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Revision as of 15:33, 19 September 2014

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Queen Forever is the upcoming sixteenth studio album by English rock band Queen. It has been anticipated for some time[2] and features tracks the band had "forgotten about" with vocals from original frontman Freddie Mercury.[3] Bassist John Deacon is also on the tapes. Drummer Roger Taylor spoke about the album in December 2013, stating that he and guitarist Brian May were "getting together...in the new year to finish what we've got there and then we're going to fashion some kind of album".[4] May announced the title in a radio interview on BBC Radio Wales on 23 May 2014 (at the Hay Festival), and stated that the album should be released in late 2014 and will be a compilation album.[5] It will be the first Queen album to feature unreleased material from Mercury (who died in 1991) and Deacon (who retired in 1997) since 1995's Made in Heaven. This will be the first original Queen release since the Mercury tribute single "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" in 1997.

Material

Brian May has said that most of the material "comes from the ’80′s when we were in full flight. It is quite emotional. It is the big, big ballads and the big, big epic sound".[6] He has also stated that it is similar to Made in Heaven.[5] May had earlier stated that the album may end up being a mixture of old existing material and new material containing at least three unreleased songs (later stating possibly as many as five). It is still unclear whether the album will feature Queen's collaborations with Michael Jackson.[7] The material has been fleshed out with modern technology by May.[8]

It was stated by Adam Lambert at the start of the 2014 Queen + Adam Lambert tour of North America that "Love Kills", a Freddie Mercury solo song originally intended for Queen's The Works album, has been reworked by the band and will be included on this album. In an August 2014 podcast with Eddie Trunk, May also confirmed that another out-take from The Works, "Let Me in Your Heart Again", recorded in Los Angeles in 1983, would also be included on the new album. The song was previously recorded and released by May's wife Anita Dobson on her album Talking of Love in 1988, featuring May on guitar. The Queen version is confirmed to include all four members of the band. In a separate interview towards the end of Queen's North American tour, May also stated that the two new songs would be released alongside two tracks recorded with Jackson (but did not identify which two). May described the remaining songs on the Queen Forever album as being "unusual" and originating from the existing studio albums. However, recent comments made by drummer Roger Taylor seem to contradict May's comments. According to Taylor there is a hold up from the Michael Jackson Estate gaining permission for the Jackson track(s). Taylor states that there is only one track (which he hoped would be on the album) which was mixed by William Orbit. Dealing with the Jackson Estate "was like wading through glue" according to Taylor, who also not sure what tracks would be on the album.

William Orbit announced in July 2014 on his Twitter account that he was working with Queen (most likely involving the Jackson material, as it was previously stated that he was working on a Mercury/Jackson track). In September of the same year, the album's full track listing was confirmed in a press release, as was its release date, 10 November 2014.

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Let Me In Your Heart Again"Brian MayNew songTBC
2."Love Kills"Freddie Mercury/Giorgio MoroderNew songTBC
3."There Must Be More to Life Than This"Freddie MercuryNew songTBC
4."Play the Game"Freddie MercuryThe GameTBC
5."Dear Friends"Brian MaySheer Heart AttackTBC
6."You're My Best Friend"John DeaconA Night at the OperaTBC
7."Love of My Life"Freddie MercuryA Night at the OperaTBC
8."Drowse"Roger TaylorA Day at the RacesTBC
9."You Take My Breath Away"Freddie MercuryA Day at the RacesTBC
10."Spread Your Wings"John DeaconNews of the WorldTBC
11."Long Away"Brian MayA Day at the RacesTBC
12."Lily of the Valley"Freddie MercurySheer Heart AttackTBC
13."Don't Try So Hard"QueenInnuendoTBC
14."Bijou"QueenInnuendoTBC
15."These Are the Days of Our Lives"QueenInnuendoTBC
16."Nevermore"Freddie MercuryQueen IITBC
17."Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)"Brian MayHot SpaceTBC
18."Who Wants to Live Forever"Brian MayA Kind of MagicTBC
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
19."Somebody to Love"Freddie Mercury 
21."Crazy Little Thing Called Love"Freddie Mercury 
22."Friends Will Be Friends"John Deacon 
23."Jealousy"Freddie Mercury 
24."One Year of Love"Freddie Mercury/John Deacon 
25."A Winter's Tale"Queen 
26."'39"Brian May 
27."Mother Love"Freddie Mercury/Brian May 
28."It's a Hard Life"Freddie Mercury 
29."Save Me"Brian May 
30."Made in Heaven"Freddie Mercury 
31."Too Much Love Will Kill You"Brian May/Elizabeth Lamers/Frank Musker 
32."Sail Away Sweet Sister"Brian May 
33."The Miracle"Queen 
34."Is This the World We Created...?"Freddie Mercury/Brian May 
35."In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"Freddie Mercury 
36."Forever"Brian May 

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Queen News May 2014". brianmay.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. ^ "NME News Queen announce plans for new album of lost demos featuring Freddie Mercury | NME.COM". nme.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  3. ^ "NME News Queen tease new track featuring Freddie Mercury vocals | NME.COM". nme.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  4. ^ Canoe inc. "Roger Taylor talks new solo album and upcoming Queen songs". jam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b Brian May – BBC Wales Interview, Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Brian May Reveals New Queen Album Title, Release Plans". ultimateclassicrock.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Queen Considering Album of Newly Discovered Recordings". ultimateclassicrock.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  8. ^ "BBC News - Brian May confirms new Queen album". bbc.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
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