Freddie Mercury and Brian May at the Live Aid Festival in 1985
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Queen re-release their 13th album The Miracle as a Collector’s Edition. In addition to the original album, the reissue also includes six previously unreleased songs from the album’s sessions – including the song “Face It Alone” featuring Freddie Mercury, which was released on Thursday, October 13th.
The sessions for the 1989 album resulted in a total of 30 songs, of which only ten found space on the finished record, some others appeared as B-sides. The new box set includes its own CD entitled “The Miracle Sessions”, which, in addition to “Face It Alone”, also includes five other previously unknown songs such as “Dog With A Bone” and “I Guess We’re Falling Out”. . Brian May sings on two of the previously unknown songs. You can order “Face it alone” here.
Listen to Face It Alone here:
There are also original takes and demos of well-known songs. The CD also contains passages where you can hear the band members talking and making jokes between takes. “Before we all faint here, maybe I should just try it?” Mercury commented between takes of “I Want It All”.

The original album is included twice: once with the original tracklist on CD and once on vinyl including the eleventh track “Too Much Love Will Kill You”. The song was originally intended to be included on The Miracle, but was dropped and did not appear until 1995’s Made in Heaven, released after Mercury’s death.
The box set also contains three CDs with instrumentals, alternative versions and a Blu-ray with promo videos and bonus material.
Queen The Miracle Collector’s Edition
- VINYL LP: The Miracle
- Disc 1: THE MIRACLE
- Disc 2: THE MIRACLE SESSIONS
- Disc 3: ALTERNATIVE MIRACLE
- CD 4: MIRACU MENTALS
- Disc 5: THE MIRACLE RADIO INTERVIEWS
- BLU-RAY / DVD: The Miracle Videos
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