Queen Fans Give New Album The Thumbs Down

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]kingogre wrote: [/QUOTENAME]But the fans hardly buy the GH-set, as they already own it. So the comparison is rather flawed. Like you said this is only one country and there has been little or no promotion. In most countries its selling very well regardless of the non-advertisement. In Australia they havent even toured. [/QUOTE]

The comparison better than you can think, exactly for the reason you state yourself.

The GH album has sold massively in the Australia by now, and almost everybody has at least a friend who can borrow the album... Most of the new sales generated at the moment are coming from new fans who are just getting into Queen

On the other hand there are still about 500,000 potential homes who already have the GH album, which could buy the Cosmos Rocks album if they were interested in the new material by Brian and Roger.

The customers are there, but there is no interest in the product!

I am totally amazed by the way some 'fans' have reacted to this album, if you look back over the history of Queen and inparticular you look at the style of songs credited to either Brian or Roger, it's not a huge stones throw from Cosmos Rocks... most of Roger's early work could have easily been on CR, and likewise  if you look at Brian's solo work it fits right in. I have loved this band since the 70's every time they release an album since 'Races' people have said 'It's not Queen' which would make you believe that Queen only ever made two albums in the 'Queen' style .

To me it fits in with all the others and frankly works better the several, including Hot Space, The Miracle and The Works. It has much more energy than all three put together and is recorded with much more care and attention. The lyrics are weak in some points but you only have to look at earlier outings such as Coming Soon, Fun it, The Miracle, Friends will be Friends the list goes on..... I bet in the end it will sell more than a good number of the earlier albums... lets wait and see

I'm shocked at how few copies the new album has sold in the first week, in what I had always believed to be a strong Queen territory.  I wonder how much publicity there has been in Australia for it??

You would think that as there are undoubtedly a lot of Queen and/or Paul Rodgers fans in that country, that they would have at least bought it, even if they then say that they don't like it after listening - it seems however that they have actually stayed away from even buying it - perhaps some of the bad reviews online and lack of publicity have led to this??

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]cmsdrums wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I'm shocked at how few copies the new album has sold in the first week, in what I had always believed to be a strong Queen territory.  I wonder how much publicity there has been in Australia for it?? You would think that as there are undoubtedly a lot of Queen and/or Paul Rodgers fans in that country, that they would have at least bought it, even if they then say that they don't like it after listening - it seems however that they have actually stayed away from even buying it - perhaps some of the bad reviews online and lack of publicity have led to this?? [/QUOTE]

or perhaps they are smart enough to know that its not Queen and freddie is dead.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]cmsdrums wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I wonder how much publicity there has been in Australia for it?? [/QUOTE]

From what I heard there was NO promotion in Australia.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Treasure Moment wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]cmsdrums wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I'm shocked at how few copies the new album has sold in the first week, in what I had always believed to be a strong Queen territory.  I wonder how much publicity there has been in Australia for it?? You would think that as there are undoubtedly a lot of Queen and/or Paul Rodgers fans in that country, that they would have at least bought it, even if they then say that they don't like it after listening - it seems however that they have actually stayed away from even buying it - perhaps some of the bad reviews online and lack of publicity have led to this?? [/QUOTE] or perhaps they are smart enough to know that its not Queen and freddie is dead. [/QUOTE]

It's still 988 more albums than you will ever sell in Australia.

"or released under a different name other than Queen"
They call themselves Queen + Paul Rogers. I'm tired of the idiots in the press calling this project Queen.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Rockindon2 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]"or released under a different name other than Queen" They call themselves Queen + Paul Rogers. I'm tired of the idiots in the press calling this project Queen.[/QUOTE]

Those who say the name of the current band is "Queen + Paul Rodgers" are just as stupid as those who say the band is Queen. And that apparently includes you.


Brian and Roger are still calling themselves Queen (you know, as in QUEEN + Paul Rodgers), and they are only half of the original band. That's the technicality they use to say that Freddie hasn't been replaced in the band, but it also leaves them wide open for the criticism for continuing as half of the group.

