The Solo Collection


The Solo Collection is a compilation box set detailing the solo career of Freddie Mercury. It includes the material Mercury recorded before joining Queen, through to the 1993 No More Brothers remixes. Mercury's two studio albums are included, along with various single edits and non-album singles, B-sides, remixes, instrumentals, collaborations, a large number of demo recordings and a set of interviews conducted by David Wigg. Also included are two DVDs: a collection of Mercury's promotional music videos, and a documentary covering his life.

Track listing

''The Solo Collection'' (twelve-disc edition)

Disc one: ''[Mr. Bad Guy]'' (1985)

All songs written by Freddie Mercury
  1. "Let's Turn It On" – 3:42
  2. "Made in Heaven" – 4:05
  3. "I Was [Born to Love You |I Was Born to Love You]" – 3:38
  4. "Foolin' Around" – 3:29
  5. "Your Kind of Lover" – 3:32
  6. "Mr. Bad Guy" – 4:09
  7. "Man Made Paradise" – 4:08
  8. "There Must Be [More to Life Than This]" – 3:00
  9. "Living on My Own" – 3:23
  10. "My Love Is Dangerous" – 3:42
  11. "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" – 3:46

    Disc two: ''[Barcelona (Freddie Mercury and [Montserrat Caballé album)|Barcelona]]'' (1988)

  12. Barcelona – 5:39
  13. La Japonaise – 4:48
  14. The Fallen Priest – 5:45
  15. Ensueño – 4:21
  16. The Golden Boy – 6:03
  17. Guide Me Home – 2:49
  18. How Can I Go On – 3:50
  19. Overture Piccante – 6:39

    Disc three: ''The Great Pretender">The Freddie Mercury Album">The Great Pretender'' (1992)

  20. The Great Pretender – 3:39
  21. Foolin' Around – 3:35
  22. Time – 3:49
  23. Your Kind Of Lover – 3:59
  24. Exercises In Free Love – 3:56
  25. In My Defence – 3:51
  26. Mr. Bad Guy – 4:00
  27. Let's Turn It On – 3:45
  28. Living on My Own – 3:38
  29. My Love Is Dangerous – 3:40
  30. Love Kills – 3:28

    Disc four: ''The Singles 1973–1985''

  31. I Can Hear Music – 3:29
  32. Goin' Back – 3:34
  33. Love Kills – 4:31
  34. Love Kills – 5:22
  35. I Was Born to Love You – 7:05
  36. Stop All The Fighting – 3:19
  37. Stop All The Fighting – 6:37
  38. Made in Heaven – 4:50
  39. She Blows Hot & Cold – 3:26
  40. She Blows Hot & Cold – 5:50
  41. Living On My Own - 6:40
  42. My Love Is Dangerous – 6:29
  43. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow – 5:32
  44. Let's Turn It On – 5:08

    Disc five: ''The Singles 1986–1993''

  45. Time – 3:58
  46. Time – 4:37
  47. Time – 3:22
  48. In My Defence – 3:57
  49. The Great Pretender – 3:29
  50. The Great Pretender – 5:54
  51. Exercises In Free Love – 3:59
  52. Barcelona – 4:27
  53. Barcelona – 7:07
  54. How Can I Go On – 4:02
  55. Living on My Own – 5:16
  56. Living on My Own – 3:38
  57. Living on My Own – 4:27
  58. Living on My Own – 5:45

    Disc six: ''The Instrumentals''

  59. Barcelona – 4:26
  60. La Japonaise – 4:46
  61. The Fallen Priest – 5:50
  62. Ensueño – 4:00
  63. The Golden Boy – 6:05
  64. Guide Me Home – 2:38
  65. How Can I Go On – 3:58
  66. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow – 4:03
  67. Made in Heaven – 4:17
  68. Mr. Bad Guy – 4:14
  69. There Must Be More To Life Than This – 3:08
  70. In My Defence – 3:56
  71. The Great Pretender – 3:26

    Disc seven: ''Rarities 1: The Mr Bad Guy Sessions''

