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Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs
The Very Best Of Freddie Mercury Solo
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Released 4 September 2006, reached no 6, on chart for 6 weeks, achieved Gold status. Released in the USA on 21 November 2006.
Available as a single or double CD set.
Disc One length 79:01, Disc Two length 75:06.

Disc One Tracklisting:
1. In My Defence (2000 Remix)
2. The Great Pretender
3. Living On My Own (1993 Radio Remix)
4. Made In Heaven
5. Love Kills
6. There Must Be More To Life Than This
7. Guide Me Home
8. How Can I Go On
9. Foolin' Around (1992 Remix)
10. Time (original single version)
11. Barcelona (album version)
12. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow
13. I Was Born To Love You
14. The Golden Boy
15. Mr Bad Guy
16. The Great Pretender (Malouf Mix)
17. Love Kills (Star Rider Remix)
18. I Can Hear Music
19. Going Back
20. Guide Me Home (by Thierry Lang)

Disc Two Tracklisting:
1. Love Kills (Sunshine People Radio Mix)
2. Made In Heaven (Extended Version)
3. Living On My Own (The Egg Remix)
4. Love Kills (Rank 1 Remix)
5. Mr Bad Guy (Bad Circulation Version)
6. I Was Born To Love You (George Demure Almost Vocal Mix)
7. My Love Is Dangerous (Extended Version)
8. Love Makin' Love (Demo)
9. Love Kills (Pixel '82 Remix)
10. I Was Born To Love You (Extended Version)
11. Foolin' Around (Early Version)
12. Living On My Own (No More Brothers Extended Mix)
13. Love Kills (More Older Rework by The Glimmers)
14. Your Kind Of Lover (Vocal & Piano Version)
15. Let's Turn It On (A-Capella Version)  

 

Disc 1 tracks 1 and 10 produced by Dave Clarke and Freddie Mercury
Disc 1 tracks 2, 7, 8, 11, 14 and 16 produced by Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran and David Richards.
Disc 1 tracks 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 13 and 15, and Disc 2 tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 produced by Freddie Mercury and Mack.
Disc 1 tracks 5 and 17, and Disc 2 tracks 1, 4, 9 and 13 produced by Freddie Mercury, Georgio Moroder and Mack.
Disc 1 tracks 18 and 19 produced by Robin Cable.

Management by Jim Beach
Audio co-ordinated and compiled by Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson
Cover image courtesy of the Mercury Phoenix Trust, based on a photograph by Neal Preston
Cover design: Outside Line
Booklet Design: Richard Gray
Photography by Simon Fowler, Peter Hince, A Sawa and Peter Sinclair

Dedicated to Freddie Mercury: Lover of Life, Singer of Songs  


Disc one contains nineteen tracks from Freddie's solo career, containing a much more representative selection than 'The Freddie Mercury Album', with 7 tracks from 'Mr Bad Guy', 4 from 'Barcelona', the two Larry Lurex tracks, 'Love Kills', 'The Great Pretender', 'Time' and 'In My Defence'. In most cases, the standard album/single versions are used, but it additionally includes a new remix of 'Love Kills', the Malouf mix of 'The Great Pretender' and a version of 'Guide Me Home' by pianist Thierry Lang.

Disc two features a mixture of new remixes (four good, two bad), extended versions, and studio rarities, most of which are taken from the 'Freddie Mercury Solo' boxed set, with the exception of an exclusive early version of Mr Bad Guy (the Bad Circulation Version).

Overall, disc one is a very good compilation which highlights the varied range of Freddie's solo work, but disc two is spoilt by having so many remixes.

A DVD titled 'Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs' was also released but this features completely different content to the album.

 

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