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Solo Collection | 
| Artist: Freddie Mercury
Label: Parlophone
Category: Music
Buy New: £27.95
as of 25/11/2009 20:03 GMT details
New (3) Used (10) from £2.98
Seller: elitedigitaluk
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 10855
Format: Original recording remastered, Box set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 0.6
UPC: 766486383920
EAN: 0724352804726
ASIN: B00004YTWO
Release Date: October 23, 2000
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Let's Turn It On | | • | Made In Heaven | | • | I Was Born To Love You | | • | Foolin' Around | | • | Your Kind Of Lover | | • | Mr Bad Guy | | • | Man Made Paradise | | • | There Must Be More To Life Than This | | • | Living On My Own | | • | My Love Is dangerous | | • | Love Me Liek There's No Tomorrow |
Disc 2
| • | Barcelona | | • | La Japonaise | | • | The Fallen Priest | | • | Ensueño | | • | The Golden Boy | | • | Guide Me Home | | • | How Can I Go On | | • | Overture Piccante |
Disc 3
| • | I Can Hear Music | | • | Love Kills | | • | The Great Pretender | | • | Living On My Own | | • | In My Defence | | • | Time | | • | Love Kills Rock Mix |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
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 IMetropolis/I soundtrack, Dave Clark's musical theatre piece ITime/I and the singer's delightfully overwrought remake of "The Great Pretender", a song he claimed as autobiography. I--Jerry McCulley/I
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| Customer Reviews:
 This album proves the sheer genius that was Freddie Mercury December 1, 2000
Beaniesin38 (Kent, England)
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
The album is full of the best of Freddie and more besides. The Barcelona CD is amazing and proves that the man was an absolute musical genius....
Excellent set for an introduction to Freddies music October 20, 2000
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
This set is not aimed at the fans. This set is for the general public. The set offers fantastic value for money. The box set is only ever going to be bought by the fans this set will allow others to hear some tracks that have not be available to buy for many years. Go buy it now!
 A bargain at the price, but fans may feel a little cheated October 2, 2000
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
There's no new material on this three album collection, but for those who like Queen, but have yet to sample Mercury's solo music, this is the place to start. His 1985 solo album, Mr. Bad Guy - unavailable on CD for years - and Barcelona, his album of duets with soprano Monserrat Caballe, and a third album of other singles - including the No. 1 remix of Living on My Own. The committed will probably have all of the above - but will no doubt be saving the 10 CD box set anyway! Those wanting to dip their toes into Mercury's solo music would probably be better served by the 1992 Freddie Mercury Album. It's a shame that this album doesn't have his early cover of Goin' Back (under the pseudonym Larry Lurex) nor the Queen's 'Heaven for Everyone' by Roger Taylor's band The Cross, with Mercury guesting on lead vocals. To get those you'll need to get the larger collection - but that's probably too much material. Some of the material - including Barcelona, Living on My Own and The Great Pretender - has already featured on both the Freddie Mercury Album and Queen's Greatest Hits Vol. 3. It's hard to see the justification for releasing it on yet another collection. Yet at little more than the price of a single CD, this is a cheap way to get 95% of Mercury's solo output at a stroke.
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