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Nov 27, 2022 · The greatest ever solo albums 27 November 2022, 17:00 | Updated: 24 February 2023, 11:46 Classic solo albums from John Lennon, Bjork, George Harrison and Paul Weller.
- "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" From: Living in the Material World(1973) In a way, there wasn't any other direction to go but smaller. After all, Harrison had already reached No. 1 in both the U.S. and U.K.
- "What Is Life" From: All Things Must Pass(1970) A towering rocker from Harrison's six-times platinum-selling solo debut, "What Is Life" actually warranted Spector's Wall of Sound approach.
- "Handle With Care" From: The Traveling Wilburys' Vol. 1(1988) Harrison's smash hit about sly resiliency was originally recorded as a throwaway B-side, until his label intervened.
- "Beware of Darkness" From: All Things Must Pass(1970) "Beware of Darkness" originally opened Side Three of Harrison's post-Fab creative outburst, capturing both the mood and the moment in a reserved, and very Harrison-esque manner.
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- I Can Hear Music/Going Back
- Love Kills
- I Was Born to Love You/Stop All The Fighting
- Made in Heaven/She Blows Hot and Cold
- Living on My Own/My Love Is Dangerous
- Love Me Like There’S No Tomorrow/Let’S Turn It on
- Time/Time
- The Great Pretender/Exercises in Free Love
- Barcelona
- The Golden Boy
Queen formed in 1970, but by 1972, they were still holding out for that perfect record deal. Many labels were sniffing around, but the band, wary of sharks, stayed patient. Eventually, they agreed to a unique partnership with the owners of Trident Studios: the band would have access to their world-class facilities free of charge; the studio owners ...
By 1983, Freddie was looking to expand his creative output beyond the cycle of recording and touring with one of the world’s biggest bands. Now living in Munich, he would interrupt initial plans to record a solo album with intercontinental trips that allowed for him to try something new. In Los Angeles, he’d worked in the studio with Michael Jackso...
Following a grueling touring schedule in support of Queen’s 1982 Hot Space album (which embraced elements of funk, notably spawning the phenomenal hit single “Under Pressure” with David Bowie), Freddie was excited to further explore his funkier side. This time, however, he would do so away from the rest of the band (amusingly, the liner notes for h...
Freddie selected one of the most Queen-like songs from Mr. Bad Guyfor his fourth solo single, the soaring ballad “Made In Heaven.” While much of his debut solo album embraced electronic dance music, “Made In Heaven” was in a style more familiar to Queen fans. Like the rest of the album, it was recorded in Munich: Freddie loved the freedom offered b...
Released while Queen were on tour in Australia, Freddie’s first solo album was a clear departure from the classic Queen formula. He had grown to love the joyful, celebratory sounds of the gay clubs he frequented with a passion, and this was reflected on many of the tracks he wrote forMr. Bad Guy– not least “Living On My Own.” Professionally, Freddi...
Resident in Munich, Freddie recruited the best local musicians to create an album that lived up to the standards he’d set as the lead singer of one of the world’s biggest rock acts. Mr. Bad Guywas a real labor of love: “I’ve put my heart and soul into this album,” he said. “It has some very moving ballads – things to do with sadness and pain, but a...
Following the success of Mr. Bad Guy, Freddie was keen to expand his horizons. He remained alert to whatever new opportunities might come his way – be they of his own making or, in the case of “Time,” when an old friend came knocking. The Dave Clark Five were the first British Invasion group to follow The Beatles to the US and appear on The Ed Sull...
With new creative impetus following his involvement with the Timestage show, Freddie put his all into a recording (and accompanying video) that took him to No.4 in the UK charts. With the benefit of hindsight, “The Great Pretender” can be seen as Freddie confessing the double life of the tortured artist – part confident, powerful frontman for one o...
Freddie Mercury was always a man of high tastes, with a long list of interests that included opera. His favorite singer was Pavarotti, and so, when the Italian tenor was performing Verdi’s Un Ballo In Mascheraat the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden, Freddie was in the audience. But it was the leading lady, Monsterrat Caballé, who stole h...
The Barcelonaalbum, a collaboration between Freddie and the Catalan soprano Montserrat Caballé, opened doors for both singers. Just as her duet with Freddie on the monster smash title track introduced opera singer to a new audience, so did it allow Freddie to explore the dramatic style that he’d first dabbled with on Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” “W...
Feb 17, 2021 · Editor’s Note: Crate Digging is a recurring feature in which we take a deep dive into a genre and turn up several albums all music fans should know about. This time, we celebrate 10 artists across genre, gender, and generation who “went solo” — leaving their main act to go it alone — and either turned in a masterpiece or took steps toward realizing a new type of genius.
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Mar 6, 2024 · Here's a look at David Gilmour's 10 best solo songs: No. 10. "Rattle That Lock" From: Rattle That Lock (2015) Back then, there was a criticism to be made about the most recent...
