The Miracle Collector's Edition

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The Miracle Collector's Edition
Box set by
Released18 November 2022 (2022-11-18)
RecordedJanuary 1988 – January 1989
Studio
GenreRock
LabelEMI, Hollywood
ProducerQueen
Queen chronology
Greatest Hits in Japan
(2020)
The Miracle Collector's Edition
(2022)
Singles from The Miracle Collector's Edition
  1. "Face It Alone"
    Released: 13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)[1][2]

The Miracle Collector's Edition is an expanded reissue of the 1989 album The Miracle by the British rock band Queen, released on 18 November 2022.[3] The box set features unreleased tracks, studio outtakes and original cuts from The Miracle recording session.[3]

Track listing

All lead vocals by Freddie Mercury unless noted.

Vinyl

Side one: Long Lost Original LP Cut
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Party"Mercury with Brian May2:24
2."Khashoggi's Ship"
 2:47
3."The Miracle"
  • Mercury
  • Deacon
 5:02
4."I Want It All"MayMercury with May4:41
5."Too Much Love Will Kill You"
 4:20
6."The Invisible Man"TaylorMercury with Roger Taylor3:55
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Breakthru"
  • Mercury
  • Taylor
4:08
8."Rain Must Fall"
  • Mercury
  • Deacon
4:20
9."Scandal"May4:42
10."My Baby Does Me"
  • Mercury
  • Deacon
3:22
11."Was It All Worth It"Mercury5:45
Total length:45:42

CD

Disc one: The Miracle (Remastered by Bob Ludwig)
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Party"
  • Mercury
  • May
  • Deacon
Mercury with May2:24
2."Khashoggi's Ship"
  • Mercury
  • May
  • Deacon
  • Taylor
 2:47
3."The Miracle"
  • Mercury
  • Deacon
 5:02
4."I Want It All"MayMercury with May4:41
5."The Invisible Man"TaylorMercury with Taylor3:55
6."Breakthru"
  • Mercury
  • Taylor
 4:08
7."Rain Must Fall"
  • Mercury
  • Deacon
 4:20
8."Scandal"May 4:42
9."My Baby Does Me"
  • Mercury
  • Deacon
 3:22
10."Was It All Worth It"Mercury 5:45
Total length:41:22
Disc two: The Miracle Sessions
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Party" (Original Take)
  • Mercury
  • May
  • Deacon
Mercury with May2:53
2."Khashoggi's Ship" (Original Take)
  • Mercury
  • May
  • Deacon
  • Taylor
 3:07
3."The Miracle" (Original Take With John's Ending)
  • Mercury
  • Deacon
 4:45
4."I Want It All" (Original Take)MayMercury with May6:15
5."The Invisible Man" (Early Version With Guide Vocal)TaylorMercury with Taylor5:03
6."When Love Breaks Up" (Demo)Mercury 1:43
7."Breakthru" (Real Drums And Bass)Taylor 4:58
8."Rain Must Fall" (Demo)
  • Mercury
  • Deacon
 2:41
9."Scandal" (Original Rough Mix)May 4:39
10."My Baby Loves Me"
  • Mercury
  • Deacon
 4:08
11."Was It All Worth It" (Original Take)Mercury 5:02
12."You Know You Belong To Me"MayMay1:53
13."I Guess We're Falling Out" (Demo)May 3:42
14."Dog With A Bone"TaylorMercury with Taylor3:48
15."Water" (Demo)MayMay1:51
16."Face It Alone"
  • Mercury
  • May
  • Taylor
  • Deacon
 4:07
Total length:1:00:35
Disc three: Alternative Miracle (Extened Mixes and B-Sides)
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."I Want It All" (Single Version)MayMercury with May4:01
2."Hang On in There" (B-side to "I Want It All"[4])
  • Mercury
  • May
  • Deacon
  • Taylor
 3:46
3."Breakthru" (12" version)
  • Mercury
  • Taylor
 5:44
4."Stealin'" (B-side to "Breakthru"[4])Mercury 3:59
5."The Invisible Man" (12" version)Taylor 5:28
6."Hijack My Heart" (B-side to "The Invisible Man"[4])TaylorTaylor4:12
7."Scandal" (12" Mix)May 6:35
8."My Life Has Been Saved" (B-side to "Scandal"[4])Deacon 3:16
9."Stone Cold Crazy" (Live at the Rainbow Theatre, November 1974/ B-side to "The Miracle"[4])
  • Mercury
  • May
  • Taylor
  • Deacon
 2:10
10."My Melancholy Blues" (Live in Houston, December 1977/ B-side to "The Miracle"[4])Mercury 3:50
11."Chinese Torture" (Instrumental track[5])May 1:44
Total length:44:46
Disc four: Miracu-mentals (Instrumentals & Backing Tracks)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Party" (Instrumental)
  • Mercury
  • May
  • Deacon
2:24
2."Khashoggi's Ship" (Backing Track)
  • Mercury
  • May
  • Deacon
  • Taylor
2:47
3."The Miracle" (Backing Track)
  • Mercury
  • Deacon
5:02
4."I Want It All" (Backing Track)May4:41
5."The Invisible Man" (Backing Track)Taylor3:55
6."Breakthru" (Backing Track)
  • Mercury
  • Taylor
4:08
7."Rain Must Fall" (Backing Track)
  • Mercury
  • Deacon
4:20
8."Scandal" (Backing Track)May4:42
9."My Baby Does Me" (Backing Track)
  • Mercury
  • Deacon
3:22
10."Was It All Worth It" (Backing Track)Mercury5:45
Total length:41:22
Disc five: The Miracle Radio Interviews
No.TitleLength
1."Queen For An Hour" (Trailer) 
2."Queen For An Hour" (Interview) 
3."Queen For An Hour" (Out-takes) 
4."Rockline" (Programme) 

Blu-ray/ DVD

The Miracle Videos
No.TitleLength
1."I Want It All" (Promotional Music Videos) 
2."Breakthru" (Promotional Music Videos) 
3."The Invisible Man" (Promotional Music Videos) 
4."Scandal" (Promotional Music Videos) 
5."The Miracle" (Promotional Music Videos) 
6."The Miracle Interviews" 
7."The Making of The Miracle Videos" 
8."The Making of The Miracle Album Cover" 

Charts

Chart (2022) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 13
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 2
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[9] 20
Irish Albums (IRMA)[10] 55
Italian Albums (FIMI)[11] 20
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[12] 17
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[13] 36
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[14] 21
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[15] 22
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[16] 8
Scottish Albums (OCC)[17] 6
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[18] 30
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 6

References

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  2. ^ "Press Release: New Single 'Face It Alone' - Out Now". Queenonline.com.
  3. ^ a b "Queen - The Miracle: Collector's Edition - OUT NOW!". Queenonline.com.
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  8. GfK Entertainment Charts
    . Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2022. 47. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Irish Albums Chart: 25 November 2022". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 47 (dal 18.11.2022 al 24.11.2022)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2022-11-28/p/2" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2022-11-28" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of November 23, 2022". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  15. . Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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