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Live Killers est un double album live sorti en 1979 par Queen. Il prend la place d'un album studio dans la carrière du groupe qui sortait jusque-là, un album studio chaque année depuis 1973. La pochette arbore une photo du groupe sur la scène d'un concert en train de saluer le public mais on ne les distingue pas (silhouettes noires), derrière se trouvent de multiples projecteurs multicolores. La pochette intérieure montre une multitude de photos des quatre membres de Queen en concert.
Enregistré au printemps 1979 lors de la tournée européenne, il offre une synthèse des sept premiers albums du groupe. Il contient plusieurs des plus grands succès du groupe dont Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are the Champions, le dernier en date à l'époque de la sortie de cet album (Don't Stop Me Now) ainsi que deux versions de We Will Rock You — une version rapide en intro et la version normale en fin de concert — et pour finir un medley (Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, Bicycle Race et I'm In Love With My Car) et un set acoustique (Dreamers Ball, Love Of My Life et '39). C'est le morceau Love of my Life qui est choisi pour constituer l'unique 45 tours de Live Killers mais il n'aura pas un grand succès (63e dans les charts britanniques). À noter que les paroles de Freddie Mercury en intro de Death on Two Legs ont été censurées par un "bip-bip" car il a insisté sur les raisons de sa dédicace... Enfin, le morceau de Now I'm Here (l'un des grands moments de ce live) a été rallongé par une séquence de chœurs durant laquelle Freddie Mercury communique avec son public, tandis que Brighton Rock comprend un très long temps instrumental.
Cet enregistrement fait suite à l'album Jazz, sorti en 1978, il rend compte des performances de Queen en public, dans une période où le groupe est au meilleur de sa forme. Néanmoins, cette compilation de concerts n'a pas soulevé l'enthousiasme des fans à sa sortie. Roger Taylor a affirmé de nombreuses fois qu'il n'aimait pas les disques de Live Killers car il était déçu par les extraits de concerts qui avaient été choisis.
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By 1979, Queen was considered among rock's elite class, and rightfully so. With a string of hit albums, singles, and sold-out tours to their credit, the group was about to enter a new musical phase of its career with 1980's mega-hit The Game. And since bootleg copies of their concerts were fetching exorbitant prices among their fans, what better way to close phase one but with their first official live double album, Live Killers. For reasons unknown, the record was criticized harshly when it was first released, but listening to it today, it is an excellent document of Queen at the height of their '70s arena rock powers. Including selections from their debut, 1973's Queen, up until 1978's Jazz, the album is a solid mix of early hits and forgotten album tracks, all given new life in the concert setting while the zealous crowd often sings along. A different, more up-tempo version of "We Will Rock You" opens the album, starting things off in grand style. Other hard rock highlights soon follow, such as "Keep Yourself Alive," "Don't Stop Me Now," "Now I'm Here," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Spread Your Wings," "Brighton Rock" (complete with an outstanding Brian May guitar solo), and a medley that contains such tracks as "Killer Queen" and "Bicycle Race," among others. The band also shows its softer side with such material as "Dreamer's Ball," "Love of My Life," and "'39," while ending things on a triumphant note with "We Will Rock You"/"We Are the Champions."


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