Daveboy35 12.04.2005 09:11 |
After a few solo album's were released after innuendo we were wondering when these unreleased tracks that queen+freddie were working on after innuendo would ever see the light of day and then in late november1995 our prays were answered. Just before that there was the release of a single of the new album i distinctly remember watching GMTV with brian and roger going on about the new album and the freddie singing from beyond the grave type of thing and when i found out it was heaven for everyone i honestly thought "you bunch of b*****s" all this time waiting and you go and release a old cross sing that we've heard 8 years previous,and i wasn't happy i was hoping for a BRAND new song but when hearing the full story new backing tracks etc and then hearing it made me change my mind. So then two weeks later "made in heaven" was finally released with a setlist of "made in heaven" "i was born to love you" "TMLWKY" "My life has been saved"and heaven for everyone i thought well heard them before but they've been redone keep an open mind and listen to it and of course the other songs were all new. A beautiful day starts the album in apprehensive and quite upbeat mood "i feel good and no-one's gonna stop me now" woooo here we go next follows a fantastic version of "made in heaven" redone with a different arrangement and brilliant guitar work making it far superior to fred's version imo. Let me live again very good song on first airing oh my god freddie then brian and finally roger sing a verse each something different and interesting to listen to typically queen in style and substance. Mother love just hearing the first few drum beats i knew this was going to be good, freddie's singing on this wonderful song is truly unsurpassed as he delivers the best vocals in many a year just listen to the "i walk so long in this lonely lane"part and the power and delivery would make a great vocal delivery but then realised this guy singing is very sick,dying of aids and to be able to sing like that is nothing short of extraordinary and quite stunning they may have been his last vocals but what a way to sing out your last words The best there is what more can you say. My life has been saved a good song again redone by the band and it sounds good next i was born to love you again a fantastic version which betters the original with fireworks and freddie going for it like he does. Heaven for everyone a great track redone to freddie vocals from a cross song done years before gives it new life and If coolios "gangsta's paradise wasn't there a deserved no.1 back in 95 Too much love will kill you with freddie vocals intially i was thinking it would be brian with freddie but alas freddie delivers this song i l iike it but i would much prefer brian's version. You don't fool me is a stand out track for me catchy rhythm ,catchy na na na na na section one of the best guitar solos i've heard very good track. A winter's tale fred's last composition gives a nice slow serene feeling to the album kinda of christmassy in lyrics and very worthy of it's number 6 position in dec95. A beautiful day(reprise) woooo another rocker with a more rockier and upbeat feel to it than the opening version with "seven seas of rhye" mixed in and out giving it what i would think this was the last song on our first album so this is our last song on our last album type of thing. And that's it until we realise hey another song has started and what follows is a 22 minute track full of keyboards,wind chimes some words from freddie basically "a journey to heaven" which emphatically closes the album, i would have rather had a shorter version but hey some people do like it. So to sum up the best album in a long time a great follow up to innuendo quite haunting when realising some of the songs titles and freddie's plight put together by his fellow bandmates w |
GregM 12.04.2005 12:44 |
Why one topic? They're about different albums -- and clicking on a new topic isn't that difficult, really. A very nice review, too. It feels good to talk about albums like this again. Greg |
GiantSpider 12.04.2005 13:39 |
I like Brians version of TMLWKY better than Queen's aswell. Let Me Live & Mother Love are the best tracks on that album. |
deleted user 12.04.2005 16:54 |
and i bet someone just fooked you right in the ear didnt they? ;) |
dragonzflame 12.04.2005 18:10 |
To be honest, I'd quite enjoy reading these (I like hearing people's opinions on albums) if they were actually readable. Some grammar and punctuation would go a really long way. Just a thought. |
Hitman 12.04.2005 19:18 |
