Biggest mistake in their career?

I think The Miracle.
Put Delilah on it and WIAWI onto Innuendo and then The Miracle in the recycling bin and there you have it... A masterpiece.
Other than WIAWI, I think it's all just commercial crap and unneccesary songs. How did they think Baby Does Me or Party was a good idea?

[QUOTE] [b]British Man wrote:[/b]

I think The Miracle.
Put Delilah on it and WIAWI onto Innuendo and then The Miracle in the recycling bin and there you have it... A masterpiece.
Other than WIAWI, I think it's all just commercial crap and unneccesary songs. How did they think Baby Does Me or Party was a good idea?[/QUOTE]
Let's look at this album in depth.
Party- 4/10 Unneccesary Filler
Khashoggi's Ship- 6/10 Not bad Filler
The Miracle- 6/10 Not bad Filler
I Want It All- 8/10 Way too much airplay.
The Invisible Man- 7/10 Not bad.
Breakthru- 5/10 Weak filler
Rain Must Fall- 5/10 Weak filler
Scandal- 6/10 Mediocre
My Baby Does Me- 3/10.
Was It All Worth It- 10/10 masterpiece.
Hang On In There- 5/10 Mediocre
Chinese Torture- 7/10 When a short instrumental track is one of the highlights of the album, that's maybe a sign of failure.

While is agree Was It All Worth It is great, I Want it All is also a very good song. I can't really complain at anything about The Miracle and Innuendo, even if i prefer the later.

Be grateful you have these albums, in the first place.

Call me insane but I liked the whole album except for Party which was a bunch of crap

"a short instrumental track is one of the highlights of the album,"

Eh? Stop being a dick and answering your own question with your own answer...

The Miracle? In a way I regard it as a bit of a comeback for Queen as a serious rock band. The biggest mistake was Hot Space, then The Works.

Live magic, as discussed here last week. That was the big boobie.

We all know that one's opinions on music are subjective. So why bag a whole album as 'the biggest mistake'? Given the state of Freddie's health and their own personal lives, it was a bloody miracle that they produced anything. What I recall from my first listening in '89 was the energy, surprising, defiant joie de vivre and sense of cohesion amongst the band. I loved most of it then and still do.Someone else probably doesn't, Move on...

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[b]master marathon runner wrote: [/b] Live magic, as discussed here last week. That was the big boobie.[/QUOTE]
That album could have been much better if they just used Knebworth and included all the songs from the concert

Hiring Jim Beach and Paul Prenter were the biggest mistakes in their career.

[QUOTE] [b]British Man wrote:[/b]

I think The Miracle.
Put Delilah on it and WIAWI onto Innuendo and then The Miracle in the recycling bin and there you have it... A masterpiece.
Other than WIAWI, I think it's all just commercial crap and unneccesary songs. How did they think Baby Does Me or Party was a good idea?[/QUOTE]

Delilahb is no more a weird queen song than anything strange they did in the 70s yet most people constantly run their mouths about it. Innuendo isn't that great an album, probably equal with miracle. And wiawi goes on too much. My baby does me has a relaxing vibe everything doesn't need to be dramatic

In my opinion, if there was a mistake in their album discography it is nothing but Hot Space. And even that album is not totally bad as it contains Las Palabras De Amor, Under Pressure,Put Out The Fire, Life Is Real, and even Calling All Girls; songs which I like to listen, with Las Palabras being one of my favorite ballads.

As per The Miracle, calling it a mistake is not fair; on the contrary I think it is the best album they made in the 80s.

The biggest mistake in their career would not be one of the records they did. I think it would be

the Video for IWTBF
not touring the US for the Works and Magic
playing in Sun City

and...

...lack of condoms in Freddies luggage

[QUOTE] [b]British Man wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]British Man wrote:[/b]

I think The Miracle.
Put Delilah on it and WIAWI onto Innuendo and then The Miracle in the recycling bin and there you have it... A masterpiece.
Other than WIAWI, I think it's all just commercial crap and unneccesary songs. How did they think Baby Does Me or Party was a good idea?[/QUOTE]
Let's look at this album in depth.
Party- 4/10 Unneccesary Filler
Khashoggi's Ship- 6/10 Not bad Filler
The Miracle- 6/10 Not bad Filler
I Want It All- 8/10 Way too much airplay.
The Invisible Man- 7/10 Not bad.
Breakthru- 5/10 Weak filler
Rain Must Fall- 5/10 Weak filler
Scandal- 6/10 Mediocre
My Baby Does Me- 3/10.
Was It All Worth It- 10/10 masterpiece.
Hang On In There- 5/10 Mediocre
Chinese Torture- 7/10 When a short instrumental track is one of the highlights of the album, that's maybe a sign of failure.



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You `ve given them 72 / 120 points or 6/10 ( I refuse all requests about how I come to this conclusion) . Not a complete disatster ...clearly above the waste line

Really like to see your score about Hot Space, Works and AKOM :)

[QUOTE] [b]antiden wrote:[/b]

Hiring Jim Beach and Paul Prenter were the biggest mistakes in their career.[/QUOTE]

So True