TheWorks84 12.01.2013 17:57 |
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waunakonor 12.01.2013 22:57 |
I thought this would be a pretty easy choice, but it ended up stumping me for a bit. I ended up going with The Miracle. I just love the way the album opens up; I think that Party, as well as Rain Must Fall, are vastly underrated on here. Party is just a really friggin' good time with an excellent guitar solo from Mr. May, and Rain Must Fall is also pretty fun with good lyrics and another very solid solo. Throw in stuff like I Want it All, Breakthru, Scandal and Was it All Worth It and you've got a really solid album, which edges Magic and Works in overall song quality, has a better sound (and less infamy) than Hot Space, and is about equal to The Game, but in the end I would generally prefer listening to Miracle over The Game. There's my take. |
matt z 13.01.2013 06:56 |
Black Celebration by Depeche Mode or SAVAGE/Be Yourself Tonight by Eurythmics... its pretty tough to pick just one |
The Real Wizard 13.01.2013 15:36 |
waunakonor wrote: I ended up going with The Miracle. I just love the way the album opens up; I think that Party, as well as Rain Must Fall, are vastly underrated on here. Party is just a really friggin' good time with an excellent guitar solo from Mr. May, and Rain Must Fall is also pretty fun with good lyrics and another very solid solo. Throw in stuff like I Want it All, Breakthru, Scandal and Was it All Worth It and you've got a really solid album, which edges Magic and Works in overall song quality, has a better sound (and less infamy) than Hot Space, and is about equal to The Game, but in the end I would generally prefer listening to Miracle over The Game. There's my take.That pretty much echoes my sentiments. The Miracle is my favourite of the bunch, and The Game is a very close second. Overplay of the big hits sometimes can sour one's taste for an entire record. Yes fans have even stopped for The Yes Album in similar polls, even though it includes much of their best material. |
matt z 13.01.2013 16:00 |
Guess you can't troll in January..:-( Picked the miracle cause of the diversity. The two rockers and the factv that much of it doesn't seem to be chasing contemporaries (exceptions being Breakthru/boys of summer, invisible man/ghostbusters) the miracle itself is a complex track. .. AKOM is uneven (WWTLF being one of their greatest songs thanks to kamen) ...HOT SPACE is refreshing to listen to but has less complexity ... THE GAME is so solid it clocks in with brevity a nd vigor. Never really liked THE WORKS so much outside of gaga, I go crazy. Keep passing the open windows. Machines is great but dated. Despite having Hard life I'd even take FLASH GORDON over it for a fun listen. Odd case of an ORIGINAL soundtrack being possibly better than its film |
Gregsynth 13.01.2013 23:48 |
I'm a Hot Space lover. |
Queenfred 14.01.2013 02:05 |
Sign O the Times (Prince). |
tomchristie22 14.01.2013 04:24 |
I love them all, but all of them except The Game (and Hot Space maybe) have tracks that I'd skip. |
Dubroc 14.01.2013 05:36 |
The Game ! |
Heavenite 14.01.2013 05:48 |
Yep, The Game for me with The Miracle in a reasonably close second. The others are all good by don't come up for me in quite the same way. I think the band were incredibly tight by the time of The Game. Sail Away Sweet Sister and Save Me were gorgeous songs, yet they could go off and do stuff like Another One Bites The Dust and Don't Try Suicide, which seemed so incredibly simple, yet were still so good. Prime Jive is also really cool and Dragon Attack is amazing with its incredible bass line and blistering guitar solo. Miracle has some absolute cracker rock tracks. Favourites are Pary and Khashoggi's Ship and the way they link up. I Want It All keeps the heavy stuff going and even Miracle has sort of a heavy base to it despite the lovely melody and what appear to be harps being plucked. Great stuff! Can't say I go on what was side 2 in the same way, but I still enjoy it. That's one very good reason why I think The Game is better, ie because its more consistent. |
Bad Seed 14.01.2013 08:42 |
Unlike choosing 70's favourites it's actually quite easy for me to put these in order. 1. The Miracle ( Very strong album IMO with only My Baby Does Me letting it down ) 2. The Works ( Again I think it's very strong, just a little too conservative and too short ) 3. The Game ( Never been it's biggest fan ) 4. Hot Space ( Just saved by some awesome vocals by Freddie and some great guitar from Brian ) 5. AKOM ( ????? Just don't get it. On paper potentially the strongest of the 5 but it just doesn't work ) |
Jazz 78 14.01.2013 12:18 |
The Game for me. I was 15 when it came out that Summer and it was EVERYWHERE on FM radio here in the States! Just putting it on brings me back to that time and my youth! |
marc.s 16.01.2013 03:52 |