I also said that it is rather a lack of promotion that is the reason it is not selling better. It is doing very well in most European countries. Certainly in the same league or better than most of the veteran artists that they are best compared to, for example Rolling Stones, Springsteen etc. The best promotion for the album right now is them touring, which it more or less always has been for Queen. They have not done this in Australia something I think is more than a coinicidence. The market as a mark of quality philosophy that some people is dragging around is too flawed to really say anything.

And also this is a bit of chance, since it is a something of a new band name and that they for certain will get bad press. With that in mind the album and the tour is a success.

On another note, it is interesting to see some people take articles and bad reviews like these to heart without questioning when it is all a matter of a band for who bad reviews and media exposure has always been a rule.

Brian and Roger are Queen today and have been so for more than 10 years.

Holly2003,

You're absolutely right.

You either like it, or you don't.  If you do, great if you don't, great.  Keep your receipts - take it back if you don't like it as one lister has done.

Remember it's all disposable and, if worst comes to the worst, you have another drinks coaster upon which to place your cup of tea whilst listening to something more enlightening.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Benn wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Holly2003, You're absolutely right. You either like it, or you don't.  If you do, great if you don't, great.  Keep your receipts - take it back if you don't like it as one lister has done. Remember it's all disposable and, if worst comes to the worst, you have another drinks coaster upon which to place your cup of tea whilst listening to something more enlightening. [/QUOTE]

Well said. Its only a record. Its supposed to be fun, if you dont like you dont.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]L-R-TIGER1994 wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Queenfred wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]L-R-TIGER1994 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Comparing GH with.....this?no way. [/QUOTE] It's not being compared musically- only sales-wise - in a one week period (to demonstrate a point). [/QUOTE] Anyway,you can´t compare this two completely different things,one sold millions of copies while the other I really doubt if it reaches a million one day. it only proves one thing:that the Rosmos Cocks...no...the Cosmos Sucks....wait no,the Cosmos Rocks(or at least it tries to do it). [/QUOTE]
if course you can compare it...it's a sales comparison you need to read what was typed...
most albums have their peak sales in first three weeks
so a 20 yr old queen album is a very favourable sales comparison

cosmos sucks by comparison

Queen and Paul Rodgers IS a new name. They aren't pretending it's Queen. Name one Queen album that hasn't gotten a bad review somewhere. It takes a real rocket scientist to say that it's different without Freddie. So to those who come on here bashing QPR..what are you doing here? If you hate it so much then leave. Or will you be like the reviewers where they wait until this band is gone and then decide it was good after all?
For some of you, QPR can't win. It's too different. But if it was too much like old Queen you would complain about that. There isn't one Queen album that doesn't need multiple listens to really get it. That's the genius of these guys.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]the dude wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Queen and Paul Rodgers IS a new name.[/QUOTE]

No, it's not.
It's a composite of two old names.
Queen is the English rock band whose members Brian and Roger used to be, and Paul Rodgers is the new singer they're performing with.

They didn't suddenly rename the band "Queen+David Bowie" in 1981, or "Queen+Five" in 2000, did they?

That sounds pretty simple, doesn't it?



[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]the dude wrote: [/QUOTENAME]They aren't pretending it's Queen. Name one Queen album that hasn't gotten a bad review somewhere.[/QUOTE]

Why are you comparing their reviews to those of Queen reviews? I thought you just said they were different bands?
Please, make up your mind about it and stick to either one!



[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]the dude wrote: [/QUOTENAME]So to those who come on here bashing QPR..what are you doing here? If you hate it so much then leave.[/QUOTE]

Anybody who's a fan of Queen has a right to post his (or her) opinion about some of the members performing as Queen. Again, it's a very simple concept but some people just don't seem to grasp the possibility that everybody else doesn't agree with them.

It's interesting how things change in a week. They were #5. Now they are #18 or something. Ok, they dropped because "everybody that could buy the album already did" or some other excuse fans will find to justify a failure - a failure that can be just explained as "it's like any other average hard rock album, it's not a masterpiece".