Mr. Bad Guy

Mr. Bad Guy
Studio album by
Freddie Mercury
Released29 April 1985
RecordedEarly 1983 – January 1985[1]
StudioMusicland Studios, Munich, West Germany
Genre
Length40:41 (LP)
60:40 (Original UK CD)
LabelColumbia
Producer
Freddie Mercury chronology
Mr. Bad Guy
(1985) 		Barcelona
(1988)
Singles from Mr. Bad Guy
  1. "I Was Born to Love You"
    Released: 8 April 1985
  2. "Made in Heaven"
    Released: 1 July 1985
  3. "Living on My Own"
    Released: 2 September 1985
  4. "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow"
    Released: 18 November 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Record Mirror[3]
Rolling Stone(positive)[4]

This album is dedicated to my cat Jerry - also Tom, Oscar and Tiffany, and all the cat lovers across the universe - screw everybody else!

- Freddie Mercury in the albums notes[5]

Mr. Bad Guy is the only solo studio album by British musician Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen. Released in 1985, during a period in which Queen were on hiatus from recording, it contains eleven songs, all written by Mercury himself.[5]

The album was reissued on 11 October 2019, in newly remixed form, on CD, vinyl, digital and streaming services, via Mercury Records.[6]

  1. ^ Mr. Bad Guy (album) queenpedia.com Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  2. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Mr. Bad Guy - Freddie Mercury". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  3. ^ Smith, Robin (4 May 1985). "Albums". Record Mirror. p. 18.
  4. ^ Holmes, Tim. "Mr Bad Guy - Rolling Stone (Issue 450)". Queen Archives. Archived from the original on 23 December 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  5. ^ a b Jen Longshaw. "Freddie Mercury's Cats". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Freddie Mercury 'Never Boring' 5 Disc Box Set: Details". Billboard. 5 September 2019.