little foetus
No one talked about the horrific Fun It?
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whynot
Don't loose your head, More of that Jazz & Party.
stevelondon20
Drowse is my least favourite.
Rick
Jazz is painful to listen to as a whole. One of the worst productions I have ever heard.
The Fairy King
Used to hate She Makes Me, love it now...don't ask me why though.
Sweet Lady is musically very interesting, but has weak lyrics i can't get over.
For me the bottom three are:
Sweet Lady
Body Language
Life Is Real
Sweet Lady is musically very interesting, but has weak lyrics i can't get over.
For me the bottom three are:
Sweet Lady
Body Language
Life Is Real
dysan
I think of songs to nominate and I realise they have good bits. Party has a brilliant mad solo.
Delilah has the haunting 'meow's
Bijou has fuck all to save it.
Is This The World We Created is a bit preachy.
My Baby Does Me is shocking.
Other ones people have nominated: I LOVE Body Language and Cool Cat.
Delilah has the haunting 'meow's
Bijou has fuck all to save it.
Is This The World We Created is a bit preachy.
My Baby Does Me is shocking.
Other ones people have nominated: I LOVE Body Language and Cool Cat.
DepeX
Just a matter of tastes. Anyway, I can't listen to Body Language, but I quite love the other two songs, especially White Man.
Michael Scapp
I don't find fault with anything from the 70s. I used to hate Drowse, but now I love it.
Having said that...
3. A Kind of Magic
2. Friends Will Be Friends
1. Delilah
I can listen to any Queen album, even Paul Prenter's Hot Space, except for two:
The Miracle and A Kind of Magic
They both have some exceptions, but the bad songs are so bad. You can tell that there was hardly any songwriting going on at home, they saved it all for the studio. Most of the songs sounds like the crappy demos that float around from time to time, except with quasi-fleshed out lyrics.
Having said that...
3. A Kind of Magic
2. Friends Will Be Friends
1. Delilah
I can listen to any Queen album, even Paul Prenter's Hot Space, except for two:
The Miracle and A Kind of Magic
They both have some exceptions, but the bad songs are so bad. You can tell that there was hardly any songwriting going on at home, they saved it all for the studio. Most of the songs sounds like the crappy demos that float around from time to time, except with quasi-fleshed out lyrics.
Sue Dounim
All three of those songs are great. Anyone who dislikes Body Language can fight me. >:P
The Real Wizard
Queen at their best was a band that created a sound that was completely their own - three voices that blended at least as well as The Beatles, guitar orchestrations providing textures unlike anything ever before, and the incorporation of dozens of genres of music into their sound. Their creative peak was 1974-77.
Queen at their worst was a band that were followers, not leaders - lost in the creative wilderness of having to deal with the fact that they are past their artistic peak, and dealing with business pressures to have hit songs because albums are becoming less marketable. This led to plenty of filler in the 80s, much of which was derivative of not only other bands, but of themselves.
The worst offenders:
Man On The Prowl
Don't Lose Your Head
Pain Is So Close To Pleasure
Honourable mentions:
Action This Day
Dancer
To be sure, the signs of this are already seen on Jazz. But nothing on Jazz is as bad as these five tracks.
But this isn't really a condemnation - every artist goes through lulls. The business just won't let them take a break, because contractual obligations need to be fulfilled.
So amidst all this inner turmoil, it really is amazing that they created great tracks like Under Pressure, It's A Hard Life, and Who Wants To Live Forever. They are all masterpieces.
It's beyond me why people don't like The Miracle - although it's highly produced, it has a lot of their best tracks from the 80s. Poppy it may be, but the writing is pretty solid.
Queen at their worst was a band that were followers, not leaders - lost in the creative wilderness of having to deal with the fact that they are past their artistic peak, and dealing with business pressures to have hit songs because albums are becoming less marketable. This led to plenty of filler in the 80s, much of which was derivative of not only other bands, but of themselves.
The worst offenders:
Man On The Prowl
Don't Lose Your Head
Pain Is So Close To Pleasure
Honourable mentions:
Action This Day
Dancer
To be sure, the signs of this are already seen on Jazz. But nothing on Jazz is as bad as these five tracks.
But this isn't really a condemnation - every artist goes through lulls. The business just won't let them take a break, because contractual obligations need to be fulfilled.
So amidst all this inner turmoil, it really is amazing that they created great tracks like Under Pressure, It's A Hard Life, and Who Wants To Live Forever. They are all masterpieces.
It's beyond me why people don't like The Miracle - although it's highly produced, it has a lot of their best tracks from the 80s. Poppy it may be, but the writing is pretty solid.
