Исполнитель и название: Queen - Queen Forever (2CD Deluxe Edition) Жанр: Classic Rock, Rock Год выпуска: 2014 Label: Hollywood Records Продолжительность: 02:15:30 Формат | Качество: MP3 | 320 kbps Размер файла: 324 Mb
После смерти Фредди Меркьюри в 1991 году, Queen использовали записи голоса Фредди Меркьюри для создания альбома "Made in Heaven", выпущенного в 1995 году. В 2000 году поступил в официальную продажу сборник соло-материала Фредди Меркьюри "The Solo Collection". Появление большего количества демотреков Queen и Фредди Меркьюри в интернете, породило множество слухов о возможном выпуске нового альбома. В 2011 году, гитарист Queen Брайан Мэй намекнул, что он и ударник Роджер Тэйлор роются по кладовым в надежде отыскать какие-либо невыпущенные записи Фредди Меркьюри. В декабре 2013 году, музыканты объявили, что обнаружили и перевели в цифровой формат большое количество неоконченных демозаписей Меркьюри, тем самым подтвердив работу над альбомом. В конце мая 2014 года, в интервью BBC Radio Wales, Брайан Мэй официально сообщил, что музыканты группы Queen планируют выпустить новый диск на основе неиспользованных студийных записей Фредди Меркьюри, пластинка должна выйти 10 ноября 2014 года.
Sold upon its November 2014 release as a compilation containing some unearthed, even "forgotten," material, Queen Forever doesn't contain much new in either its standard or deluxe versions. Just three songs, actually: a finished version of the Works outtake "Let Me in Your Heart Again," a reworked version of Freddie Mercury's solo "Love Kills" from the soundtrack to Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis, and a completed version of "There Must Be More to Life Than This," a Freddie duet with Michael Jackson from the early '80s. Relatively interesting selections all, the best is "Let Me in Your Heart Again," which approximates much of the band's peak majesty (an alternate version slathered in synths by William Orbit is not so successful), but "There Must Be More to Life Than This" is a cheery bit of showbiz schmaltz hampered only by a production that makes its piecemeal origins too clear ("Love Kills," now a ballad, is merely OK). The rest of the compilation, in either single- or double-disc format, consists of songs that have been previously released, often many times before. There doesn't seem to be much internal logic to the collection: there are some hits ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love," "You're My Best Friend"), a lot of album tracks, and a fair amount of latter-day material, some present in slight newer edits that don't feel all that different from the originals. The hardcore fans might notice the difference but, apart from those three songs, there's not much reason for them to pick this up because Forever consists of songs they've purchased many times over. So who is this collection for? Anybody who feels an itch in 2014 to get a new Queen collection, whether it's as a gift or nostalgia -- the real pleasure would be in the acquisition, not possession.
CD1: 01. Let Me In Your Heart Again 02. Love Kills - the ballad 03. There Must Be More To Life Than This (William Orbit Mix) 04. Play The Game 05. Dear Friends 06. You're My Best Friend 07. Love Of My Life 08. Drowse 09. You Take My Breath Away 10. Spread Your Wings 11. Long Away 12. Lily Of The Valley 13. Don't Try So Hard 14. Bijou 15. These Are The Days Of Our Lives 16. Nevermore 17. Las Palabras De Amor 18. Who Wants To Live Forever
CD: 2 01. I Was Born To Love You 02. Somebody To Love 03. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 04. Friends Will Be Friends 05. Jealousy 06. One Year Of Love 07. A Winter's Tale 08. '39 09. Mother Love 10. It's A Hard Life 11. Save Me 12. Made In Heaven 13. Too Much Love Will Kill You 14. Sail Away Sweet Sister 15. The Miracle 16. Is This The World We Created 17. In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited 18. Forever