Greatest Hits II (Queen album)
Greatest Hits II is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen, released on 28 October 1991. The album consisted of Queen's biggest hits between 1981 and 1991, which covers chart toppers "Under Pressure" to "Innuendo". The compilation "Greatest Hits II" reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart, and is the tenth best-selling album in the UK with sales of 3.9 million copies as of 2014. It is the seventh best-selling album in Germany, the thirteenth best-selling album in France, and the best-selling album by a foreign artist  in Finland. Accumulated sales ("Greatest Hits II" and "Classic Queen" for the US and Canada combined) are in excess of 25 million worldwide. Freddie Mercury designed the crest on the album cover, using the astrological signs of the four members: two Leos (Roger Taylor and John Deacon), one Cancer (Brian May) and one Virgo (Mercury). Content. The compilation contains most of Queen's hits from 1981 to 1991. The singles "Body Language", "Back Chat", "Las Palabras de Amor", "Thank God It's Christmas", "Princes of the Universe" and "Scandal" were omitted for this release. "Las Palabras de Amor", "Thank God  It's Christmas" and "Princes of the Universe" were later included on "Greatest Hits III". Release. "Greatest Hits II" was released less than a month before the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury and was the last Queen release of any kind while he was still alive. The album was not initially available in the United States and was later replaced with its counterpart "Classic Queen" in early 1992. "Greatest Hits II" was later made available in the US in two box sets: "Greatest Hits I & II" and "The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III". On 19 April 2011 , Hollywood Records released the newly remastered version of "Greatest Hits II" in the United States and Japan. A companion video release entitled Greatest Flix II was released at the same time, but is currently out of print. Most of the videos are now available on the DVD "Greatest Video Hits 2" with the exception of the videos from the 1991 "Innuendo" album.