When you see the high praise given to this album, the last one released before Freddy Mercury died, you might think people gave it 5 stars just out of sympathy or what have you, but no...the material here is actually deserving of such a rating. Freddy was suffering heavily throughout the making of this one, which makes his vocal work on "Headlong" and "The Show Must Go On" that much more admirable. There is also the sweet sweet harmony of "These Are the DAys" and the silly "I'm Going Slightly Mad." To hear him wrench these vocal takes out of his pain-wracked body is just a mind-blowing thing.