Lover of Life, Singer of Songs explained

Lover of Life, Singer of Songs
Type:greatest
Artist:Freddie Mercury
Cover:FMLOLSOS.jpg
Released:4 September 2006
Recorded:1973–1988
Genre:Rock, pop rock, opera
Length:151:57
Label:EMI
Producer:Various
Prev Title:The Solo Collection
Prev Year:2000
Next Year:2016

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 Mercury's 60th Birthday. It was released on 21 November 2006[1] 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

Notes

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[2] 7
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[3] 63
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[4] 44
Dutch Albums Chart[5] 30
European Albums Chart[6] 4
French Compilations Chart[7] 14
German Albums Chart[8] 13
Hungarian Albums Chart[9] 9
Irish Albums Chart[10] 26
Italian Albums Chart[11] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[12] 8
Polish Albums Chart[13] 24
Portuguese Albums Chart[14] 11
Spanish Albums Chart[15] 6
Swedish Albums Chart[16] 14
Swiss Albums Chart[17] 16
UK Albums Chart[18] 6

DVD

Chart (2006)Peak
position
Austrian Music DVDs Chart[19] 1
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart5
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart5
Danish Music DVDs Chart[20] 3
Dutch Music DVDs Chart[21] 5
Hungarian DVDs Chart2
Italian Music DVDs Chart[22] 1
Spanish Music DVDs Chart[23] 2
Swedish Music DVDs Chart[24] 1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: QueenOnline Message Board :: View topic - LOLSOS DVD/CD - US RELEASE . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033757/http://forums.queenonline.com/viewtopic.php?t=36446 . 30 September 2007 . QueenOnline.com . 18 August 2012.
  2. Web site: Freddie Mercury – Lover of Life, Singer of Songs – The Very Best of Freddie Mercury – Austriancharts.at . Austriancharts.at . Hung Medien . German . 21 February 2013.
  3. Web site: Ultratop.be – Freddie Mercury – Lover of Life, Singer of Songs – The Very Best of Freddie Mercury . . Hung Medien . Dutch . 21 February 2013.
  4. Web site: Ultratop.be – Freddie Mercury – Lover of Life, Singer of Songs – The Very Best of Freddie Mercury . Ultratop . Hung Medien . French . 21 February 2013.
  5. Web site: Dutchcharts.nl – Freddie Mercury – Lover of Life, Singer of Songs – The Very Best of Freddie Mercury . GfK Dutch Charts . Hung Medien . Dutch . 21 February 2013.
  6. 25 September 2006 . The ARIA Report: Issue 864 . . 864 . 25 . PDF . 21 February 2013 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060919140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060920-0000/issue864.pdf . dead . 2006-09-19 .
  7. Web site: InfoDisc: Tous les "Chart Runs" des Albums classés depuis 1985 dans le Top Albums Officiel . InfoDisc . French . 21 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080820092500/http://www.infodisc.fr/Albums_ChartRun.php . 20 August 2008 . Locate Freddie MERCURY on the drop-down menu and click OK.
  8. Web site: Album – Freddie Mercury, Lover of Life, Singer of Songs – The Very Best of Freddie Mercury . Charts.de . . German . 21 February 2013.
  9. Web site: Archívum: Kereső – Előadó/cím Szerint . . LightMedia . Hungarian . 21 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120924070100/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/kereso-eloado-cim-szerint . 24 September 2012 . Search for Freddie Mercury and click Keresés.
  10. Web site: Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 14 September 2006 . . 21 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140814052312/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2006&year=2006&week=37 . 14 August 2014 . dead .
  11. Web site: Italiancharts.com – Freddie Mercury – Lover of Life, Singer of Songs – The Very Best of Freddie Mercury . Italiancharts.com . Hung Medien . 21 February 2013.
  12. Web site: Norwegiancharts.com – Freddie Mercury – Lover of Life, Singer of Songs – The Very Best of Freddie Mercury . Norwegiancharts.com . Hung Medien . 21 February 2013.
  13. Web site: Oficjalna Lista Sprzedaży: OLiS – Official Retail Sales Chart . . . Polish . 21 February 2013.
  14. Web site: Portuguesecharts.com – Freddie Mercury – Lover of Life, Singer of Songs – The Very Best of Freddie Mercury . Portuguesecharts.com . Hung Medien . 21 February 2013.
  15. Web site: Spanishcharts.com – Freddie Mercury – Lover of Life, Singer of Songs – The Very Best of Freddie Mercury . Spanishcharts.com . Hung Medien . 21 February 2013.
  16. Web site: Swedishcharts.com – Freddie Mercury – Lover of Life, Singer of Songs – The Very Best of Freddie Mercury . Swedishcharts.com . Hung Medien . 21 February 2013.
  17. Web site: Freddie Mercury – Lover of Life, Singer of Songs – The Very Best of Freddie Mercury – Hitparade.ch . Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien . German . 21 February 2013.
  18. Web site: 2006-09-16 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive | Official Charts . . 21 February 2013.
  19. Web site: Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 15.09.2006 – Austriancharts.at . Austriancharts.at . Hung Medien . German . 21 February 2013.
  20. Web site: Musik DVD Top-10 . Hitlisten.nu . . Danish . 21 February 2013 . https://archive.today/20130412102216/http://www.hitlisterne.dk/lister.asp?w=39&y=2006&list=v10 . 12 April 2013 . dead .
  21. Web site: DVD Music Top 30 . GfK Dutch Charts . Hung Medien . Dutch . 21 February 2013.
  22. Web site: Classifiche . https://archive.today/20130413042452/http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_result_dvd.php?anno=2006&mese=09&id=101 . dead . 13 April 2013 . . Italian . 21 February 2013 .
  23. Web site: Top 20 DVD Musical . . Media Control GfK International . Spanish . PDF . 21 February 2013 .
  24. Web site: Sveriges Officiella Topplists . . Swedish . 21 February 2013. Search for Freddie Mercury and click Sök.

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