only the last four albums

all the rest were different
it was only the last four albums
that were named after themselves
this is very significant and means much

a kind of magic
the miracle
innuendo
made in heaven

yeah, see what you mean - about eponymous albums

but by applying a bit of slack to the theory you can get a few more in there

[b]QUEEN II[/b] - had[i] march of the black QUEEN[/i] & [i]white QUEEN as it began[/i] =  2x [i]"QUEEN"[/i] SONGS or [b]QUEEN II[/b]

[b]JAZZ[/b] - had [i]"more of that JAZZ"[/i]

[b]THE GAME[/b] - had [i]"play THE GAME"[/i]

[b]FLASH OST[/b] - had [i]"FLASH"[/i]

and bending reason a little ....wasn't the original working title of the "overture" intro to Tie Your mother Down called [i]"A DAY AT THE RACES OVERTURE" [/i]?

And don't forget sheer heart attack....
......
......
......
Eventually!

[QUOTE] [b]ANAGRAMER wrote:[/b]

And don't forget sheer heart attack....
......
......
......
Eventually![/QUOTE]

It doesn't count.

[QUOTE] [b]Lostman wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]ANAGRAMER wrote:[/b]
And don't forget sheer heart attack....
......
......
......
Eventually![/QUOTE]
It doesn't count.[/QUOTE]
It kind of does, actually. Wasn't Roger working on the song when the album was released? Not sure why he took so long, but its eventual release was quite timely with the punk movement.

At the original topic, that's actually bothered me quite a bit as well. It looks like they just completely stopped being creative with their album titles, not even trying to alter them a little like with Jazz or The Game. I'm not entirely sure why they did that, but it's not a real big deal anyway.

[QUOTE] [b]waunakonor wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]Lostman wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]ANAGRAMER wrote:[/b]
And don't forget sheer heart attack....
......
......
......
Eventually![/QUOTE]
It doesn't count.[/QUOTE]
It kind of does, actually. Wasn't Roger working on the song when the album was released? Not sure why he took so long, but its eventual release was quite timely with the punk movement.

At the original topic, that's actually bothered me quite a bit as well. It looks like they just completely stopped being creative with their album titles, not even trying to alter them a little like with Jazz or The Game. I'm not entirely sure why they did that, but it's not a real big deal anyway.[/QUOTE]

Yep, quite right. But still it wasn't released on the actual album with the same title, so I don't dare include it to this list.

Perhaps they wasn't just lazy with the writing and recording of these albums but also picking the albums names?

Yeah ... how dare they laze their way into making the Innuendo title track sound like those timeless One Direction classics?

[QUOTE] [b]Queen fan wrote:[/b]

all the rest were different
it was only the last four albums
that were named after themselves
this is very significant and means much

a kind of magic
the miracle
innuendo
made in heaven



[/QUOTE]

Significant in what way? Means much in what way? Please elaborate (not that I think the answer will be significant or mean much).

I think it ads some mystique and some attitude when there is not a song with the album name. its like its more of here is the concept "...." . also more artistic.

HOT SPACE -Lets go!

[QUOTE] [b]Stelios wrote:[/b]

I think it ads some mystique and some attitude when there is not a song with the album name. its like its more of here is the concept "...." . also more artistic.[/QUOTE]

i think it depends. some really great albums
didn't - rumours for instance
some really great classic albums did
bat out of hell
wish you were here


others added genuine mystique by dropping the album title into the lyric of a song on that album
examples:
"i'll see you on the dark side of the moon" appears in Brain Damage on the album DSOTM
"i see a rainbow rising" appears in Stargazer on Rainbow's "Rising" lp

personally, i couldnt care what an album is called - it doesn't make it any less great or shit

They are just title tracks. I don't know that one should read too much into them other than in theory they POTENTIALLY help sell the l.p. For example I think that it is great when a compilation, i.e. greatest hits or best of has not only one new song but a few and then have one of them be the title track. I still think that this is something that Queen should do with some ideas for certain types of best ofs once they get to recording again as they should.

Still waiting.......what is significant and means much?

Inquiring minds (kinda don't give a sh*t)

Maybe the "lazy" part was that they couldn't think of a good name for the title tracks and just named them after the album...instead of the other way around. As for A Kind Of Magic, they could've just called it The Highlander Soundtrack.