Lover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)
  3:27
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Living on My Own (1993 radio mix)
  3:38
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Made in Heaven
  4:05
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Love Kills (original 1984 single version)
  4:29
  3.0 ★
• 5
  There Must Be More to Life Than This
  3:00
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Guide Me Home

  Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé
  2:50
  3.2 ★
• 7
  How Can I Go On

  Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé
  3:51
  3.8 ★
• 8
  Foolin’ Around (Steve Brown remix)
  3:36
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Barcelona

  Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé
  5:40
  4.5 ★
• 10
  Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow
  3:47
  4.0 ★
• 11
  I Was Born to Love You
  3:40
  3.1 ★
• 12
  The Golden Boy

  Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé
  6:06
  3.5 ★
• 13
  Mr Bad Guy
  4:12
  4.0 ★
• 14
  The Great Pretender (Malouf remix)
  3:39
  2.0 ★
• 15
  Love Kills (Star Rider remix)
  3:39
  3.0 ★
• 16
  I Can Hear Music (1973 single)
  3:28
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Goin’ Back (1973 B‐Side)
  3:34
  3.0 ★
• 18
  Guide Me Home (piano version)
  4:18
  3.0 ★
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Love Kills (Sunshine People radio mix)
  3:16
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Made in Heaven (extended version)
  4:50
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Living on My Own (The Egg remix)
  5:37
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Love Kills (Rank 1 vocal remix)
  7:18
• 5
  Mr Bad Guy (Bad Circulation version)
  3:26
• 6
  I Was Born to Love You (George Demure Almost vocal mix)
  4:02
• 7
  My Love Is Dangerous (extended version)
  6:28
• 8
  Love Making Love (demo version)
  3:38
• 9
  Love Kills (PIXEL 82 remix)
  6:13
• 10
  I Was Born to Love You (extended version)
  7:05
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Foolin’ Around (early version)
  4:15
• 12
  Living on My Own (No More Brothers extended mix)
  5:15
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Love Kills (More Oder rework by the Glimmers)
  6:53
• 14
  Your Kind of Lover (vocal & piano version)
  3:38
• 15
  Let’s Turn It On (a cappella)
  3:04

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Release credits

• Alan Jones
  bass [1]
• Andrew Flashman
  arranger [8]
• Andrew King
  arranger [8]
• Andy Kaufhold
  additional [1], remixer [1]
• Andy Mason
  assistant [6-7, 9, 12]
• Barry Castle
  horn [9]
• Brian Malouf
  remixer [14]
• Brian May
  background vocals [16], electric guitar [4, 16], guitar [16]
• Carl Ward
  producer [1.2, 2.12], recording [2.12, 1.2], remixer [2.12, 1.2]
• Carol Woods
  background vocals [12]
• Colin Peter
  producer [2.12, 1.2], recording [1.2, 2.12], remixer [1.2, 2.12]
• Curt Cress
  drums (drum set) [3, 5, 10-11, 13]
• David Richards
  engineer [1, 6-7, 9, 12], producer [1, 6-7, 9, 12, 14]
• Debbie Bishop
  background vocals [12]
• Deborah Ann Johnston
  cello [9]
• Frank Ricotti
  percussion [9]
• Fred Mandel
  additional [3, 5, 10, 10-11, 11, 13], guitar [3, 5, 10-11, 13], piano [3, 5, 10-11, 13], synthesizer [3, 5, 10-11, 13]
• Freddie Mercury
  arranger [6-7, 9, 12], background vocals [1, 9], lead vocals [1, 8-9], performer [7], piano [3, 5, 10-11, 13], producer [1.1-15, 2.1-7, 2.9-13], synthesizer [3, 5, 10-11, 13], vocal [3, 5, 9-11, 13]
• George Demure
  additional [6]
• Giorgio Moroder
  producer [2.1, 2.4, 2.9, 2.13, 1.4, 1.15]
• Harold Fisher
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Homi Kanga
  violin [9]
• Jan Erik Kongshaug
  engineer [18]
• Jaspa Jones
  additional [1], remixer [1]
• John Brough
  assistant [6-7, 9, 12]
• John Deacon
  bass guitar [7], guest [7]
• Julian Raymond
  additional [14]
• Lance Ellington
  background vocals [12]
• Laurie Lewis
  violin [9]
• Mack
  drums (drum set) [3, 5, 10-11, 13], engineer [3-5, 10-11, 13], producer [1.2-5, 1.8, 1.10-11, 1.13, 1.15, 2.1-7, 2.9-13], synthesizer [3, 5, 10-11, 13]
• Madeline Bell
  background vocals [12]
• Mark Williamson
  background vocals [12]
• Mike Moran
  arranger [6-7, 9, 12], keyboard [1, 6-7, 9, 12], piano [1], producer [1, 6-7, 9, 12, 14]
• Mike Stone
  engineer [16-17]
• Miriam Stockley
  background vocals [12]
• Montserrat Caballé
  background vocals [9], performer [7, 12], soprano vocals [9]
• No More Brothers
  remixer [2]
• Paul Vincent
  guitar [3, 5, 10-11, 13]
• Peter Straker
  background vocals [1, 12]
• Piet Blank
  additional [1], remixer [1]
• Pixel82
  remixer [9]
• Rainer Pietsch
  arranger [13]
• Rank 1
  additional [4], arranger [4]
• Ray Mang
  engineer [13]
• Richard Dodd
  assistant [6-7, 9, 12], engineer [1]
• Robin Geoffrey Cable
  producer [16-17]
• Roger Taylor
  background vocals [1, 16], percussion [16], programming [4]
• Serge Ramaekers
  producer [1.2, 2.12], recording [1.2, 2.12], remixer [2.12, 1.2]
• Star Rider
  producer [15]
• Stephan Wissnet
  assistant [3, 5, 10-11, 13], bass guitar [3, 5, 10-11, 13], drums (drum set) [3, 5, 10-11, 13], synthesizer [3, 5, 10-11, 13]
• Steve Brown
  additional [8], remixer [8]
• The Egg
  additional [3], remixer [3]
• The Glimmers
  additional [13], remixer [13]
• Thierry Lang
  producer [18]
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  Lover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo

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  Lover of Life, Singer of Songs

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  Lover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo

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  Lover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo

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  Lover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo

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  Lover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo

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  The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo: Lover of Life, Singer of Songs

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  2023
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  The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo: Lover of Life, Singer of Songs

  2x CD (special edition)