The Game for me. It's also the best production and I love all the songs on it. I might actually be in the minority who likes 'Don't Try Suicide'. For me, I always saw 'DTS' as a song about the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other, each telling the person conflicting things, hence the 'do it, don't do it' lines. As a kid it made sense to me that way and it still does. marc_s66 Spread Your Wings User avatar Posts: 23 Joined: Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:25 pm Gender: None specified Thanks Given: 1 times Thanks Received: 0 times |
DLCVinnuendo 16.01.2013 08:00 |
a kind of magic for me, it's not the best album of the band, but it's very funny, my favorite of the album is don't lose your head |
Heavenite 16.01.2013 08:30 |
marc.s wrote: The Game for me. It's also the best production and I love all the songs on it. I might actually be in the minority who likes 'Don't Try Suicide'. For me, I always saw 'DTS' as a song about the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other, each telling the person conflicting things, hence the 'do it, don't do it' lines. As a kid it made sense to me that way and it still does.Interesting what you say about Don't Try Suicide. Early on I hated it with a passion too. But then it hit me like a ton of bricks and it has stuck with me ever since. Its wicked! "Don't put your neck on then line, Don't drown on me babe etc." And as they say, if you like it, play it. F**k what anyone else things....lol. |
marc.s 16.01.2013 09:47 |
Heavenite wrote:marc.s wrote: The Game for me. It's also the best production and I love all the songs on it. I might actually be in the minority who likes 'Don't Try Suicide'. For me, I always saw 'DTS' as a song about the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other, each telling the person conflicting things, hence the 'do it, don't do it' lines. As a kid it made sense to me that way and it still does.Interesting what you say about Don't Try Suicide. Early on I hated it with a passion too. But then it hit me like a ton of bricks and it has stuck with me ever since. Its wicked! "Don't put your neck on then line, Don't drown on me babe etc." And as they say, if you like it, play it. F**k what anyone else things....lol. ahh another DTS lover. That's my take on the song anyway and I've always liked 'em all on The Game. 'Coming Soon' gets a bit of stick too, but it's got a cool new wave feel I think. But the one two of 'Dragon Attack' and 'Another One Bites The Dust' is killer. |
marc.s 16.01.2013 10:00 |
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tomchristie22 17.01.2013 05:30 |
I think DTS is a solid track. I'm not a huge fan but I don't dislike it, and musically it's pretty enjoyable. Coming Soon doesn't do much for me, but the melody and backing vocals are pretty nice. I quite enjoy Rock It |
Heavenite 17.01.2013 06:54 |
Yes, Rock It. Another cool track off The Game. That's why it gets my 80's vote. Cause for me its solid all the way down. Every other 80's album lacks consistency in my opinion. Unless you count Flash Gordon, as I think that is a very consistent album too, even if it is a soundtrack. |
Heavenite 17.01.2013 06:57 |
Heavenite wrote: Yes, Rock It! Another cool track off The Game. That's why it gets my 80's vote. Coz for me its solid all the way down. Every other 80's album lacks consistency in my opinion. Unless you count Flash Gordon, as that doesn't have any obvious weaknesses to me, even if it is a soundtrack. |
TheWorks84 17.01.2013 06:57 |
I have to say one of my favourite songs from the Miracle album would be Scandal, what do you all think of that song? |
DLCVinnuendo 17.01.2013 07:05 |
my favorite of the miracle too theworks84 |
TheWorks84 17.01.2013 07:41 |
yeah its a great song. |
Heavenite 22.01.2013 14:41 |
But not mine. Its not bad, but I'm not the biggest fan off either Scandal or Was It All Worth It. The latter seems to be one of the most popular Queen songs from the latter period I think, but I just don't buy it, at least the way others seem to. And that pitch adjustment on Freddie's voice is one of my most disliked moments in the whole Queen collection. Yet for my taste, Innuendo and Made in Heaven which followed next, basically top off anything Queen did in the 80's, although The Game gives them a nudge. |
tomchristie22 23.01.2013 01:01 |
Heavenite wrote: But not mine. Its not bad, but I'm not the biggest fan off either Scandal or Was It All Worth It. The latter seems to be one of the most popular Queen songs from the latter period I think, but I just don't buy it, at least the way others seem to. And that pitch adjustment on Freddie's voice is one of my most disliked moments in the whole Queen collection. Yet for my taste, Innuendo and Made in Heaven which followed next, basically top off anything Queen did in the 80's, although The Game gives them a nudge.What pitch adjustment? I'm not questioning the accuracy of what you said or anything, I just need my memory jogged. |
