09-05-2016, 06:36
(This post was last modified: 09-05-2016, 10:13 by CRAZY-HORSE.)
FREDDIE MERCURY & MONTSERRAT CABALLE "Barcelona" cd, 1988
this album stats........#15 UK...#13 NZ...#19 AU
singles:
"Barcelona"..............#8 UK...#3 AU
"the golden boy".......#86 UK
"how can I go on" B/W
"guide me home".....#95 UK
a strange pairing indeed....
one of rock music's greatest vocalists and performers coming together with an opera star....!
this came about when Mercury went to see a Pavarotti show in London a couple of years previous to this album...
he was blown away by Caballe's vocals and sent a message saying he would like to record with her, and the rest is
history...
all tracks on here were written by Mercury, all tracks are duets between the two of them, some feature more of Freddie
others more of Caballe.
some of them sound like they could have been Queen ballads, but whatever,
I think it works to a degree, but opera is not a genre of music I really enjoy or even know anything about,'
I like half the album and dislike half of it purely because I cannot understand a word she sings without looking at the
lyric sheet.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: exercise in free love
best track: how can I go on
[video=youtube;akdAvg8SO1A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdAvg8SO1A[/video]
tracks:
1...Barcelona ***
2...La Japonaise *
3...the fallen priest **
4...ensueno *
5...the golden boy **
6...guide me home **
7...how can I go on ***
8...exercises in free love *
9...overtime picante *
3s=2
2s=3
1s=4
rating: 1.7
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.

