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Freddie Mercury: The Freddie Mercury Album

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Label: EMI Records
Released: 1992
Time:
 44:13
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.queenonline.com/fmercury.html
Appears with: Queen
Purchase date: 2010.03.03
Price in €: 2,00





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[1] The Great Pretender (Ram) - 3:28
[2] Foolin' Around (Mercury) - 3:36
[3] Time (Christie/Clark) - 3:50
[4] Your Kind of Lover (Mercury) - 3:59
[5] Exercises in Free Love (Mercury/Moran) - 3:58
[6] In My Defence (Clark/Daniels/Soames) - 3:52
[7] Mr. Bad Guy (Mercury) - 3:56
[8] Let's Turn It On (Mercury) - 3:46
[9] Living on My Own (Mercury) - 3:39
[10] Love Kills (Mercury/Moroder) - 4:29
[11] Barcelona (Mercury/Moran) - 5:37

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Freddie Mercury - Vocals, Producer

Montserrat Caballé - Vocals

The Dave Clark Five - Producer
Giorgio Moroder - Producer
Mike Moran - Producer
Julian Raymond - Producer
Ron Nevison - Remix Producer
Jeff Lord-Alge - Mixing
Brian Malouf - Mixing
Nile Rodgers - Remix Producer
Eddy Schreyer - Digital Mastering
Andrew Flashman - Arranger, Instrumentation
Andrew King - Arranger, Instrumentation
Richard Gray - Design
Peter Hince - Photography
George Hurrell - Photography
Sharon Swab - A&R

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1992 CD EMI Music Distribution 80999



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.]

Greg Prato - All Music Guide



Noch ruhen die Bänder des letzten mit Freddie Mercury eingespielten Queen- Albums in den Tresoren der EMI. Bis auf weiteres muß sich die Freddie- Fangemeinde erst einmal mit einer Werkschau der Soloaktivitäten ihres verstorbenen Idols begnügen. Hervorstechendes Merkmal der elf Songs ist jene opulente Theatralik, die stets auch die Musikwelt von Queen prägte. Ob in dem Soundtrack-Evergreen "The Great Pretender", der ironischen Selbstbespiegelung "Mr. Bad Guy" oder dem mit der Opernsängerin Montserrat Caballé geschmetterten Schmachtfetzen "Barcelona": Am liebsten inszenierte die exzentrische Rock-Diva Mercury sich und ihre Songs mit großem Orchester, großen Gefühlen und jenen ausschweifenden Gesten, von denen sich einige fotografische Kostproben in dem sorgfältig aufgemachten CD- Booklet finden. Dieses "Freddie Mercury Album" ist kein schludriges Machwerk, das auf die schnelle Mark schielt: Es wird einer großen Rock- Persönlichkeit gerecht. ** Interpret.: 07-09

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