Heavenite 23.01.2013 04:05 |
"Waaaiitt for that moment!!" is the line as I recall. Freddie's voice has been adjusted to reach the note, presumably since he is using his gut voice and not his head voice to reach it. Closer to the end of the song it is as I remember. |
tomchristie22 23.01.2013 04:18 |
In Was It All Worth It, you mean? Those lyrics don't appear at all as far as I can tell |
Heavenite 23.01.2013 07:01 |
Whoops! Its actually Hang On In There that has that line it it. But Was It All Worth it hasn't been a huge favourite either, but much better than Hang On In There. The fast string-like" synths aren't very convincing to me and are a bit pretentious the way I see it. I'm very glad Innuendo came out as I personally wouldn't have seen it as a great finisher to their career. Now The Show Must Go On? That was something else! |
Heavenite 23.01.2013 07:02 |
Sorry, double post. |
Bad Seed 23.01.2013 09:09 |
That's been auto tuned? Not sure about that mind? |
Pingfah 23.01.2013 09:54 |
Tough choice. The Game contains some of the last vestiges of the classic Queen 70s sound in tracks like Save Me, Hot Space is a unique and brave album, Flash Gordon I won't count as it has a fair bit of incidental music on it, then The Works has a few stone cold Pop classics like Radio Ga Ga and I want to Break Free but much of it is forgettable and dated, AKOM is half pop genius and half horrifying mess, but I think The Miracle is the most consistently listenable album. I vote The Miracle. |
waunakonor 23.01.2013 16:37 |
Heavenite wrote: I'm very glad Innuendo came out as I personally wouldn't have seen it as a great finisher to their career. Now The Show Must Go On? That was something else!I don't know if I prefer TSMGO or the end of MiH as the closer to Queen's career. Both work really well as grand finales in their own way. However, I like Worth It as well and think that would have made a pretty suitable closer as well. The Miracle, Innuendo and MiH all had pretty badass closers. Bad Seed wrote: That's been auto tuned? Not sure about that mind?Auto tune wasn't around then. There are other ways of correcting pitches beside that. Pingfah wrote: The Works has a few stone cold Pop classics like Radio Ga Ga and I want to Break Free but much of it is forgettable and dated.IWtBF is forgettable and dated. Just saying. |
Bad Seed 23.01.2013 16:43 |
waunakonor wrote:Ok then just for you:Bad Seed wrote: That's been auto tuned? Not sure about that mind?Auto tune wasn't around then. There are other ways of correcting pitches beside that. That's been pitch corrected? Not sure about that mind? |
Holly2003 23.01.2013 16:55 |
Hang On In There has the feeling of a demo of a song rather than a complete song. The lyrics sound like Fred throwing out any old lyrics in hope of inspiration and somehow they ended up in the final completed version. The song doesn't really go anywhere, which is a shame as parts of it are interesting. |
tomchristie22 23.01.2013 21:34 |
Heavenite wrote: Whoops! Its actually Hang On In There that has that line it it. But Was It All Worth it hasn't been a huge favourite either, but much better than Hang On In There. The fast string-like" synths aren't very convincing to me and are a bit pretentious the way I see it. I'm very glad Innuendo came out as I personally wouldn't have seen it as a great finisher to their career. Now The Show Must Go On? That was something else!I see where you're coming from. My confusion arose from the fact that I admittedly haven't even heard Hang On In There Before. I'm only a Queen fan of 4 years or something, and I only have the Single disc Universal CD's, in addition to the fact that The Miracle's never struck me as a great album, or at least one that appeals to me personally. I'll listen to it now though :P |
Heavenite 25.01.2013 03:28 |
tomchristie22 wrote:I see Tom. I bought my original version back in the day and it actually included the bonus tracks Hang On In THere and Chinese Torture. Don't mind the Brian guitar track, but Hang On In There is in my view pretty much as Holly says; not much more than a demo. Very unusual for them to drop the ball at all, but I don't much like the tune or the vocal.Heavenite wrote: Whoops! Its actually Hang On In There that has that line it it. But Was It All Worth it hasn't been a huge favourite either, but much better than Hang On In There. The fast string-like" synths aren't very convincing to me and are a bit pretentious the way I see it. I'm very glad Innuendo came out as I personally wouldn't have seen it as a great finisher to their career. Now The Show Must Go On? That was something else!I see where you're coming from. My confusion arose from the fact that I admittedly haven't even heard Hang On In There Before. I'm only a Queen fan of 4 years or something, and I only have the Single disc Universal CD's, in addition to the fact that The Miracle's never struck me as a great album, or at least one that appeals to me personally. I'll listen to it now though :P They did a heap of extra tracks for Miracle and its singles, the rest of which I like, so maybe they DID spread themselves a bit thin. |
