New Queen Album to Feature Unreleased Recordings from Freddie Mercury + Michael Jackson Collaboration

This will, this will rock you. In November, Queen will release a new album - Queen Forever - and on it will be three previously unreleased tracks featuring the late Freddie Mercury, including a collaboration between Queen and Michael Jackson. 

"We've got some great new tracks that haven't been heard and there's an interesting selection of older stuff," said Queen's Roger Taylor, who assembled the album alongside Brian May, both founding members of the legendary English band.

According to a news release announcing the project, "The tracks include a long anticipated song from Queen and Michael Jackson, 'There Must Be More to Life Than This,' a previously unfinished Mercury-Queen track 'Let Me In Your Heart Again' originating from the band's The Works album recording sessions, and a new stripped-down ballad version of Mercury's first solo hit, his Giorgio Moroder collaboration, 'Love Kills.'"

Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon formed the group in 1970. Queen would go on to record a number of songs that would become classics in the rock genre, including 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' 'Another One Bites the Dust,' 'We Are the Champions,' 'We Will Rock You,' and others. Mercury passed away in 1991.

The news release also provided detail on the Queen/Jackson collaboration:

The Queen and Michael Jackson duet, "There Must Be More to Life Than This," began as a song written by Mercury during sessions for Queen's 1981 album, Hot Space. The band recorded a backing track, but the song was never completed. Mercury visited Michael Jackson at his home studio in Los Angeles where he recorded Jackson singing the song for an unfinished version. Queen revived the track during sessions for 1984's The Works, but again it was not finished. A year later, Freddie's own version of the song surfaced on his debut solo album, 1985's Mr. Bad Guy. This new production of the powerful ballad fuses Queen's original backing track and Mercury and Jackson's distinctive vocals, and has been produced and remixed by celebrated Madonna/Robbie Williams producer William Orbit."

Queen Forever will go on sale November 11, and will be available both as a 20-track single CD and as an extended 36-track, two-CD set.

Queen Forever – Track Listings
Single CD:

Let Me In Your Heart Again
Love Kills – The Ballad
There Must Be More To Life Than This (William Orbit Mix)
It's A Hard Life
You're My Best Friend
Love Of My Life
Drowse
Long Away
Lily Of The Valley
Don't Try So Hard
Bijou
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Las Palabras De Amor
Who Wants To Live Forever
A Winter's Tale
Play The Game
Save Me
Somebody To Love
Too Much Love Will Kill You
Crazy Little Thing Called Love

2-CD SET

CD1

Let Me In Your Heart Again
Love Kills – The Ballad
There Must Be More To Life Than This (William Orbit Mix)
Play The Game
Dear Friends
You're My Best Friend
Love Of My Life
Drowse
You Take My Breath Away
Spread Your Wings
Long Away
Lily Of The Valley
Don't Try So Hard
Bijou
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Nevermore
Las Palabras De Amor
Who Wants To Live Forever

CD2

I Was Born To Love You
Somebody To Love
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Friends Will Be Friends
Jealousy
One Year of Love
A Winters Tale
'39
Mother Love
It's A Hard Life
Save Me
Made in Heaven
Too Much Love Will Kill You
Sail Away Sweet Sister
The Miracle
Is This The World We Created
In The Lap Of The Gods…Revisited
Forever