[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]PieterMC wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
I've studied the views on all albums posted both here and on QOL. But I'm not sure if Queen-fans would count as people in a scientific enquiry...[/QUOTE]
Any charts? Research papers?[/QUOTE]
Charts don´t support his theory!
I love the album, and it gave Queen 1.000.000 people in 27 dates. I don´t hink the world find this album boring, but it´s just a question of taste really!
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This album has a couple of average songs and a couple of great songs, but as a whole it's OK
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]louvox wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]queentel wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Boring album?
Yeah right, i dont think so.[/QUOTE]Absolutely BORING!
There is nothing new or innovative on that pile of crap. More of the same tripe from the previous offering. The entire thing sounds like four uninspired individuals going through the motions. They really hit rock bottom with this disaster. They could even make up their minds whether to make this a soundtrack or not.
1. One vision – already a single release. Sounds flat and sterile. Live version is a bit better.
2. A kind of magic – Talk about a snorefest!
3. Pain is so close to pleasure – Yuk! This is one of their very worst
4. One year of love – Michael Bolton would proud of this piece of shit
5. Who wants to live forever – Probably the best of the bunch and that is not saying much
6. Friends will be friends – Sub-standard. Sounds like they are trying to write a hit single.
7. Gimme the prize – This song is no prize. Sound more like a consolation prize
8. Don’t loose your head – Loose this song instead. 80’s garbage!
9. Princes of the universe – In any universe this is pure crap. Talk about a totally uninspired piece of shit.
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Could you give examples of why you think its bad rather than just attacking each one?
Yeah right, i dont think so.[/QUOTE]Absolutely BORING!
There is nothing new or innovative on that pile of crap. More of the same tripe from the previous offering. The entire thing sounds like four uninspired individuals going through the motions. They really hit rock bottom with this disaster. They could even make up their minds whether to make this a soundtrack or not.
1. One vision – already a single release. Sounds flat and sterile. Live version is a bit better.
2. A kind of magic – Talk about a snorefest!
3. Pain is so close to pleasure – Yuk! This is one of their very worst
4. One year of love – Michael Bolton would proud of this piece of shit
5. Who wants to live forever – Probably the best of the bunch and that is not saying much
6. Friends will be friends – Sub-standard. Sounds like they are trying to write a hit single.
7. Gimme the prize – This song is no prize. Sound more like a consolation prize
8. Don’t loose your head – Loose this song instead. 80’s garbage!
9. Princes of the universe – In any universe this is pure crap. Talk about a totally uninspired piece of shit.
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Could you give examples of why you think its bad rather than just attacking each one?
I don't like it. Although it has a couple of strong singles and the videos for them were very cool, I don't think it works as an album. And only 9 tracks?
Apart from the singles, there is nothing remotely interesting for me. I find it boring overall. I'd rather listen to GH2 as it includes the best half of this album and a bunch of many other great tracks.
Gimme the prize is cool but nothing too spectacular, One year of love is bland, Don't lose your head is like a bad dream.
It's very much in the bottom of my list of favorite Queen albums (switches places with Flash Gordon and Live Magic every now and then) and those are my reasons.
Wiley
Apart from the singles, there is nothing remotely interesting for me. I find it boring overall. I'd rather listen to GH2 as it includes the best half of this album and a bunch of many other great tracks.
Gimme the prize is cool but nothing too spectacular, One year of love is bland, Don't lose your head is like a bad dream.
It's very much in the bottom of my list of favorite Queen albums (switches places with Flash Gordon and Live Magic every now and then) and those are my reasons.
Wiley
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]DavidRFuller wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]louvox wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]queentel wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Boring album?
Yeah right, i dont think so.[/QUOTE]Absolutely BORING!
There is nothing new or innovative on that pile of crap. More of the same tripe from the previous offering. The entire thing sounds like four uninspired individuals going through the motions. They really hit rock bottom with this disaster. They could even make up their minds whether to make this a soundtrack or not.
1. One vision – already a single release. Sounds flat and sterile. Live version is a bit better.
2. A kind of magic – Talk about a snorefest!
3. Pain is so close to pleasure – Yuk! This is one of their very worst
4. One year of love – Michael Bolton would proud of this piece of shit
5. Who wants to live forever – Probably the best of the bunch and that is not saying much
6. Friends will be friends – Sub-standard. Sounds like they are trying to write a hit single.
7. Gimme the prize – This song is no prize. Sound more like a consolation prize
8. Don’t loose your head – Loose this song instead. 80’s garbage!
9. Princes of the universe – In any universe this is pure crap. Talk about a totally uninspired piece of shit.
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Could you give examples of why you think its bad rather than just attacking each one?[/QUOTE]As you wish. First I find this entire album to sound flat, uninspired & dated. The production is awful. The songs are sub-par at best. There is nothing new or innovative on this. They simply copied what others were doing at that time instead of taking other styles and making it their own. Everything is drenched in awful sounding synthesizers. You take Freddie voice of most of these songs and you could tell them apart from any other Eruo-pop-synth band of that era. By far their worst album. I know they were going through some difficulties at this time, but really is no excuse. It certainly seems that Freddie’s & Brian’s interest was elsewhere considering the lack of material contributed. Freddie seems only interested in doing disco/dance stuff to impress his circle of friends. The same could be said for John. Only Brian remained true to the vision that was Queen. He was always out-voted by the others who were all too happy to follow trends.
