09-06-2016, 22:00
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QUEEN "the works" cd/vinyl 1984
career stats:
studio albums................15
singles..........................72
this album.....................#2 UK...#12 AU...#23 US...#9 NZ...#22 CAN
singles:
"radio gaga"...................#2 UK....#2 AU...#16 US....#4 NZ
"i want to break free"......#3 UK....#8 AU...#45 US....#6 NZ
"its a hard life"...............#6 UK...#65 AU...#72 US..#30 NZ
"hammer to fall"...........#13 UK...#69 AU
not as bad as the one that preceeded it...Hot Space
but still very, very average for a Queen album IMO...
I really went off these guys when they decided to bring in synthesizers
as their instrument of choice in the 1980s....
songs are very average overall also...
"radio ga ga" says it all..."ga ga", a toddler could have written it IMO..."el lame-o!"...
very little to champion about the songs except for "hammer to fall" and "i want to break free"
as "real" Queen songs, "man on the prowl" is pretty goodalso, but some might say they were
running out of ideas and tried to recreate "crazy little thing called love" with that latest Rockabilly track...
album totally flopped in the US for three reasons...
1: radio ailed to get behind the opening single "radio ga ga"
2: MTV banned the video for "i want to break free" because the band dressed in female clothes???
really, they banned a video for that, they obviously had no idea of how bad videos would get!
and:
3: Queen refused to tour the US in the summer o 1984 to promote the album because of reasons 1 and 2!
all up, passable, but not their greatest work!
basically, the best thing about playing and posting a Queen album is that I check out live clips of the band on YT
and IMO Freddie Mercury was the greatest showman when he was on stage!
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: machines
best track: hammer to fall
[video=youtube;5oSz8Xip_ho]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSz8Xip_ho[/video]
tracks:
1...radio ga ga *
2...tear it up **
3...its a hard life **
4...man on the prowl **
5...machines *
6...I want to break free ***
7...keep passing the open windows **
8...hammer to fall ***
9...is this the world we created *
3s=2
2s=4
1s=3
rating: 1.8
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.