Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen
Killer Queen is a tribute album of Queen songs.[5] The album is named for the 1974 Queen song of the same name that first appeared on the Sheer Heart Attack album. The album peaked at #104 on the Billboard 200 on 27 August 2005. Later, it re-entered the Billboard 200 in April 2006 at #115 after the Queen round in American Idol's season 5.
| Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen | |
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| Compilation album by  Various artists  | |
| Released | 9 August 2005 | 
| Recorded | 2005 | 
| Genre | Rock, hard rock | 
| Length | 64:29 | 
| Label | Hollywood | 
| Producer | Brian Reeves | 
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating | 
| Allmusic | |
| Boston Herald | Favorable[2] | 
| Chartattack.com | Mixed[3] | 
| Rolling Stone | |
Track listing
    
- "We Are the Champions" (Freddie Mercury) – performed by Gavin DeGraw
 - "Tie Your Mother Down" (Brian May) – performed by Shinedown
 - "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – performed by Constantine Maroulis, with the cast of We Will Rock You
 - "Stone Cold Crazy" (Queen) – performed by Eleven, featuring Josh Homme (of Queens of the Stone Age)
 - "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" (Mercury) – performed by Jason Mraz
 - "Under Pressure" (Queen, David Bowie) – performed by Joss Stone
 - "Who Wants to Live Forever" (May) – performed by Breaking Benjamin
 - "Bicycle Race" (Mercury) – performed by Be Your Own Pet
 - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) – performed by Josh Kelley
 - "Sleeping on the Sidewalk" (May) – performed by Los Lobos
 - "Killer Queen" (Mercury) – performed by Sum 41
 - "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" (Mercury) (features the piano intro to "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" at the end) – performed by Rooney
 - "Play the Game" (Mercury) – performed by Jon Brion
 - "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – performed by The Flaming Lips
 - "'39" (May) – performed by Ingram Hill
 - "Fat Bottomed Girls" (May) – performed by Antigone Rising
 
References
    
- "Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
 - "Boston Herald review". Archived from the original on 26 March 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2005.
 - Chartattack.com review
 - Rolling Stone review
 - Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen Allmusic. Retrieved 10 July 2011
 
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