  72. Let's Turn It On – 3:04
  73. Made in Heaven – 4:27
  74. I Was Born to Love You – 2:58
  75. Foolin' Around – 4:14
  76. Foolin' Around – 5:37
  77. Foolin' Around – 3:40
  78. Your Kind Of Lover – 4:47
  79. Your Kind Of Lover – 3:38
  80. Mr. Bad Guy – 0:35
  81. Mr. Bad Guy – 3:29
  82. There Must Be More To Life Than This – 2:48
  83. Living on My Own – 4:29
  84. Love Is Dangerous – 2:12
  85. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow – 2:18
  86. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow – 1:03
  87. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow – 3:26
  88. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow – 4:22
  89. She Blows Hot & Cold – 4:36
  90. Gazelle – 1:20
  91. Money Can't Buy Happiness – 2:37
  92. Love Makin' Love – 3:35
  93. God Is Heavy – 1:22
  94. New York – 2:12

    Disc eight: ''Rarities 2: The Barcelona Sessions''

  95. The Duet – 3:04
  96. Idea – 1:12
  97. Idea – 1:04
  98. Barcelona – 4:21
  99. Barcelona – 4:31
  100. Barcelona – 4:26
  101. La Japonaise – 4:41
  102. La Japonaise – 4:17
  103. Rachmaninov's Revenge – 4:46
  104. Rachmaninov's Revenge – 5:51
  105. Ensueño – 5:36
  106. The Golden Boy – 3:54
  107. The Golden Boy – 2:56
  108. The Golden Boy – 5:12
  109. Guide Me Home / How Can I Go On – 6:54
  110. How Can I Go On – 1:31
  111. How Can I Go On – 3:45
  112. "When This Old Tired Body Wants to Sing" – 2:42

    Disc nine: ''Rarities 3: Other Sessions''

  113. Rain – 3:51
  114. Green – 3:15
  115. The Man From Manhattan – 3:22
  116. Love Is The Hero – 5:22
  117. Lady With A Tenor Sax – 4:02
  118. Hold On – 3:38
  119. Heaven for Everyone – 4:48
  120. Love Kills – 4:27
  121. Love Kills – 4:26
  122. The Great Pretender – 3:04
  123. Holding On – 4:12
  124. It's So You – 2:40
  125. I Can't Dance / Keep Smilin' – 3:43
  126. Horns Of Doom – 4:16
  127. Yellow Breezes – 5:25
  128. Have A Nice Day – 0:45

    Disc ten: ''The David Wigg Interviews''

  129. 1979, London – 8:11
  130. 1984, Munich – 11:27
  131. 1984, Munich – 7:37
  132. 1985, Wembley, London – 6:45
  133. 1986, London – 10:35
  134. 1987, Ibiza – 9:56
  135. 1987, Ibiza – 8:21
  136. 1987, Ibiza – 10:26

    Disc eleven: ''The Video Collection'' (DVD)

  • Barcelona
  • The Great Pretender
  • I Was Born to Love You
  • Time
  • How Can I Go On
  • Made in Heaven
  • Living on My Own
  • The Golden Boy
  • The Great Pretender
  • Barcelona
  • In My Defence
  • Guide Me Home

    Disc twelve: ''The Untold Story'' (DVD)

  • Spice Island Dawn
  • Strange Discipline
  • Culture Shock
  • The Draftsman Of Ealing
  • Musical Awakenings
  • Love of My Life
  • Bacchus And Aphrodite
  • Butterflies And Peacocks
  • A Day At The Opera
  • My Kind Of Towns
  • Last Days
In early prints of the Solo Collection box, the third chapter of the DVD, "Culture Shock", includes what is described in the audio commentary by the filmmakers, Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher of DoRo Productions, as a reconstruction of a Parsi initiation religious ceremony. This segment was completely edited out from all subsequent reprints of the DVD as it was considered potentially offensive. It is also absent from the second version of the documentary, released in 2006 as Disc 1 of Lover of Life, Singer of Songs, the DVD release accompanying the [Lover of Life, Singer of Songs|same-titled compilation CD of Mercury solo recordings].

''Solo''

The box set was also released as a three-disc sampler titled Solo. This edition contains Mercury's two original studio albums, as well as a third disc of selected tracks from the twelve-disc box set.
;Disc one: Mr. Bad Guy
;Disc two: Barcelona
;Disc three
  1. I Can Hear Music – 3:29
  2. Love Kills – 4:31
  3. The Great Pretender – 3:29
  4. Living on My Own – 3:38
  5. In My Defence – 3:55
  6. Time – 4:02
  7. Love Kills – 4:27

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