Made In Heaven - Queen

This album appeared late in 1995 almost 4 years to the day after the death of Freddie Mercury. At first glance it soon becomes apparent that this album can be split quite neatly into two sections, new Queen tracks and re-workings of old material. The reasons for this are clear, having released both 'The Miracle' and 'Innuendo' albums while on what was later described as borrowed time Mercury just didn't have enough time left to finish a last album. The new songs on 'Made in Heaven' all come out of Freddie's insistence that he wanted to work right up until it was physically impossible to sing, this in mind he had gone back into ...  Read the complete review

Although it was released in 1995, I have only recently purchased this album, and it is one of my all time favourite albums. It is a very moving tribute to Freddie Mercury, who died of aids in 1991. It contains some of Queens finest music so far, and Brian May's amazing talent shines through the whole album. His writing and playing skills are immence, and the final product is truly stunning. Mercury performs in all of the tracks, even though his vocals in certain tracks were recorded in 1987, the whole album was put together and much of it recorded after his death in the mid 1990s. This is the kind of CD that any music lover should have in their CD collection, it ...  Read the complete review

Some of the songs here are possibly not as well known to many people, but there are some real gems on this album which was Queen's fifteenth and went on to go quadruple platinum in the UK. The album was released in 1995 four years after the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury, and much of the album was pieced together by the rest of the band after his death. Indeed a lot of criticism is levied at this album as it reuses a lot of previous material and is seen as merely being a tribute to the great Freddie Mercury, but I feel that there are some excellent songs that stand up on their own. Too much love will kill you is a song written and initially ...  Read the complete review

This is one of the best Queen albums ever..... The fact that it was released 4 years after the death of Freddie Mercury and when listening to the tracks and knowing that he recorded the tracks under a sentence of death makes it even more remarkable. Each track is sung from the heart and performed as if each was his swansong. One can only imagine how difficult it must have been for the three remaining members of the group putting the finishing touches to each track. You can hear in a few of the songs, mainly "Too much love", that the range of voice was not quite there, you can alomst hear the pain he was undoubtably suffering. ...  Read the complete review

Made in heaven is the last album by Queen. The album was released in 1995, 4 years after the sad passing of the bands front man Freddie Mercury. Before his passing, Freddie laid down several hours of vocals for the band to use in a fine album, stating "Get me to sing anything, write me anything and I will sing it and I will leave you as much as I possibly can Use this how you will". The album was finished of by the remaining band members adding extra lyrics and instrumentation at their recording studio in Montreux, Switzerland. The album shot to No1 around the globe when it was released in November 1995 going 4x Platinum in the UK. The ...  Read the complete review