The Singles Collection, Volume 3 by Queen
The third volume in Queen's Singles Collection series features a pair of discs stocked with the A-sides and B-sides released between 1984 (The Works) and 1989 (The Miracle). While it wasn’t the most productive era for the group, a number of quality singles were introduced to the canon, including “Hammer to Fall,” “One Vision,” “A Kid of Magic,” “Who Wants to Live Forever,” and “I Want It All.” The Singles Collection, Volume 3 is a limited edition CD series compilation box set by the English rock band Queen, the third of four sets. The box set contains remastered versions of the next thirteen top-40 charting singles released by Queen that appear subsequent to those in Queen: The Singles Collection Volume 2. The set marks the first time that Blurred Vision and the single mix of Pain Is So Close To Pleasure have been made available on CD.
This almost overwhelming set of tracks situates Creedence Clearwater Revival as one of America’s most powerful hit-producing machines, and with good reason: The John Fogerty-led band were masters. It’s kind of hard to believe that the full sounds of “Fortunate Son” and “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?” were produced by the rock counterpoint of just four dudes. Between the rambler’s odyssey “Proud Mary”, the sensual “I Put a Spell on You” and the structurally perfect “Lodi”, this album delivers 90 minutes of pure bliss.
