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<div>{{For|the BBC radio series|At the Beeb (radio series)}}<br />
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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = At the BBC<br />
| type = live album<br />
| artist = [[Queen (band)|Queen]]<br />
| cover = Queen At The Beeb.png<br />
| alt = <br />
| released = 4 December 1989 (Europe)<br />1995 (US)<br />
| recorded = 5 February and 3 December 1973<br />
| venue = <br />
| studio = Langham 1<br />
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]<br />
| length = 37:27<br />
| label =<br />
* Band of Joy ("by arrangement with BBC Records and Tapes and EMI Records Ltd") (UK)<br />
* [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]] (US)<br />
| producer = [[Bernie Andrews]]<br />
| prev_title = [[The Miracle (album)|The Miracle]]<br />
| prev_year = 1989<br />
| next_title = [[Innuendo (album)|Innuendo]]<br />
| next_year = 1991<br />
| misc = {{Extra album cover<br />
| header = Alternative cover<br />
| type = live album<br />
| cover = Queen at the bbc.jpg<br />
| border =<br />
| alt =<br />
| caption = ''At the BBC'' reissue cover<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
{{Music ratings<br />
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]<br />
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r212569|pure_url=yes}}|title=''At the Beeb''|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref><br />
| rev2 = ''[[MusicHound Rock]]''<br />
| rev2score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|section=Queen|isbn=1-57859-061-2|pages=909–910}}</ref><br />
| rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''<br />
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427175109/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/queen/albumguide|archive-date=2012-04-27|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/queen/albumguide |title=Queen: Album Guide |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=11 June 2012}}</ref><br />
| rev4 = ''[[The Times]]''<br />
| rev4score = (?)<!--add rating--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://queenarchives.com/qa/12-19-1989-queen-at-the-bbc-the-times/ |title=Reviews – Studio – Queen – 12-19-1989 – Queen at the BBC – The Times |publisher=Queen Archives |date=1989-12-19 |access-date=2012-01-09}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
'''''At the Beeb''''' is a [[live album]] by the British [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Queen (band)|Queen]], released on [[gramophone record|vinyl]], cassette tape, and [[CD]] in 1989. It was released by [[Hollywood Records]] in 1995 in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] under the title '''''At the BBC''''' on CD and as limited edition picture disc [[gramophone record|vinyl]].<br />
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The album comprises tracks recorded in two sessions for the [[BBC Radio 1]] ''Sound of the 70s'' programme. The first four tracks were recorded on 5 February 1973; the rest were recorded on 3 December 1973.<br />
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All but one track appeared on the album ''[[Queen (Queen album)|Queen]]''; the exception is "Ogre Battle" which appeared on ''[[Queen II]]''. All these tracks would later be released on the 2016 album ''[[On Air (Queen album)|On Air]]'' along with other session recordings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1085496-Queen-On-Air|title=Queen – on Air|website=[[Discogs]] |year=2016 }}</ref><br />
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==Track listing==<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| headline = ''At the Beeb'' track listing<br />
| title1 = [[My Fairy King]] <br />
| writer1 = [[Freddie Mercury]]<br />
| length1 = 4:06<br />
| title2 = [[Keep Yourself Alive]]<br />
| writer2 = [[Brian May]]<br />
| length2 = 3:48<br />
| title3 = Doing All Right<br />
| writer3 = {{hlist|May|[[Tim Staffell]]}}<br />
| length3 = 4:11<br />
| title4 = [[Liar (Queen song)|Liar]]<br />
| writer4 = Mercury<br />
| length4 = 6:28<br />
| title5 = Ogre Battle<br />
| writer5 = Mercury<br />
| length5 = 3:57<br />
| title6 = Great King Rat<br />
| writer6 = Mercury<br />
| length6 = 5:59<br />
| title7 = Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll<br />
| writer7 = [[Roger Meddows-Taylor|Roger Taylor]]<br />
| length7 = 2:00<br />
| title8 = Son and Daughter<br />
| writer8 = May<br />
| length8 = 7:08<br />
| total_length = 37:27<br />
}}<br />
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==Chart performance==<br />
In 1989, ''At the Beeb'' debuted at number 67 in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen full Official Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21275/queen/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Queen (band) compilation albums]]<br />
[[Category:BBC Radio recordings|At the Beeb (Queen album)]]<br />
[[Category:1989 compilation albums]]<br />
[[Category:Hollywood Records albums]]</div>2803:C600:510A:D9AE:D4C1:DC7:9B6E:8D2