| mike hunt 04.01.2007 01:38 |
Reading most of the posts on Queenzone you would think that "A Kind Of Magic" is a horrible album, but Here in The States when I talk to highlander fans they love the music and many, upon watching the movie went out and bought the album. It amazes me that hardcore Queen fans could be so down on this album, but the average music fan loves it. (read amazon reviews). |
| user name 04.01.2007 01:45 |
I think it's a splendid album. In my opinion, the movie's only good because of the music, though. Hence why each successive movie sucked. Plus, terribly trying to explain things, and attempting to make up for lax continuity also made them suck, but I like to think it's because of the music anyway. |
| Elizabeth Knightson 04.01.2007 02:01 |
I don't care what people will say about this but I think both the album and movie are underrated: they're both good pieces of fun. I think they support each other (when you know both of them). A kind of magic is really nice and Highlander has an original story, nice settings... |
| All I Hear Is Radio Gaga 04.01.2007 02:12 |
^ I agree I loved the album before I saw the movie. When I saw the movie it made me love it that much more. |
| mircal 04.01.2007 04:50 |
I love the album... I am an child of the 80's and it was my first fav queen album ever!!!! |
| john bodega 04.01.2007 05:17 |
The movie is a great idea gone horribly wrong. The music they made for the movie is the best stuff on the album. The other stuff is not as good. |
| Raststätte-Knödel 04.01.2007 05:25 |
I really love this album, although I am not a highlander 'fan'. I did like the movie, but I'm not a fan. |
| August R. 04.01.2007 07:31 |
mike hunt wrote: It amazes me that hardcore Queen fans could be so down on this album, but the average music fan loves it. (read amazon reviews).It's no wonder an average rock/pop listener loves this album. It has good pop tunes (One Vision, AKOM, FWBF), lovely ballads (OYOL, WWTLF) and great guitar tracks (POTU, GTP). And if you love the album, you gotta love the music. It's perfect for the atmosphere in the movie. On the other hand, when a hardcore Queen fan listenes to this album, he/she compares it to the old Queen albums like ANATO or ADATR. Though AKOM is quite good album in its own, there's no way it could beat those 70's masterpieces. |
| boca 04.01.2007 08:34 |
mike hunt wrote: Reading most of the posts on Queenzone you would think that "A Kind Of Magic" is a horrible albumYes, horrible, but in positive sense. It's more like "horrible". How can I not love it? That's one of my favourite Queen albums and first Queen album I bought. I bought it because of Princes Of The Universe, I heard it on Highlander movie and immediately fell in love with it. I don't understand people who don't like it. There are fantastic songs on it like Who Wants To Live Forever, Friends will be friends, A kind of magic, One vision, Princes of the universe and so on. Actually: all songs are great! |
| louvox 04.01.2007 10:57 |
It’s a putrid album, devoid anything worth wild. Their second worse offering. A bunch of lightweight pop songs drenched in awful synthesizers. That’s the reason most hard-core Queen fans dislike it. Especially in the USA.<b><font color=666600>Music Man wrote: I think it's a splendid album. In my opinion, the movie's only good because of the music, though. Hence why each successive movie sucked. Plus, terribly trying to explain things, and attempting to make up for lax continuity also made them suck, but I like to think it's because of the music anyway. |
| Drowse1 04.01.2007 11:53 |
AKOM is a great album and Highlander is one of my fave movies. Didn't know regular fans disliked AKOM. It got to No 1 in the UK. The album is probably a little disjointed because some of the songs appear in Highlander but not all, giving an irregular feel to the album but I think the songs themselves are strong enough to stand up to that. Highlander 4 was also a good movie but the less said about 2 & 3 the better! |
| Micrówave 04.01.2007 12:44 |
louvox wrote: It’s a putrid album, devoid anything worth wild. Their second worse offering. A bunch of lightweight pop songs drenched in awful synthesizers. That’s the reason most hard-core Queen fans dislike it. Especially in the USA.Actually, I think the songs are quite good, but you've hit a good point. I think they were using an Oberheim for all their synth patches. Why no Moog or Jupiter? Why wasn't 'Pain Is So Close' played on a Fender Rhodes? I was 16 and playing better boards at the time, never liked the OB. |
| Aquillas 04.01.2007 13:08 |
The music of AKOM fits perfectly in the Highlander movie. If you're a Highlander fan you must like its soundtrack also. On the other hand, you can love the album but be indifferent about the movie. But in the end, the only thing which matters is each person's opinion. |
| AspiringPhilosophe 04.01.2007 14:48 |