yes i like this kind of intelligent personal reviews. No need to say my point of views about the song it's just interesting to read a whole good review. thank you for sharing your opinion :) |
lasparri 13.04.2005 05:31 |
I think that the "Made in heaven" albumd should have never been released. First of all they changed songs that Freddie had written years before not wanting to be queen songs but Freddie's solo songs. They not only included these songs but also changed them abviously without permission. Sencondly, when Freddie died Roger said that Freddie had left some songs recorded befor dying but that they would never release them, which they didn't fulfil. In addition to this, Brian had been selling lots of album thanks to Too much love will kill you, allowing people to believe that the song was composed to Freddie, whereas the song had been already sung by Freddie as we see in the album. The truth is that John Deacon is showing an admirable behaviour with regards to Freddie's death whilst Brian and Roger just want to earn more and more money. |
Daveboy35 13.04.2005 12:55 |
lasparri wrote: I think that the "Made in heaven" albumd should have never been released. First of all they changed songs that Freddie had written years before not wanting to be queen songs but Freddie's solo songs. They not only included these songs but also changed them abviously without permission. Sencondly, when Freddie died Roger said that Freddie had left some songs recorded befor dying but that they would never release them, which they didn't fulfil. In addition to this, Brian had been selling lots of album thanks to Too much love will kill you, allowing people to believe that the song was composed to Freddie, whereas the song had been already sung by Freddie as we see in the album. The truth is that John Deacon is showing an admirable behaviour with regards to Freddie's death whilst Brian and Roger just want to earn more and more money.You obviously haven't watched 'Champions of the world' video then have you cause if you had brian may clearly states that after innuendo freddie was living on borrowed time and he clearly says "get me to sing anything anything you can so you have enough material to go in with",that tells me freddie didn't just sing for the fun of it he obviously wanted it down for eventual release. With regards to TMLWKY freddie tried out the song during 'miracle sessions' and the band must have thought why not put it on the album being very aware to fill the album with as much of freddie's vocal as they could. |
mike hunt 13.04.2005 14:51 |
good album, to me holds a special place, TMLWKY (queen version) is light years better than brians solo version, a winter's tale is a favorite and obviously mother love is great. overall i would put MIH in the top ten. it's hard to compare MIH with their early stuff because queen were always a fun time band, but for obviouse reason's the last two were much more serious. Made in heaven was the perfect way to end the queen legacy, a perfect tribute from the surviving members of queen. |
lasparri 14.04.2005 04:52 |
To Brenda, Yes, I knew this. But I also know that Freddie had recorded Made in Heaven and I was born to love you, in 1985 and he didn't want them to belong to queen. It is been miserable the attitude og the records company since when they released the Freddie Mercury solo Album they didn't include these two songs which were the best that Freddie had composed. Suspicious....don't you think? The truth is that everything was planned. The two songs would be included in a queen new album that otherwise wouldn't have had enough material to do an album. Don't you admire john Deacon? I do, he is against this farce. Queen finished when Freddie died. He was the best and most talented of the group, without him the band has no sense. Regards. |
Daveboy35 14.04.2005 07:47 |
I do do admire john deacon for his contribution to the best band ever and i also respect him for his wish to retire,but i also understand the need for bri and rog to get out there again very talented duo of queen with obviously still a lot to give. regards brenda. |
GregM 14.04.2005 08:05 |
John Deacon was actively involved in the "Made In Heaven" album and supported it whole-heartedly. It is an absolutely beautiful album, too, and I'm very glad they made it for us, and to honor Freddie. Greg |
mike hunt 14.04.2005 14:04 |
this guy is nuts, will people please stop crying about nonsense, to the wannabe who say's deacon didn't support MIH, may i remind you sir, MR. deacon played on made in heaven and did a great job on it. only on the queenzone forums do you find these crazy queen fans, actually john and roger were the first at starting the process of making that album. |
