In a time before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sang "Bohemian Rhapsody" in honour of the UK's longest reigning monarch, the other Queen naturally performed at her Platinum Jubilee — where Brian May and Roger Taylor shared that they were gearing up to release a previously unheard single featuring late bandleader Freddie Mercury. Now, the remaining Queen members have come through with "Face It Alone."
Recorded during the sessions for 1989's The Miracle, it perhaps shouldn't come as a surprise that the lost track's arrival precedes a collector's edition of what would be Mercury's penultimate album, due November 18. The expanded The Miracle: Collector's Edition will include six unpublished songs, as well as recordings of the band's in-session exchanges live-off-the-floor in London and Montreux.
Taylor described "Face It Alone" as a "very passionate piece," and he did not lie. Teeming with a somewhat restrained version of the band's signature theatricality, Mercury's incomparable vocals are the true lifeblood of the electric guitar-driven power ballad.
Listen to "Face It Alone" below.
At the Jubilee and beyond, Queen's remaining active members have been performing with American singer Adam Lambert since 2011 — but in 2021, the band admitted they "couldn't get there" with recording new music together.
Recorded during the sessions for 1989's The Miracle, it perhaps shouldn't come as a surprise that the lost track's arrival precedes a collector's edition of what would be Mercury's penultimate album, due November 18. The expanded The Miracle: Collector's Edition will include six unpublished songs, as well as recordings of the band's in-session exchanges live-off-the-floor in London and Montreux.
Taylor described "Face It Alone" as a "very passionate piece," and he did not lie. Teeming with a somewhat restrained version of the band's signature theatricality, Mercury's incomparable vocals are the true lifeblood of the electric guitar-driven power ballad.
Listen to "Face It Alone" below.
At the Jubilee and beyond, Queen's remaining active members have been performing with American singer Adam Lambert since 2011 — but in 2021, the band admitted they "couldn't get there" with recording new music together.
