Queen Forever
Queen Forever is a compilation album by British rock band Queen. It is the first album since 1995 to have new music from former group members Freddie Mercury (who died) and John Deacon (who retired).
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Released | 10 November 2014 | |||
Recorded | 1973–2014[1] | |||
Studio | Allerton Hill and the Priory | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 75:03 (Standard Edition) 63:03 (Deluxe Edition Disc 1) 71:41 (Deluxe Edition Disc 2) 134:44 (Deluxe Edition Total) | |||
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Producer | Queen, William Orbit | |||
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The album features three new songs, "Let Me In Your Heart Again" (written by Brian May, it was a song from the Works sessions), "Love Kills - The Ballad" (the song is a reworked version of Mercury's disco hit from 1984) and "There Must Be More To Life Than This (William Orbit Mix)" (a Mercury/Michael Jackson duet from the early eighties, reworked to feature guitars, drums and bass). The rest of the album includes songs which May and Taylor chose.
The album includes songs; "Somebody to Love", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "It's a Hard Life", "You're My Best Friend", "Love of My Life", "These Are the Days of Our Lives" and "Who Wants to Live Forever".
Tracklisting
Standard edition
- Let Me In Your Heart Again
- Love Kills - The Ballad
- There Must Be More To Life Than This (William Orbit Mix)
- It's A Hard Life
- You're My Best Friend
- Love Of My Life
- Drowse
- Long Away
- Lily Of The Valley
- Don't Try So Hard
- Bijou
- These Are The Days Of Our Lives
- Las Palabras De Amor
- Who Wants To Live Forever
- A Winter's Tale
- Play The Game
- Save Me
- Somebody To Love
- Too Much Love Will Kill You
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Deluxe edition
CD 1
- Let Me In Your Heart Again
- Love Kills - The Ballad
- There Must Be More To Life Than This (William Orbit Mix)
- Play The Game
- Dear Friends
- You're My Best Friend
- Love Of My Life
- Drowse
- You Take My Breath Away
- Spread Your Wings
- Long Away
- Lily Of The Valley
- Don't Try So Hard
- Bijou
- These Are The Days Of Our Lives
- Nevermore
- Las Palabras De Amor
- Who Wants To Live Forever
CD 2
- I Was Born To Love You
- Somebody To Love
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- Friends Will Be Friends
- Jealousy
- One Year of Love
- A Winters Tale
- '39
- Mother Love
- It's A Hard Life
- Save Me
- Made in Heaven
- Too Much Love Will Kill You
- Sail Away Sweet Sister
- The Miracle
- Is This The World We Created
- In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
- Forever
Group members
- Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, acoustic guitar on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
- Brian May – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, piano on "Las Palabras de Amor", "Save Me" and "Too Much Love Will Kill You", lead vocals on "Long Away", "'39" and "Sail Away Sweet Sister", co-lead vocals on "Las Palabras de Amor", "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "Mother Love", bass guitar on "Love Kills"
- Roger Taylor – drums, backing vocals, keyboards, lead vocals and rhythm guitar on "Drowse"
- John Deacon – bass guitar, acoustic guitars, keyboards, additional electric guitar on "Love Kills"
- Michael Jackson – co-lead vocals on "There Must Be More to Life Than This" original demo producer
- William Orbit – keyboards, programming on "There Must Be More to Life than This"
- Fred Mandel – piano on "Let Me in Your Heart Again"
References
- ↑ "Queen News May 2014". brianmay.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2014-09-13.