10 Perfect Posthumous Rock Albums

Any frontman who has ever walked the Earth is always going to be standing in the shadow of what Freddie Mercury already did. Compared to the kind of outlandish behavior that we see from rock stars since, Mercury was the first one to turn the rock show into a spectacle, weaving in different bits and pieces of musical theater into one grandiose statement in front of the crowd. So when that colossal voice gets silenced, you start to listen that much more.

After succumbing to pneumonia at his home in 1991, Mercury had chosen to work up until his dying day, going into the studio whenever he could to work on new songs. By the time that he had passed though, the rest of Queen were just left with table scraps of songs to work with, and they turned it into one of the greatest musical tributes of the modern age.

Along with a few new songs from the other members like Brian May's Too Much Love Will Kill You, this is still Freddie's baby, with songs like A Winter's Tale and You Don't Fool Me showing the same charismatic voice we all know and love. It especially becomes tough to bear during Mother Love, when Freddie's voice is taken over by Brian's when he passed away midway through the recording of the song. Although we all have to face mortality at some point, this album is enough to show how much bravery Freddie had at the end of his life.