Hot Space...give it a chance...

As a brand new member, I realise I'll get shot down for defending an album that is hated. However, I wasn't sure of Queen 2 on first listen. It's now my fave studio album, has been since bought it in '92. With Hot Space, first time (on tape!)...was truly shocked. However, take out Cool Cat, I think it's a belter. To call it 'disco' is off the mark. There's only really Staying Power and Body Language that are true disco. Backchat is fab with it's driving riff. I prob listen to this album more than ADATR and Jazz. I'd put it in my top 5 along with ANATO, The Game, Queen 2, and Innuendo. NOTW coming close...I welcome the inevitable backlash...we've all our faves of course...

Because of persistent trolls like Gerry, Jupiter, runner and Aristide, 90%+ of QZers have jumped ship to http://queenchat.boards.net/

If you register and post there, you will get a better response than you will here. ;p

[QUOTE] [b]Queen2thebest wrote:[/b] As a brand new member, I realise I'll get shot down for defending an album that is hated. However, I wasn't sure of Queen 2 on first listen. It's now my fave studio album, has been since bought it in '92. With Hot Space, first time (on tape!)...was truly shocked. However, take out Cool Cat, I think it's a belter. To call it 'disco' is off the mark. There's only really Staying Power and Body Language that are true disco. Backchat is fab with it's driving riff. I prob listen to this album more than ADATR and Jazz. I'd put it in my top 5 along with ANATO, The Game, Queen 2, and Innuendo. NOTW coming close...I welcome the inevitable backlash...we've all our faves of course...[/QUOTE]

I was the same on Queen II, but it quickly jumped to the top of my list. I can’t say the same for Hot Space, although I will say I disliked it at first, and now I have come to appreciate much of it. It’s not nearly in my top 5, but I really like Staying Power, Put Out The Fire, and Calling All Girls. It’s still the last album I’d listen to if given a choice, and Queen II is the first!

I would listen to The Cosmos Rocks before I would listen to Hot Space. Hot Space and Flash Gordon are my least favorite Queen albums.

[QUOTE] [b]Saint Jiub wrote:[/b]

I would listen to The Cosmos Rocks before I would listen to Hot Space. Hot Space and Flash Gordon are my least favorite Queen albums.[/QUOTE]

Hot Space is great it was my first Queen album - and you are an idiot (but we knew that b4)

I really love Life is Real and off course Under Pressure

I like Hotspace. I like Staying power, Put out the fire, Dancer, Back chat, Life is real, Under pressure. Freddie's vocals are excellent in this album.

Action this day and Calling all girls ( only live version, esp. japan 1982 version)

Guitar solo on Dancer is one of my favourites of Brian’s

Guitar solo on Dancer is great yes. I think Queen, more than any other band you can split into the buying the hits/studio album type. We've all met the people in pub (remember those? They'll be back soon)...who tap along to the hits from jukebox, but if they heard The Prophets song or The loser in the end, they wouldn't have a clue. Nothing wrong with that. We've all been guilty of copping out and buying a band's hits album...Knew I'd divide opinion with Hot Space but I love it. On The Miracle boxset note...surely there's other tracks from albums to be revealed? I'm possibly like most fans, if there's shedload of demos, bsides etc I'm there

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

[QUOTE] [b]Saint Jiub wrote:[/b]

I would listen to The Cosmos Rocks before I would listen to Hot Space. Hot Space and Flash Gordon are my least favorite Queen albums.[/QUOTE]

Hot Space is great it was my first Queen album - and you are an idiot (but we knew that b4)[/QUOTE]

Being called an idiot by a "we" troll is a compliment.

I can see why Hot Space wasn't popular at the time, especially in the US. But Under Pressure is an all-time classic. I love Cool Cat. Freddie is sensational on that. My 11-year-old daughter loves Backchat. Staying Power is fun, especially live. Dancer is pretty weak and Body Language was a bad choice for a single. Even a Queen misstep is better than most band's best.

Give it a chance? It was released nearly 40 years ago! If it had much merit it would have aged with time or been 'rediscovered' by the generations of fans who have come since. But it hasn't. It has some good aspects like Brian's perfect solo in Back Chat but let's face it, it was a poor record, a very poor Queen record, and a hot mess in terms of the message it sent out to old school fans back then.

Dancer is OK. The extended version of Back Chat is OK. Under Pressure is kinda OK. And that's about it. Most of the songs have some interesting ideas in them, and all of the songs sound a million times better live, but as an album it gets a giant "meh" from me

I'm obviously aware of it's age...but how many times has Holly2003 given it a FULL play? 2 or 3 I'm guessing. Have to say, looked in on this site loads times before posting. My other bands are (we've all loads)...Suede and REM. Their forums have pretty much zero insults. Ok, every band has the occasional weak album. The whole reason I defended Hot Space....no...the MAJESTIC Hot Space....is because it receives no love. I'm a huge Curb your enthusiasm fan. Larry David, what a genius. And he'd say about Queen 2 and Hot Space....pretty pretty pretty pretty good...