Talk:Barcelona (Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé album)

Freddy Ill with Aids
A reference should be produced for this. I doubt one can be produced so although he knew he was HIV positive we are unlikely to be able to show that he had received an AIDS diagnosis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.231.4 (talk) 21:03, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Not bad, but needs a bit of work
While I found the article interesting, I have to say that it may need a little bit of work. As I noted in my edit of Feb.6, 2006, we need a citation for the statement that the recording of Barcelona was a dream of Mercury's. Even if it was, I don't suppose that necessarily means it's particularly notable. At any rate, I'll leave that up to others who know the man and his music better than I. My biggest concern with this article, though, is the three-line dialogue between Mercury and Montserrat Caballé. While it's interesting, I'm not sure it's: I've left it in for now, but if nobody objects in the next couple of days, I'm going to remove it. &mdash;CKA3KA (Skazka) 22:25, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Relevant.
 * 2) Factual.
 * 3) Encyclopedic.
 * I agree, do we have any evidence that this conversation is accurate or genuine? DWaterson 20:44, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your input, DWaterson. I've removed the dialogue, as nobody seems to have objected. In case anyone wants to see it, here it is:
 * Montserrat Caballé : "How many songs are there in a Rock and Roll album?"
 * Freddie Mercury : "Well ... err ... 10!"
 * Montserrat Caballé : "Well, write 10 songs!"
 * &mdash;CKA3KA (Skazka) 21:28, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Wait a minute, I'm certain I saw the interview where Freddie says this, for certain. I even have the picture in my head - he was standing by a jukebox in a corner, for some odd reason, and he was talking about Montserrat Caballé, when this dialogue was related. I'll do some digging, and I'll post the link when I find it. Anton1234 06:43, 1 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I changed some of the begining. I made references to that dredful book by Freestone, since I am sure I read about this in it, though I don't have it with me at the moment, and can't remember any more details Donny (talk) 23:56, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

time relevance
"Barcelona was dedicated to the city of Barcelona in honor of the 1992 Summer Olympics, which were hosted there."

The song was recorded 5 years prior to those Olympics, can we verify this? (anon. edit by 66.27.72.245}

Well, it was written after the city was selected as a host in 1986. And it's written in the album liner notes. Peter S. 12:13, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

"last album"
I believe Queen's Innuendo was recorded following this (1989), so this wouldn't be the last album Freddie recorded on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Voideater (talk • contribs) 21:11, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

DVD?
Is there a DVD edition of this album?

homi kanga accompaniest
ha ha, i find it a funny coincidence that freddie had one of his songs accompanied by a violinst who's parsee like him. Sohrab Irani 00:01, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Lyrics of "The Fallen Priest" and "The Golden Boy"
The article says, in the individual description of each song, that the lyrics of these two were written by Jim Vallance. But the track listing (in the article and in my CD) says it was Tim Rice. In addition, the track listing gives Vallance credit for "Overture Piccante" (of which I can't find any evidence in my CD). I don't see any reference to this work in either Vallance or Rice Wikipedia entries.

By the way, there are at least two different "original" (non-reissue) editions, with different covers. More info here: http://discuss.queenonline.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=5615 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.46.234.20 (talk) 10:06, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

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Billboard chart
Didnt this album chart on Billboard's Top Crossover Albums chart at no. 6 back in 1992, the year of Queen's comeback in North America? Here is all that i can find.

https://books.google.com/books?id=2REEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42&dq=freddie+mercury+barcelona+billboard&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-kfD45oKCAxUtkmoFHQO7BO4Q6AF6BAgPEAI#v=onepage&q=freddie%20mercury%20barcelona%20billboard&f=false 67.43.190.226 (talk) 19:06, 19 October 2023 (UTC)