Barcelona Re-Release

Wiley wrote:
I kinda like the artwork. It's got a Miró-esque vibe, you know, Joan Miró - painter, sculptor from Barcelona.
If that's an actual picture of him, it would be nice as it is and I'm sure people from Spain and/or familiar with Miro's works would appreciate it more than others. If it's not an actual work by Miró and it's just made in the style of him I would say the execution could be better (the first "A" is weirdly positioned).

Exactly Wiley, I see you´re well versed :)
As a citizen of / born in Barcelona, I immediately recognized the Miró style, wich of course is nice to me. The problem is that I can´t recognize this picture as part of his original work.
In case this is the definitive artwork, I can obviously see what they´re trying to do with this Miró-esque painting, as you well mentioned in your post.
Anyway, I prefer the original album cover .... yes, that "A" is weird !

BARCELONA FORMATS - CD, Vinyl Deluxe CD/DVD and Digital

STANDARD VERSION - CD/VINYL

1. Barcelona

2. La Japonaise

3. The Fallen Priest

4. Ensueno

5. The Golden Boy

6. Guide Me Home

7. How Can I Go On

8. Exercises In Free Love

9. Overture Piccante

Bonus Track - 10. How Can I Go On Feat. David Garrett

DELUXE ALBUM – 3 CD DISCS & 1 DVD

Disc 1 – Barcelona – The Special Edition – New Orchestrated album

1. Barcelona

2. La Japonaise

3. The Fallen Priest

4. Ensueno

5. The Golden Boy

6. Guide Me Home

7. How Can I Go On

8. Exercises In Free Love

9. Overture Piccante

Bonus Track - 10. How Can I Go On Feat. David Garrett

Disc 2: The Best of the Rarities & Session Out-takes

1. Exercises In Free Love (1987 B-side)

2. Barcelona (Early Version: Freddie's Demo Vocal)

3. La Japonaise (Early Version: Freddie's Demo Vocal)

4. Rachmaninov's Revenge (The Fallen Priest) (Later Version: Freddie's Demo Vocal)

5. Ensueno - Monsterrat's Live Takes

6.The Golden Boy (Early Version: Freddie's Demo Vocal)

7.Guide Me Home / How Can I Go On (Alternative Versions)

8.How Can I Go On (Alternative Piano Version)

Disc 3: – DVD Disc

1.Ku Club Ibiza Performance – Barcelona

2. La Nit Barcelona Performance

- Barcelona (5m46s)

- How Can I Go On (3m58s)

- The Golden Boy (5m58s)

3. Barcelona – Classic Video 4m25s

4. Barcelona – The Special Edition EPK

5. Barcelona – 2012 edit by Rhys Thomas 4m49s

Disc 4: – Barcelona – The Special Edition Album Orchestral Version

BARCELONA – The Special Edition Credits:

Orchestrations by Stuart Morley. Based on the original arrangements by Mike Moran and Freddie Mercury.

FILMharmonic Orchestra, Prague.

Conducted by Adam Klemens.

Music Contractor: Petr Pycha.

except ‘Exercises In Free Love’ Conducted by Stuart Morley.

Produced by Kris Fredriksson and Stuart Morley.

amazing

Meh.
I won't personally buy it, but I'm sure that every fan of Freddie's solo work will love it.

PS I don't care who created the cover, but it's UGLY

"Disc 1 – Barcelona – The Special Edition – New Orchestrated album"

? Is this a version with a real orchestra instead of synths? If so ... it might be very interesting.

"Barcelona – The Special Edition – New Orchestrated album"

That can be interesting and maybe better than the synths on the original album.
The demos are nothing new unfortunately.

David Garret ? huh?
great guy... but...
does the world really need him on this album ?

Just received the Press Release for this. Unfortunately, it looks like that are keeping that appalling artwork, but there is a sentence in the release which is equally as bad:-

"‘Barcelona - The Special Edition’ is finally the album it should have been" who the hell is qualified to make that statement?

http://www.queenworld.com/news_detail.php?BARCELONA---Special-edition-press-release.-326

this is the press release ...

At least it has Rufus Taylor on it as well.... :)

pittrek wrote:
Meh.
I won't personally buy it, but I'm sure that every fan of Freddie's solo work will love it.
PS I don't care who created the cover, but it's UGLY

I'm a fan of his solo work, but this isn't solo, is it? :P

£35 for an orchestral version of the album and a new edit of a music video is a bit too much.
For that money they should have thrown in the new documentary at least... It's not like the sales of few thousand copies are going to affect the tv ratings?

Unless the price drops to half, I'll be getting the single disc only.

Well I think I listened to the COMPLETE album ONLY once or twice so I will buy this when it appears on eBay for half of the original price :-)

I really love this album; listening to it with new / real orchestra arrangements will be something epic !

I think I will buy it as soon as released. But not sure if I will buy the deluxe edition. I already have the demos and i´m not very interested in the dvd because at the end i´m only going to see it once. At last something decent after all these years.

I really can't wait till this comes out. Freddie's voice was outstanding on the album and now with a real orchestra, should be excellent.
Great video.