Happiness ? The best solo effort ?

Mr. Britt wrote:

For me, I think Mr. Bad Guy is the best solo album, simply because I enjoy every song on the album. Barcelona has some good songs, and it's a magnificent album, but I don't like every song. I don't like everything on Happiness?... Some of the songs are great, but it's not my favorite solo album. I like Brian's Back To The Light album... but as I said, Freddie's first solo album is the best. Roger's early albums were great, too. I like catchy songs.

I also believe that the best solo album is Mr. Bad Guy. I don`t like Roger`s solo albums very much. I even gave them away to my crazy Queen fan-friends, who are more crazy than me about Solo Stuff by each Queen member. Freddie`s solo work was and is the best for me.

Oh, BTW since the thread is called Happiness, I am happy now as you see this is my month! Guess why?

I loved "Happiness" but my all time favorite solo album is "Electric Fire". I think it's the only solo album which the better production so it's stll not old-fashioned. I really love all the songs maybe except "Working Class Hero".

In the order :

1. Electric Fire
2. Another World
3. Barcelona
4. Back To The Light
5. Happiness ?
6. Mr Bad Guy
7. Blue Rock
8. Fun in Space
9. Strange Frontier
10. Star Fleet Project
11. Shove It
12. Mad Bad and Dangerous to know

Bigfish wrote:

I am surely not alone when considering Roger Taylor's 'Happiness?' to be the best Queen solo outing.

The album is filled with haunting piano, soaring blues slide guitar, soulful vocals and beautiful melodies. The excellent title track, The key, Revelations and Foreign sand would have all graced any Queen album. While more experimental numbers such as Freedom train and Nazi's 1994 give the album that peculiar 'Roger' flavour (a little wacky but very rock and roll).

On a personal note it was my soundtrack to a year I spent in Japan in the 90's so it's quite a personal choice. I shut my eyes and I'm back there everytime I hear it.

I.

no way, freddies solo work is by faaaaaar the best out of all of them.

ANAGRAMER wrote:

Let's be honest with ourselves - ALL of the Queen solo albums are crap - without exception!

lets be honest here, you dont know what good music is if you think freddies solo albums are crap as they are basically Queen albums.

yes, I love Electric Fire´s production too, and Working Class Hero is my only low point in the album. This is my ranking:

- Electric Fire
- Happiness ?
- Back To The Light
- Another World
- Barcelona
- Blue Rock
- Star Fleet Project
- Mr. Bad Guy
- Fun In Space
- Strange Frontier
- Mad, Bad ...
- Shove It
- Furia

I never did pick up any Freddie solo albums and I have only one Roger solo album.

1. Another World
2. Back To The Light
3. Happiness?

Treasure Moment wrote:

ANAGRAMER wrote:



Let's be honest with ourselves - ALL of the Queen solo albums are crap - without exception!

lets be honest here, you dont know what good music is if you think freddies solo albums are crap as they are basically Queen albums.

Yeah, Mr. Bad Guy and Barcelona are *sooo* like Queen's work. Practically indistinguishable. That's why he made them without Queen in the first place.

Really, you're talking worse rubbish than usual, and that's quite something by your standards.

lalaalalaa wrote:

I never did pick up any Freddie solo albums and I have only one Roger solo album.

1. Another World
2. Back To The Light
3. Happiness?

You must get Barcelona ASAP.

ThomasQuinn wrote:

 



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ANAGRAMER wrote:



 



Let's be honest with ourselves - ALL of the Queen solo albums are crap - without exception!



 

lets be honest here, you dont know what good music is if you think freddies solo albums are crap as they are basically Queen albums.

Yeah, Mr. Bad Guy and Barcelona are *sooo* like Queen's work. Practically indistinguishable. That's why he made them without Queen in the first place.

