| andy20066 05.01.2011 14:50 |
which do u think is queens worst album ever |
| jpf 05.01.2011 23:34 |
"Hot Space" If I considered "Flash Gordon" to be a proper Queen lp, then I'd say FG. |
| YannickJoker 06.01.2011 00:38 |
The Works. It's not coherent enough, just a collection of songs. I like most of them, but it's very random and not really an album as such. |
| plumrach 06.01.2011 02:49 |
Hot Space is not that bad, people dont like it because its so different from a regular queen album but i think its good and im sure im not the only one!!! Come on it got to Number 4 in the UK Charts the same as News ot the World |
| Soundfreak 06.01.2011 03:52 |
There is no such thing as a "worst album". Every album has offered one or two hits or concert classics, they always tried to give their best - not their worst. Some albums age better with time. And as the albums vary over a time span of 20 years some prefer this one over that one and others might do the opposite. The only real "worst album" that I guess no one will argue about is "Live Magic" with it's horrible edits..... |
| thomasquinn 32989 06.01.2011 05:37 |
plumrach wrote: Hot Space is not that bad, people dont like it because its so different from a regular queen album but i think its good and im sure im not the only one!!! Come on it got to Number 4 in the UK Charts the same as News ot the World ---------- Popularity =/= Quality. If this were the case, The Works would've been one of Queen's top albums, and Queen II one of the worst. Evidently, this is not so. I do believe that Hot Space was one of the least imaginative Queen-albums. Yes, it sounded different from what Queen had done before, but it also sounded remarkably like almost everything else that hit the charts in 1982. In fact, I think it is the Queen-album which sounds most generic. The arrangement and production were sloppy to say the least (just think of the sad excuse for vocal harmonies on "Action This Day" or the clearly audible tape-hiss on "Cool Cat"), and evidently, the songs hadn't been given the attention their work on previous albums had, as the boys had managed to improve the songs significantly by the time they took them on tour (I've never yet heard anyone, including those who like Hot Space, argue that the live-versions were *not* superior to the studio versions. I know of no other album by Queen where this opinion is held so monolithically). |
| Holly2003 06.01.2011 06:53 |
Greatest Hits III or Live Magic. |
| ITSM 06.01.2011 07:38 |
A Kind of Magic (But I like the songs: "Pain is so close to pleasure", "Don't lose your head" and "A Kind of Magic") |
| pittrek 06.01.2011 08:42 |
I don't like their 80's albums, but I like at least one song from every album, so it's hard to tell |
| Amazon 06.01.2011 12:50 |
I like Hot Space. Yes, it wasn't among Queen's most imaginative albums, but to me it sounds fresh. It's fun, Freddie is in spectacular form (I don't think there is a single song in which he underperforms), and it's clear that he's having a ball of a time. Whether the live songs are better, well I'm probably not a great judge as I prefer studio songs to live songs anyway. While I wouldn't use the word 'worst,' as I don't think Queen ever released a bad album and that word has negative implications, I do think that Queen's least impressive album was AKOM, followed by The Works. I loved Princes of the Universe, and Friends will be Friends, and I really liked WWTLF (although I do think it is perhaps Queen's most overrated song), and I liked a couple of other songs, but all in all, it's a very uninspiring album. Like The Works, I think it's a very middle of the road album, and if it wasn't for Highlander, I think it would be even less memorable. |
| Amazon 06.01.2011 12:59 |
I was going to answer The Cosmos Rocks, but I can't as I don't consider it to be a Queen album. :P |
| Amazon 06.01.2011 13:00 |
Sorry for the triple post, but my darn computer really messed up my posting! |
| angermair73 06.01.2011 13:56 |
I really dont care for Made in Heaven but i dont mean its that bad. But some people here dont like Live Magic wich i do. I wish the sound on Wembley 86 was the same like on Live Magic. That would have been great. The sound on Wembley 86 is just too nice. |
| PrimeJiveUSA 06.01.2011 18:51 |
ThomasQuinn...I beg to differ. I, for one, think that 99% of Queen songs were best in their original "studio" form...ESPECIALLY "Hot Space". "Staying Power" in studio form is right up there with "Don't Stop Me Now" imo. I love the bouncy, electronic production...and Freddie's studio vocals on the song STOMP all over his live vocals . |