GiantSpider 14.04.2005 14:31 |
It is not neccisarily true that Freddie didn't want IWBTLY & MIH to be Queen songs. Rogers '84 album Strange Frontier was comprosed of some songs that QUEEN did not want. Not songs that Roger didn't want to be Quenn songs. |
FreDRicca_MeRcUrY 14.04.2005 21:56 |
its definitely top 10 overall albums, there are days when i wake up and find myself singing "its a beautiful day, the sun is shining I feel good, and No one's gonna stop me now" to start the day, call my crazy i like fred's version of TMLWKY but i prefer brian's live version from the tribute concert! Mother Love OMG as freddie would say in 1 of his CD of his box set FUCKING FABULIOUS, a winter's tale is my FAVE though there is something about that song people think i'm nuts because i'm in my car at a red light with the tape just blaring singing like the world is gonna end!!!!:-) |
Daveboy35 15.04.2005 05:35 |
Thanks for all your replies guys and gals it's well appreciated. If you want a review of a any queen album please let me know and i'll be only too glad to help,i grew up with queen like many others around and on here and sharing my experience of buying a album at a particular time takes me back in time when i was younger and totally absorbed with queen. Once again thanks for the positive feedback. |
Freddie F 18.04.2005 10:05 |
The album is good, really. The remaining 3 guys did a great job, even if I think they had better things to put on it ("Dog With A Bone", "Self-Made Man"...). I'm not sure whether Brian was really enthusiastic about this project at the beginning: I read some interviews at the time of the sessions where he clearly talked about arguing with John and Roger, who began the job without him. Anyway, he shone through the album, his solos, his guitar parts... But Freddie was the true star of MIH, of course. |
Boy Thomas Raker 18.04.2005 10:36 |
WORST. QUEEN ALBUM. EVER. |
john bodega 18.04.2005 10:48 |
Hahah to those who think he didn't want this stuff released. Lemme get this straight : he sung a song called "Show must go on", and made added lyrics like 'I'll face it with a grin, I'm never giving in'... yet you obviously met him after he changed his mind and said 'music is for chumps, and I don't want this released after all'. Uh-huh. What a retard you are. |
Daveboy35 18.04.2005 12:52 |
Never their worst album hot space will forever hold that honour. BHM0271 Why do you think it's their worst? let's have your opinion on it? |
bohemian 11513 18.04.2005 13:06 |
They did a hell of a job completing "Made in Heaven"... I like this recording very much due to great songs like Mother Love, A Winters Tale or Let Me Live. But I allways had wished that they had "closed" the album with a song like "No One But You" instead of a "hidden Track 13". That, to me, would have been a perfect finish to their "legacy"... |
Boy Thomas Raker 18.04.2005 14:22 |
Well, Brenda, as I posted months back... Brian said that the process involved the remaining members passing the material back and forth and making changes independently. Call me crazy but that's what the album sounds like, a recording made without a band dynamic. Second, the songs are incomplete or rehashed. Track 1 and 13 are unfinished. Mother Love was unfinished. Piece of my heart was unfinished. Three, the songwriting was weak. Everybody's opinion is different, but these songs sounded like throwaways dug up for the purpose of releasing product. Four, and most importantly for the US market, it was flat and boring. Queen was a rock band in the US, period. They were liked by the masses for AOBTD, but their creative and popular peak was when they were rockers. There is nothing resembling a rock song on the album, and don't say IWBTLY is a rock song. It's a synth tune with guitars (which sound contrived.) There are no amazing "Queen" moments. Five, it's beyond maudlin. Other than Mother Love for emotion, it's in Celine Dion cornball territory. If they had ended with the honesty of Innuendo, I think it would have been a perfect goodbye, but it reeks of a manipulative goodbye. Six, the covers are inferior to all of the others. And IWBTLY was unknown in the US, so who cared if was covered? Finally, it's emotionally dishonest. Freddie may have written Made in Heaven in '85 about his thoughts upon finding out he was HIV+. Or he may have written it about the feeling he got when he went to the gay nightclub 'Heaven', which he apparently frequented in the 80s. Whatever it was, it was an uplifting piece of music. When it was redone for MIH, it was given ominous, plodding beats, a solo that was ill fitted, and worst of all, the piano at the end with the guitars turns the mood dark, which certainly wasn't the way Freddie wrote it. So it became a song about death, which is totally dishonest. To each his own, and I'm sure people on this board feel the same as ANATO, which is my favourite album. But I remember a station which supported (and still supports Queen) in Canada saying that the album was a nice tribute, too bad they couldn't have given him a farewell with some decent songs. My sentiments exactly. |
