Lover of Life, Singer of Songs

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Lover of Life, Singer of Songs
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Greatest hits album by Freddie Mercury
Released 4 September 2006
Recorded 1973-1988
Genre Rock, pop rock, opera
Length 151:57
Label EMI
Producer Various
Freddie Mercury chronology
The Solo Collection
(2000)The Solo Collection2000		 Lover of Life, Singer of Songs
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]

Lover of Life, Singer of Songs (with the subtitle The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo) is a compilation album of Freddie Mercury's solo songs. It was released (except in the U.S.) on 4 September 2006, the day before the 60th anniversary of Mercury's birth. It was released on 21 November 2006[2] in the U.S, three days before the 15th anniversary of Mercury's death.

Content

The album was released in both a single disc and limited edition double disc format. A 2-disc DVD was released to accompany the CD. The DVD contained "The Untold Story" documentary on Disc 1, and various music videos on Disc 2.

Singles

The song Love Kills [Sunshine People Remix], remixed by Blank & Jones, was released as a single.

CD track listing

Disc one
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "In My Defence" (2000 Remix)
  • Clark
  • Reinhold Mack
  • Freddie Mercury
 3:55
2. "The Great Pretender" (Original 1987 Single Version) Buck Ram
3:27
3. "Living on My Own" (1993 Radio Mix) Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
  • Serge Ramaekers[a]
  • Colin Peter[a]
  • Carl Ward[a]
 3:38
4. "Made in Heaven"   Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
 4:05
5. "Love Kills" (Original 1984 Single Version)
  • Mercury
  • Moroder
  • Mack
 4:29
6. "There Must Be More To Life Than This"   Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
 3:00
7. "Guide Me Home" (with Montserrat Caballé)
  • Mercury
  • Moran
  • Mercury
  • Moran
  • Richards
 2:50
8. "How Can I Go On" (with Montserrat Caballé)
  • Mercury
  • Moran
  • Mercury
  • Moran
  • Richards
 3:51
9. "Foolin' Around" (Steve Brown Remix) Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
  • Steve Brown[a]
 3:36
10. "Time"  
  • Clark
  • John Christie
  • Clark
  • Mercury
 3:56
11. "Barcelona" (with Montserrat Caballé)
  • Mercury
  • Moran
  • Mercury
  • Moran
  • Richards
 5:40
12. "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow"   Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
 3:47
13. "I Was Born to Love You"   Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
 3:40
14. "The Golden Boy" (with Montserrat Caballé)
  • Mercury
  • Moran
  • Richards
 6:06
15. "Mr. Bad Guy"   Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
 4:12
16. "The Great Pretender" (Malouf Remix) Ram
  • Mercury
  • Moran
  • Richards
  • Julian Raymond[a]
 3:39
17. "Love Kills" (Star Rider Remix) (New 2006 Remix)
  • Mercury
  • Moroder
  • Mercury
  • Moroder
  • Mack
  • Star Rider[a]
 3:39
18. "I Can Hear Music" (Larry Lurex, 1973 Single)
Robin Geoffrey Cable 3:28
19. "Goin' Back" (Larry Lurex, 1973 B-side)
Cable 3:34
20. "Guide Me Home" (Piano Version)
  • Mercury
  • Moran
 Thierry Lang 4:18
Disc two
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Love Kills" (Sunshine People Radio Mix) (New 2006 Remix)
  • Mercury
  • Moroder
3:16
2. "Made in Heaven" (Extended Version) (Taken from The Solo Collection) Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
 4:50
3. "Living on My Own" (The Egg Remix) (New 2006 Remix) Mercury
5:37
4. "Love Kills" (Rank 1 Remix) (New 2006 Remix)
  • Mercury
  • Moroder
7:18
5. "Mr. Bad Guy" (Previously unavailable early version) Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
 3:26
6. "I Was Born to Love You" (George Demure Almost Vocal Mix) (New 2006 Remix) Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
  • George Demure[a]
 4:02
7. "My Love Is Dangerous" (Extended Version) (Taken from The Solo Collection) Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
 6:28
8. "Love Makin' Love" (Demo) (Taken from The Solo Collection) Mercury   3:38
9. "Love Kills" (Pixel82 Remix) (New 2006 Remix)
  • Mercury
  • Moroder
  • Mercury
  • Moroder
  • Mack
  • Pixel82[a]
 6:13
10. "I Was Born to Love You" (Extended Version) (Taken from The Solo Collection) Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
 7:05
11. "Foolin' Around" (Early Version) (Taken from The Solo Collection) Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
 4:15
12. "Living on My Own" (No More Brothers Extended Mix) (Taken from The Solo Collection) Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
  • No More Brothers[a]
 5:15
13. "Love Kills" (More Oder Rework by the Glimmers) (New 2006 Remix)
  • Mercury
  • Moroder
  • Mercury
  • Moroder
  • Mack
  • The Glimmers[a]
 6:53
14. "Your Kind of Lover" (Vocal & Piano Version) (Taken from The Solo Collection) Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
 3:38
15. "Let's Turn It On" (A Capella) (Taken from The Solo Collection) Mercury
  • Mack
  • Mercury
 3:04
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies a a remix producer

DVD track listing

Disc one

  1. "The Untold Story" documentary
  2. "The Making Of 'The Untold Story'"

Disc two

  1. "Barcelona"
  2. "The Great Pretender" [Original 1987 Single Version]
  3. "I Was Born to Love You"
  4. "Time"
  5. "How Can I Go On"
  6. "Made in Heaven"
  7. "Living on My Own"
  8. "The Golden Boy"
  9. "In My Defence" [Re-Edit 2000]
  10. "Barcelona" [Live Version]
  11. "The Great Pretender" [Extended Version]
  12. "Living on My Own" ['93 Remix]
  13. A View Forever (Unveiling Of The Freddie Statue)
  14. "A Winters Tale"
  15. "Who Wants To Live Forever"
  16. "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow"

Charts

Album

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[3] 7
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[4] 63
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[5] 44
Dutch Albums Chart[6] 30
European Albums Chart[7] 4
French Compilations Chart[8] 14
German Albums Chart[9] 13
Hungarian Albums Chart[10] 9
Irish Albums Chart[11] 26
Italian Albums Chart[12] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[13] 8
Polish Albums Chart[14] 24
Portuguese Albums Chart[15] 11
Spanish Albums Chart[16] 6
Swedish Albums Chart[17] 14
Swiss Albums Chart[18] 16
UK Albums Chart[19] 6

DVD

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Austrian Music DVDs Chart[20] 1
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart[4] 5
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart[5] 5
Danish Music DVDs Chart[21] 3
Dutch Music DVDs Chart[22] 5
Hungarian DVDs Chart[10] 2
Italian Music DVDs Chart[23] 1
Spanish Music DVDs Chart[24] 2
Swedish Music DVDs Chart[25] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
France (SNEP)[26]
DVD		 Gold 10,000
Poland (ZPAV)[27]
DVD		 Platinum 10,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[28]
Album		 Gold 40,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[24]
DVD		 Gold 10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[29]
Album		 Gold 100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[30]
DVD		 Gold 25,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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