Despite some of the criticism here, it is one of my favourite Queen albums. It is the album that got me into Queen...having heard some of their stuff before but not really knowing who they were. I was a few days from being 15 when it came out, so what can I say? Only girls and football mattered....thank feck it was Queen that was my first real experience of music!!
Viper · Member since
My 1st and favourite album!
k-m · Member since
For me, MIH is behind all their classics (74 - 77 era + Innuendo), but not that far, actually. It's pop, but with a feeling. Obviously lacks a bit of fun and heavy elements, which usually happened to come to the rescue on Queen's not so strong records (e.g. Gimme the Prize on AKOM or Put Out the Fire on HS), but that's the way this album is. I think they tried to introduce this element with Born to Love You and Beautiful Day reprise, but somehow didn't succeed imo. The new songs were actually very good though and I love what they did with HFE, which is one of my highlights along with ML, AWT and YDFM.
winterspelt · Member since
20 years?
My God! I still remember the day I bought it!
Now I feel a lot older! lol
Doga · Member since
One of my favourite albums aswell, when i first listened to it i didn't know it was Queen's final album, but i liked it a lot anyway.
You can be critic but i really liked the concept behind the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert and the Made in Heaven album. In the west we tend to deal with death only with sadness and pain, and nothing else.
I think what they wanted to do is deal with death using another approach,like saying: "Is, of course, sad, but let's remember him for how awesome he was and let's celebrate his life instead of grieve and do nothing about it"
Make sense?
matt z · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Doga wrote:[/b]
One of my favourite albums aswell, when i first listened to it i didn't know it was Queen's final album, but i liked it a lot anyway.
You can be critic but i really liked the concept behind the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert and the Made in Heaven album. In the west we tend to deal with death only with sadness and pain, and nothing else.
I think what they wanted to do is deal with death using another approach,like saying: "Is, of course, sad, but let's remember him for how awesome he was and let's celebrate his life instead of grieve and do nothing about it"
Make sense?[/QUOTE]
yep. Kinda what I was trying to imply. By coupling the few remaining songs they had with existing pieces, they retained a positive flavoring on the album in spite of the bleak nature of some of brian's lyrics (ML)... the playful way they approached IWBTLY makes the album sound like a warm tribute to the man at times, that's really what it is.
With the inclusion of My Life Has Been Saved it really makes for some positive thinking on the band's part whether they care to acknowledge it VERBALLY it is expressed that there's some mystery to the great beyond, and for whatever reason they feel that Freddie did his part and will be rewarded (if such a thing occurs)
I understand some people's dislike of the blatant reincarnation tones on ML, but it's part of the theme of the song, kinda like a phrase from Son And Daughter "what'll you do for heaven, if it's back from where you came" (the womb -- i'm thinking; and further, the universe)
Although they tend to disregard their lyrics (publicly) there IS a lot of depth to the concepts explored in the Queen music catalogue
*goodco* · Member since
Had never heard The Cross version of HFE, or the Scandal B-side 'My Life Has Been Saved'.
So, when this came out, it followed upon 'Innuendo' for most of us North Americans, it was a very good album. I thought the drum mix was too strong on MIH and IWBTLY, didn't care for YDFM (I skip it on my version, but love the guitar solo, and the Track 13 is good for five minutes).
My goodness, it is a superb album. 'Let Me Live' and 'A Winter's Tale' are all time top 20 Queen releases.
Listen to Led Zeppelin's 'Coda'. Very lame. And no 'Hey, Hey, What Can I Do' which should have been a no-brainer for inclusion (rectified on their remasters).
MIH was a fitting send off, and better than anything from their 80s releases.
