DEEP CUTS, VOLUME 3 (1984-1995)

"Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984-1995)" is a compilation of Queen released in 2011. It makes part of a trilogy of compilations of the band released in the same year, which covers some of the best tracks made by Queen during part of their career. As its name indicates, this compilation album is the volume three of that trilogy and only covers tracks between 1984 and 1995. It means that "Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984-1995)" has tracks that were originally released on their eleventh studio album "The Works" that was released in 1984, on their twelfth studio album "A Kind Of Magic" that was released in 1986, on their thirteenth studio album "The Miracle" that was released in 1989, on their fourteenth studio album "Innuendo" that was released in 1991 and on their fifteenth studio album "Made In Heaven" that was released in 1995. "Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984-1995)" has fifteen tracks. "Made In Heaven" is from "Made In Heaven". It was originally written for Freddie Mercury's solo album "Mr. Bad Guy". This is a version with a different treatment to sounds like a Queen's song. I think this is a better version. "Machines (Or 'Back To Humans')" is from "The Works". It's a strange song that starts completely electronic and that sounds as a music battle of a future world war between humans and machines. This is an interesting rock song with a good performance, especially the guitar work of Brian May, which is pleasant and nice to hear. "Don't Try So Hard" is from "Innuendo". This is a beautiful song, a true amazing song. It's probably the darkest song on that album where Freddie Mercury sings most of the song in falsetto. This is a wonderful ballad, one of their most beautiful ballads. "Tear It Up" is from "The Works". It's a hard song in the same vein of some of the old songs of the band. It's clearly a typical Brian May's song. The final result is a nice and good rock song very pleasant to hear. "I Was Born To Love You" is from "Made In Heaven". It was a song originally recorded to Freddie Mercury's solo album "Mr. Bad Guy". After he passed away, the band remixed it and added instrumentation, turning it into a fast rock song. This is a good and nice song. "A Winter's Tale" is also from "Made In Heaven". It's a beautiful song. It was the last song composed solely by Freddie Mercury and that was recorded two weeks before his dead. Noticeably, all the vocals were done in only a single take. This is a great track with nice atmosphere greatly maintained throughout the all song. "Ride The Wild Wind" is from "Innuendo". This is a good rock song with great rhythm and a delicious choral work. It's really a great song, one of the best compositions made by Roger Taylor to the band. "Bijou" is also from "Innuendo". This is essentially a guitar solo piece song. It's a good and enjoyable song where Freddie Mercury sings beautifully, as is usual, and Brian May proves that he is a great guitarist. "Was It All Worth It" is from "The Miracle". This is an excellent song. It's one of the best and the only progressive song on that album. It's a song with great moments that reminds the good old Queen. It closes that album perfectly well with beauty. "One Year Of Love" is from "A Kind Of Magic". It's a nice and calm slow ballad with a beautiful saxophone solo work and a great string orchestral arrangement. It isn't one of the best Queen's songs, but it has quality enough to be considered a good song. "Khashoggi's Ship" is from "The Miracle". This is a rock song with no instrumental overdubs. Despite be a good song, it's a bit repetitive song without much creativity and imagination. Still, this is a killing nice rock tune. "Is This The World We Created...?" is from "The Works". It's a beautiful acoustic ballad composed only for the acoustic guitar of Brian May and to the voice of Freddie Mercury. This is a nice way to finish their album "The Works". "The Hitman" is from "Innuendo". This is one of the hard rock songs on "Innuendo". It's a heavy song, very fast and aggressive. This is the heaviest song on that album and is interesting and enjoyable to hear. "It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise)" is from "Made In Heaven". As it name says, it's the reprise of the first song on that album. It's better than the first song on that album. It has new and different arrangements and a heavier rock piece at the end of it. "Mother Love" is also from "Made In Heaven". It was written by Brian May and recorded in Montreaux in 1991. It was Freddie's last vocal performance. It's a very good and beautiful song with sad and depressing lyrics that notice that he knew he was going to die very soon. Conclusion: "Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984-1995)" is another good compilation of Queen, the third of the three parts of their compilations "Deep Cuts". "Deep Cuts" covers the entire career of the band when Freddie Mercury was a member of the band. This last one covers the career of the band between 1984 and 1995, the years where Queen released their last five studio albums with Freddie Mercury, "The Works", "A Kind Of Magic", "The Miracle", "Innuendo" and "Made In Heaven". Thus, we have three songs from "The Works", one song from "A Kind Of Magic", two songs from "The Miracle", four songs from "Innuendo" and five songs from "Made In Heaven". So, we can say that all songs chosen to be part of this compilation album are good, especially the songs from "Innuendo". So, this is a good compilation album.

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