| john bodega 06.01.2011 22:04 |
It's probably all in my head, but Hot Space sounds like a band that doesn't give a shit about what it's doing. There's two ways to stand out when you're making albums - doing something that people haven't done before, and doing something that isn't really being done at the time. Queen were doing neither of those things with Hot Space. I stand by their philosophy in making the album in the first place, but the end product wasn't up to snuff. Even the band know it, really. Just listen to them chuckling at the shitty videos on GVH2. |
| jpf 07.01.2011 02:17 |
Zebonka12 wrote: It's probably all in my head, but Hot Space sounds like a band that doesn't give a shit about what it's doing. There's two ways to stand out when you're making albums - doing something that people haven't done before, and doing something that isn't really being done at the time. Queen were doing neither of those things with Hot Space. I stand by their philosophy in making the album in the first place, but the end product wasn't up to snuff. Even the band know it, really. Just listen to them chuckling at the shitty videos on GVH2. --- As far as "Hot Space" goes you had two guys who weren't interested at all in the direction that the other two guys wanted to go in. Those other two guys were jumping on a bandwagon (disco/dance) which had ended a few years prior. These same two other guys were just trying to write "Another One Bites The Dust II". This lp definitely pissed off the rock/old school fans. This lp definitely put a huge dent in their career, particularly in the U.S. |
| freddiefan91 07.01.2011 02:30 |
@amazon i think the works is one of queens best albums with some great songs like Radio Gaga IWTBF HTF, IAHL and ISTWWC and i also think tear it up is quite good i know we all have our own different opinions and none of us are going to agree on everything i spose!!! |
| freddiefan91 07.01.2011 02:35 |
As for Hot Space i do like it and i understand why they felt they had to make it |
| thomasquinn 32989 07.01.2011 06:19 |
PrimeJiveUSA wrote: ThomasQuinn...I beg to differ. I, for one, think that 99% of Queen songs were best in their original "studio" form...ESPECIALLY "Hot Space". "Staying Power" in studio form is right up there with "Don't Stop Me Now" imo. I love the bouncy, electronic production...and Freddie's studio vocals on the song STOMP all over his live vocals . ====== Alright, I stand corrected: I have so far encountered *one* fan who did not regard the live-versions of Hot Space-songs as superior. |
| Thistle 07.01.2011 09:55 |
ThomasQuinn wrote: PrimeJiveUSA wrote: ThomasQuinn...I beg to differ. I, for one, think that 99% of Queen songs were best in their original "studio" form...ESPECIALLY "Hot Space". "Staying Power" in studio form is right up there with "Don't Stop Me Now" imo. I love the bouncy, electronic production...and Freddie's studio vocals on the song STOMP all over his live vocals . ====== Alright, I stand corrected: I have so far encountered *one* fan who did not regard the live-versions of Hot Space-songs as superior. Hi Thomas, I'm afraid you're now going to have to make it two mate! IMHO, Staying Power, Backchat, Action This Day, Put Out The Fire and Under Pressure are far superior on the album than on the live versions. I do like the live versions of Put Out The Fire and Life Is Real, but the album versions are better. Finally, if you include Q+PR's version of Las Palabras De Amor from the Chile show in 2008, there's no contest lol, the album wins hands down. And Hot Space is definitely not the worst album, either. If I had to pick an LP I couldn't really be arsed with (fuck, I know I'm gonna get lynched) I would actually say SHA or The Miracle. I can't stand FG, Live Magic or Hits III either, but they don't count as albums. |
| plumrach 07.01.2011 16:58 |
The live versions of hot space are pretty good imho |
| Gregsynth 07.01.2011 17:04 |
I got a question. How come people call Hot Space "disco" when it clearly isn't? Nothing on Hot Space is disco at all. Most of the stuff that people say is disco is funk and R&B. The closest thing to disco is Body Language, but that's more "dance" than disco. I mean, listen to stuff from Barry White, Sister Sledge (we are Family), Disco Duck, and the Village People (YMCA). That stuff is disco music. Hot Space sounds nothing like any of that. |