Pingfah 25.01.2013 04:55 |
Dated perhaps, but considering it is a globally known and remembered song nearly 30 years after it was released, I can't see how anybody could call it forgettable.Pingfah wrote: The Works has a few stone cold Pop classics like Radio Ga Ga and I want to Break Free but much of it is forgettable and dated.IWtBF is forgettable and dated. Just saying. |
Heavenite 25.01.2013 05:15 |
waunakonor wrote:Hi waunakonorHeavenite wrote: I'm very glad Innuendo came out as I personally wouldn't have seen it as a great finisher to their career. Now The Show Must Go On? That was something else!I don't know if I prefer TSMGO or the end of MiH as the closer to Queen's career. Both work really well as grand finales in their own way. However, I like Worth It as well and think that would have made a pretty suitable closer as well. The Miracle, Innuendo and MiH all had pretty badass closers. I definitely agree with you about the Made in Heaven closer too ie "Its a Beautiful Day". Although I didn't go for the quiet bit of it all that much before, as it was originally so soft! However the volume seems to have been reset and increased on the recent box set version of the album and its much more listenable now. And the "main" part of the song is pretty great. A great start to the album and a great way to finish it as well. Fortunately I had never heard the original b-side, so I just loved it when I heard it on MIH, as well as the request of the album of course. I mean I'm called "Heavenite" for a reason.....lol. Too bad for the people who already knew all the b-sides and stuff though! |
waunakonor 25.01.2013 16:41 |
Heavenite wrote:That's interesting; I never thought of it like that. Some people complain that the 2011 remasters are too loud, and although that might be true at times, it's quite helpful for things that are were a bit too soft. Although when I get to the bit in the middle where it sounds like something is dropping on the ground suddenly, I jump a little.waunakonor wrote:Hi waunakonor I definitely agree with you about the Made in Heaven closer too ie "Its a Beautiful Day". Although I didn't go for the quiet bit of it all that much before, as it was originally so soft! However the volume seems to have been reset and increased on the recent box set version of the album and its much more listenable now.Heavenite wrote: I'm very glad Innuendo came out as I personally wouldn't have seen it as a great finisher to their career. Now The Show Must Go On? That was something else!I don't know if I prefer TSMGO or the end of MiH as the closer to Queen's career. Both work really well as grand finales in their own way. However, I like Worth It as well and think that would have made a pretty suitable closer as well. The Miracle, Innuendo and MiH all had pretty badass closers. |
waunakonor 25.01.2013 16:44 |
Pingfah wrote:I find it pretty forgettable, especially compared to the vast majority of Queen's other work. There's just not anything going on besides an excellent vocal performance. That's just my opinion. I guess I'll say that, for me, the song it forgettable and dated.Dated perhaps, but considering it is a globally known and remembered song nearly 30 years after it was released, I can't see how anybody could call it forgettable.Pingfah wrote: The Works has a few stone cold Pop classics like Radio Ga Ga and I want to Break Free but much of it is forgettable and dated.IWtBF is forgettable and dated. Just saying. |
Heavenite 27.01.2013 02:14 |
waunakonor wrote: That's interesting; I never thought of it like that. Some people complain that the 2011 remasters are too loud, and although that might be true at times, it's quite helpful for things that are were a bit too soft. Although when I get to the bit in the middle where it sounds like something is dropping on the ground suddenly, I jump a little.Yes, good point! And I'm guessing here, but I reckon that the soft bit in "Its a Beautiful Day" has actually been adjusted to be louder when compared to the rest of the song. I'm pretty sure about that, but a techo on here might be able to prove me wrong on that. And yes the loud bit when that thing sounds like its dropping on the ground is really loud now! Nothing wrong with that I guess. I mean not everything has to be soft and smooth. I reckon its the contrast that get's you. because the rest of the track is mostly placid and peaceful. |
Winter Land Man 29.01.2013 17:27 |
HOT SPACE. Not one song on the album dares attempt to bore me. |