On November 6, 1995, “Parlaphone” label released “Made in Heaven”, the fifteenth Queen studio album. Until the release of “Queen Forever” in 2014, it was the final album containing original material featuring the band’s original line up. Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon worked with vocal and piano parts that Mercury recorded before his death, adding new instrumentation to the recordings. The recordings were made in 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993 – 1995, at “Mountain Studios” in Allerton Hill, Cosford Mill, and “Metropolis Studios”, and were produced by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Austria by “IFPI Austria”; Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in Finland by “Musiikkituottajat”; 2 x Platinum in France by “SNEP”; 3 x Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”; Platinum in Japan by “RIAJ”; 2 x Platinum in Netherlands by “NVPI”; Platinum in Norway by “IFPI Norway”; Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”; 2 x Platinum in Spain by “PROMUSICAE”; 3 x Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”, and 4 x Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

• Freddie Mercury– lead and backing vocals,  piano,  keyboards,  programming
• Brian May – lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano
• Roger Taylor– lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards
• John Deacon– bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
• Rebecca Leigh-White, Gary Martin, Catherine Porter, Miriam Stockley– backing vocals
• David Richards– keyboards, engineer, mixing supervision, co-production
• Justin Shirley-Smith – engineer, co-production
• Josh Macrae– engineer, co-production
• Reinhold Mack– recording of additional material in the 80’s
• Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
• Richard Gray – artwork, cover photography of Irena Sedlecká’s Mercury sculpture in Montreux

Track listing:

1. It’s a Beautiful Day – Freddie Mercury, John Deacon
2. Made in Heaven – Freddie Mercury
3. Let Me Live – Queen
4. Mother Love – Freddie Mercury, Brian May
5. My Life Has Been Saved – Queen, John Deacon
6. I Was Born to Love You – Freddie Mercury
7. Heaven for Everyone – Roger Taylor
8. Too Much Love Will Kill You – Brian May, Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers
9. You Don’t Fool Me – Queen
10. A Winter’s Tale – Queen, Freddie Mercury
11. Yeah – Queen
12. Untitled, Hidden Track – Queen, Brian May, John Taylor, David Richards