| jpf 08.01.2011 02:47 |
Gregsynth wrote: I got a question. How come people call Hot Space "disco" when it clearly isn't? Nothing on Hot Space is disco at all. Most of the stuff that people say is disco is funk and R&B. The closest thing to disco is Body Language, but that's more "dance" than disco. I mean, listen to stuff from Barry White, Sister Sledge (we are Family), Disco Duck, and the Village People (YMCA). That stuff is disco music. Hot Space sounds nothing like any of that. --- Freddie was spending his time in gay discotheques. He wanted his music to be played in these discos. |
| Gregsynth 08.01.2011 03:00 |
Ah! I see. Well, those songs do fit in a club/dance scene! |
| Holly2003 08.01.2011 03:46 |
jpf wrote: Freddie was spending his time in gay discotheques. He wanted his music to be played in these discos. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So that as many Kiss fans as possible would get to hear it. |
| jpf 09.01.2011 00:54 |
Holly2003 wrote: jpf wrote: Freddie was spending his time in gay discotheques. He wanted his music to be played in these discos. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So that as many Kiss fans as possible would get to hear it. --- I forget which asshole are you? Are you the female bisexual or the guy with the woman's name in your user name? You're obviously confused either way you look at it. |
| GratefulFan 09.01.2011 02:19 |
'Which asshole are you?' is what eventually drove Kiss out of makeup. Little known fact. Now their manager just calls them all 'Pyrotard'. |
| YannickJoker 09.01.2011 02:48 |
GratefulFan wrote: 'Which asshole are you?' is what eventually drove Kiss out of makeup. ==== I laughed, that one is brilliant! Oh, jpf, how could I ever forget you, the only surviving Garden Lodge-gayfriend of Freddie Mercury. Shouldn't you have died of the aids by now? |
| Johnny 1989 09.01.2011 10:56 |
I don't think they have a "worst" album although some are clearly better than others. However if I was to label one "worst" it'd have to be Live Magic, some of the songs on there have been horribly butchered, thank God Live at Wembley '86 finally came out in 1992. Oh and Hot Space is a great album :p |
| kinsey 11.01.2011 16:25 |
Jazz! But I still love it. |
| AlexakaRosco 11.01.2011 19:23 |
My least favorite of the REAL Queen albums is The Miracle. It was at time very overrated, and though it has some of the best classics (IWIA, Scandal, The Miracle, The Invisible Man, Breakthru), other songs don't have this amplitude of their creativity.. And it's more a compilation of songs than an integral album . ...But for God's sake, Queen got no any kinda bad albums/songs! |
| petnic01 12.01.2011 01:52 |
News Of The World i think is the least enjoyable Queen album, i still enjoy it but i think that We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions are very overplayed (but great songs), Get Down Make Love stayed on their live set for too long (Montreal being my favourite live version), Spread Your Wings is OK but the studio vocals are disappointing, and Sheer Heart Attack is overrated. It's Late is good (love the Copenhagen 78 version). |
| Rick 12.01.2011 03:54 |
plumrach wrote: The live versions of hot space are pretty good imho All of them are, except for one: Put Out The Fire. That one was truly horrible live. The vocals sucked. Musically it was so-so. One of the worst live songs by Queen, IMHO. Edit: quoting should be fixed! |
| jamster1111 12.01.2011 11:02 |
Hot Space is genius. The Miracle is by far Queen's worst album. While it has some good songs, tt's just a collection of songs to fill up space. Most of it is total crap. |
| Diman 12.01.2011 11:02 |
A KIND OF MAGIC - because it is too close to pop and rather far to real rock |
| thomasquinn 32989 12.01.2011 11:48 |
Gregsynth wrote: I got a question. How come people call Hot Space "disco" when it clearly isn't? Nothing on Hot Space is disco at all. Most of the stuff that people say is disco is funk and R&B. The closest thing to disco is Body Language, but that's more "dance" than disco. I mean, listen to stuff from Barry White, Sister Sledge (we are Family), Disco Duck, and the Village People (YMCA). That stuff is disco music. Hot Space sounds nothing like any of that. ====== Essentially, "disco" is a blanket-term for popular music which primarily aims to be dance-friendly, thus including such a wide range of music (and 'music') as disco, house, funk (though I object to the use of this term, as it actually referred to early fusion, i.e. rock-oriented jazz), r&b (which, again, has nothing to do with rhythm 'n blues), etc. Much the same as the term "rock" includes (or used to include) such a range of styles as rock 'n roll, symphonic rock, metal (all varieties), some folk, etc. etc. |
