Tag Archives: Queen

Queen, Hot Space. Album Review, (2011 Re-mastered Edition)

Originally published by L.S. Media. June 29th 2011.

Every band, regardless of their genre, long standing or ability will eventually make the album that shows they are fallible to their fans and elevates everything else they do to another level. With Queen that album has long been considered to be the 1982 studio release Hot Space. Its arrival had long been coming with elements being heard on The Game, Jazz and the lamentable Flash Gordon. However Hot Space plumbed new depths as the band finally departed from their roots completely and delved full force into the world of disco and pop music.

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Queen, The Works. Album Review, (2011 Re-mastered Edition)

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 5th 2011.

If the mid seventies can be defined as the golden period of producing records of quality by Queen, then the period after their foray into the world of disco and their first adventure into creating music for a major film can surely defined as the re-birth of a legend. From the time that The Works came out till the untimely passing of charismatic vocalist Freddie Mercury, the band never put a foot wrong in the studio and brought out album after stunning album with songs that captured the imagination, courted controversy and broke the fans hearts when it was over.

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Queen, A Kind of Magic. Album Review, (2011 Re-mastered Edition)

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 5th 2011.

A Kind of Magic was Queen’s second attempt at creating a film score and after the underachieving and almost disastrous attempt of Flash Gordon it would have been natural for the band to shy away from getting into bed with any film producer who wanted them to run the risk of ridicule again, however A Kind of Magic had all the ingredients, all the creativity and all the genuine pulling power that Flash Gordon was robbed of.

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(470 words, 1 image, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Queen, Innuendo. Album Review (2011 Re-Mastered Edition)

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 5th 2011.

Queen’s final studio album whilst Freddie Mercury was alive was the eccentric and adorable Innuendo. It may have been an open secret that would not be finally acknowledged publicly until the November of 1991, but Freddie’s daily battle with A.I. D.S was having a tremendous effect on his ability to perform and it is credit and testement to the measure of the man that no matter how desperately ill he must have felt during the last years of his life, he turned in a set of performances on the album that was the epitome of a long and illustrious career.

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Queen, The Miracle. Album Review, (2011 Re-Mastered Edition).

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 5th 2011.

The Miracle was Queen’s 13th studio album and even though the band had been suffering internal turmoil with vocalist Freddie Mercury’s admission to the band that he was seriously ill and the breakdown of Brain May’s first marriage, the four members pulled out all the stops to recorded what could be considered the bands finest album of the 1980’s. It has tough competition from The Works and the group’s next album Innuendo.

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Queen, Made in Heaven. Album Review (2011 Re-Mastered Edition)

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 7th 2011.

The final Queen album to get the re-mastered treatment is the one that may have divided Queen fans the most. Made in Heaven was released after the death of vocalist Freddie Mercury, its songs taken from the last days of the charismatic singer and his insistence to get as many songs down on tape before his untimely death. Several songs were recorded and the band met up after to finish the project.

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(422 words, 1 image, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)