Dim
The miracle album could have been better if it had different songs.
From the demos I conclude that they did have inspiration. But they Chrome the songs for Air, and pop consumption.
Am I the only one who does not like the production of the miracle album?
From the demos I conclude that they did have inspiration. But they Chrome the songs for Air, and pop consumption.
Am I the only one who does not like the production of the miracle album?
Dim
The miracle album could have been better if it had different songs.
From the demos I conclude that they did have inspiration. But they choose the songs for Air, and pop consumption.
Am I the only one who does not like the production of the miracle album?
From the demos I conclude that they did have inspiration. But they choose the songs for Air, and pop consumption.
Am I the only one who does not like the production of the miracle album?
onedunpark
Hmmmm, it is all entirely subjective, but for what it's worth my least favourite 3 in no particular order are:
Delilah
Friends Will Be Friends
I Want To Break Free
Those tracks tend to be out on their own.
That said, I've get little or no time for Dancer, Action This Day, All Gods People, Man On The Prowl, My Baby Does Me...... and I could list plenty more
In truth, I've said it on here before, I could reasonably happily go through the rest of my life never hearing anything after The Game (and I can't really stand Coming Soon either, to be fair). Certainly, I have never listened to any of those albums voluntarily in something like the last 20 years. I completely accept there are a few gems in their output from Hot Space onwards, and some other reasonably solid stuff besides, but I could more or less accept missing them if that was the price to pay for avoiding all of the other sub-standard tracks.....again only in my opinion.
I recognise this is horribly subjective and many others will love 80's Queen, so I hope no one gets overly upset if they think I have wee'd all over their favourite era/album/song.
At the end of the day, I'm just an old rocker who preferred the days (the 70's for the most part) when it seems to me they were a creatively vital band that was all about the music first and not the event.
It is all about opinions though.
Delilah
Friends Will Be Friends
I Want To Break Free
Those tracks tend to be out on their own.
That said, I've get little or no time for Dancer, Action This Day, All Gods People, Man On The Prowl, My Baby Does Me...... and I could list plenty more
In truth, I've said it on here before, I could reasonably happily go through the rest of my life never hearing anything after The Game (and I can't really stand Coming Soon either, to be fair). Certainly, I have never listened to any of those albums voluntarily in something like the last 20 years. I completely accept there are a few gems in their output from Hot Space onwards, and some other reasonably solid stuff besides, but I could more or less accept missing them if that was the price to pay for avoiding all of the other sub-standard tracks.....again only in my opinion.
I recognise this is horribly subjective and many others will love 80's Queen, so I hope no one gets overly upset if they think I have wee'd all over their favourite era/album/song.
At the end of the day, I'm just an old rocker who preferred the days (the 70's for the most part) when it seems to me they were a creatively vital band that was all about the music first and not the event.
It is all about opinions though.
The Real Wizard
[QUOTE] [b]onedunpark wrote:[/b]
I could reasonably happily go through the rest of my life never hearing anything after The Game[/QUOTE]
A bold statement, considering Innuendo was an excellent record.
Maybe 2-3 tracks that weren't as strong as the rest, but it is definitely the best Queen album after The Game.
And in my eyes, their best after News Of The World. I absolutely rate it higher than all of their 1978-88 work. Even on Jazz they are a bit lost, but on Innuendo they are truly focused for the first time in over a decade. And we all know why...
I could reasonably happily go through the rest of my life never hearing anything after The Game[/QUOTE]
A bold statement, considering Innuendo was an excellent record.
Maybe 2-3 tracks that weren't as strong as the rest, but it is definitely the best Queen album after The Game.
And in my eyes, their best after News Of The World. I absolutely rate it higher than all of their 1978-88 work. Even on Jazz they are a bit lost, but on Innuendo they are truly focused for the first time in over a decade. And we all know why...
Sebastian
I think 'Innuendo' has some monumental highs and monumental lows. 'Delilah' is probably their worst song ever. Hadn'd Frederick been terminally ill, it wouldn't have even qualified for 'Hot Space' or 'The Works'.
'The Show Must Go On' is a wonderful track, but it's also been shrouded in myth what with the vodka stories and all that. From a purely musical perspective, I think both 'Save Me' and 'Sail Away Sweet Sister' are better songs.
'The Show Must Go On' is a wonderful track, but it's also been shrouded in myth what with the vodka stories and all that. From a purely musical perspective, I think both 'Save Me' and 'Sail Away Sweet Sister' are better songs.