I've been dropping hints of my top 50 Queen songs around on various posts, and for an extra teaser for that I think I'll come up with a list of Freddie's best songs from his solo bulk. DISCLAIMER - if you're going to contribute to this thread, make sure you have The Solo Collection first, because I will be including some rare gems here. No remixes included!
#1 - Living on My Own
#2 - Barcelona
#3 - Made in Heaven (Freddie's 1985 release on Mr. Bad Guy of course, not the '95 Queen remake...)
#4 - Goin' Back
#5 - The Great Pretender
#6 - Let's Turn It On
#7 - How Can I Go On?
#8 - In My Defence
#9 - I Can Hear Music
#10 - I Was Born To Love You (1985 release, see 3)
#11 - Green
#12 - Man Made Paradise
#13 - Time
#14 - Your Kind of Lover
#15 - Love Kills
Strange how you rank Love Kills so low... you were not around in the 80s, were you? :)
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1) Barcelona
2) Living on my Own
3) How Can I Go On
4) Mr Bad Guy
5) I was born to Love you
6) In My Defence
7 The Great Pretender
8) Made in Heaven
9) Lets Turn It On
10 Man Made Paradise
As for Love Kills i like it but it wouldnt be in my top 10
1) Barcelona (the album)
I like it more than any Queen album.
And then in no particular order Time, In my defence, The great pretender, Mr Bad Guy, and many others which I don't like but are incredible vocal performances.
My Freddie "Best of" album looks like this :
1. Let's Turn It On (Jeff Lord-Alge remix)
2. Mr. Bad Guy
3. Barcelona (extended version)
4. In My Defence
5. Exercises in Free Love
6. The Golden Boy
7. The Great Pretender (Brian Malouf remix)
8. Living On My Own (No More Brothers Radio Mix)
9. Stop All The Fighting
10. Love Is The Hero (extended version)
11. She's A Lady With A Tenor Sax
12. She Blows Hot And Cold (with Brian May)
13. My Love Is Dangerous (Jeff Lord-Alge remix)
14. Love Kills (Rock Mix)
15. When This Old Tired Body Wants To Sing
The numbers don't show my preferences, but a track number
In no particular order:
01 The Great Pretender (Remix)
02 When This Old Tired Body Wants To Sing
03 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow
04 How Can I Go On
05 La Japonaise
06 Time
07 In My Defence
08 There Must Be More To Life Than This
09 Mr Bad Guy (1992 Version)
10 Have A Nice Day
Bonus Track
11 New York ("At Last!" if possible, otherwise the FM Solo version)
"Ogre-" - When it comes to Love Kills, I love the originial Richard Wolf version (note, I'm not refering to the remix which floods with instruments as soon as Freddie sings the title phrase), but when it comes to the single mixes, my opinion fluctuates.
For anyone who wants to know, my list mostly came from a 2-disc compilation I made myself called 'Silver Solo' which I released on April 29th, 2010 to mark the 25th or silver anniversary of Mr. Bad Guy. Here's the tracklist. Freddie enthuasists might appreciate it. Others, well... read the list.
Disc 1 - Singles and Some Rareties
1. Living on My Own (Originial 1985 Single)
2. The Great Pretender
3. Barcelona
4. Made in Heaven
5. Love Kills (Originial Richard Wolf Version)
6. Let's Turn It On
7. How Can I Go On?
8. I Was Born to Love You
9. State of Shock
10. Green
11. Mr. Bad Guy
12. I Can Hear Music
13. Goin' Back
14. Have A Nice Day
15. In My Defence (Originial Single Cut)
Disc 2 - Remixes and More Rareties
1. Living on My Own (No More Brothers Radio Mix)
2. Let's Turn It On (Jeff Lord-Alge Remix)
3. New York [[this is not New York, New York]]
4. Money Can't Buy Happiness
5. Time (Nile Rodgers Remix)
6. Living on My Own (Julian Raymond Remix) - this is the mix that appears on GH3, despite what the sleeve notes say
7. Keep Smilin'
8. Mr. Bad Guy (Brian Malouf Remix)
9. Love Kills (Rock Mix)
10. God is Heavy
11. Foolin' Around (Steve Brown Remix)
12. Gazelle
13. Hold On
14. Living on My Own (Extended 1985 12-inch Version)
15. It's So You
1. Foolin' Around
2. You are the only one (demo)
3. Love Makin' Love (demo)
4. My Love is Dangerous (the funky/reggie mix)
5. How can I go on?
6. Living on my own (1993 version)
7. Your Kind of Lover
8. There must be more to life than this
9. Man Made Paradise
10. La Japanese (or something)
I could never get any of the solo stuff untill the '90s in America, but I did hear the track BARCELONA after it first came out.
My fave solo Freddie tracks are:
BARCELONA
THE GREAT PRETENDER
THE FALLEN PRIEST
LIVING ON MY OWN
Q fan since I was 4 or 5. Listened to my brother's vinyl albums in the '70s.
Silken wrote: 1) Barcelona (the album)
I like it more than any Queen album.
And then in no particular order Time, In my defence, The great pretender, Mr Bad Guy, and many others which I don't like but are incredible vocal performances.
I agree about Barcelona, Not sure if I like it more than any Queen album, but i do rank it With the best. alongside The vintage stuff. other than The Barcelona album I like The great Pretender, In My Defense, Love me like there's no tomorrow, living on my own, man made paradise, Mr. Bad Guy.