| Farrokh The Great 12.01.2011 21:35 |
Talking about music only (not lyrics) IMO the worst album is The Works, in that album Queen’s experimentation was almost null, they were experimenting more in Hot Space :-) |
| jpf 17.01.2011 00:12 |
YannickJoker wrote: GratefulFan wrote: 'Which asshole are you?' is what eventually drove Kiss out of makeup. ==== I laughed, that one is brilliant! Oh, jpf, how could I ever forget you, the only surviving Garden Lodge-gayfriend of Freddie Mercury. Shouldn't you have died of the aids by now? ---- Your new name is AnusLicker. You can now proceed to lick an AIDS infected hemorrhoid. |
| Dubroc 17.01.2011 04:03 |
The Miracle... Especially the titletrack! That song makes me not want to play the record. |
| Amazon 17.01.2011 09:01 |
ThomasQuinn wrote: "Alright, I stand corrected: I have so far encountered *one* fan who did not regard the live-versions of Hot Space-songs as superior." Make it two! :D (Although as a rule, I generally prefer studio songs to live versions.) "freddiefan91 wrote: "@amazon i think the works is one of queens best albums with some great songs like Radio Gaga IWTBF HTF, IAHL and ISTWWC and i also think tear it up is quite good i know we all have our own different opinions and none of us are going to agree on everything i spose!!!" I like The Works, I do agree it has some pretty darn good songs. However, among Queen's albums, I think it's their second least impressive album. |
| Amazon 17.01.2011 09:03 |
jpf wrote: "I forget which asshole are you? Are you the female bisexual or the guy with the woman's name in your user name? You're obviously confused either way you look at it." By female bisexual, are you referring to me? Don't you love it how Queen can count homophobes among their fans. It's bad enough that some of their 'fans' are also Kiss fans. |
| jpf 18.01.2011 02:35 |
Amazon wrote: jpf wrote: "I forget which asshole are you? Are you the female bisexual or the guy with the woman's name in your user name? You're obviously confused either way you look at it." By female bisexual, are you referring to me? Don't you love it how Queen can count homophobes among their fans. It's bad enough that some of their 'fans' are also Kiss fans. --- And the carpet muncher comes calling ... LOL Since you're bi you can suck it. |
| GratefulFan 18.01.2011 10:49 |
"A man cannot live by roofies alone." -Abraham Lincoln |
| Yara 18.01.2011 11:39 |
There are many ways to answer it, but I'll simply say what's the Queen's album I like the least and have listented to less often: The Miracle. |
| YannickJoker 18.01.2011 11:47 |
jpf wrote: Your new name is AnusLicker. You can now proceed to lick an AIDS infected hemorrhoid. ==== Yeah, well, see, Mr. Aids, you could have just said nothing and nobody would have thought the less of you for it. But you had to say something so infantile and so not funny, you ruined all that. I pity you. |
| Hangman_96 18.01.2011 14:29 |
Queen don't have worse albums! All their albums are excellent! I mean albums from 1973 to 1999 years. |
| jpf 18.01.2011 20:58 |
YannickJoker wrote: jpf wrote: Your new name is AnusLicker. You can now proceed to lick an AIDS infected hemorrhoid. ==== Yeah, well, see, Mr. Aids, you could have just said nothing and nobody would have thought the less of you for it. But you had to say something so infantile and so not funny, you ruined all that. I pity you. --- Amazon's got a bloody hemorrhoid waiting for you. |
| Joey2504 20.01.2011 04:51 |
The best albums are from Queen debut to Hot Space. Queen was with Hot Space at the height of her career. They also were live on hot space tour best of all. I have seen liveconcerts from Game to Magic in Germany. I am a queen fan since 1976. Works, Kind Of Magic, Miracle are only products for the mass. The worst album ever is The Miracle. sorry for my bad english ;-) |
| br5946 20.01.2011 17:13 |
