The We Will Rock You Original London Cast Recording is a live album released in promotion of the award-winning West End musical We Will Rock You (musical) in 2002. The album was recorded over two nights of the original West End production at the Dominion Theatre and was the first audio release of the musical. Both instrumental pieces (Ogre Battle and One Vision) are the original recordings made by Queen in 1973 and 1985 respectively. The recording misses several tracks that were present in the original production. These are: Bicycle Race, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to...), Fat Bottomed Girls and Headlong (Reprise).
| We Will Rock You - Cast Album (The Music From The Rock Theatrical) | |
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| Cast recording by the Original We Will Rock You London Cast | |
| Released | 11 November 2002 |
| Recorded | 12 & 13 July 2002 |
| Genre | Rock, musical |
| Length | 74:03 |
| Label | EMI |
| Producer | Justin Shirley-Smith and Brian May |
In 2012, a special 2-CD 10th Anniversary edition was produced, consisting of the original album along with a CD of bonus material.
Track listing
editOriginal album
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Innuendo" | Roger Taylor & Freddie Mercury | Freddie Mercury & The Cast of "We Will Rock You" | 2:29 |
| 2. | "Radio Ga Ga" | Roger Taylor | Ga Ga Kids | 3:34 |
| 3. | "I Want to Break Free" | John Deacon | Tony Vincent (Gallileo) & Hannah Jane Fox (Scaramouche) | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Somebody to Love" | Freddie Mercury | Hannah Jane Fox (Scaramouche) & Teen Queens | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Killer Queen" | Freddie Mercury | Sharon D. Clarke (Killer Queen) & Yuppies | 2:27 |
| 6. | "Play the Game" | Freddie Mercury | Sharon D. Clarke (Killer Queen) & Yuppies | 3:14 |
| 7. | "Under Pressure" | Queen & David Bowie | Tony Vincent (Gallileo) & Hannah Jane Fox (Scaramouche) | 3:47 |
| 8. | "A Kind of Magic" | Roger Taylor | Sharon D. Clarke (Killer Queen), Alexander Hanson (Khashoggi) & Yuppies | 3:35 |
| 9. | "I Want It All" | Brian May | Nigel Clauzel (Britney), Kerry Ellis (Meat) & The Cast Of We Will Rock You | 3:21 |
| 10. | "Headlong" | Brian May | Nigel Clauzel (Britney), Kerry Ellis (Meat), Tony Vincent (Gallileo), Hannah Jane Fox (Scaramouche) & The Cast Of We Will Rock You | 3:25 |
| 11. | "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" | Brian May | Kerry Ellis (Meat) & The Bohemians | 4:43 |
| 12. | "Ogre Battle" (Instrumental) | Freddie Mercury | 0:39 | |
| 13. | "One Vision" | Queen | Ga Ga Kids | 4:35 |
| 14. | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Brian May | Tony Vincent (Gallileo) & Hannah Jane Fox (Scaramouche) | 4:17 |
| 15. | "Flash" | Brian May | Alexander Hanson (Khashoggi), Police & Captive Bohemians | 0:42 |
| 16. | "Seven Seas of Rhye" | Freddie Mercury | Sharon D. Clarke (Killer Queen) | 2:32 |
| 17. | "Don't Stop Me Now" | Freddie Mercury | Sharon D. Clarke (Killer Queen) | 1:08 |
| 18. | "Another One Bites the Dust" | John Deacon | Nigel Planer (Pop) & Bar Patrons | 3:03 |
| 19. | "Hammer to Fall" | Brian May | Tony Vincent (Gallileo) & Hannah Jane Fox (Scaramouche) | 3:03 |
| 20. | "These Are the Days of Our Lives" | Roger Taylor | Nigel Planer (Pop) & Bar Patrons | 3:06 |
| 21. | "We Will Rock You" | Brian May | Tony Vincent (Gallileo) & We Will Rock You Ensemble | 2:08 |
| 22. | "We Are the Champions" | Freddie Mercury | The Cast Of We Will Rock You Cast | 2:26 |
| 23. | "We Will Rock You [Fast]" | Brian May | 2:39 | |
| 24. | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Freddie Mercury | Tony Vincent (Gallileo), Alexander Hanson (Khashoggi), Sharon D. Clarke (Killer Queen) & The Cast Of We Will Rock You | 5:53 |
| 25. | "Another One Bites The Dust (2003 Remix)" | John Deacon | Queen & Annie Crummer | 3:51 |
Bonus CD (10th Anniversary)
edit- Sólo Por Ti (No One But You) (In Spanish) (Short Version) – Eva Maria Cortes, Queen
- Sin Control (Headlong) (In Spanish) – The Spanish Cast
- Algo Loco Es El Amor (Crazy Little Thing Called Love) (In Spanish) – The Spanish Cast
- Killer Queen (In German) – The German Cast
- Play The Game (In German) – The German Cast
- Bohemian Rhapsody ('Party at the Palace' Live At Buckingham Palace, 2002) - The London Cast, Queen
- Radio Ga Ga ["Wetten, dass..?" German TV Live Performance, 2004] – The German Cast
- Somebody To Love ["Wetten, dass..?" German TV Live Performance, 2004] - The German Cast, Queen
- We Will Rock You ["Wetten, dass..?" German TV Live Performance, 2004] - The German Cast, Queen
- We Are The Champions ["Wetten, dass..?" German TV Live Performance, 2004] - The German Cast, Queen
Personnel
edit- Performers
- Sharon D. Clarke (Killer Queen)
- Nigel Clauzel (Brit)
- Kerry Ellis (Meat)
- Hannah Jane Fox (Scaramouche)
- Alexander Hanson (Khashoggi)
- Nigel Planer (Pop)
- Tony Vincent (Gallileo)
- Band
- Tony Bourke (Drums)
- Alan Darby (Guitar)
- Mike Dixon (Piano)
- Spike Edney (Keyboards)
- Jeff Leach (Keyboards, Synthesisers)
- Neil Murray (Bass)
- Julian Poole (Percussion)
- Andy Smith (Keyboards)
- Laurie Wisefield (Guitar)
- Writers
- John Deacon (Music, Lyrics)
- Ben Elton (Script)
- Brian May (Music, Lyrics)
- Freddie Mercury (Music, Lyrics)
- Roger Taylor (Music, Lyrics)
- Production
- Catherine Ashmore (Photography)
- Jim Beach (Management)
- Dave Bennett (Photography)
- Richard Gray (Packaging)
- Joshua J. Macrae (Mixing)
- Justin Shirley Smith (Mixing)
- Miles Showell (Mastering)
Mixed at Allerton Hill Studio and Cosford Mill Studio. Mastered at Metropolis Mastering.
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