Wasn't it around that "Hot Space" and "Body Language", etc.
I don't think *anybody* liked that period, Freddie himself excepted (prob)
― Mark G, Monday, 28 March 2011 13:33 (thirteen years ago) link
"Las Palabras De Amor" is a great song though. :)
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 28 March 2011 13:45 (thirteen years ago) link
The rest of "Hot Space" was largely an attempt to re-write "Another One Bites The Dust" though.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 28 March 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I think it was a fair reflection of where Fred's head was at, to be, um, fair.
― Mark G, Monday, 28 March 2011 13:54 (thirteen years ago) link
'Back Chat' was kind of great.
― OH RICHEY, WHY. (PaulTMA), Monday, 28 March 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link
"Back Chat" is IMO perhaps their best attempt at this funk/disco thing (yes, much better than "Another One Bites The Dust"). But still not Queen at their typically best.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 28 March 2011 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Hot Space is a great albummm, ya bonkers hatahs ya! :) No, I'm serious.And add my vote to Innuendo. - Which 'll make it how many? 4 votes? And thus Innuendo 'll rise above A Kind of Muckage anyway, yay.
― t**t, Monday, 28 March 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm dreaming of a fine day in maybe 2031 when hot space is finally due to get a (very well deserved) mention in the 'Albums for which critical opinion has changed the most over time'-thread. just listen to Las Palabras De Amor for god's sake.
― the europan nikon is here (grauschleier), Monday, 28 March 2011 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
"Las Palabras De Amor" is a great song, but very atypical of "Hot Space". It may well be the one track in there pointing forward to "The Works" and "A Kind Of Magic" the most though, which its mix of new wave/new romantics influenced synths and the good old mid 70s Queen bombast.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 28 March 2011 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Cool Cat is great! Is it a Prince rip off do we think? It's damn early if so. Can't be i.. guess.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 01:07 (thirteen years ago) link
lol i also totally remember that line about the works (actually was first thing i thought of when i saw this thread), also had no idea chuck wrote it.
― balls, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 02:16 (thirteen years ago) link
geir so wrong again. jazz/the game are their best albums.
― by another name (amateurist), Sunday, 14 August 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
The Works.
― Dog Man Star took a suck on a pill... (Turrican), Monday, 9 September 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
Then Play Long reaches A Kind of Magic to find that it's, uh, not really all that: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/queen-kind-of-magic_27.html
― agincourtgirl, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
Damn, I thought this would be about a band called Late Period Queen.
― how's life, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
irl lol
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 28 August 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link
Then Play Long reaches The Miracle and finds that rock isn't the magical elixir, always: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/queen-miracle.html
― agincourtgirl, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 14:01 (eight years ago) link
I kind of like The Miracle. Was It All Worth It? is their last flash of brilliance imo.
― Credit: howtokeepapositiveattitudedotcom (stevie), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 14:06 (eight years ago) link
Geir seems to have confused The Works with A Kind of Magic and nobody caught it.
just finally heard The Works for the first time. really solid album.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 1 October 2015 00:45 (eight years ago) link