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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.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Justin Shirley-Smith, Producer, Engineer, Other - Fred Mandel, Piano - Queen, Other, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Producer, Vocalist, BackgroundVocalist - Roger Taylor, Producer, Percussion, Other, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Brian May, Producer, Guitar, Other, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist - John Deacon, Producer, BassGuitar - Joshua J. MacRae, Producer, Engineer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, Other, CoProducer - Joshua J Macrae, Other - Reinhold Mack, Engineer, Other
℗ 2014 Queen Productions Ltd
Giorgio Moroder, ComposerLyricist - Justin Shirley-Smith, Producer, Engineer, Other - Queen, Other, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Roger Taylor, Producer, Percussion, DrumKit - Brian May, Producer, Guitar, Other, BassGuitar, Keyboard, RecordingArranger - John Deacon, Producer, Other, ElectricGuitar - Joshua J. MacRae, Producer, Engineer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, Other, CoProducer - Joshua J Macrae, Other - Reinhold Mack, Engineer, Other
℗ 2014 Queen Productions Ltd
WILLIAM ORBIT, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Other, Keyboard - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, Other - Queen, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Piano, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, Vocalist, MainArtist - Roger Taylor, Percussion, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar - John Deacon, BassGuitar - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, Other - Joshua J Macrae, Other - Reinhold Mack, Engineer - Brent Averill, Engineer
℗ 2014 Queen Productions Ltd
WILLIAM ORBIT, Other - Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Mack, Other - Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Piano, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Roger Taylor, Percussion, Other, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - John Deacon, BassGuitar - Kris Fredriksson, Other, MixingEngineer - Joshua J Macrae, Other - Reinhold Mack, Producer, Engineer - MIKE BEIRIGER, Engineer, Other - Stefan Wissnet, Other, RecordingSecondEngineer - Ed Delena, Other
℗ 2014 Raincloud Productions Ltd.
Mike Stone, Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer - Gary Lyons, Engineer, Other - Roy Thomas Baker, Producer, Other - Queen, Producer, Other, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Vocalist - Roger Taylor, Percussion, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Brian May, BackgroundVocalist, ElectricGuitar - John Deacon, Piano, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2011 Queen Productions Ltd
Mike Stone, Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer - Gary Lyons, Engineer, Other - Roy Thomas Baker, Producer, Other - Queen, Producer, Other, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Piano, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Roger Taylor, Percussion, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Brian May, Harp, ElectricGuitar - John Deacon, BassGuitar - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2011 Queen Productions Ltd
Mike Stone, Engineer, Other - Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, Other - Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Roger Taylor, Guitar, Percussion, Vocalist, Other, ComposerLyricist, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - John Deacon, BassGuitar - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, Other, MixingEngineer
℗ 2014 Queen Productions Ltd
Mike Stone, Engineer, Other - Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer - Queen, Producer, Other, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Piano, BackgroundVocalist - Roger Taylor, Percussion, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - John Deacon, BassGuitar - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2011 Queen Productions Ltd
Mike Stone, Engineer, Other - Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, Other - Roy Thomas Baker, Other - Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Piano, Vocalist, Other, ComposerLyricist - Roger Taylor, Percussion, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar - John Deacon, BassGuitar - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - Roy Baker, Producer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, Other, MixingEngineer
℗ 2014 Queen Productions Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Other, RecordingSecondEngineer, SoundSupervisor - Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Roger Taylor, Percussion, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - John Deacon, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar, Keyboard - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer, SoundSupervisor - David Richards, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Other - Noel Harris, Other, RecordingSecondEngineer - Kris Fredriksson, SoundSupervisor
℗ 2011 Queen Productions Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, Other, RecordingSecondEngineer - Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Roger Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Brian May, Guitar, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - John Deacon, ComposerLyricist - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - David Richards, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Other - Noel Harris, Other, RecordingSecondEngineer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, MixingEngineer, SoundSupervisor
℗ 2011 Queen Productions Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, Other, RecordingSecondEngineer - Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Roger Taylor, Percussion, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - John Deacon, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar, Keyboard - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - David Richards, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Other - Noel Harris, Other, RecordingSecondEngineer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2011 Queen Productions Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer - Mack, Other - Queen, Producer, Other, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Vocalist - Roger Taylor, Percussion, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist - John Deacon, BassGuitar - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Reinhold Mack, Producer, Synthesizer
℗ 2011 Raincloud Productions Ltd.
Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Other, OrchestraMember - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer - Queen, Producer, Other, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Vocalist - Roger Taylor, Percussion, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Michael Kamen, Other, CoArranger - Brian May, Guitar, Vocalist, Other, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard, StringArranger - John Deacon, BassGuitar - David Richards, Producer, Engineer, Other - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2011 Queen Productions Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, Other - Queen, Producer, Other, MainArtist, RecordingArranger - Freddie Mercury, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Roger Taylor, Percussion, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - John Deacon, BassGuitar, Keyboard - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - David Richards, Engineer, Other, CoProducer - Joshua J Macrae, Other
℗ 2011 Queen Productions Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, Other - Mack, Other - Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Piano, Synthesizer, Vocalist, Other, ComposerLyricist - Roger Taylor, Percussion, Vocalist, Other, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar, Vocalist, Other - John Deacon, BassGuitar - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, Other, MixingEngineer - Joshua J Macrae, Other - Reinhold Mack, Engineer, AssistantProducer
℗ 2011 Raincloud Productions Ltd.
Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, Other - Mack, Other - Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Vocalist, Other - Roger Taylor, Percussion, Vocalist, Other, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer, Vocalist, Other, ComposerLyricist - John Deacon, BassGuitar - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, Other, MixingEngineer - Joshua J Macrae, Other - Reinhold Mack, Engineer, AssistantProducer
℗ 2011 Raincloud Productions Ltd.
Mike Stone, Engineer, Other - Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, Other - Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Piano, Vocalist, Other, ComposerLyricist - Roger Taylor, Percussion, Other, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar, Other, BackgroundVocalist - John Deacon, BassGuitar - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, Other, MixingEngineer
℗ 2014 Queen Productions Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer, Other - Queen, Producer, Other, MainArtist, RecordingArranger - Freddie Mercury, Vocalist - Roger Taylor, Percussion, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - John Deacon, BassGuitar - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - David Richards, Engineer, Other, CoProducer - Frank Musker, ComposerLyricist - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Joshua J Macrae, Other - Elizabeth Lambers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Queen Productions Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Other, MasteringEngineer - Justin Shirley-Smith, Engineer - Mack, Producer, Other - Queen, Producer, MainArtist - Freddie Mercury, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, AcousticGuitar - Roger Taylor, Percussion, Vocalist, DrumKit - Brian May, Guitar, Vocalist - John Deacon, BassGuitar - Joshua J. MacRae, Engineer - Kris Fredriksson, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Reinhold Mack, Engineer, AssistantProducer
℗ 1980 Raincloud Productions Ltd.
Review: Queen Forever - Queen
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.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:27
- Main artists: Queen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2014 Queen Productions Ltd. under exclusive licence to Universal International Music BV This Compilation ℗ 2014 Queen Productions Ltd. under exclusive licence to Universal International Music BV
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