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Made in Heaven which was released in November 1995 was Queen's last proper album. After Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, the remaining members Brian May, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor worked with Mercury's pre-recorded vocals to create the final Queen album.
The title track was actually a solo song by Freddie Mercury from the mid 80's. "Let Me Live", a gospel-influenced track, started life as a jam with Rod Stewart in the 80's. This one has the least Freddie input as Brian and Roger sing all of it, save the first verse and chorus, with the help of backing singers. The next, the bluesy "Mother Love", was the last song Mercury recorded before his death; its coda featured snatches of Mercury live, and a sample of him singing "Going Back" and a final sound of a baby crying. "My Life Has Been Saved" started life in 1989 as a b-side, and the remaining members reworked it into a pop song. Another Freddie solo track gets the Queen treatment in "I Was Born To Love You".
Roger Taylor's "Heaven For Everyone", written with his band The Cross and released in 1987 with Freddie's vocals. A song calling for peace and understanding and the complete opposite of the next song: Brian's "Too Much Love Will Kill You." "You Don't Fool Me" features a classic guitar solo by Brian May while "A Winter's Tale" is a poignant look at winter in Switzerland where Queen recorded. A reprise of "It's A Beautiful Day", a heavy rocker featuring May's eastern-tinged guitar and shades of the band's early hit "Seven Seas of Rhye," closes the album.
Track listing
- "It's a Beautiful Day" (Queen) - 2:32
- "Made in Heaven" (Mercury) - 5:25
- "Let Me Live" (Queen) - 4:45
- "Mother Love" (May, Mercury) - 4:49
- "My Life Has Been Saved" (Queen) - 3:15
- "I Was Born to Love You" (Mercury) - 4:49
- "Heaven for Everyone" (Taylor) - 5:36
- "Too Much Love Will Kill You" (Lamers, May, Musker) - 4:20
- "You Don't Fool Me" (Queen) - 5:24
- "A Winter's Tale" (Queen) - 3:49
- "It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise)" (Queen) - 3:01
- "Yeah" (Mercury) - 0:04
- (Untitled) - 22:32
Personnel
- Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano, keyboards
- John Deacon - bass guitar, keyboards
- Roger Taylor - drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals
- Brian May - guitars, keyboards, vocals
- Rebecca Leigh-White, Gary Martin, Catherine Porter, Miriam Stockley - backing vocals
- David Richards - mixing supervision
- Kevin Metcalfe - mastering
- Richard Gray - artwork
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