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"Need Your Loving Tonight" by John Deacon somehow manages to get my toes tapping. Queen lean toward pure commercial pop an acheive their most sucessful album in their entire career. Queen released the single "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" six months before this album was ready. "Rock It" is Roger Taylor's best song ever, and "Don't Try Suicide" is another in a long line of successes for Freddie Mercury in the realm of the peculiar. this is stripped sown Queen with out the pomp and circumstance we've all come to expact from them. The first line of "Play the Game" told me that Freddie could still hit the high notes in performance, and the rest of album proved Queen still merited high marks for quirky composition. Side One of this effort is pure fun, whether or not "Another One Bites The Dust" is taken with tongue firmly in cheek.
I appreciate it a little more now. Listened to this on 8 track as a teenager.
Worth the price. Great sound. The original 2 track masters were used, giving the best possible sound quality, less hiss, clean highs and rich bass.
This album is yet another example about how they can change yet still retain their unique sound. Make no mistake, Queen never sold out and never violated the basic premise of their own sound. It's filled with everything you'd expect from a classic Queen album, filled with beautiful solos, Freddie's perfect voice, great solos from Brian, John, and Roger Taylor's great drumwork. I don't know why people got so up in arms because Queen used synthesizers. I mean especially in the 80's every band was using them.
Play the Game, Need Your Loving Tonight definitely stand out. A great transitional record that's a bit stripped down and rocks.
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