I have no doubt to say that 'A Kind Of Magic' is Queen's best album of the 80s. Closely followed by 'The Miracle'.
I think that the transition of bringing David Richards to produce, instead of Mack really helped Queen.
Although Mack produced 'One Vision' and 'Princes Of The Universe', two of the best songs in the album.
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i love this one, it's got a lot of the good songs
i love this album
it has many music different styles; it has pop, rock, balad, its great
the only song i dont like is "pain is so close to pleasure", but i love the rest
it has many music different styles; it has pop, rock, balad, its great
the only song i dont like is "pain is so close to pleasure", but i love the rest
I THINK A KIND OF MAGIC IS REALLY A GOOD ALBUM , POTUV,GMTP,ONE VISION KIND OF REJUVENATED THEM TO SHOW THE FANS THAT THEY HADN'T LOST THEIR EARLIER HARD ROCK EDGE. OVERALL I THINK THEY ACHIEVED WHAT THEY WANTED WAS AN ALBUM THAT POTRAYED EVEYONES EMOTIONS SADNESS &JOY
I see magic as a fun album. from the album cover to the music, one year of love is a great ballad and many more, actually the first three tracks are perfect. It's not a vintage Queen album by any means, but just a good fun album to listen, and freds voice really shines here. there best 80's effort is the game.
I dislike this album simply and already:). The team had a lot of better albums.
The only snoreworthy song on the album is Don't Lose Your Head.
I squeeze AKOM to 11 songs. I put Forever and One Vision (Extended Vision) on there. Cheater, yes.
I squeeze AKOM to 11 songs. I put Forever and One Vision (Extended Vision) on there. Cheater, yes.
A Kind of Magic is a godawful album. Soppy and shameful.
It's not as if Highlander was a comedy.
The Kurgan: Guess what Highlander, I raped your wife!
Connor: And she still hasn't done the dishes... *swings a golf club*
Although that would be a good movie. fatty, get writing on that script.
The Kurgan: Guess what Highlander, I raped your wife!
Connor: And she still hasn't done the dishes... *swings a golf club*
Although that would be a good movie. fatty, get writing on that script.
Some Queen fans hate 'A Kind Of Magic' for the same reason that some Genesis fans hate 'Invisible Touch'.
There's a lot of similarities between both albums...
- They were both released in 1986
- They had a thread of successful hit singles
- They had commercial appeal
- Their sound fits more accordingly to the mainstream rock/pop of the mid 80s.
- They sound nothing like the original material from both Queen and Genesis first albums, so for the ones who expected Queen to still be doing glam rock, and Genesis still doing progressive rock it will be a big dissapointment.
Nevertheless, both are great albums. The problem is that some people don't realize that it's important for rock bands to not keep doing the same records with the same sound over and over again. Time changes, and so do rock bands.
There's a lot of similarities between both albums...
- They were both released in 1986
- They had a thread of successful hit singles
- They had commercial appeal
- Their sound fits more accordingly to the mainstream rock/pop of the mid 80s.
- They sound nothing like the original material from both Queen and Genesis first albums, so for the ones who expected Queen to still be doing glam rock, and Genesis still doing progressive rock it will be a big dissapointment.
Nevertheless, both are great albums. The problem is that some people don't realize that it's important for rock bands to not keep doing the same records with the same sound over and over again. Time changes, and so do rock bands.
. The problem is that some people don't realize that it's important for rock bands to not keep doing the same records with the same sound over and over again. Time changes, and so do rock bands.
No mate- you got that wrong- it's not about doing the same stuff over and over again- you can evolve as long as you don't lose almost all your identity and just go with what's popular at the moment. Led zeppelin were changimg constantly0 "In Through The Out door" doesn't sound anything like "II" but no-one is going to say that they went commercial... Metallica's "Black album" was also completely dfferent than "Kill'em All"- great album still...
But "Invisible Touch" compared to "Selling England By The Pound" or "Foxtrot" is just awful!!! Changing is all right, as long as it's some kind of evolution, being more creative, opening for more ambitious sounds... If you go from progressive rock to pop- that's degaradation... Look @ Nick Cave- he's changing- and for the better still... He's last double album is just awesome!!! But he still sounds LIKE Nick Cave, not like Travis or Coldplay...
(clapping for Mr Jingles)
Right! If bands did not change their musical style from time to time and experiment with different things, they'd be rather boring, wouldn't they?
Queen had a way of surprising their fans. Each new record (yes, vinyl back then) was eagerly anticipated to guess what they would do next before the needle hit the vinyl. Almost like the feeling you get before opening a present: what's inside the brightly-coloured wrapping? (You could apply that to AKOM because the cover was almost as bright as Hot Space!)
Thank God for Freddie's insight and instinct. If he had never joined Queen, they probably would have been stuck in a rut musically and forgotten very quickly!
