Hot Space No 14 on Classic Rocks worst album list

This is ridiculous. Why do people think Hot Space is such a bad album? It is a great album! I think it is some of Queen's best work. I think people only dislike it because it's style is different than that on Queen's other albums. Technically, most of the songs are very well written songs and only show just how diverse of a band Queen was.

If anything, an album like The Miracle should be on that list but to put a gem like Hot Space is crazy.

i explained my reasons...what i grew up with
the change was not to my liking

I really like listening to all these comments, they're informative,& very interesting answers. 1st: well said brENsKi... I too was disapointed, but I just figured Queen were having internal arguments, you know, John should have a say, let John have an album,John likes horns, honestly, I thought the whole "slow thing" was johns' idea. WOW, do I miss him now

[QUOTE] [b]Micrówave wrote:[/b]
Hot Space is certainly better than Wang Chung - Points On The Curve and I didn't see that one on the list.[/QUOTE]

Again, I doubt they've reviewed that, or that it went gold or platinum.

It's only because records like Sheer Heart Attack and A Night At The Opera exist that Hot Space is a point for comparison.

Side 2 of Hot Space is very good, and ranks up there with some of Queen's better material. As dodgy and dated as some of the record is, there is no way it belongs on a list of the all-time worst records ever made.

It may Queen's worst record, and that's as far as it should go. But again, the filler on A Kind Of Magic might even be worse.

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
It's only because records like Sheer Heart Attack and A Night At The Opera exist that Hot Space is a point for comparison.
Side 2 of Hot Space is very good, and ranks up there with some of Queen's better material. As dodgy and dated as some of the record is, there is no way it belongs on a list of the all-time worst records ever made.
It may Queen's worst record, and that's as far as it should go. But again, the filler on A Kind Of Magic might even be worse.[/QUOTE]

I don't even think it's Queen's worst record. I think it's much better than The Miracle. I think it's a pretty good record with great memorable songs with just a different style. For the past 3 years I've loved it and for the past 3 years I've tried to figure out why people think it's a bad record.

It's one of my favorites, to be honest. Actually, I think my Queenzone profile still lists it as my favorite Queen album.

I guess it's easier to "like" Hot Space when you weren't there at the time it was launched.
In my opinion, Side 1 gets an A+ for sheer balls and risk taking, even if the songs are not to par with previous records -specially if your previous records are called Queen II and A night at the opera.

Still, I wouldn't change a thing on it. Side 1 flows like an album called "Hot Space" should. To me, except for Under Pressure, the better tracks are on Side 1: Staying Power is a strong opener, Dancer's arrangement (simple beat and synth bass, hard rocking guitars) is how all the album should have sounded, Body Language was the OBVIOUS choice for lead single. Let's put it this way: If you are releasing an album called Hot Space and you have a song called Body Language on it, well... you go all the way and release it with naked bodies on the sleeve, damn it! :)

I have heard people say "What if they had included X song instead of -say- Dancer or Body Language" or even people posting alternate track lists that might as well be called "The Game 2" or "The (not so good) Works".

I say they are missing the point... it wouldn't be Hot Space.

[QUOTE] [b]jamster1111 wrote:[/b]
I don't even think it's Queen's worst record. I think it's much better than The Miracle.[/QUOTE]
To each their own. But for the sake of discussion, how many Hot Space tracks compare to the brilliant arrangements of The Miracle, Breakthru or Was It All Worth It? I can only think of one, and it's not really a Hot Space track since it was released as a single the year before.

[QUOTE]for the past 3 years I've tried to figure out why people think it's a bad record.[/QUOTE]
It's not a bad record. But compared to Queen's great records, it just doesn't come remotely close. Besides Under Pressure, Las Palabras de Amor is the only track on Hot Space that ranks up there with the other great Queen songs. The record is largely weak, either because of poor writing or poor production - or both.

It's still hard to believe that only seven years divide Hot Space from the sheer perfection that was A Night At The Opera. It took Queen ten years to become the greatest band in the world, and one record to dismantle it all. But as Freddie once said, getting to the top isn't hard - staying there is, because the only place to go is down. Ask any fan in Canada or the US who was around then. The record destroyed them.

If they had reversed the sides the album woulda been a different story. Side 2 was pretty good! But not many people made it that far.

Exactly. But hindsight is always 20/20, ain't it?

But it's fun to imagine. Had they flipped the sides, dropped Body Language and added Soul Brother, it could've fared far better.

Who's the small-minded twit who compiled this list?

Olias Of Sunhillow by Jon Anderson is one of the greatest progressive rock records ever made. He played every instrument and arranged the entire thing. It is such a beautiful piece of work, a musical landscape unlike anything ever heard before or since.

Hi everyone, music is probably one of the most subjective topics known to man. So i am not sure anything can really ever be best or worst. We all admire Queen a great deal but other people admire 50 cent or Kenny G, so go figure! Now as for Hot Space, i don't think its one of the 50 worst albums of all time, 50 most disapointing is more accurate. After delivering multiple masterpieces the guys produced what would be considered a mediocrity by the standard they had set for themselves and we the fans. Having said this though i must admit i have grown to like it more over the years.

Aahh Hot Space Lets GO !

If Hot Space had been their 1st album then they wouldn't have made a 2nd. EMI would have dropped em.

[QUOTE] [b]billy bob wrote:[/b]

If Hot Space had been their 1st album then they wouldn't have made a 2nd. EMI would have dropped em.[/QUOTE]