It's funny how everyone refers to the movie...I got introduced to Queen basically through Highlander, but not the movie. I got hooked on the TV show, and for a long time was desperatly trying to get my hands on the CD for "The group that did the theme song". To this day, I haven't seen the movie, but I watched the TV show right up to the very end. I got the AKOM album after I'd been familiar with Queen music through the show (mainly WWTLF and POTU) and have to admit that there are wonderful tracks on the CD, but overall I wasn't to terribly impressed with songs like "Gimme the Prize" or "Don't Loose Your Head". Even though I thought the album was kinda weak (except for a few strong tracks) it didn't turn me off to Queen, because somehow I could just tell that "There was something more here...something bigger and better." I tried for a few years after the release of that track to get my hands on some of the older albums, with no luck at all, until I'd almost forgotten about it, had gone off to university and one day found the Platinum Collection Greatest Hits at a store. I bought it, and through it and the help of some others managed to track down the older albums, which I've been very impressed with and which validated my instict that "There was something more" to Queen than "Princes of the Universe" and "Who Wants to Live Forever". |
| louvox 04.01.2007 16:11 |
The songs in my opinion are sub par at best. The best song on that album is “One vision” and that was already issued as a single. Also the production of that CD sounds flat and uninspired. The same could be said about the pervious two CD’s. After 6 years and 7 albums of never using a synthesizer, they suddenly fall in love with them and use them on just about every track till the very end. I have nothing against synthesizers when they are used to enhance a tune. What happens a lot of the time is that they tend to rob songs of their rock n’ roll feel. Their albums used to have such depth and resonance. And it wasn’t until “Innuendo” that they finally got that back. I wonder what their albums would have been like had Roy Thomas Baker stayed their producer. Seems like “Mack” & “Richards” were more “Yes” men or engineers than real producers.Micrówave wrote:louvox wrote: It’s a putrid album, devoid anything worth wild. Their second worse offering. A bunch of lightweight pop songs drenched in awful synthesizers. That’s the reason most hard-core Queen fans dislike it. Especially in the USA.Actually, I think the songs are quite good, but you've hit a good point. I think they were using an Oberheim for all their synth patches. Why no Moog or Jupiter? Why wasn't 'Pain Is So Close' played on a Fender Rhodes? I was 16 and playing better boards at the time, never liked the OB. |
| kosimodo 05.01.2007 06:16 |
I missed New York New York on that album... What did He sing that original and good! |
| thomasquinn 32989 05.01.2007 15:50 |
kosimodo wrote: I missed New York New York on that album... What did He sing that original and good!Capitalizing 'He'. I didn't know Freddie was God...I should've gone to church...you apparently DO learn stuff there! |
| Carol! the Musical 05.01.2007 17:01 |
<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote:kosimodo wrote: I missed New York New York on that album... What did He sing that original and good!Capitalizing 'He'. I didn't know Freddie was God...I should've gone to church...you apparently DO learn stuff there! Where have you been living?... :P |
| mike hunt 07.01.2007 02:57 |
August R. wrote:that's what i'm getting at. I know that's what fans do with any band, but it just seems that this album has lots of strong songs. of course it's all matter of opinion, if a fan wants 16 Queen2 albums your not gonna like AKOM. The only song I don't like is "don't lose your head" with "pain and pleasure" being average. One vision, a kind of magic, one year of love, who wants to live forever, gimme the prize, and princess are all pretty solid. In my opinion, It's better than the works.mike hunt wrote: It amazes me that hardcore Queen fans could be so down on this album, but the average music fan loves it. (read amazon reviews).It's no wonder an average rock/pop listener loves this album. It has good pop tunes (One Vision, AKOM, FWBF), lovely ballads (OYOL, WWTLF) and great guitar tracks (POTU, GTP). And if you love the album, you gotta love the music. It's perfect for the atmosphere in the movie. On the other hand, when a hardcore Queen fan listenes to this album, he/she compares it to the old Queen albums like ANATO or ADATR. Though AKOM is quite good album in its own, there's no way it could beat those 70's masterpieces. |
| user name 07.01.2007 15:06 |
I didn't know there was a song called "Princess." |
| deleted user 07.01.2007 15:10 |
<b><font color=666600>Music Man wrote: I didn't know there was a song called "Princess."lol. Princess Of The Universe :P xD |