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Although Freddie Mercury had a legitimate solo career in Europe, the Queen singer's solo output was largely ignored stateside (since Queen's albums weren't selling that well in the U.S. during the mid- to late '80s, you wouldn't expect Mercury's solo material to exactly light up the charts). But Mercury managed to score quite a few solo hits back home in the U.K., especially his 1985 outing Mr. Bad Guy, as well as an assortment of singles and a vocal tour de force with opera singer Montserrat Caballe, Barcelona, all of which serve as the basis for the ten-track collection The Freddie Mercury Album. As with the other Queen members who have issued solo recordings, Mercury's solo material does not match the high quality work of his full-time band. That said, there are a few tracks that could have easily been reworked as Queen songs (in fact, one of Mercury's solo tracks, 'Made in Heaven' -- which isn't included here -- was reworked and served as the title track for a 1995 posthumous Queen collection), including 'Love Kills,' 'Mr. Bad Guy,' and 'Let's Turn It On' (the latter of which includes some very Brian May-like guitar work). To sample the finest tracks of Mercury's solo career, The Freddie Mercury Album is a worthy collection. [The Great Pretender is the U.S. version of The Freddie Mercury Album, which was issued around the same time and featured a slightly different track listing.]
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream |
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1 | 03:28 | |||
2 | 03:36 | |||
3 | 03:50 | |||
4 | 03:59 | |||
5 | 03:58 | |||
6 | 03:52 | |||
7 | 03:56 | |||
8 | 03:46 | |||
9 | 03:39 | |||
10 | Freddie Mercury / Giorgio Moroder | 04:29 | ||
11 | 05:37 |
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