Lover of Life, Singer of Songs

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^[2] in the U.S, three days before the 15th anniversary of Mercury's death.

Lover of Life, Singer of Songs
Greatest hits album by Freddie Mercury
Released	4 September 2006
Recorded	1973–1988
Genre	Rock, pop rock, opera
Length	151:57
Label	EMI
Producer	Various
Freddie Mercury chronology
The Solo Collection (2000) Lover of Life, Singer of Songs (2006) Messenger of the Gods: The Singles (2016)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"In My Defence" (2000 Remix)	Dave Clark David Soames Jeff Daniels	Clark Reinhold Mack Freddie Mercury	3:55
2.	"The Great Pretender" (Original 1987 Single Version)	Buck Ram	Mercury Michael Moran David Richards	3:27
3.	"Living on My Own" (1993 Radio Mix)	Mercury	Mack Mercury Serge Ramaekers^[a] Colin Peter^[a] Carl Ward^[a]	3:38
4.	"Made in Heaven"	Mercury	Mack Mercury	4:05
5.	"Love Kills" (Original 1984 Single Version)	Mercury Giorgio Moroder	Mercury Moroder Mack	4:29
6.	"There Must Be More to Life Than This"	Mercury	Mack Mercury	3:00
7.	"Guide Me Home" (with Montserrat Caballé)	Mercury Moran	Mercury Moran Richards	2:50
8.	"How Can I Go On" (with Montserrat Caballé)	Mercury Moran	Mercury Moran Richards	3:51
9.	"Foolin' Around" (Steve Brown Remix)	Mercury	Mack Mercury Steve Brown^[a]	3:36
10.	"Time"	Clark John Christie	Clark Mercury	3:56
11.	"Barcelona" (with Montserrat Caballé)	Mercury Moran	Mercury Moran Richards	5:40
12.	"Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow"	Mercury	Mack Mercury	3:47
13.	"I Was Born to Love You"	Mercury	Mack Mercury	3:40
14.	"The Golden Boy" (with Montserrat Caballé)	Mercury Moran Tim Rice	Mercury Moran Richards	6:06
15.	"Mr. Bad Guy"	Mercury	Mack Mercury	4:12
16.	"The Great Pretender" (Malouf Remix)	Ram	Mercury Moran Richards Julian Raymond^[a]	3:39
17.	"Love Kills" (Star Rider Remix) (New 2006 Remix)	Mercury Moroder	Mercury Moroder Mack Star Rider^[a]	3:39
18.	"I Can Hear Music" (Larry Lurex, 1973 Single)	Ellie Greenwich Phil Spector Jeff Barry	Robin Geoffrey Cable	3:28
19.	"Goin' Back" (Larry Lurex, 1973 B-side)	Gerry Goffin Carole King	Cable	3:34
20.	"Guide Me Home" (Piano Version)	Mercury Moran	Thierry Lang	4:18

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Kills" (Sunshine People Radio Mix) (New 2006 Remix)	Mercury Moroder	Mercury Moroder Mack Piet Blank^[a] Jaspa Jones^[a] Andy Kaufhold^[a]	3:16
2.	"Made in Heaven" (Extended Version) (Taken from The Solo Collection)	Mercury	Mack Mercury	4:50
3.	"Living on My Own" (The Egg Remix) (New 2006 Remix)	Mercury	Mack Mercury The Egg^[a]	5:37
4.	"Love Kills" (Rank 1 Remix) (New 2006 Remix)	Mercury Moroder	Mercury Moroder Mack Rank 1^[a]	7:18
5.	"Mr. Bad Guy" (Previously unavailable early version)	Mercury	Mack Mercury	3:26
6.	"I Was Born to Love You" (George Demure Almost Vocal Mix) (New 2006 Remix)	Mercury	Mack Mercury George Demure^[a]	4:02
7.	"My Love Is Dangerous" (Extended Version) (Taken from The Solo Collection)	Mercury	Mack Mercury	6:28
8.	"Love Makin' Love" (Demo) (Taken from The Solo Collection)	Mercury		3:38
9.	"Love Kills" (Pixel82 Remix) (New 2006 Remix)	Mercury Moroder	Mercury Moroder Mack Pixel82^[a]	6:13
10.	"I Was Born to Love You" (Extended Version) (Taken from The Solo Collection)	Mercury	Mack Mercury	7:05
11.	"Foolin' Around" (Early Version) (Taken from The Solo Collection)	Mercury	Mack Mercury	4:15
12.	"Living on My Own" (No More Brothers Extended Mix) (Taken from The Solo Collection)	Mercury	Mack Mercury No More Brothers^[a]	5:15
13.	"Love Kills" (More Oder Rework by the Glimmers) (New 2006 Remix)	Mercury Moroder	Mercury Moroder Mack The Glimmers^[a]	6:53
14.	"Your Kind of Lover" (Vocal & Piano Version) (Taken from The Solo Collection)	Mercury	Mack Mercury	3:38
15.	"Let's Turn It On" (A Cappella) (Taken from The Solo Collection)	Mercury	Mack Mercury	3:04

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a remix producer

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^[3]	7
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart^[4]	63
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart^[5]	44
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)^[6] charted as Very Best of Freddie	31
Dutch Albums Chart^[7]	30
European Albums Chart^[8]	4
French Compilations Chart^[9]	14
German Albums Chart^[10]	13
Hungarian Albums Chart^[11]	9
Irish Albums Chart^[12]	26
Italian Albums Chart^[13]	1
Norwegian Albums Chart^[14]	8
Polish Albums Chart^[15]	24
Portuguese Albums Chart^[16]	11
Spanish Albums Chart^[17]	6
Swedish Albums Chart^[18]	14
Swiss Albums Chart^[19]	16
UK Albums Chart^[20]	6

DVD

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Austrian Music DVDs Chart^[21]	1
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart^[4]	5
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart^[5]	5
Danish Music DVDs Chart^[22]	3
Dutch Music DVDs Chart^[23]	5
Hungarian DVDs Chart^[11]	2
Italian Music DVDs Chart^[24]	1
Spanish Music DVDs Chart^[25]	2
Swedish Music DVDs Chart^[26]	1

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)^[27] DVD	Gold	10,000^*
Italy 2006 sales	—	150,000^[28]
Poland (ZPAV)^[29] DVD	Platinum	10,000^*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[30] Album	Gold	40,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[25] DVD	Gold	10,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)^[31] Album	Gold	100,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)^[32] DVD	Gold	25,000^^
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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