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Track Listings
| 1. It's A Beautiful Day (Album Version) |
| 2. Made In Heaven |
| 3. Let Me Live |
| 4. Mother Love |
| 5. My Life Has Been Saved |
| 6. I Was Born To Love You |
| 7. Heaven For Everyone (Album Version) |
| 8. Too Much Love Will Kill You |
| 9. You Don't Fool Me |
| 10. A Winter's Tale |
| 11. It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise) |
| 12. Yeah |
| 13. Track 13 |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Faintly superfluous, given the magnificent finality of its precedessor, Innuendo, which managed, against all odds, to cap the Queen story with their most accomplished album since 1977's News Of The World. But after the death of Freddie Mercury in November 1991, the band were reportedly left with a number of unreleased demos--among then, a number of Mercury vocal tracks--and resolved to complete them, and make the results available to fans. Was it a case of a band seeking to cash-in one last time? Or trying, instead, to work through their grief, the only way they knew how? Opinions were mixed--but the result ("Dedicated to the immortal spirit of Freddie Mercury") was undeniably an anti-climax. Comprising tracks both old ("I Was Born To Love You," dusted-off from Mercury's 1985 solo album; the rather tactless "Too Much Love Will Kill You" from May's Back To The Light) and new, the sense of barrel-scraping was inescapable. One for completists only. --Andrew McGuire
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Queen in my opinion and the greatest and most important band ever to grace our planet. No other vocalist in a band could come close to Mercury's playful voice. Brian May's great guitar solos and catchy poppy tunes, were always my favourites. If I needed a lift it was always 'Somebody To Love' in the cassette player, and without any exception, the task was done. But that's what Queen was all about. Doing their job, getting it done and going home. But they just did it so well. And I always loved the playfulness of them, the fact they felt they could do anything. So when I layed my mits on Made In Heaven, which I sort of knew was going to be pretty sombre anyway, being released 3 years after Mercury's death, I was very cautious even looking at the titles (Let Me Live, My Life Has Been Saved, Too Much Love Will Kill You...), but I took it home with me instead. And it is different. This is Queen, but not quite what you know. Those aspects are there...but there's more. Much more. And now I can safely say that this is the best album that Queen ever made, and is one of the best albums of all time.
You could always tell Freddie was a worker...up until his dying days he was singing whatever was put in front of him, when he could, as his disease held him down so much it was awfully difficult. But when he sang, boy did he sing. Just listening to the likes of 'Heaven For Everyone' and 'Too Much Love Will Kill You' just show that Mercury was giving it his all, right until the end. You also knew that only death was going to stop this band.
The instrumentation throughout is stunning. 'It's A Beautiful Day' begins with strings and early morning birds chirping gleefully and the typical Queen piano, followed by the first Mercury vocal...'It's A Beautiful Day, The Sun Is Shining, I Feel Good, and No-one's Gonna Stop Me Now', unfortunatly the truth didn't turn out to be quite as beautiful as the song itself. 'Made In Heaven' is certainly one of the highlights. A magnificent, yet out of character riff, and an atmosphere of pure unsureity opens the track and ends as it started. 'Mother Love' was the last song Mercury ever sang. And you can tell. His voice sounds slightly distorted and he couldn't go his true length, and although it's still stunning to hear, you can't help but feel that one of the greatest, has left before the curtain was supposed to fall. 'Heaven For Everyone' the band's first single from the album, is stunningly put together and is another quiet-loud song, that Nirvana would be proud of if they were this human. And that's something else about this. It's human. Doesn't seem quite Queen...but it's brilliant all the same. The other tracks follow suit in their own way, and the album also includes an instrumental song, at over 20 MINUTES long! Watch out for Freddie's laughter and him saying 'Are You Running?' throughout. It's certainly haunting. But you get the feeling he'd have wanted it this way...
Queen will ALWAYS be remembered for that 6 minute long, groudbreaking classic that shook the charts twice (three times?), but to the fan, and to anyone else who cares to listen to a band who were always at the top of thier game, Queen also need to be remembered for their stunning end, and encore if you will. It just shows that such shocking tragedy can bring the absolute best out of a band who were already the greatest of all time. And as I've read before, Mercury came in as he went out. As a diva. 5 Stars.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you know how the album came about and the history then this album has a much deeper impact than others. Freddie Mercury recorded many parts of these songs whilst dying of AIDs, putting his body to much strain. This makes me appreciate this album even more. Even so, it is a truly wonderful album, filled with amazing songs. A must buy.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album was always going to be a dangerous project for Brian,Roger and John as it was likey they would face accusations of "cashing in". However, this is far from being the case. From it's enigmatic opening to it's surreal curtain call this is a materpiece. As fun and funky as any of Queens 80's hits (I Was Born To Love You, You Dont Fool Me). As pompous and grand as they ever were (Made In Heaven, Heaven For Everyone) and at times painful (Mother Love). There are some curio's thrown in for goosd measure too, My Life Has Been Save was a B-side from 1989 but listen to the lyrics and if there is a message anywhere on this album, I think you'll find it here. Buy it.
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a must for all queen fans
had to replace hubbys lost album and its now taking pride place in the car.
a must for all queen fans for definate
a must for all queen fans for definate
Published 4 months ago by rachael18
Brilliant.
Brilliant. A hit with my husband who I bought this for and a hit with me as well as its in the car. Well worth a listen whether you are a Queen fan or not. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Cats
They didn't save the best 'til last
This Album is known because of the fact that it was recorded in the hard and sad last few working days of Freddie's life. Read more
Published 11 months ago by M. Morgan
Diamonds and Mud.
Well I've been a Queen fan since their still AWESOME "Bohemian Rhapsody" reached No1 back in 1975. I've heard virtually every track they've ever released and owned every one of... Read more
Published on 7 April 2010 by Mr. P. MACCABE
Long Live the Queen
I'm from Australia and I have all "Queen" albums and CD's and only can say that about 2 other bands "Pink Floyd" and the greatest band of all time "The Beatles" . Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2009 by Stephen Lawrence Whitty
amazon know nothing
i couldn't believe the amazon review of this Cd 'scraping the barrel' indeed. I bought the tape when it was released, thought it was magical. then it got lost. Read more
Published on 27 April 2009 by Andrew
One Major Classic At Least
The track "Winter's Tale" is a masterpiece - it should be on every Christmas compilation album, and it should be played more often on the radio instead of churning out the... Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2008 by Sue
Heaven Sent
It is no secret the significance of Made In Heaven for Queen fans. The poignancy of the title, artwork and music of this album creates a powerful peice of work for the Queen fans. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2006 by Mark Palfreeman
The last word
Following the completion of the final Queen album `Innuendo' the band almost immediately set about recording a follow-up but sadly Freddie Mercury died with very little material... Read more
Published on 21 July 2006 by Jane Aland
Amazing: the will to live and say goobye........
Made in Heaven is the last collection of songs recorded by a very ill Freddie Mercury. It is his musical testament and the result of his will to sing out for his fans and... Read more
Published on 24 Jun 2006 by luco
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