Half of Hot Space + half of The Game = a great album ?

Dim wrote:
Hot Space I can't think something that could make this album any difference even if some of its songs could have been in any other album.

oh, I don't know - I could think of something to improve Hot Space: Taking a pile of 100 copies of the LP and running over them with a Chieftain Tank.

At first I thought no. But hey, it's just a bit of fun, so I thought I'd play. It could possibly have worked with the following tracklisting :)

Play The Game
Another One Bites The Dust
Back Chat
Need Your Loving Tonight
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Rock It (Prime Jive)
Life Is Real
Las Palabras De Amor
Cool Cat
Coming Soon
Save Me
Under Pressure

What If u do Live Killers and Wembley?

I wouldn`t touch the game. Even its flawed tracks are fun to listen to. I never liked Don`t Try Suicide and Coming Soon but i never skip it and i still sing along to it.

David28, you can`t remove Sail Away Sweet Sister from The Game. listen to at least 125 more times. You will find it only gets better.

Under Pressure and Las Parablas sounded like they could have fit on this album. The latter more than the former. And if time would have allowed that to happen, maybe an 11 or 12 track album.

The Game is perfect. Short. Catchy. Amazingly well done production. One of their best outputs of the 80s if not the best.

Jimmy Dean : I'm sorry I can barely listen to it one time. I find it OK but boring.At last Don't try suicide is a bit funny ("Don't try suicide / Nobody cares")

Yeah...there doesn't seem to be a lot of love for Sail Away Sweet Sister but I've always thought it was a great track.

Also, my favorite track from Hot Space is Staying Power and rank it alongside Don't Stop Me Now as one of Freddie's greatest feel good/party tracks.

Between 1981-82 I believe that they lost an opportunity to use Freddie the best way. His voice was so beautiful and he could do so many things. All of them were at good shape in terms of technique.
They needed a big ball producer to guide them in the right creative direction.
They didn't use their capabilities and their talent as they ought to.
I can only imagine how the things could have turned, if the album had songs in the game orientation or like I go crazy, put out the fire and the use of synth like football fight. Maybe it could be one of their best 80s albums.

PrimeJiveUSA wrote:

Yeah...there doesn't seem to be a lot of love for Sail Away Sweet Sister but I've always thought it was a great track.

It is in my top 5 Queen songs. A song I could listen to on repeat for hours!

I adore Sail Away Sweet Sister, I can (and do) listen to it on repeat! I also like Don’t Try Suicide, such a catchy song, it’s unfortunate that changing pc culture puts it in a bad place. I think The Game is brilliant, I can’t imagine messing with that lineup, especially with anything from Hot Space.

I tried out the tracklisting I proposed on page 1.

It was enjoyable to listen to, just as a random playlist would, but it didn't feel like an album. Both are best left alone, and The Game totally kicks HS in the arse (it's always been in my top 5 Queen albums)

Hot Space is more authentic emotionally than Queen’s first two albums.

After a few sherbets, it's probably more authentic spiritually too ;)

MisterCosmicc wrote:Hot Space is more authentic emotionally than Queen’s first two albums.

sorry, no.
"I" was recorded in studio downtime - it was the culmination of everything the band had been working on - to that point. everything they produced was relevant, circumstantial and representative of the band's timeline/events.
= pure emotional authenticity.

"II" was the band being "let loose" with proper time and equipment, being free to experiment and be genuinely creative. not quite 100%, but certainly large scale emotional authenticity.

HS = no, it was a fairly cynical attempt to shoehorn themselves into a "what they thought was" the next big thing. for the band (as evidenced by the album disagreements) this was mainly perceived as a cash cow, so it's anything but emotionally authentic.

It's difficult to compare when context are so different. By the time of HS they were an well established band, they knew they had to find a new sound in order to keep things "fresh". Freddie and John's interest in "funk-black" music seems rather authentic. So, to me it was not only a matter of money.
In terms of authenticity and creativity, The Works and AKOM are worse IMO.