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Party At The Palace Various Artists: Live CD Album 2002: Virgin VTCDX463 DVD: BBC/OPUS OA0845D  VHS: OA0858V

Recorded at Buckingham Palace by the BBC on 3rd June 2002. Shirley Bassey performed Goldfinger in front of HM the Queen and Prince Charles and many more at the pop concert at the Buckingham Palace for the 50th Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Many other performers were also invited and the event was watched by millions around the world.
 

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Track Listing

01. 1:58 - God Save The Queen (Brian May/Royal Academy/Roger Taylor/Ray Cooper)
02. 3:04 - You Can't Hurry Love (Phil Collins)
03. 2:41 - Dancing In The Street (Atomic Kitten)
04. 2:57 - Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey/Royal Academy/Jazz Horns/House Band)
05. 4:18 - Everything I Do (I Do It For You) (Bryan Adams)
06. 3:51 - You Can Leave Your Hat On (Tom Jones featuring Blue & Keith Airey)
07. 2:18 - Radio Ga Ga (Queen/Phil Collins on Drums)
08. 1:45 - We Will Rock You (Queen/London Cast "We Will Rock You"/Phil Collins on Drums)
09. 2:38 - We Are The Champions (Queen/Will Young/London Cast "We Will Rock You"/Phil Collins on Drums)
10. 5:36 - Why (Annie Lennox)
11. 2:43 - Move It (Cliff Richard featuring S Club 7 & Brian May)
12. 3:12 - Paranoid (Ozzy Osbourne with Tony Iommi)
13. 4:31 - I Want Love (Elton John)
14. 2:48 - God Only Knows (Brian Wilson featuring The Corrs)
15. 4:22 - Good Vibrations (Brian Wilson featuring Emma Bunton & Atomic Kitten)
16. 6:20 - Layla (Eric Clapton)
17. 2:49 - Gimme Some Lovin' (Steve Winwood)
18. 5:40 - With a Little Help From My Friends (Joe Cocker featuring Steve Winwood & Brian May)
19. 3:56 - Handbags & Gladrags (Rod Stewart featuring J'Anna Jacoby)
20. 3:37 - All You Need Is Love (Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, Paul McCartney & Various Artists)
21. 6:50 - Hey Jude (Paul McCartney featuring Various Artists)
 

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Review From Heat Magazine, by Johnny Davis, Jun 2002

In a nutshell: A speedily-released, and mercifully edited, compilation of the Party At The Palace Jubilee concert, which attracted a crowd of one million and was watched in 60 countries. Features performers with a combined age of 1,278.

What's it like? By turns entertaining, embarrassing, touching and in and out of tune. The CD spares us the eyesores that were Phil Collins' tracksuit bottoms and Bryan Adams' beard, but, as you'd expect with such a concert, the performances are hit and miss. The day relied heavily on artists who peaked in the 60s and 70s - with even the few contemporary stars covering golden oldies, Pop Idol style. Consequently, you wonder (a) What's British music been up to since the last Jubilee? (b) Why didn't anyone book a Robbie Williams or a George Michael and (c) Who thought Atomic Kitten were really up to covering Martha Reeves and the Vandellas' fantastic Dancing In The Street? Too often classic songs were ruined by the addition of inadequate singers. Will Young wrestles manfully with We Are The Champions, but he's no Freddie Mercury. And the addition of Emma Bunton to Brian Wilson's Good Vibrations is horrible. Elsewhere, Brian Wilson and Rod Stewart do themselves proud with versions of God Only Knows and Handbags And Glad rags respectively, while the currently inescapable Queen get plenty of chances to plug their West End musical. For sheer novelty, this is possibly the only concert were you'll hear the Peter Pan Of Pop (Cliff Richard) followed by the Prince Of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne).

How many good tracks? Eleven, out of 21.

Best track: Shirley Bassey's Goldfinger

Worst track: Atomic Kitten's Dancing In The Street.

Verdict: For souvenir collectors and diehard fans of The Queen/Queen only. Since there are superior versions of all these songs elsewhere, you'd be better off investing in a decent 60s compilation.

© Heat Magazine 2002

Thanks to Rocky for sending this article
 

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