℗ 2012 Hollywood Records
| Released | October 11, 2019 |
| Duration | 44m 12s |
| Record Label | Hollywood Records |
| Catalogue No. | D0032712M5 |
| Genre | Rock |
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1.1
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Barcelona (New Orchestrated Version)
Freddie Mercury |
5:50 | |||
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1.2
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La Japonaise (New Orchestrated Version)
Freddie Mercury |
4:52 | |||
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1.3
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The Fallen Priest (New Orchestrated Version)
Freddie Mercury |
5:46 | |||
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1.4
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Ensueño (New Orchestrated Version)
Freddie Mercury |
4:22 | |||
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1.5
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The Golden Boy (New Orchestrated Version)
Freddie Mercury |
6:03 | |||
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1.6
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Guide Me Home (New Orchestrated Version)
Freddie Mercury |
2:50 | |||
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1.7
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How Can I Go On (New Orchestrated Version)
Freddie Mercury |
3:49 | |||
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1.8
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Exercises In Free Love (New Orchestrated Version)
Freddie Mercury |
3:57 | |||
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1.9
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Overture Piccante (New Orchestrated Version)
Freddie Mercury |
6:43 |
Barcelona is a collaborative studio album recorded by Freddie Mercury, frontman of popular British rock band Queen, and operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé. It was released in 1988.
After Barcelona was selected to host the 1992 Summer Olympics, Mercury was approached to write a song as a theme for the forthcoming games. The idea was to create a duet with Caballé, as she was from the city. He had been a long-standing admirer of her and she in turn grew to respect his talents very highly. They decided to work on an album together, with Mercury and Mike Moran taking the creative lead as songwriters. Mercury and Moran made and sent her tapes of the music with Mercury singing in falsetto as a guide vocal for Montserrat's parts. As they rarely had an opening in their schedule to meet, her parts were recorded at another location.
This special edition of the album was released on 3 September 2012. It features a new version of the album with the previous instrumental tracks replaced with new, live symphonic orchestration and percussion rather than synthesizers and drum machines. The new edition also has a new unique album cover.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Hollywood Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.20 -1.21 to -1.20 | -17.04 -20.24 to -13.14 | -13.37 -16.60 to -10.10 | 9 7 to 12 | |
| 1 | Barcelona (New Orchestrated Version) | -1.20 | -16.48 | -12.3 | 8 |
| 2 | La Japonaise (New Orchestrated Version) | -1.21 | -19.31 | -15.9 | 10 |
| 3 | The Fallen Priest (New Orchestrated Version) | -1.20 | -15.81 | -12.1 | 9 |
| 4 | Ensueño (New Orchestrated Version) | -1.20 | -20.24 | -16.6 | 12 |
| 5 | The Golden Boy (New Orchestrated Version) | -1.20 | -15.85 | -12.3 | 8 |
| 6 | Guide Me Home (New Orchestrated Version) | -1.20 | -16.87 | -12.3 | 8 |
| 7 | How Can I Go On (New Orchestrated Version) | -1.20 | -13.14 | -10.1 | 7 |
| 8 | Exercises In Free Love (New Orchestrated Version) | -1.21 | -18.53 | -15.3 | 10 |
| 9 | Overture Piccante (New Orchestrated Version) | -1.20 | -17.10 | -13.4 | 9 |