Right! If bands did not change their musical style from time to time and experiment with different things, they'd be rather boring, wouldn't they?
Queen had a way of surprising their fans. Each new record (yes, vinyl back then) was eagerly anticipated to guess what they would do next before the needle hit the vinyl. Almost like the feeling you get before opening a present: what's inside the brightly-coloured wrapping? (You could apply that to AKOM because the cover was almost as bright as Hot Space!)
Thank God for Freddie's insight and instinct. If he had never joined Queen, they probably would have been stuck in a rut musically and forgotten very quickly!
I just found out one more good thing I can say about AKOM- it's better than Flash...
lol... :)
Princes is an amazing song, and so is One Vision. There's some good stuff on this album, but to me it doesn't flow as well as The Miracle. I think the last Queen album to flow well was News Of The World, before they smartened up with The Miracle.
yea, i agree with jingles. couldn't have said it better my self.
Some people just hate it when bands change, and I mean to each his own.
Let's take for instance Dream Theater. They came out into the music scene around a time when heavy metal/hard rock was slowly fading and grunge was taking over. Seemed odd back then that a progressive rock band could be quite successful, and although they were quite far from being as successful as Guns N' Roses, Metallica, or Nirvana they built a strong cult fan base, and considering the fact that they were completely against mainstream and had virtually no radio airplay whatsoever, they still kept that cult fan base strong. So that was definitely more of a sucess than a failure.
However, ever since they came out the band has hardly changed their sound, and by that I mean trying something outside their common progressive/hard rock ground, and crossing over to other genres. Perhaps the main reason why they haven't done it is because they're afraid that their loyal fanbase will call them "sell-outs", and we know that a lot of fans (especially the hard-core ones) are so into the original sound that they would hardly ever take anything different than what they've been given.
Just look what happened to Metallica with 'The Black Album', their most keen fans called them "commercial sell-outs", and "ballad making softies"... but guess who was the winner in the end?... Metallica, because for every hard-core fan they lost, they gained 10 more. I mean, if you see it from another point of view even 'Load' wasn't that bad. It would have definitely been received better if it wasn't made by Metallica. The change was radical, but not as bad as many people say it was.
That's the reason why bands like Queen and Genesis are bigger and better. They're not afraid of trying something different. There might be some misses, but they learn from those mistakes. For instance, at the time that Queen started using synths, perhaps it sounded kinda cheesy on some songs, but they eventually learned how to use them properly later on in their careers.
Say what you want, but 'A Kind Of Magic' still captures for the most part the main essence of Queen. They realized that 'Hot Space' was perhaps too much "not like Queen", but they learned from that and kept going on without turning back completely to the glam rock days, because that would mean admitting defeat. Just look at all the fans who still think that 'Hot Space' was a brilliant effort, and in my case it might still be my less favorite but I have to admit that it has grown on me a bit. It was a good effort indeed.
Let's take for instance Dream Theater. They came out into the music scene around a time when heavy metal/hard rock was slowly fading and grunge was taking over. Seemed odd back then that a progressive rock band could be quite successful, and although they were quite far from being as successful as Guns N' Roses, Metallica, or Nirvana they built a strong cult fan base, and considering the fact that they were completely against mainstream and had virtually no radio airplay whatsoever, they still kept that cult fan base strong. So that was definitely more of a sucess than a failure.
However, ever since they came out the band has hardly changed their sound, and by that I mean trying something outside their common progressive/hard rock ground, and crossing over to other genres. Perhaps the main reason why they haven't done it is because they're afraid that their loyal fanbase will call them "sell-outs", and we know that a lot of fans (especially the hard-core ones) are so into the original sound that they would hardly ever take anything different than what they've been given.
Just look what happened to Metallica with 'The Black Album', their most keen fans called them "commercial sell-outs", and "ballad making softies"... but guess who was the winner in the end?... Metallica, because for every hard-core fan they lost, they gained 10 more. I mean, if you see it from another point of view even 'Load' wasn't that bad. It would have definitely been received better if it wasn't made by Metallica. The change was radical, but not as bad as many people say it was.
That's the reason why bands like Queen and Genesis are bigger and better. They're not afraid of trying something different. There might be some misses, but they learn from those mistakes. For instance, at the time that Queen started using synths, perhaps it sounded kinda cheesy on some songs, but they eventually learned how to use them properly later on in their careers.
Say what you want, but 'A Kind Of Magic' still captures for the most part the main essence of Queen. They realized that 'Hot Space' was perhaps too much "not like Queen", but they learned from that and kept going on without turning back completely to the glam rock days, because that would mean admitting defeat. Just look at all the fans who still think that 'Hot Space' was a brilliant effort, and in my case it might still be my less favorite but I have to admit that it has grown on me a bit. It was a good effort indeed.