Really, you're talking worse rubbish than usual, and that's quite something by your standards.

yeah because Queen only played 1 STYLE right?.....retard...
is that why they named the last real Queen album "made in heaven"? and had several of freddie solo songs on it? RETARD, get a brain buddy, you need it.

jadedlady wrote:

 



lalaalalaa wrote:



I never did pick up any Freddie solo albums and I have only one Roger solo album.

1. Another World
2. Back To The Light
3. Happiness?

You must get Barcelona ASAP.

That is actually the one I plan on getting next.

Treasure Moment wrote:

 



ANAGRAMER wrote:



Let's be honest with ourselves - ALL of the Queen solo albums are crap - without exception!

lets be honest here, you dont know what good music is if you think freddies solo albums are crap as they are basically Queen albums.

and.......

Treasure Moment wrote:

ThomasQuinn wrote:

 Treasure Moment wrote:

ANAGRAMER wrote:







 







Let's be honest with ourselves - ALL of the Queen solo albums are crap - without exception!







 

lets be honest here, you dont know what good music is if you think freddies solo albums are crap as they are basically Queen albums.

Yeah, Mr. Bad Guy and Barcelona are *sooo* like Queen's work. Practically indistinguishable. That's why he made them without Queen in the first place.

Really, you're talking worse rubbish than usual, and that's quite something by your standards.

yeah because Queen only played 1 STYLE right?.....retard...
is that why they named the last real Queen album "made in heaven"? and had several of freddie solo songs on it? RETARD, get a brain buddy, you need it.

Yeah, Queen often made reggae-oriented disco (nearly all of the Mr Bad Guy album) and electro-pop (Love Kills). They did not have *any* distinguishing features that can be found on all albums (like guitar orchestrations and chorale-harmonies), and Freddie did not himself mention that he couldn't have made an album like Mr Bad Guy with Queen...</TM'sDreamWorld>

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ANAGRAMER wrote:



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



Let's be honest with ourselves - ALL of the Queen solo albums are crap - without exception!



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

lets be honest here, you dont know what good music is if you think freddies solo albums are crap as they are basically Queen albums.

Yeah, Mr. Bad Guy and Barcelona are *sooo* like Queen's work. Practically indistinguishable. That's why he made them without Queen in the first place.

Really, you're talking worse rubbish than usual, and that's quite something by your standards.

yeah because Queen only played 1 STYLE right?.....retard...
is that why they named the last real Queen album "made in heaven"? and had several of freddie solo songs on it? RETARD, get a brain buddy, you need it.

Yeah, Queen often made reggae-oriented disco (nearly all of the Mr Bad Guy album) and electro-pop (Love Kills). They did not have *any* distinguishing features that can be found on all albums (like guitar orchestrations and chorale-harmonies), and Freddie did not himself mention that he couldn't have made an album like Mr Bad Guy with Queen...

he didnt say he couldnt make those songs with queen, he just said "we just havent done them yet" Queen played almost every single genre of music and wasnt limited to any them doing a reggae oriented disco and electro pop wouldnt suprise me one bit. I see freddies solo albums as Queen songs, same with brian and roger solo songs that have freddie singing on them.

lalaalalaa wrote:

I never did pick up any Freddie solo albums and I have only one Roger solo album.

1. Another World
2. Back To The Light
3. Happiness?

You should try to listen to The Great Pretender, I know its a cover, but it shows Freddie's voice off so beautifully.  I got Solo- The Very Best of Freddie Mercury last year, I love it, there's 26 songs on it, although some of them are different mixes of the same song, but it's brilliant.  I think most of the Barcelona album is on it.  I love all of Queen, but like their solo work too, as it shows them in a different context.  With Freddie's solo work, I like it because you can focus on his voice, even on very orchestrated songs like Mr. Bad Guy.  I also love Lets Turn It On, Your Kind of Lover, Mr. Bad Guy, There Must Be More to Life Then This, Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow, My Love is Dangerous... I'll stop now, I actually like basically everything on it, it's one of my favourite albums. :)