Daveboy35 18.04.2005 16:19 |
Good points bhm0271 thanks for your opinion very interesting to read what you thought about the made in heaven album. |
Adam Baboolal 18.04.2005 21:39 |
"Track 1 and 13 are unfinished. Mother Love was unfinished. Piece of my heart was unfinished." Track 1 is an improvisation and is therefore, not incomplete. It is what it is... I've recorded similar improvisations and I don't call them incomplete or unfinished. Track 13 is a hidden track and is included as a completed piece of music. Track 13 can't be called incomplete as it does play through to a conclusion. Mother Love being incomplete... Why do you say that? Just because Freddie didn't get to do the last verse? Jeez... What an insult to Brian. Let Me Live - fair enough, in a sense. But I'd rather judge it after hearing the original demo recording. "...don't say IWBTLY is a rock song. It's a synth tune with guitars (which sound contrived.) There are no amazing "Queen" moments." Dear lord..! What does that mean? Just because it included synths means that it's lesser for it? Or that a rock song can't have synths..? If so, that's a very contrived opinion to have. And there are plenty of great Queen moments to hear on the MIH album. "but it reeks of a manipulative goodbye." What did you expect? The album is designed to say goodbye in a particular way. But manipulative is far too strong a word to use. As if to say they did something they should've have. How insulting to Bri, Rog and John. And about the song, MIH. Just because it's arranged in a different way, changes the song for you? I can listen to both and I don't hear anything but the music set differently. I think you might have analysed that one a little too far. And finally, you reveal, "...too bad they couldn't have given him a farewell with some decent songs. My sentiments exactly." That says it all. I'm starting to understand why some say, "if you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all." Peace, Adam. |
Boy Thomas Raker 18.04.2005 23:51 |
Coming from a guy who another poster took to task for not having anything good to say about the songs done by board members, your last part is rich. Further, Adam, your views are entirely based on your emotional feelings towards topics. If you want a further explanation, here goes. "Track 1 is an improvisation and is therefore, not incomplete. It is what it is... I've recorded similar improvisations and I don't call them incomplete or unfinished." Good for you. It's still unfinished and "IMHO", it's the seeds of a great song, not a great song. "Track 13 is a hidden track and is included as a completed piece of music. Track 13 can't be called incomplete as it does play through to a conclusion." If Track 13 is among the top 150 Queen songs, I'll eat your hat. It's the equivalent of guys fucking around with sounds. Forget completeness, it's not a good song. "Mother Love being incomplete... Why do you say that? Just because Freddie didn't get to do the last verse? Jeez... What an insult to Brian." No insult meant, but in fairness it could come off that way. "Dear lord..! What does that mean? Just because it included synths means that it's lesser for it? Or that a rock song can't have synths..?" No, it means that it was a Freddie based synth song with drum programming. To make it into something else entirely is contrived, along with the 953rd "ha, ha" from AKOM. It's not a rock song Adam. End of story. They could re-record Mustapha and make it bluesy. They could make Ogre Battle a dance hall number. That's contrived, they are making something that wasn't there into something else. If it works for you, super, I think it's hokey. "What did you expect? The album is designed to say goodbye in a particular way. But manipulative is far too strong a word to use. As if to say they did something they should've have. How insulting to Bri, Rog and John." It's not insulting Adam, it is manipulative. Re-read (or read) my post on the song Made in Heaven. It's now about death, including the darker piano chords at the end. When