.co.uk During the 1980s, Freddie Mercury--the flamboyant lead singer of Queen--launched a promising solo career that produced two wildly disparate albums, a handful of singles and contributions to other projects that are documented in this three-disc collection. While 1985's "Mr Bad Guy" finds Mercury's melodramatic vocal flair struggling to overpower his sometimes patchy songwriting and the dated Euro-disco production of Reinhold Mack, the singer rose to the campy heights of "Bohemian Rhapsody"--and then some--on "Barcelona", his grand, neo-operatic collaboration with Spanish diva Montserrat Caballe and one of the most deliriously ambitious pop albums of modern times. Both are available here in sharp, digitally remastered sound. The third bonus disc gives another broad outline of Mercury's talents, from the rare, surprising 1972/slightly pre-Queen Phil Spector tribute single, "I Can Hear Music" through his contributions to Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis soundtrack, Dave Clark's musical theatre piece Time and the singer's delightfully overwrought remake of "The Great Pretender", a song he claimed as autobiography. --Jerry McCulley
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Pure freddie
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Recent purchases
Very good value for money and prompt delivery.
A**R
Great music
Great CD. Wonderful to hear Freddie.
M**S
It's Freddie
Barcelona disk was awesome - Freddie singing in Japanese! The other 2 discs were different from what we are used to hearing him sing but I did like the beat on 'Living on my Own'. Sounded like a jazz beat in there. Definitely recommended for fans.
A**K
Freddie Mercury solo work.
Was really touched by Bohemian Rhapsody movie. I’d almost forgotten how good Freddie was and didn’t have any of his solo work in my music collection. This album combining his 2 solo albums and bonus cd filled the hole in my collection.
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Excellent
Excellent
S**N
Every bit as good as I remembered
I had this set when it first came out but lost it to an ex! So I was delighted to be able to rediscover it and find it was every bit as good as I remembered. It's got the full Barcelona album on it together with the Mr Bad Guy album and a bonus CD with other tracks on. It's not the same as The Best of Freddie Mercury album, and is excellent value for money. I got lost in the soaring tracks on Barcelona - Freddie at his imperious best!
A**S
Great
One of the best singer , actor and voice
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