Yeah right, i dont think so.[/QUOTE]Absolutely BORING!
There is nothing new or innovative on that pile of crap. More of the same tripe from the previous offering. The entire thing sounds like four uninspired individuals going through the motions. They really hit rock bottom with this disaster. They could even make up their minds whether to make this a soundtrack or not.
1. One vision – already a single release. Sounds flat and sterile. Live version is a bit better.
2. A kind of magic – Talk about a snorefest!
3. Pain is so close to pleasure – Yuk! This is one of their very worst
4. One year of love – Michael Bolton would proud of this piece of shit
5. Who wants to live forever – Probably the best of the bunch and that is not saying much
6. Friends will be friends – Sub-standard. Sounds like they are trying to write a hit single.
7. Gimme the prize – This song is no prize. Sound more like a consolation prize
8. Don’t loose your head – Loose this song instead. 80’s garbage!
9. Princes of the universe – In any universe this is pure crap. Talk about a totally uninspired piece of shit.
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Could you give examples of why you think its bad rather than just attacking each one?[/QUOTE]As you wish. First I find this entire album to sound flat, uninspired & dated. The production is awful. The songs are sub-par at best. There is nothing new or innovative on this. They simply copied what others were doing at that time instead of taking other styles and making it their own. Everything is drenched in awful sounding synthesizers. You take Freddie voice of most of these songs and you could tell them apart from any other Eruo-pop-synth band of that era. By far their worst album. I know they were going through some difficulties at this time, but really is no excuse. It certainly seems that Freddie’s & Brian’s interest was elsewhere considering the lack of material contributed. Freddie seems only interested in doing disco/dance stuff to impress his circle of friends. The same could be said for John. Only Brian remained true to the vision that was Queen. He was always out-voted by the others who were all too happy to follow trends.
damn akom was my favourite. I always thought that "a dozen red roses for my darling" was queens commercial breakthrough, in other words that a dozen red... gave Queen the status they have at this moment...
Shit I gues I;m wrong...Then Body Language must be the reason of Queen;s nowadays succes...
Shit I gues I;m wrong...Then Body Language must be the reason of Queen;s nowadays succes...
I have always thought that the main problem with AKOM is that there is no overall style or sound (ie, Gimmie The Prize/Princes of the Universe vs. Dont Lose Your Head/One Year of Love), but I do enjoy it, and I'd say it's one of my favorites,
Take care all =)
M.H
Take care all =)
M.H
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]louvox wrote: [/QUOTENAME]By far their worst album. [/QUOTE]
Aha!!!! So Hot Space is no longer their worst? I can't believe what I'm reading from Mr. Anti-Hot Space.
Aha!!!! So Hot Space is no longer their worst? I can't believe what I'm reading from Mr. Anti-Hot Space.
I like Hot Space a lot, much more than AKOM, which bores me to death. Yes, the Magic Tour may have been huge and whatever but the album is not very good, IMO.
Even The Works, which is Queen's self tribute to their former hits, is more inspired than AKOM. It could have been an ass kicking soundtrack but they went the other way.
Wiley
Even The Works, which is Queen's self tribute to their former hits, is more inspired than AKOM. It could have been an ass kicking soundtrack but they went the other way.
Wiley
Man, im popular on this thread !!
An opinion is like an asshole....everybodys got one.
My knock on 'Prize' is the soundtrack voice-overs......and that it sounds like it was the POTU demo.
A way to make this weak album pallatible:
Side 1: OV / AKOM / OYOL / FWBFWBF
Side 2:POTU / Brian's 'Just One Life' (due to the similar drum mix) / Prize / DLYH / WWTLF
not great, but it's the only way we listen to it
A way to make this weak album pallatible:
Side 1: OV / AKOM / OYOL / FWBFWBF
Side 2:POTU / Brian's 'Just One Life' (due to the similar drum mix) / Prize / DLYH / WWTLF
not great, but it's the only way we listen to it
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]louvox wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]DavidRFuller wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]louvox wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]queentel wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Boring album?
Yeah right, i dont think so.[/QUOTE]Absolutely BORING!