I first heard the FM version of the song, I thought it was postive and introspective. On MIH, it's about Freddie's death, and to turn it darker at the end is manipulative. Compare the ending of the tow versions. I know you're a smart guy who understands music more than I ever will. The "colour" is lighter on Freddie's version, on MIH there's a darker tone that leads to finality. Not Freddie's vision. And who said they did something they shouldn't have either? I didn't say they shouldn't have, I'm saying they wanted an album of Freddie saying goodbye (which should have been Innuendo) and that the death theme was creepy. "And finally, you reveal, "...too bad they couldn't have given him a farewell with some decent songs. My sentiments exactly." I didn't say that, it was said on a Canadian FM station that has always supported Queen. To me the album was boring and flat. It had no emotional resonance, and this is from a guy who loves Queen's music. To each their own i suppose. But for the record Adam, not that it means anything, but for the final Freddie album, it did squat here in sales despite decent promotion. Queen was a rock band with a bunch of other amazing sides. Here they were a MOR band venturing too close to Michael Bolton/Celine dion over the top melodrama. "IMHO", which of course ou may disagree with :) |
antiden 19.04.2005 03:09 |
to BHM 0271: Hi! I respect other people's opinions, because "to each his own" and it is really so. BUT. I totally disagree with you about the track "Made In Heaven". I'll explain why. First of all, the solo version is a poetically romantic and, yes, introspective song (AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GAY CLUB THEME AT ALL - are you crazy?????). It is so obvious - listen to it, watch the video. It is a pure escapism. It's about HEAVEN in the poetical sense. And the Queen version. What A GREAT track... The guys payed a perfect tribute to Mercury's personna turning the original introspective "escapism" (dream) song into the retrospective theme of LIFE, CAREER, DEATH and "REAL HEAVEN". So it seems like Freddie really sings to the audience from the skies! (And the arrangements help to feel it.) Yes, the song starts with the sad bits - you feel the presence of death, but then you suddenly get a positive and very optimistic feeling: the life goes on!!!! Fantastic, poignant solo in the middle. Every step of the track is thoroughly worked out. And the end... The lines "written in the stars" are about immortality of Freddie's spirit and his legacy. It's a fitting tribute to the Legend Freddie was! |
mike hunt 19.04.2005 08:50 |
i agree with the last, i feel it's a great tribute and a solid album. i think 'made in heaven' is my favorite queen cover. it has a look of celebration and vicory, like freddie's spirit made to the other side, raising his hand in victory. |
Boy Thomas Raker 19.04.2005 09:01 |
Hi Antiden, I too respect other people's opinions, therefore I'll explain mine to you. If you actually read my post, then you'd see that I wrote that "Freddie may have written Made in Heaven in '85 about his thoughts upon finding out he was HIV+. Or he may have written it about the feeling he got when he went to the gay nightclub 'Heaven', which he apparently frequented in the 80s." The word MAY means that the song could be about anything. It MAY be about the feeling that his morning bowl of cereal gave him. The tenor of the Queen version changed that. So it will relieve you and I to know that I'm not crazy for thinking it's about a gay nightclub. I'm glad you enjoy the song and album, that's the beauty of opinion. Mine is different, and I hope I've explained why in a rational manner. Cheers! |
Adam Baboolal 19.04.2005 22:33 |
"Coming from a guy who another poster took to task for not having anything good to say about the songs done by board members, your last part is rich." Not really, considering that he was wrong. I actually replied saying I liked that particular song, just didn't love it. My words were, "who said I didn't like it?" And if I don't like it, I give constructive criticism, rather than some who simply say, it's crap, etc. "Further, Adam, your views are entirely based on your emotional feelings towards topics." I should bloody hope so! You know? I find your thoughts about the Beautiful Day improv completely wrong. How can an improvisation be incomplete? Improvised plays/films are not called incomplete. So, why is a song improvisation different? "If Track 13 is among the top 150 Queen songs, I'll eat your hat. It's the equivalent of guys fucking around with sounds. Forget completeness, it's not a good