Why should a song have anything to do with a production process then? Mack may have made "Bicycle Race" better than Roy, we will never know now.
I don't think Jazz could've been made using drum loops like much of The Game and Hot Space.
I am not bothered about drum loops its the quality of the songs that count for me.
The Miracle album was the start of Queen's demise sadly as the brilliant songwriting was starting to dry up.
luckily their melody making brilliance was boosted up to cover for their lyric writing dry up
The Miracle dis have a few great songs Was it all worth it, I want it all Breakthru but as for Party and Kashoggi ship well those tracks were boring.
I'm connected to both albums for such different reasons it's impossible to play them all off against each other.
Exactly both albums are brilliant in there own way and Freddie & the boys were on fire on both.
1978 to 1980 Queen produced some fantastic tunes.