The Works or A Kind of Magic? Which one is better album?

the works is better, but the production is problematic. it sounds like a collection of singles, not an album.

The works, however AKOM has One vision, who wants to live for ever, gimme the prize and Princes of the universe.

If The works had I go crazy, Beautiful Dreams, Love kills thus 12 songs instead of 9 it could have been a milestone album of 80s

[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]mooghead wrote:[/b]

Define 'better'[/QUOTE]

"Deeper" tracks I suppose. No sappy throwaway pop stuff. Magc had some of the latter. AS had the Miracle. [/QUOTE]

Define “deeper”.

To me the deeper you go, the shittier it smells. Hear what I say? Some days you’re feeling good, some days you’re feeling bad

Runner_70 is about as deep as a puddle of cats piss.

Works, hands down. Side two (Machines to ITTWWC), is one of my favourite sides of all their albums. Yes, I’m old.

The Works altogether, but Who wants to live forever and princes of the universe beat any song on The Works.

I prefer AKOM

More balanced to me in overall condition

One Vision
A kind of Magic
Princes of Universe
One Year of Love
Friends Will be Friends
Who wants to live forever
Gimme the prize
Don't lose your head
Pain is a close to pleasure is still nice (I enjoy it)

It's an amazing disc!!

[QUOTE] [b]GreatKingFairyFeller wrote:[/b]

The Works altogether, but Who wants to live forever and princes of the universe beat any song on The Works.[/QUOTE]

I'd take Hammer To Fall and Radio Gaga over Princes of the Universe.

I like The Works better hands down. Radio Gaga, Hammer to Fall, and It's a Hard Life are great songs. The best song on the Magic album is One Vision.

[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]

Really?

Gaga - great
Tear it up - Cool hard rock/Metal Song
Hard Life - Classic
Man on The Prowl - meh
Machines - cool Deep cut
Keep passing - Great song
Break Free - Classic
Hammer: Classic Rocker
World we created: great ballad


One Vision: Great rocker
Magic: One of their worst hits
One year of Love - great vocals - boring song
Pain - bad song
Friends - Champions part 2 - ok song but no classic
Live Forever: Classic
Gimme THe Prize: ala Tear it up and Hitman but worse
Don't lose your head - crap song
Princes: Classic

Works is very underrated for me[/QUOTE]

Yeah pretty much the way I see it but I don't mind the Kind of Magic track although the live version is heaps better. And in my opinion Tear It Up is a much better song than Gimme The Prize and Hitman (Hitman....uuuugh)

So in my opinion The Works is the better album.

They both seem a bit under powered overall but each has it's great moments. They have a distinct different feel which may be just down to my personal nostalgia (The Works - wintery and cold, AKOM - warm and summery) but objectively I get as much out of both of them depending on the mood. Neither are a go-to.

Two of the weakest albums. Can't believe the third crap album might receive a boxed set.

Gaga - Grew on me; the video helped. Now a pretty iconic Queen song for me.
Tear it up - garbage
Hard Life - Never liked the over-hyped opening. Isn't that the melody from 'Play the Game'? 5 out of 10.
Man on The Prowl - lame
Machines - Very good in every way.
Keep passing - Joe Jackson's song was better.
Break Free - Haven't I heard this a thousand times before?
Hammer- Also very good in every way.
World we created - Great song.

One Vision- Very good song.
Magic- OK
One year of Love - garbage
Pain - It's what comes out of the ass of garbage after garbage has feasted on garbage.
Friends - Ugh.
Live Forever- Fantastic
Gimme The Prize- OK
Don't lose your head - OK
Princes- Very good

I think the trouble for me with AKOM is it seems quite fractured - the way it was made with OV coming out so far ahead, then the rest of it split into 'songs' and 'ost'. Plus DLYH being a bastardisation of the (to me) superior ADRRFMD (if you heard it ahead of the album) it doesn't gel - and that's before the rather haphazard track order is considered. The works has that as a strength I guess. Although with hindsight, the single of IWTBF makes the album version seem slight and inconsequential. And I prefer the cover of The Works in their pyjamas after their sunday night bath watching telly with the family all cosy ready for the week ahead at big school.

That said, I prefer much of the individual tracks on AKOM more than those on TW. It's a pickle.

Although The Miracle is deemed another weak 80s album, to me it is in a totally different set - the gap between AKOM and TM was massive at the time. It felt like the entire work had changed between them. TW and AKOM - not so much. And again personally, the previous 2 were very much 80s, but TM sounded modern and 90s. Of course hindsight has reconfigured that very much :D

double post

Who Wants To Live Forever and the heavier tracks on Magic are good. A Kind Of Magic was a great single, good song but I could live with out it.

The Works to me is over shadowed by the singles, all big songs with a life of their own outside the album. . . . I can't pick one album over the other.