Some fans will want to shoot me for this, but the worst studio album is The Game hands down. Look at the songs. Play the Game - Excellent Good song, Freddie towers on vocal, the synths are a nice addition to Brian's fab playing. For the first ever Queen song of the 80s and first track to use a syntheiser, its got the rich seventies harmonies sound we all adore. The drums are great, especially during the harmony sections. Dragon Attack - Meh... Bit of horse poo really. A lame funk-rock groove that you can't dance to or put devil horns up for. John does good bass fills, and Freddie just manages vocal (just!) but the other bits of the track have gone out to dinner. Brian's axe-playing has hit rock bottom - the solo is plain awful. Not really much to be said, I'd just grumble. AOBTD - Masterpiece Most kickass bassline ever, sweeping vocals from Freddie, and general awesomeness all around. Believe it or not, all the swirly noises were done by reversed guitars, not synths. The break is something you can't not boogie to. Brian couldn't do dance material, being a rocker at heart (see the previous bit of horse poo), but John was the disco king, and this proves it. And speaking of Brian, the short solo at the end has him climbing back up. Long story short - all hail Deaky! Need Your Loving Tonight - Good John does another song but it goes down a Beatle-type road. A simple rocker. All the band are back on good form, but it doesn't have me jumping. It's puts me more in a 'still-rockin'-but-I-feel-a-bit-breezy' mood, which is understandable, because I'm still recovering from the soul shaker that is Bites the Dust. Brian's nearly back to ethereal, but needs to tune up the solo. To be honest, looking underneath the Beatle vibe, I see a fifties-sixties pulse. A good-ish song all in all. CLTCL - Excellent The perfect rockabilly shrine. Brian's back to the blast we love. Freddie goes ultimate camp on the vocal - not a bad thing at all! Roger makes you shake with the drums. Another steller break, and John grooves up a good bassline. A definite rescue and the last sure-fire scorcher on the album. Rock It (Prime Jive) - Meh... Roger's pre-84 compositions haven't been known to stand as real impressive ones to me (bar I'm In Love With My Car) and its a similiar story here. The lyrics typically tell you its a standard Roger rock-rebellion thing, but the slow-tempo intro goes on too long. By the time the rock portion comes around, I'm a little disappointed. A mid-tempo pulse from the drums and guitar keep it going, but its real filler truth be told. Don't Try Suicide - Impressive This one gets put down a lot, but I think its a pointer towards the horizon on a landscape that never looked bleaker. Awesome bassline from John, the handclaps are brill, and Roger whacks the hell of the drums. The guitar's all right, and the backing vocals are good and fluid. Freddie towers of course. Brian's back in fighting force. I wish this song would get some of the recognition it deserves. The bassy coda is the perfect close. Sail Away Sweet Sister - Meh... Brian was always good at ballads (Teo Torriatte, Who Wants Live Forever, etc.) and this just stands up to that. Lots of emotion in vocal and guitar, but it has a more filler atmosphere. Pleasurable solo, but the melancholy mood dampens the enjoyment. Coming Soon - Meh... Roger tries his hand at early new wave. It's a more a 'need to take a breather' song, and the instrumentation is simple. The repeated guitar lick gets a little irritating after the while, and it needs a bit little longer. Just bearable solo, but still... Save Me - Utter turd of the highest order Why did Brian write this? This is a definite splotch on his rep as ballad king. Dreary, retched and depressing in every way. No more needs to be said. Why praise an obivous turd of song? (NB: My complaints about Save Me could fill two to three pages..) |
| PrimeJiveUSA 20.01.2011 17:57 |
Wow. I agree with your comments about "Play The Game"(my favorite song on the album) and "Another One Bites The Dust". But calling "Sail Away Sweet Sister" FILLER and "Save Me" a TURD leaves me speechless. BTW...the intro to "Rock It" is a GREAT Queen moment, imo. But it's cool...we all love this band...THAT'S what matters. |
| Gregsynth 20.01.2011 20:37 |
Anyone who writes that about "Save Me," can't be taken seriously. |
| maxpower 21.01.2011 07:35 |
BR5496 you're an idiot of the highest order The Game was Queen's last masterpiece until Innuendo & you will be ridiculed and rightly so |
| Amazon 21.01.2011 10:36 |
jpf wrote: Whatever, Skip. You may have changed your username, but you are still the same boring troll you have always been. |
| GratefulFan 21.01.2011 11:42 |
Hey br5946, if you're not busy this weekend why don't we never get together and hang out and listen to music? ;) |
| Amazon 21.01.2011 11:45 |
