Although I like most songs on the album, the production is dreadful and I blame Roy Thomas Baker mostly. What the hell was he thinking, give Queen such a tinny sound? He probably was in some weird experimenting mood and Queen (my guess is Freddie and Brian) went along with it, which is too bad. It's not weird that both John and Roger don't like the album, because it's their work that suffers the most.
Many songs suffer from a lack of 'oomph', especially of course the heavier tracks. Compare Let Me Entertain on Jazz with any live version, what a difference! Also Dead On Time, which is a great song, suffers terribly from the drum sound. But also the ballads like Jealousy and Leaving Home Ain't Easy could have been much more powerful with the traditional big Queen sound. Luckily there are songs that don't suffer as much from the Baker production, like Don't Stop Me Now and If You Can't Beat Them.
The only tracks I don't really like, song-wise, are In Only Seven Days and Dreamer's Ball. Yes, I like the groove of Fun It and More Of That Jazz also has a great riff (Roger's vocal at the end make me shiver). I prefer these two songs over Rock It and Coming Soon for instance, although Roger himself wouldn't agree with me I think.
The album cover is also stylish in my opinion.
SaskQueenFan · Member since
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Although Space has some good songs on it, mainly on the Side 2 of the album
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But it was side A that influenced Thriller. Michael Jackson said there would have been no Thriller had it not been for Hot Space... and it turned out to be the best-selling record ever.
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Hmmm.. no Hot Space no Thriller? Maybe the album shouldn't have been made then....[img=/images/smiley/msn/tounge_smile.gif][/img]
Amazon · Member since
SaskQueenFan wrote: "Hmmm.. no Hot Space no Thriller? Maybe the album shouldn't have been made then...."
LOL. I love 'Thriller' and I really like 'Hot Space' so I definitely don't think that HS should never have been made! [img=/images/smiley/msn/teeth_smile.gif][/img]
mike hunt · Member since
listen to back chat and dancer, then listen to thriller and it's obvious hot space was one of many different influences in making that album.
Crisstti · Member since
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Just wanted to point out that the RS music reviewer didn't actually say that Jazz is a fascist album. He said that Queen are a fascist rock band. He just happened to make this claim while reviewing Jazz.
Here's the quote: "Whatever its claim, Queen isn't here just to entertain. This group has come to make it clear exactly who is superior and who is inferior. Its anthem "We Will Rock You" is a marching order: you will not rock us, we will rock you. Indeed, Queen may be the first truly fascist rock band."
The whole rewiew can be found at: www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Queen_-_02-08-1979_-_Jazz_-_Rolling_Stone_(Issue_284)
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Is that guy stupid?. Of course they would rock the audience, and not the other way around. They're the band!, they're the ones playing the music!, what would he expect?.
That is the review why Roger wrote that letter to Rolling Stone...?, or was that a review of a concert in Argentina?.
Amazon · Member since
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[b]August R. wrote: [/b]
Just wanted to point out that the RS music reviewer didn't actually say that Jazz is a fascist album. He said that Queen are a fascist rock band. He just happened to make this claim while reviewing Jazz.
Here's the quote: "Whatever its claim, Queen isn't here just to entertain. This group has come to make it clear exactly who is superior and who is inferior. Its anthem "We Will Rock You" is a marching order: you will not rock us, we will rock you. Indeed, Queen may be the first truly fascist rock band."
The whole rewiew can be found at: www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Queen_-_02-08-1979_-_Jazz_-_Rolling_Stone_(Issue_284)
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Is that guy stupid?. Of course they would rock the audience, and not the other way around. They're the band!, they're the ones playing the music!, what would he expect?.
That is the review why Roger wrote that letter to Rolling Stone...?, or was that a review of a concert in Argentina?.
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RS has never liked Queen. Not only did they exclude Queen from their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time (which Eric Clapton made three times and John Lennon made twice), but their reviews were absurd. In the review of AKOM, they described Gimme The Prize as.. wait for it... greedy! Putting aside the fact that the song is about winning The Prize and it would be a little pointless to say 'Please Give Me the Prize', the idea of accusing a rock band of being greedy is laughable. AKOM is not one of my favourite albums, but not because some song is greedy. RS must really hate Queen if they are willing to dig up a bottom of the barrel complaint like 'greedy.'
