In light of the recent inane subjects, I've decided to add my own.
Gather round, children, we're going to play a game. Woah, not so close there, geeks.
Here's what we're going to do: take an album you feel could use improvement, and add/subtract tracks, or even reshuffle the order. You can even replicate it on your preferred media player, if only for your own pleasure.
My creation? "Alternate Miracle", or how "The Invisible Man" ("The Miracle"'s working title) should have turned out:
1. Breakthru
2. Khashoggi's Ship
3. The Miracle
4. I Want It All
5. The Invisible Man
6. My Life Has Been Saved
7. Scandal
8. Hijack My Heart
9. Stealin'
10. Hang On In There
11. Was It All Worth It?
Now, if I were to HONESTLY have this album the way I want it, I would've gotten rid of 'The Miracle' and 'The Invisible Man', but 'The Miracle' is one of Freddie's favorite compositions, so I'd feel guilty doing so; and if we got rid of 'The Invisible man', we'd be getting rid of an ace video.
Singles would probably be 'I Want It All', 'Breakthru', 'Invisible Man', 'Miracle', and 'Was It All Worth It', as I think that's a better single choice than 'Scandal'.
Go on, kiddies! Reinvent Queen history! It's quite fun.
I have to disagree about 'Was It All Worth It' being a better choice than Scandal. Granted, neither of them really work too well as singles in their original form, but the little remix edit of Scandal I whipped up before sure beats the heck out of what they would have released for Was It All Worth It: link
Now, as for your little game... first of all, 'Queen' as it is but replacing 'Jesus' with 'Mad The Swine'. Then there's Hot Space:
Side A)
1. Under Pressure
2. Put Out The Fire
3. Life Is Real
4. Calling All Girls
5. Las Palabras De Amor
(19:18)
Side B)
6. Back Chat
7. Staying Power
8. Action This Day
9. Soul Brother
10. Cool Cat
(19:26)
A game!? AH! I love games! Pick me!
*turns off Dory mode*
Anyway...
ANATO
1) God Save The Queen
2) Death On Two Legs
3) I'm In Love With My Car
4) You're My Best Friend
5) Sweet Lady
6) Seaside Rendezvous
7) Good Company
8) Bohemian Rhapsody
9) '39
10) The Prophet's Song
My first album is 'Miraculous Hot Magic Works."
1. Under Pressure
2. Hammer to Fall
3. Princes of the Universe
4. Action this Day (guitar solo replacing sax synth)
5. Who Wants to live Forever
6. Hang on in there
7. I want it all
8. Breakthru
9. My Life has been saved
10. Machines
This would be one album encompassing my Queen faves from the 80s. Innuendo would have Slightly Mad and delilah nixed. Finally, Made in Heaven.
1. Mother Love
It would be a short album.
Ok, here's Innuendo;
01. Innuendo
02. I'm Going Slightly Mad
03. The Hitman
04. Self Made Man
05. My Secret Fantasy
06. I Can't Live With You
07. Robbery
08. Headlong
09. Lost Opportunity
10. The Show Must Go On
After releasing GH in 1981 band takes looong holiday, until 1985, when they release "A Hot Kind Of Works"
side A
1. One Vision
2. I Go Crazy
3. Under Pressure (without Bowie)
4. Las Palabras De Amor
5. Hammer To Fall
6. Is This The World We Created...?
side B
7. Staying Power (guitars instead of horns etc.)
8. It's A Hard Life
9. Heaven for Everyone
10.Let Me Out (Brian on vocals)
11.Princes Of The Universe
12.Who Wants To Live Forever
Singles:
ONE VISION / A Kind Of Magic (non album track)
HAMMER TO FALL / Back Chat (non-album track)
UNDER PRESSURE / Put Out The Fire (non-album track)
HEAVEN FOR EVERYONE / There Must Be More To Life Thhan This (non-album track)
WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER / Tear it Up (non-album track)
After that- huge world tour and another break- till 1989, when everything goes back to normal...