br5946, you are entitled to your opinion, however I very much disagree. I love the first side of The Game, I don't think there is a single song on it that is ordinary. The second side is a different story. I think it's one of Queen's weakest sides, redeemed entirely by SASS and Save Me! I love those two songs, and I think The Game is a magnificent album. :D |
| jpf 24.01.2011 02:43 |
Amazon wrote: jpf wrote: Whatever, Skip. You may have changed your username, but you are still the same boring troll you have always been. ---- I never changed my username, dumbass. And you're the same old cunty bi-les. |
| Holly2003 24.01.2011 03:38 |
KISS SUCK! |
| thomasquinn 32989 24.01.2011 06:34 |
Lostman wrote: Queen don't have worse albums! All their albums are excellent! I mean albums from 1973 to 1999 years. === 1999....so you mean GH III is "excellent"? |
| Amazon 24.01.2011 08:39 |
Right skippy, whatever you say. Rolls eyes. |
| jpf 25.01.2011 02:42 |
Holly2003 wrote: KISS SUCK! ---- So does your grandmother. |
| GratefulFan 25.01.2011 09:10 |
I'm pretty sure that old lady with the All Access was Paul Stanley. |
| john bodega 26.01.2011 03:11 |
Why are we even discussing KISS in this thread, they are the best band with the best albums, so shut the fuck up. |
| chris the unhappy sheep 19.02.2011 18:33 |
definitely 'the game'. seeing freddie on the cover like that almost made me tear my own eyeballs out at the time. the album had some truly terrible songs on it imo. don't try suicide is embarrassing, and the guitar always made me think of 'the police'. need your loving tonight is too sickly sweet, but i've always imagined the americans would've liked that one. sail away sweet sister is another embarrassing song. also the comment made by brian 'to the sister i never had', is so cringe-worthy. crazy little thing called love. although i've never cared for it, i do appreciate why so many liked it. plus it was one of the first solos i learnt how to play. in saying all of that, there are good stuff on it too. the game and hot space are the only queen records i don't own. for years i thought that i shouldn't break the set, i need all the albums. however i then realized, 'who cares' if i don't have every album of theirs, whats the point in having a couple that never get played? |
| Sebastian 20.02.2011 00:06 |
The Works for me, or A Kind of Magic, but I love Who Wants to Live Forever so that probably saves it from the last spot. |
| bitesthedust 20.02.2011 05:25 |
The Miracle, although Hot Space has grown to be less enjoyable over the years. |
| Jimmy Dean 20.02.2011 21:38 |
Here's my take - although I'm a Queen fan - I've heard loads of albums besides those 15 gems that we all adore (inc. Flash Gordon but not Cosmos, of course)... As "albums", The Works & A Kind Of Magic are weak. Together they may have some of the greatest Queen tracks ever - but as albums, Queen just threw 'em together and packaged it off for the masses to buy.... Works: The Classics: Radio Ga Ga, A Hard Life, I Want To Break Free & Hammer To Fall You can argue that Keep Passing The Windows is a great album track that deserves some recognition. The rest - F*I*L*L*E*R! - Tear It Up was the successor to I Go Crazy (in my opinion, since they sound the same), but both should have been B-Sides... Man On The Prowl was Freddie being selfish and keeping it off his album in favor of Made In Heaven which would have made The Works A LOT more interesting, Machines was horrible, just horrible, and finally we have Is This The World We Created - an ok track that doesn't really fit on The Works. Magic: The Classics: One Vision, A Kind Of Magic, Who Wants To Live Forever Good Tracks: Princes Of The Universe & One Year Of Love Throwaways: How Friends Will Be Friends ended up as a hit is beyond me - I can't stand it. Don't Lose Your Head and Gimme The Prize were written for a movie and have no business being on the album. Pain is So Close To Pleasure ranks as one of the worst recordings Queen have put out as a band (Machines should be pooled with that as well, actually), My opinion is they should have shelved The Works and taken the better tracks and combine them with better songs on A Kind Of Magic and put out another classic album. Doing that, may have continued their success into the US. Hot Space was not a bad album at all - it was a breath of fresh air - I think Queen should have built on it and continued the sound on their following album...but they shyed away and took a break instead, oh well. |