song." Nothing wrong with fucking around with sounds! How do you think some tracks are/were written in the first place? Track 13 is also, technically, an improvised piece of music. It was created out of nothing and then completed, to their satisfaction. Just because someone isn't singing over it (instrumental) doesn't make it any less than other Queen songs. But since it's a hidden track, of course it'll be seen differently. The point was, it's a complete creation, beginning to end. And you again point to your real feeling about it, "not a good song." That's why you don't rate it. "No, it means that it was a Freddie based synth song with drum programming. To make it into something else entirely is contrived, along with the 953rd "ha, ha" from AKOM. It's not a rock song Adam. End of story. They could re-record Mustapha and make it bluesy. They could make Ogre Battle a dance hall number. That's contrived, they are making something that wasn't there into something else. If it works for you, super, I think it's hokey." Again, this is down to your own feeling about the track and the creative minds that go out and recreate tracks in their own way. Just because someone rocks up a track more doesn't make it contrived. I just don't see how that makes it what you say it is. There's nothing contrived about remaking a song in a different way. It's just being creative and having a different take on something. Look at the 7" or 12" remixes or the slow version of Hammer To Fall. Contrived? I don't think so. You saw death on the track MIH, I didn't. I also don't think it really changes the song, the way they recorded/arranged it. Like Antiden says, it's about life and the idea of Heaven. The lyrics didn't change, either. Each to their own. End of story. Peace, Adam. |
Saint Jiub 19.04.2005 22:41 |
I place MiH in my upper half of Queen studio albums. I much prefer Queen's version of MiH song over Freddie's version. The low piano notes in the original sound hollow, empty and uninspired (IMHO). |
Boy Thomas Raker 19.04.2005 23:31 |
Yes, Adam, to end it, your feelings about "incomplete" songs and songs that are "fucking around with sounds" are why I think it's a bad album. If Sheer Heart Attack, ANATO or ADATR featured two incomplete tracks, one rambling experiment, four remakes (which I feel are all worse than the original) and close to the worst lyric writing in Queen's history, I don't think I'd be liking them a whole lot more than MIH. And circumstances don't enter into the equation. I believe, and God bless the remaining members for releasing it for THEIR reasons, not mine, that if Freddie were alive, he'd never let an album like MIH see the light of day. You're obviously younger than I and that shapes both of our experiences good or bad. This is a band releasing product, good thoughts or not. And as both Roy Thomas Baker and Mack said on various doc's, these guys were a better band when they had a common goal and spent time in the studio together. I don't think, special project or not, chemistry as a band can be built by exchanging sound files. You seem pretty angry about all this, I don't think you're a bad guy for your thoughts, I hope you don't think I am for mine. |
OgreBattleField1980 20.04.2005 00:44 |
well this is my first post in about 5 months .. this place sure doesnt change much does it ... well here it goes ... Made in heaven to me was an album that i cried over ... even if they had a few remakes .. that to me seemed like Freddies last ditch effort to get his breath out and show the world that he still had it. Sure if they would have ended with Innuendo it would still be grand but im sure they would be critisized just as much if the made in heaven album was never released ... and even today they get critisized for bringing in Paul Rodgers as a front man temporarily. In some instances i can see the argument ..but atleast they have the strength to carry on which is what Freddie wanted if im not mistaken , he wanted the material from made in heaven finished and rushed out to his adoring fans and Brian John and Roger did as asked.. so where is the problem? I surely dont see any ... some people just will never settle down and accept them for what they are a great rock band. |
Bijou in Queen's crown 20.04.2005 08:28 |
I love the 'Made in heaven' album. 'A winter's tale' is my favourite song, that's mainly why I bought the album. I love the 'It's a beautiful day (reprise)' with 'Seven seas of rhye' because they go so well together and I love the hidden instrumental at the end. I love all Queen's music like the ballads and rock and disco but I've come to prefer the later albums. I don't know why but I think the 'Innuendo' album and 'Made in heaven', have got more feeling and just sound fantastic. 'Bijou' is one of my favourites off 'Innuendo' and 'A winter's tale' is my favourite ever! Thankyou!!! |
