CD: Freddie Mercury - Solo 3 CD set Mr Bad Guy/Barcelona (picture discs) + Bonus CD

While Freddie Mercury’s greatest successes came while working alongside Brian May, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor, he did manage to produce a few chart-topping singles when he went out on his own. In 1985, when Queen was on a temporary hiatus, Freddie Mercury released his one and only solo album, Mr. Bad Guy. While he intended to perform duets with Michael Jackson on the album, differences between Jackson and Mercury prevented a successful recording featuring both of them. Thus, the album features Freddie Mercury all by himself.

Mr. Bad Guy, unlike Freddie Mercury’s hits of the time (consisting mostly of rock ballads), was a disco-oriented album. Drawing on dance music, Mercury employed synthesizers and orchestration during track development to achieve his desired effect. There are eleven songs on the record.

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.

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. Overture Piccante

CD 3 Bonus CD

1. I Can Hear Music
2. Love Kills
3. The Great Pretender
4. Living On My Own
5. In My Defence
6. Time
7. Love Kills (Rpck Mix)