| rhyeking 20.02.2011 22:15 |
The Works was one of the first Queen albums I bought after discovering the band. The local record store didn't have much of a selection and I was working from Classic Queen, which was the first Queen product I bought and made me want to dig deeper into this band's repertoire. It might well have been the second album I ever bought, after A Kind Of Magic. It was a matter of "Well, there a bunch of songs I know from *this* album, 'cause they're on Classic Queen. I'll take a chance!" Classic Queen being predominantly '80s material, that's where I started. The '70s albums were among the last ones I discovered. The '70s albums I was finding used on vinyl at garage sales and yard sales (everyone was dropping their records for CDs in the early '90s). This may account for my view of The Works as a good album. Is it mind-blowing? No, but certainly pretty good, if of its time. Always, I tend to view it as a harder rock album than it may have been in 1984, since I was listening to the Hollywood Records 1991 re-issue cassette, which ends not with "Is This The World We Created...?" but with "I Go Crazy" after it. IGC is, in my heart of hearts, part of the album, even though I know it was a B-side only. I still tend to think of non-album B-sides as extensions of their parent albums, like deleted scenes in a movie. I think it's easy to neglect the themes of the album, too, those of a loss of humanity, the over-abundance of machines and disconnect from the people and the world around us. The musical approach reflects this, with the band utilizing the very styles and machines the lyrics rail against. As for the worst Queen album? I think "worst" is an imprecise and loaded word. The album which engages me the least would be Flash Gordon. It's just hard to get into, mostly because I'm not a fan of the movie, per se. I do like "Flash" and "The Hero," and a few other tracks. I'd love to hear a full album without the movie dialogue and such. |
| Jimmy Dean 21.02.2011 17:28 |
I agree with the Flash Gordon being hard to get into... but it's a Soundtrack album - which shouldn't be ranked with the other 14... In fact, it's actually one of the better true-soundtrack albums ever-recorded... Mind you, not many bands do that sort of thing anymore... Also, many writers who critiqued the film agreed to skip the movie and listen to the soundtrack instead - since you were able to get the whole story through the dialogue and the engaging soundtrack written by the band in condensed form without having to waste time in watching the shoddy acting and not-so-special effects. I, too, would love to hear a music only version of Flash Gordon - maybe we'll be so lucky for a break in the current convention of releasing the deluxe editions that we'll instead get a second disc of music-only rather than live versions of Flash, Vultan's Theme/Battle Theme , Flash, The Hero and Flash again? lol |
| chris the unhappy sheep 21.02.2011 20:55 |
i love the flash gordon album and love the fact that its got dialogue thru' it. i think the film itself is fantastic, very funny and camp. |
| rhyeking 21.02.2011 21:28 |
I thought the movie was okay, but I only watched it because Queen were involved. I'm not really a fan, but I don't hate it or anything. I also don't hate the album, it's just hard for me to get into. I can't let myself go and imagine anything other than the film. Unlike the Highlander tracks, where I can picture whatever comes into my mind, not necessarily Highlander imagery. With Flash Gordon, all I imagine is Flash Gordon-y scenes, because of the dialogue. A dialogue-free alternative would allow the music to stand on its own, without being dependent on the film. I generally like soundtrack score albums, but most don't have dialogue throughout. For example, I'll pop on the Star Wars soundtrack, or Alien, and may picture bits of the movie with a few specific pieces, but usually my imagination wanders wherever it wants to go. |
| Sebastian 22.02.2011 06:16 |
I thought the film was bad. Really bad. So bad it's wonderful! |
| chris the unhappy sheep 23.02.2011 02:03 |
a great soundtrack album is for the film 'bagdad cafe'[yes thats the way bagdad is spelt]. there is a section on the album that does have dialogue, which i like as it helps me to relive the film. however most doesn't have dialogue. i think it's a german art-house independant film, although it has english dialogue. hollywood legend jack palance is in it. its very good and very different. link link |
