Released 40 Years ago today...29th April 1985.

"I was always keen to do a solo album. I just wanted it to be the right time and the right place so that I could actually work properly on the songs that I wanted to do before I got too old."

"So, my Mr Bad Guy album was just a breather, a chance to do some things that I wanted to do without the others. But it certainly wasn't a split from Queen. It was just a form of outlet, something in me that I wanted to do. I wanted to write a batch of songs that actually came out under the name of Freddie Mercury and I wanted to do all the things I wasn't able to do within the band. In fact, some of the songs that were discarded from Queen albums ended up on my solo album, but they are good,"

"I put my heart and soul into Mr Bad Guy and I think it's a very natural album. It had some very moving ballads - things to do with sadness and pain, but at the same time there were some very frivolous and tongue-in-cheek, because that is my nature. I think the songs on that album reflect the state of my life, a diverse selection of moods and a whole spectrum of what my life was."

Freddie Mercury on Mr Bad Guy.

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