Freddie Mercury singles box is almost as colourful as he was

Freddie Mercury was about as colourful as a character can get, so it's only fitting that this new box set of his solo work had the coloured-vinyl machines over at Universal Music working overtime, cranking out seven-inch singles in red, yellow, blue, orange, white, cyan, gold, clear, green, and neon pink.

Messenger of the Gods: The Singles features 13 discs total, covering Mercury's dance floor-influenced solo anthems of the '80s, including his collaboration with Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballé, "Barcelona", and his posthumous U.K. hit "Living On My Own".

Although I loved what Mercury did with Queen in the seventies—especially on their first few albums—I wasn't a fan of his solo stuff. If, unlike me, you thought the guy could do no wrong, have at 'er. Messenger of the Gods also comes with a booklet and download codes for MP3s,  but it ain't cheap. 

DISC 1 – BLUE
(A) I Can Hear Music – Larry Lurex (1973)
(B) Goin Back Larry Lurex

DISC 2 – ORANGE
(A) Love Kills (1984)

DISC 3 – YELLOW
(A) I Was Born To Love You (1985)
(B) Stop All The Fighting

DISC 4 – RED
(A) Made In Heaven [Single Remix] (1985)
(B) She Blows Hot And Cold

DISC 5 – WHITE
(A) Living On My Own [Single Edit] (1985)
(B) My Love Is Dangerous

DISC 6 – RED
(A) Love Me Like There s No Tomorrow (1985)
(B) Let s Turn It On

DISC 7 – CYAN
(A) Time (1986)
(B) Time [Instrumental]

DISC 8 – ORANGE
(A) The Great Pretender (1987)
(B) Exercises In Free Love [Freddie s Vocal]

DISC 9 – CLEAR
(A) Barcelona [Single Version] (1987)
(B) Exercises In Free Love [Montserrat s Vocal]

DISC 10 – GOLD
(A) The Golden Boy [Single Edit] (1988)
(B) The Fallen Priest [B-Side Edit]

DISC 11 – GREEN
(A) How Can I Go On [Single Version] (1989)
(B) Overture Piccante

DISC 12 NEON PINK
(A) In My Defence (1992)
(B) Love Kills [Wolf Euro Mix]

DISC 13 – YELLOW
(A) Living On My Own [No More Brothers Radio Mix] (1993)
(B) Living On My Own [Julian Raymond Album Mix]