Back in November 1995 both Queen's 'Made In Heaven' and 'The Beatles - Anthology' came out almost at the same time, and although there was huge anticipation for both from the fans, it still seems like the media focused almost entirely on The Beatles Anthology.
Both albums came out with their own specific documentaries, and unlike 'Champions Of The World', the Beatles Anthology documentary was broadcasted on almost every single country in the world. 'Champions Of The World' got a lot less attention.
Does anyone feel like Queen picked the wrong time to release 'Made In Heaven'?
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Wow! I was thinking about this just YESTERDAY! Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this.
I was aware of the Beatles anthology at the same time, but i was only interested in the Queen album, so thats all i was really concerned with, and Made in Heaven went on to become one of Queen's best sellers.
I read once that 'Made In Heaven' is Queen's best selling studio album.
Is this true?
Is this true?
It is the best selling Queen studio album indeed. To be honest, I wasn't really surprised that the Beatles got more attention. They WERE a lot bigger than Queen after all.
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The Anthology film is a thousand times better than Champions of the World. The Beatles are in a league of their own so it came as no surprise to me.
If only Queen had been formed ten years earlier.
Then again... without The Beatles and Jimi and all, would Brian ever built his guitar, would Freddie become the outrageous (sp?) person that he was, would the four of them ever meet and would I be writing this crap today?
Then again... without The Beatles and Jimi and all, would Brian ever built his guitar, would Freddie become the outrageous (sp?) person that he was, would the four of them ever meet and would I be writing this crap today?
ummmm..........
who cares?
who cares?
Moreover if Queen had been formed 10 years before, John would be just 10
The Beatles still probably would've raped them in record/single sales..unless..Bohemian Rhapsody was penned before...well..all The Beatles #1's. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM! hats.
It's a shame really, "Made In Heaven" totally blew away the cheap sounding "Free as a Bird" (and that other song, whatever it was called.)
The Beatles benefited from great promotion (and yes, the "Anthology" doc is light years better than CotW but....the Beatles doc had a LOT more more to offer with hours and hours of stuff. Queen's was what, 2 hours long?)
The Beatles benefited from great promotion (and yes, the "Anthology" doc is light years better than CotW but....the Beatles doc had a LOT more more to offer with hours and hours of stuff. Queen's was what, 2 hours long?)
I dream of the day when we get a 10-hour documentary on Queen's history.
I dream of the day when we get a 10-hour documentary on Queen's history.
How about- I dream of the day when we get an Anthology Box..
C'MON GUYS!!! Made In Heaven is just an album (regardless of the whole story surrounding it), whereas ANTHOLOGY is a huge box set, full of amazing out-takes, demos and all. If Queen released box set in 1995 and were overshadowed by Beatles- than would be the case. But the way it happened- ANTHOLOGY release was more significant than a Queen album (I'm talking general audience, not Queen fans...) You're comparing release of a huge Box Set to the release of an album... Wait till Queen release their ANTHOLOGY and hope it's going to be half as good as The Beatles one... I don't mind it being twice better, actually... Maybe in 2050...
It's a shame really, "Made In Heaven" totally blew away the cheap sounding "Free as a Bird" (and that other song, whatever it was called.)
"Free as a Bird" wasn't that great, but "that other song," "Real Love" was better than pretty much everything on Made In Heaven.