Boy Thomas Raker 20.04.2005 09:01 |
You hit the nail on the head with your last line OgreBattleField1980. They were a great rock band. MIH sounds like a middle-of-the-road collection of songs, with nothing resembling a rock song to be found. When I got into Queen, Queen were a hard rock band first, they just happened to play any type of music flawlessly. Most of the first album through to Jazz featured rock and roll. There's nothing even close to any rock and roll on MIH. Maybe that's why it doesn't work for me. |
mike hunt 20.04.2005 10:38 |
it doesn't work for you because you don't realize MIH was not suppose to be 'sheer heart attack' A Winter's tale wasn't intended to sound like 'tie your mother down' or 'stone cold crazy' wouldn't it be kind of silly if freddie would have sang 'Death on two legs' on his death bed, or another one bites the dust' it wouldn't sound natural. instead what you got is a terrific mellow (reflective) album that brings all these emotions to surface. orgebattle brought up a great point in saying that freddie wanted these songs to be released, that's why he recorded them. |
Boy Thomas Raker 20.04.2005 10:56 |
With all due respect, Mike, I know the catalogue like the back of my hand. I'm pretty sure that I realized MIH wasn't supposed to be SHA. There's a similar thread going now where lots of people dislike The Miracle for valid reasons (synth heavy, drum machines, lack of coherence.) My reasons for disliking MIH are totally valid, I sometimes think that people treat it with kid gloves because it was Freddie's swan song. Again, if Queen, at their creative peak, put out an album that opened with an incomplete song, then a cover song, followed by a song that wasn't good enough to make the cut on a previous album, three more covers, a dance tune that sounds totally out of place, and finished up with a 13 minute track that doesn't go anywhere musically, we'd be wondering were their creative powers went. They pulled together the best bits they could, if you like it that's fantastic, obviously I think it's their weakest work with AKOM and The Miracle. |
Benn 20.04.2005 11:54 |
We need to gain a little bit of persprective here. Remember that the band had a contract that committed them to another album after "Innuendo". This is EXACTLY THE SAME as what happened to Led Zeppelin ("Coda" released in 1982) and The Who ("Face Dances" 1981 & "It's Hard" 1982). What made it slightly easier was that Queen had made a point of stressing that Freddie had continued to record for as long as he could - however, this made people think that what was left was a *wealth* of material, when in fact (judging from what has been released), much of it wasn't worth the digital media it was recorded on. I attended the fan club launch at Hammersmith Odeon and was throoughly disappointed by the whole thing. IWBTLY, Mother Love and Let Me Live were the ONLY tracks that I felt worthy of being released by Queen and that they could easily have reduced the whole thing in size to an EP and thus had a number one single added into the bargain. Added to that was the screening of the Champions Of The World film which was littered woth the same mistakes lifted from the Magic Years collection. Ultimately, Queen fulfilled a contractual obligation by getting some product to market. They had talked it up WAY beyond it's real worth to the Queen catalogue which had the added effect of building up fan's anticipation and getting the media interested in the band again post-Freddie. New fans liked it because it was the only time they could remember an album release by Queen. Old fans disliked it because the material on there was, on the whole, sub-standard. |
mike hunt 20.04.2005 15:13 |
i'm an old fan and i like it, don't get me wrong, i don't put MIH on the same level as vintage queen, you really can't compare MIH with 'anato' i think we all know that, but considering what brian and company had to work with, i think it came out dam good, like i said 'a winter's tale' and mother love are among my favorite ballads from queen. heaven for everyone is solid, to me there's not much to complain about, it probably fills out my top ten, behind the first 8 and innuendo. |
Saint Jiub 21.04.2005 01:34 |
I still place MiH as better than most Queen studio albums behind Q2, SHA, aNatO, aDatR, & tM. IaBD, MiH, LML, aWT & IaBD(reprise) are all classic songs IMHO. |