On Air (Queen album)

On Air

Live album by Queen

Released

4 November 2016

Recorded

Various

Genre

Rock, Hard rock

Length

105:00 (2CD Edition)
397:55 (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)

On Air is a live album by the British rock band Queen. It was released in November 2016 in a two disc format, a six disc deluxe format and a 3LP vinyl release. The two disc format features the complete BBC Sessions, the six disc format features the complete BBC Sessions, as well as a disc featuring several songs from three concerts spanning between 1973 and 1986 and three discs featuring various interviews broadcast on Capital Radio, BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2.

Track listing

2-Disc Edition: The Complete BBC Sessions

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

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

6CD Deluxe Edition

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: 5th February 1973)	Freddie Mercury	4:17
2.	"Keep Yourself Alive" (Session 1: 5th February 1973)	Brian May	3:53
3.	"Doing All Right" (Session 1: 5th February 1973)	May, Tim Staffell	4:17
4.	"Liar" (Session 1: 5th February 1973)	Mercury	6:38
5.	"See What a Fool I've Been" (Session 2: 25th July 1973)	May	4:28
6.	"Keep Yourself Alive" (Session 2: 25th July 1973)	May	3:56
7.	"Liar" (Session 2: 25th July 1973)	Mercury	6:37
8.	"Son and Daughter" (Session 2: 25th July 1973)	May	6:14
9.	"Ogre Battle" (Session 3: 3rd December 1973)	Mercury	4:48
10.	"Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll" (Session 3: 3rd December 1973)	Roger Taylor	2:06
11.	"Great King Rat" (Session 3: 3rd December 1973)	Mercury	5:57
12.	"Son and Daughter" (Session 3: 3rd December 1973)	May	7:17

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

Disc three: Queen Live on Air
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Procession" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13th September 1973)	May	1:41
2.	"Father to Son" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13th September 1973)	May	5:29
3.	"Son and Daughter" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13th September 1973)	May	3:44
4.	"Guitar Solo" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13th September 1973)	May	1:25
5.	"Son and Daughter (Reprise)" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13th September 1973)	May	2:08
6.	"Ogre Battle" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13th September 1973)	Mercury	5:22
7.	"Liar" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13th September 1973)	Mercury	7:27
8.	"Jailhouse Rock" (Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13th September 1973)	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	1:07
9.	"Intro" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20th March 1981)	Taylor	0:26
10.	"We Will Rock You (fast)" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20th March 1981)	May	3:02
11.	"Let Me Entertain You" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20th March 1981)	Mercury	3:26
12.	"I'm in Love With My Car" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20th March 1981)	Taylor	2:09
13.	"Alright Alright" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20th March 1981)	Queen	2:39
14.	"Dragon Attack" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20th March 1981)	May	3:27
15.	"Now I'm Here (Reprise)" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20th March 1981)	May	1:50
16.	"Love of My Life" (Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20th March 1981)	Mercury	4:39
17.	"A Kind of Magic" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21st June 1986)	Taylor	6:25
18.	"Vocal Improvisation" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21st June 1986)	Mercury	1:03
19.	"Under Pressure" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21st June 1986)	Queen, David Bowie	3:38
20.	"Is This the World We Created...?" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21st June 1986)	Mercury, May	2:49
21.	"(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21st June 1986)	Lieber, Stoller	1:27
22.	"Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21st June 1986)	Gene Pitney	1:39
23.	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21st June 1986)	Mercury	4:55
24.	"God Save the Queen" (Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21st 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 2)	5:54
4.	"Brian with Johnnie Walker, ‘Freddie and the Tribute Concert’, October 1992" (Broadcast on BBC Radio 2)	2:51

Charts

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

↑ "Austriancharts.at – Queen – On Air" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Queen – On Air" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Queen – On Air" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Queen – On Air" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
↑ "Lescharts.com – Queen – On Air". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Queen – On Air" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
↑ "Italiancharts.com – Queen – On Air". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
↑ "Portuguesecharts.com – Queen – On Air". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Queen – On Air". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Queen – On Air". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

Queen

Freddie Mercury Brian May Roger Taylor John Deacon

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 At the Beeb Live at Wembley '86 Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl Queen Rock Montreal Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest Live at the Rainbow '74 A Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975 On Air

Compilations	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits II Classic Queen The 12" Collection Queen Rocks Greatest Hits III Stone Cold Classics The A–Z of Queen, Volume 1 Absolute Greatest Deep Cuts (Volume 1, 2, 3) Icon Queen Forever On Air

Additional albums	The Cosmos Rocks (with Paul Rodgers) Five Live (George Michael and Queen EP) (with George Michael)

Box sets	The Complete Works The CD Single Box Box of Tricks Ultimate Queen The Crown Jewels The Platinum Collection The Singles Collection (Volume 1, 2, 3, 4) On Air

Videography	We Will Rock You The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Greatest Video Hits 1 Queen at Wembley Queen Rocks Greatest Video Hits 2 We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl Queen Rock Montreal Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest Live at the Rainbow '74 A Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975

Tours	Queen II Tour Sheer Heart Attack Tour A Night at the Opera Tour Summer Gigs 1976 A Day at the Races Tour News of the World Tour Jazz Tour Crazy Tour The Game Tour Hot Space Tour The Works Tour The Magic Tour Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour (with Paul Rodgers) Rock the Cosmos Tour (with Paul Rodgers) Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2012 (with Adam Lambert) Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015 (with Adam Lambert) Queen + Adam Lambert 2016 Summer Festival Tour (with Adam Lambert)

Related	Discography Awards Live performances Songs The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody Queen + Paul Rodgers Queen + Adam Lambert Queen & Adam Lambert Rock Big Ben Live Highlander Flash Gordon Ibex Larry Lurex Mike Grose Smile The Cross The Brian May Band One Night of Queen Queen: The eYe We Will Rock You We Will Rock You: 10th Anniversary Tour Queen at the Ballet Deacy Amp The Official International Queen Fan Club Mercury Phoenix Trust Queen Extravaganza Tour Mountain Studios Red Special Spike Edney Jim Beach John Reid List of "Bohemian Rhapsody" cover versions SingStar Queen Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen Stone Cold Queen: A Tribute Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen A Night at the Hip Hopera

Book Category Portal

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/28/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.