Queen Release “Face It Alone,” Rediscovered Track Featuring Freddie Mercury
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What’s old is new again: Queen have rediscovered and released a “lost” song featuring Freddie Mercury, “Face It Alone.” It’s the British rock institution’s first song featuring their late, legendary vocalist in nearly a decade.
“Face It Alone” was originally recorded during the band’s 1988 sessions for their 13th album The Miracle, the next-to-last LP they recorded during Mercury’s lifetime. These prolific sessions saw the band record “around 30 tracks, many of which were never released,” per a press release, which included “Face It Alone”—until Queen’s production and archive team returned to the recordings while assembling the band’s new The Miracle box set reissue, and rediscovered the song.
“We’d kind of forgotten about this track,” says Roger Taylor in a statement, “but there it was, this little gem. It’s wonderful, a real discovery. It’s a very passionate piece.”