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Solo Collection Queen's American stock may have fallen somewhat in the 1980s. By following singer Freddie Mercury's lead and embracing more club- and cabaret-oriented music, however, the band saw its international appeal explode. During that era, Mercury also 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 slightly pre-Queen (1972) Phil Spector tribute single, "I Can Hear Music" through his contributions to Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis soundtrack, Dave Clark's musical theater 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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1Let's Turn It On - Freddie Mercury
2Made in Heaven - Freddie Mercury
3I Was Born to Love You - Freddie Mercury
4Foolin' Around - Freddie Mercury
5Your Kind of Lover - Freddie Mercury
6Mr. Bad Guy - Freddie Mercury
7Man Made Paradise - Freddie Mercury
8There Must Be More to Life Than This - Freddie Mercury
9Living on My Own - Freddie Mercury
10My Love Is Dangerous - Freddie Mercury
11Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow - Freddie Mercury
12Barcelona - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
13Japonaise - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
14Fallen Priest - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
15Ensue?o - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
16Golden Boy - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
17Guide Me Home - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
18How Can I Go On? - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
19Overture Piccante - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
20Barcelona - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
21Japonaise - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
22Fallen Priest - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
23Ensue?o - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
24Golden Boy - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
25Guide Me Home - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
26How Can I Go On - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
27Overture Piccante - Montserrat Caball?, Freddie Mercury
28I Can Hear Music [Larry Lurex, 1973 Single] - Freddie Mercury
29Love Kills [Original 1984 Single Version] - Freddie Mercury
30Great Pretender [Original 1987 Single Version] - Freddie Mercury
31Living on My Own [1993 Radio Mix] - Freddie Mercury
32In My Defense [2000 Remix] - Freddie Mercury
33Time [2000 Remix] - Freddie Mercury
34Love Kills [Rock Mix] - Freddie Mercury
35I Can Hear Music [Larry Lurex, 1973 Single] - Freddie Mercury
36Love Kills [Original 1984 Single Version] - Freddie Mercury
37Great Pretender [Original 1987 Single Version] - Freddie Mercury
38Living on My Own [1993 Radio Mix] - Freddie Mercury
39In My Defense [2000 Remix] - Freddie Mercury
40Time [2000 Remix] - Freddie Mercury
41Love Kills [Rock Mix] - Freddie Mercury



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