishing Well" (Rodgers, Kossoff, Bundrick, Yamauchi, Kirke)
6. "Another One Bites the Dust" (Deacon)
7. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury)
8. "Say It's Not True" (Taylor)
   • Lead vocals by Taylor.
9. "'39" (May)
   • Lead vocals by May.
10. "Love of My Life" (Mercury)
    • Lead vocals by May.
11. "Hammer to Fall" (May)
    • Lead vocals by May & Rodgers.
12. "Feel Like Makin' Love" (Rodgers, Ralphs)
13. "Let There Be Drums" (Nelson, Podolor)
14. "I'm In Love With My Car" (Taylor)
    • Lead vocals by Taylor.
15. "Guitar solo" (May)
16. "Last Horizon" (May)

[edit] Disc two

1. "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (Queen)
   • Lead vocals by Taylor
2. "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor)
   • Lead vocals by Taylor & Rodgers
3. "Can't Get Enough" (Ralphs)
4. "A Kind of Magic" (Taylor)
5. "I Want It All" (Queen)
   • Lead vocals by Rodgers & May.
6. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury)
   • Pre-recorded vocals by Mercury, with lead vocals by Rodgers
7. "The Show Must Go On" (Queen)
8. "All Right Now" (Fraser, Rodgers)
9. "We Will Rock You" (May)
10. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury)
11. "God Save the Queen" (Traditional, arr. May)
12. "It's A Beautiful Day (Remix)" (Queen)
    • Pre-recorded vocals by Mercury
13. "Imagine" (Lennon)
    • Lead vocals by May, Taylor and Rodgers

Tracks 12-13 are bonus songs from the DVD.

[edit] Personnel

1. Brian May: Guitars, arrangements, vocals.
2. Roger Taylor: Drums, percussion, vocals.
3. Paul Rodgers: Guitars, vocals.
4. Spike Edney: Keyboards, percussion, vocals.
5. Jamie Moses: Guitars, vocals.
6. Danny Miranda: Bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals.

[edit] External links

• Return of the Champions at the Internet Movie Database

Queen
John Deacon | Brian May | Freddie Mercury | Roger Taylor History | Live performances | Songs
Discography
Studio albums: Queen | Queen II | Sheer Heart Attack | A Night at the Opera | A Day at the Races | News of the World | Jazz | The Game | Flash Gordon | Hot Space | The Works | A Kind of Magic | The Miracle | Innuendo | Made in Heaven
Live albums: Live Killers | Live Magic | Live at Wembley '86 | Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl | Return of the Champions
Compilation albums: Greatest Hits | At the Beeb | Greatest Hits II | Classic Queen | Queen Rocks | Greatest Hits III | Stone Cold Classics
DVDs: We Will Rock You | The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert | Greatest Video Hits 1 | Live at Wembley Stadium | Greatest Video Hits 2 | We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan | Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl | Return of the Champions | Super Live in Japan
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