I Want It All was the first song that drew me to Queen, and still love the song very much to this day. Innuendo, as everyone has said and agreed on this post was a far stronger album, but The Miracle definately has it's merits without question. Freddie was in such strong voice by this point...coming right off of the whole Barcelona venture with Montserrat, and with Brian just playing his heart out throughout the whole album, it still makes The Miracl VERY enjoyable! It is one of the more played CD's in my car...
lalaalalaa · Member since
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I seem to be one of a few that actually enjoys Rain Must Fall.
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Me too. I think it's a great, under-rated song. The keyboards date it, but the songwriting itself is great.
To me, The Miracle is the band's strongest album from the 80s. But it's not nearly as strong as Innuendo, which was the closest the band ever came to recapturing the spirit of A Night At The Opera.
I really don't get why Party and Khashoggi's Ship get flack from so many fans. They are brilliant compositions, filled with Queen trademarks, one of which is treading down territory that they'd touch once and never again. From the first notes of Party to the epic nature of Was It All Worth It, The Miracle is a very solid rock album.
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I thought I was the only one who liked rain must fall. I think musically and vocally it's very good and has good lryics. Love brians guitar sound.... When I first heard this album in 89 I liked only 4 songs, I want it all, the title track, breakthru and was it all worth it?...but most of the other songs grew me over the years, even "my baby does me" which I hated has a cool sound. Overall, it's still one of my least favorite queen albums. No way is it better than the game, that's their best 80's album. The only songs I still don't like are party, the worst opening track of any queen album, only the cosmo's rockin is worse, lol, and Invisable man.
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Rain Must Fall is one of many examples of Queen's diversity in genres. It was very creative and it sounds like something you might find on a YES album (or Rick Wakeman solo).
Paulos · Member since
The Miracle was the first new Queen album that came out when i was a fan (first got into them in late 86).
Id been waiting for this for over 2 years after thinking about nothing but Queen night and day. I was 16, just left school, and remember it was a sunny day and i called into the music department at WHSmith to buy it. They were playing some music and even though Freddie wasnt singing i knew it was Queen, turned out it wss Was It All Worth It.
I remember buying it on vinyl and taking it home on the bus studying the face on the cover thinking 'how did they do that'!?
I loved the album, played it to death. I dont know if its the fact that it hasnt aged well or my tastes have changed but i really think there only 4 decent songs on there now - IWIA, Scandal, The Miracle and WIAWI.
In my mind they should have included My Life has been Saved and TMLWKY, whilst leaving off the awful Invisible Man and My Baby Does Me. It would have been a more darker record but would have given it more depth.
ITSM · Member since
The Miracle was the first Queen album I bought, and I have great memories from it!
It was summer, and I still consider it a "summer album", like Made in Heaven is a "winter album"...
I think the best songs are Was it All Worth It, My Baby Does Me, The Miracle, Breakthru and Scandal.
Party and K. Ship starts the album nice, I think.
I think it has aged well, and is the best album from the '80s...
maxpower · Member since
I haven't listened to it myself for years don't ask me how long, as you say it's now 20 years old but I have a feeling in two years time Innunedo will sound the newer of the two.
andreas_mercury · Member since
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Micrówave · Member since
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I consider The Miracle to be Queen's weakest classical era studio album (excluding Flash.)
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Flash Gordon isn't technically a "studio album", it's an O.S.T.
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Exactly, which is why I specifically excluded it. Funny thing is that although it is a soundtrack, numerous sources such as Queenpedia list it as a studio album. But, yeh, I certainly do agree that it's not a studio album.
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So where was it recorded then? That's right!!! A studio!!!! Which makes it a STUDIO ALBUM.
Yes, it is also an OST, but technically it is still considered a STUDIO ALBUM. An OST like Cats or Miss Saigon would NOT be considered Studio albums because they were recorded in front of a live audience.
Vultan forgives you both but wants you to listen to his theme again 10 times before you go to sleep tonight and each night for the next two weeks. Think of it as a Flash Novena for your blasphemy.
maxpower · Member since
So where does A Kind of Magic fit? Only two of those songs (not the extra cd bonuses) weren't featured in a movie, anyway I figure Flash an album as it was created in a studio not live like somone else said, but always don't directly compare it to "regular" albums.
Anyway going back to The Miracle I listened to Party & Khashoggi's & nearly stopped it there but listened to the title track & just couldn't carry on with it but I'll try again some other time
jozef · Member since
The Miracle = the worst band´s album and from such sad period of the Freddie´s life ...
Valentine '90 · Member since
I always enjoy Party, My Babe Does Me and Rain Must Fall as well as other great songs!
I personally think that on this album they were entertaining themselves with techno sound - they used much more "computer effects" than they did with Hot Space. I guess that was fashion in late 80
Anyway, I LOVE every song, aside from Khashoggi's Ship and I'm not very fond of Miracle and Invisible Man
Amazon · Member since
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[b]Amazon wrote: [/b]
I consider The Miracle to be Queen's weakest classical era studio album (excluding Flash.)
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Flash Gordon isn't technically a "studio album", it's an O.S.T.
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Exactly, which is why I specifically excluded it. Funny thing is that although it is a soundtrack, numerous sources such as Queenpedia list it as a studio album. But, yeh, I certainly do agree that it's not a studio album.
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So where was it recorded then? That's right!!! A studio!!!! Which makes it a STUDIO ALBUM.
Yes, it is also an OST, but technically it is still considered a STUDIO ALBUM. An OST like Cats or Miss Saigon would NOT be considered Studio albums because they were recorded in front of a live audience.
Vultan forgives you both but wants you to listen to his theme again 10 times before you go to sleep tonight and each night for the next two weeks. Think of it as a Flash Novena for your blasphemy.
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I don't agree with that. Just because an OST was recorded in a studio does not make it a studio album. Greatest Hits albums generally contain songs which are recorded in the studio; yet it doesn't make them studio albums. IMO the term 'studio album' can only be applied to original studio recordings which are not based upon a film, which is why if someone asked me how many studio albums did classical Queen release, I would respond with 14 + a soundtrack. AKOM is ambigurous but I don't consider it to be a soundtrack as not all the songs featured in Highlander and the album is more inspired by Highlander rather than based on it (with the posible exception of Don't Lose Your Head). It is tricky but certainly I don't consider Flash to be a studio album just as I don't consider Greatest Hits II to be a studio album.
Addtionally Miss Saigon and Cats are live albums.
maxpower · Member since
I also think having listened to the demo earlier today I Guess We're Falling Out would have improved the album no end pity
The Real Wizard · Member since
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Just because an OST was recorded in a studio does not make it a studio album.
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Right, but in the case of Flash Gordon, it was released as a Queen album, not a soundtrack.
Amazon · Member since
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Just because an OST was recorded in a studio does not make it a studio album.
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Right, but in the case of Flash Gordon, it was released as a Queen album, not a soundtrack.
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True, but I still think it's a soundtrack as IMO it can't be divorced from the film. It' not a big deal as Flash is just as legitmate as any other Queen album, but I do agree with Queenpedia that Queen's releasing it as a proper studio album was a mistake. The fact that Flash is mostly instrumental and is a direct soundtrack, already sets it apart from other albums IMO, and as such I always find it problematic to refer to it as a studio album. An original album, yes, but a studio album, no.
The Real Wizard · Member since
Fair enough. As fans of music, we're inclined to think that way. But Brian has recently said it was a proper Queen album, so who are we to say otherwise?