There is nothing new or innovative on that pile of crap. More of the same tripe from the previous offering. The entire thing sounds like four uninspired individuals going through the motions. They really hit rock bottom with this disaster. They could even make up their minds whether to make this a soundtrack or not.
1. One vision – already a single release. Sounds flat and sterile. Live version is a bit better.
2. A kind of magic – Talk about a snorefest!
3. Pain is so close to pleasure – Yuk! This is one of their very worst
4. One year of love – Michael Bolton would proud of this piece of shit
5. Who wants to live forever – Probably the best of the bunch and that is not saying much
6. Friends will be friends – Sub-standard. Sounds like they are trying to write a hit single.
7. Gimme the prize – This song is no prize. Sound more like a consolation prize
8. Don’t loose your head – Loose this song instead. 80’s garbage!
9. Princes of the universe – In any universe this is pure crap. Talk about a totally uninspired piece of shit.
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Could you give examples of why you think its bad rather than just attacking each one?[/QUOTE]As you wish. First I find this entire album to sound flat, uninspired & dated. The production is awful. The songs are sub-par at best. There is nothing new or innovative on this. They simply copied what others were doing at that time instead of taking other styles and making it their own. Everything is drenched in awful sounding synthesizers. You take Freddie voice of most of these songs and you could tell them apart from any other Eruo-pop-synth band of that era. By far their worst album. I know they were going through some difficulties at this time, but really is no excuse. It certainly seems that Freddie’s & Brian’s interest was elsewhere considering the lack of material contributed. Freddie seems only interested in doing disco/dance stuff to impress his circle of friends. The same could be said for John. Only Brian remained true to the vision that was Queen. He was always out-voted by the others who were all too happy to follow trends. [/QUOTE]
Hey Prawn, quit talking like an old ditty fool. I don't get why you think music with synthesizers is worthless and un-sophisticated, when in fact, it's usually more complicated.
And really, Brian loves the A Kind Of Magic album I think... I think he thought of it as Queen's comeback album to the old hard rock even though the lead single was a pop rock song.
Yeah right, i dont think so.[/QUOTE]Absolutely BORING!
There is nothing new or innovative on that pile of crap. More of the same tripe from the previous offering. The entire thing sounds like four uninspired individuals going through the motions. They really hit rock bottom with this disaster. They could even make up their minds whether to make this a soundtrack or not.
1. One vision – already a single release. Sounds flat and sterile. Live version is a bit better.
2. A kind of magic – Talk about a snorefest!
3. Pain is so close to pleasure – Yuk! This is one of their very worst
4. One year of love – Michael Bolton would proud of this piece of shit
5. Who wants to live forever – Probably the best of the bunch and that is not saying much
6. Friends will be friends – Sub-standard. Sounds like they are trying to write a hit single.
7. Gimme the prize – This song is no prize. Sound more like a consolation prize
8. Don’t loose your head – Loose this song instead. 80’s garbage!
9. Princes of the universe – In any universe this is pure crap. Talk about a totally uninspired piece of shit.
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Could you give examples of why you think its bad rather than just attacking each one?[/QUOTE]As you wish. First I find this entire album to sound flat, uninspired & dated. The production is awful. The songs are sub-par at best. There is nothing new or innovative on this. They simply copied what others were doing at that time instead of taking other styles and making it their own. Everything is drenched in awful sounding synthesizers. You take Freddie voice of most of these songs and you could tell them apart from any other Eruo-pop-synth band of that era. By far their worst album. I know they were going through some difficulties at this time, but really is no excuse. It certainly seems that Freddie’s & Brian’s interest was elsewhere considering the lack of material contributed. Freddie seems only interested in doing disco/dance stuff to impress his circle of friends. The same could be said for John. Only Brian remained true to the vision that was Queen. He was always out-voted by the others who were all too happy to follow trends. [/QUOTE]
Hey Prawn, quit talking like an old ditty fool. I don't get why you think music with synthesizers is worthless and un-sophisticated, when in fact, it's usually more complicated.
And really, Brian loves the A Kind Of Magic album I think... I think he thought of it as Queen's comeback album to the old hard rock even though the lead single was a pop rock song.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Wiley wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I don't like it. Although it has a couple of strong singles and the videos for them were very cool, I don't think it works as an album. And only 9 tracks?
Apart from the singles, there is nothing remotely interesting for me. I find it boring overall. I'd rather listen to GH2 as it includes the best half of this album and a bunch of many other great tracks.
Gimme the prize is cool but nothing too spectacular, One year of love is bland, Don't lose your head is like a bad dream.
It's very much in the bottom of my list of favorite Queen albums (switches places with Flash Gordon and Live Magic every now and then) and those are my reasons.
