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History of this album.
Vinyl versionSide 1 02. Made In Heaven (Mercury) - 5:26 03. Let Me Live (Queen) - 4:46 04. Mother Love (May/Mercury) - 4:49 05. My Life Has Been Saved (Queen) - 3:15 Side 2 02. Heaven For Everyone (Taylor) - 4:44 03. Too Much Love Will Kill You (May/Musker/Lamers) - 4:20 04. You Don't Fool Me (Queen) - 4:42 05. A Winter's Tale (Queen) - 3:49 06. It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise) (Queen) - 3:01 07. Yeah (Queen) - 0:04 08. Untitled (Queen) - 0:07
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CD version01. It's A Beautiful Day (Queen) - 2:32 02. Made In Heaven (Mercury) - 5:26 03. Let Me Live (Queen) - 4:46 04. Mother Love (May/Mercury) - 4:49 05. My Life Has Been Saved (Queen) - 3:15 06. I Was Born To Love You (Mercury) - 4:49 07. Heaven For Everyone (Taylor) - 5:36 08. Too Much Love Will Kill You (May/Musker/Lamers) - 4:20 09. You Don't Fool Me (Queen) - 5:24 10. A Winter's Tale (Queen) - 3:49 11. It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise) (Queen) - 3:01 12. Yeah (Queen) - 0:04 13. Untitled (Queen) - 22:33 |
Credits
- Musicians:
- 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, and Miriam Stockley - backing vocals on Let Me Live
- Produced by: Queen, David Richards, Justin Shirley-Smith, and Joshua J. Macrae. Additional material recorded by Mack.
- Recorded: January - June 1991 at Mountain Studios, Montreux; late 1993 - early 1995 at Allerton Hill and Cosford Mill Studios, Surrey, and Metropolis Studios, London.
Charts
- #1 (UK), #58 (US).
Liner notes
All tracks arranged and produced by Queen
Mixing supervision by David Richards
Additional material recorded by Mack
Co-produced and engineered by David Richards,Justin Shirley-Smith and Joshua J. Macrae
Extra backing vocals on 'Let Me Live' by Rebecca Leigh-White, Gary Martin, Catherine Porter and Miriam Stockley
Excerpt from 'Goin' Back' courtesy of Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Mastered by Kevin Metcalfe
Management: Jim Beach
Queen Office: Julie Glover and Sally Gallagher
Studio equipment co-ordination: Martin Groves, Peter Malandrone and Steve Prior
Artwork: Richard Gray
Sleeve design: Richard Gray and Queen
Cover photograph: Richard Gray
Other photographs: Douglas Puddifoot and Neal Preston
Sculpture: Irena Sedlecka
Publicity: Phil Symes, Cowan Symes & Associates, 35 Soho Square, London W1
Queen International Fan Club: Jacky Smith, The Old Bakehouse, 16a Barnes High Street, London SW13
The Queen longform video - directed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher
The Queen short films produced by Janine Marmot for Queen Films and The British Film Institute
Dedicated to the immortal spirit of Freddie Mercury
Additional info
- Info
Reviews
Entertainment Weekly, 1995
Initially recorded while the singer was suffering through the worst stages of AIDS (and completed in the four years since he succumbed), the album represents the last public words from a man approaching his last breath.
But fear not! Mercury--arguably rock's campiest performer--would never let anything (even death) turn things dreary. Made in Heaven depicts an almost Disneyesque view of the End, opening with the sound of tweeting birds and winding through ballads beaming with gooey wonder. Given its halting construction, it also makes for a surprisingly organic work with no shortage of highlights, from the rock version of Mercury's solo dance hit "I Was Born to Love You," to the wonderfully schmaltzy title song, to a fascinating jaw dropper of an unlisted finale. This last track, a 22-minute wash of celestial ahhs and twinkle, presents what could be rock's first-ever depiction of the afterlife, with heaven presented as some flouncy Hollywood epic. It's the perfect theatrical epitaph for a life dedicated to gorgeous artifice.
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