Freddie's Best Album Vocally?

For any album, I'd have to say Barcelona. But for just Queen, It'd probably be The Debut Album or Jazz.

to me, news of the world and miracle have the best vocals.. but can't complain on any vocals on any albums. brilliant all the way

Innuendo, no doubt

ANATO and ADATR for me, his voice is pretty much the same in both and he still used that soft falsetto that he stopped using these two albums. NOTW would be my next favourite.

A Night At The Opera...because of all the crazy multitracking and harmonies on tracks like Seaside Rendezvous. Not to mention he did all of the "woodwind instrumentation" using only his voice! Also, the vocal improvisation in The Prophets Song was pretty fucking epic.

Glad some people have mentioned the Barcelona album. I'm not sure about the technicalities of singing quality - but this period of recording seems to be the 'warmest' where I really get a sense of the rich character in FMs voice without the need for multi layers etc.
So my vote goes to Barcelona and AKOM - fantastic recordings!

[QUOTE] [b]ActionFletch wrote:[/b]
Glad some people have mentioned the Barcelona album. I'm not sure about the technicalities of singing quality - but this period of recording seems to be the 'warmest' where I really get a sense of the rich character in FMs voice without the need for multi layers etc.
So my vote goes to Barcelona and AKOM - fantastic recordings![/QUOTE]

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His voice was just stunning on that album! "Barcelona" and "How Can I Go On" are some of his best vocal performances!

Has anyone ever noticed how GREAT Freddie's vibrato got over the years? Just compare his voice on the mid 70s albums, then go to The Game or Hot Space, it's like his vibrato had more "depth" in it!

I swear to God, he trained his voice in SOME way after the Jazz Tour--there's no way his voice got that much stronger/better live (and studio) between the Jazz/Crazy Tour with just rest. He had to have either self-taught himself some techniques, or he may have worked with someone on his voice? You can hear on the available recordings of the Crazy Tour, that Freddie has developed this awesome vibrato! You can really hear it on the excellent quality shows from 1980-1982 (Oakland, Wembley, Rosemont, Montreal, Milton Keynes, Edinburgh, etc)!

I also think in-between the Osaka and Live Aid timeframe, he may have touched his voice up in some way. His voice was in excellent form at Live Aid, and his breath support was excellent on Live Aid: When he does that awesome vocal improv, he holds that A4 for like 7 seconds (and doesn't waver off the note, OR lose power/breath). On that Montreux 1986 improv, he holds a very powerful, well-supported Bb4 for several seconds as well! I think he may have trained his voice a bit in-between Osaka 1985 and Live Aid. On the Magic Tour, even on the weaker shows for his voice, his breath support was great, and was able to sustain decent notes for a good few seconds!

I'm always impressed by his singing on The Miracle album, there's just some easiness and versatility to it. But I agree with some others saying that he sounded amazing overall, although there are some songs on which the delivery was exceptional (You Take My Breath Away, The Show Must Go On, Don't Try So Hard, Barcelona, Nevermore, It's a Hard Life - just to name a few). Good singer :)

A Day at the Races. The recent Somebody to Love vocal isolation was magnificent and it reminds me how good he was on that album. If he has ever sounded better than on You Take My Breath Away I haven't heard it. And the touch of class he brings to the heavier songs really distinguishes Queen from their contemporaries.

I always thought Freddie sounded like a beast in the A Kind of Magic album. He sounds so strong vocally. Innuendo is also good, especially considering the pain Freddie was in during that period.

[QUOTE] [b]Biggzy10 wrote:[/b]
I always thought Freddie sounded like a beast in the A Kind of Magic album. He sounds so strong vocally. Innuendo is also good, especially considering the pain Freddie was in during that period. [/QUOTE]

Thousand times agree!

Princes of the Universe, One Vision, and Gimmie the Prize are the songs that come to mind.

I don't know the exact notes but Im pretty sure he hit some really high ones in All Gods People.

[QUOTE] [b]Biggzy10 wrote:[/b]
Princes of the Universe, One Vision, and Gimmie the Prize are the songs that come to mind.
I don't know the exact notes but Im pretty sure he hit some really high ones in All Gods People.[/QUOTE]

He topped off at F5!

I'm pretty sure my cat can hit that note, but that doesn't make him a good singer ...