Wiley[/QUOTE]
Back in those days a lot of people would have 9 tracks on an album, that was probably the average, and some would have 8 songs on the album and some would have more. The Works had 9 songs as well. Nowadays people complain if there's as little as 11 songs on an album. I think people are spoiled.
Apart from the singles, there is nothing remotely interesting for me. I find it boring overall. I'd rather listen to GH2 as it includes the best half of this album and a bunch of many other great tracks.
Gimme the prize is cool but nothing too spectacular, One year of love is bland, Don't lose your head is like a bad dream.
It's very much in the bottom of my list of favorite Queen albums (switches places with Flash Gordon and Live Magic every now and then) and those are my reasons.
Wiley[/QUOTE]
Back in those days a lot of people would have 9 tracks on an album, that was probably the average, and some would have 8 songs on the album and some would have more. The Works had 9 songs as well. Nowadays people complain if there's as little as 11 songs on an album. I think people are spoiled.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]louvox wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]DavidRFuller wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]louvox wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]queentel wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Boring album?
Yeah right, i dont think so.[/QUOTE]Absolutely BORING!
There is nothing new or innovative on that pile of crap. More of the same tripe from the previous offering. The entire thing sounds like four uninspired individuals going through the motions. They really hit rock bottom with this disaster. They could even make up their minds whether to make this a soundtrack or not.
1. One vision – already a single release. Sounds flat and sterile. Live version is a bit better.
2. A kind of magic – Talk about a snorefest!
3. Pain is so close to pleasure – Yuk! This is one of their very worst
4. One year of love – Michael Bolton would proud of this piece of shit
5. Who wants to live forever – Probably the best of the bunch and that is not saying much
6. Friends will be friends – Sub-standard. Sounds like they are trying to write a hit single.
7. Gimme the prize – This song is no prize. Sound more like a consolation prize
8. Don’t loose your head – Loose this song instead. 80’s garbage!
9. Princes of the universe – In any universe this is pure crap. Talk about a totally uninspired piece of shit.
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Could you give examples of why you think its bad rather than just attacking each one?[/QUOTE]As you wish. First I find this entire album to sound flat, uninspired & dated. The production is awful. The songs are sub-par at best. There is nothing new or innovative on this. They simply copied what others were doing at that time instead of taking other styles and making it their own. Everything is drenched in awful sounding synthesizers. You take Freddie voice of most of these songs and you could tell them apart from any other Eruo-pop-synth band of that era. By far their worst album. I know they were going through some difficulties at this time, but really is no excuse. It certainly seems that Freddie’s & Brian’s interest was elsewhere considering the lack of material contributed. Freddie seems only interested in doing disco/dance stuff to impress his circle of friends. The same could be said for John. Only Brian remained true to the vision that was Queen. He was always out-voted by the others who were all too happy to follow trends. [/QUOTE]
BTW, I don't think a true disco artist would consider anything Queen has done as disco.
Yeah right, i dont think so.[/QUOTE]Absolutely BORING!
There is nothing new or innovative on that pile of crap. More of the same tripe from the previous offering. The entire thing sounds like four uninspired individuals going through the motions. They really hit rock bottom with this disaster. They could even make up their minds whether to make this a soundtrack or not.
1. One vision – already a single release. Sounds flat and sterile. Live version is a bit better.
2. A kind of magic – Talk about a snorefest!
3. Pain is so close to pleasure – Yuk! This is one of their very worst
4. One year of love – Michael Bolton would proud of this piece of shit
5. Who wants to live forever – Probably the best of the bunch and that is not saying much
6. Friends will be friends – Sub-standard. Sounds like they are trying to write a hit single.
7. Gimme the prize – This song is no prize. Sound more like a consolation prize
8. Don’t loose your head – Loose this song instead. 80’s garbage!
9. Princes of the universe – In any universe this is pure crap. Talk about a totally uninspired piece of shit.
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Could you give examples of why you think its bad rather than just attacking each one?[/QUOTE]As you wish. First I find this entire album to sound flat, uninspired & dated. The production is awful. The songs are sub-par at best. There is nothing new or innovative on this. They simply copied what others were doing at that time instead of taking other styles and making it their own. Everything is drenched in awful sounding synthesizers. You take Freddie voice of most of these songs and you could tell them apart from any other Eruo-pop-synth band of that era. By far their worst album. I know they were going through some difficulties at this time, but really is no excuse. It certainly seems that Freddie’s & Brian’s interest was elsewhere considering the lack of material contributed. Freddie seems only interested in doing disco/dance stuff to impress his circle of friends. The same could be said for John. Only Brian remained true to the vision that was Queen. He was always out-voted by the others who were all too happy to follow trends. [/QUOTE]
BTW, I don't think a true disco artist would consider anything Queen has done as disco.