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'''Melody Maker, 1981''' | '''Melody Maker, 1981''' | ||
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Reveling in bombastic arrogance, so redolent of Queen. A rich man’s self-indulgence run riot over two sides of an album. | Reveling in bombastic arrogance, so redolent of Queen. A rich man’s self-indulgence run riot over two sides of an album. | ||
'''Record Mirror, 1981''' | '''Record Mirror, 1981''' | ||
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This is Son Of Flash Gordon; it has similar comic book style characteristics. Listening to this is the most fun you’ll have apart from playing Space Invaders. | This is Son Of Flash Gordon; it has similar comic book style characteristics. Listening to this is the most fun you’ll have apart from playing Space Invaders. | ||
Revision as of 03:09, 23 April 2007
History of this album.
Vinyl versionSide 1 02. Laugh Or Cry (Taylor) - 3:06 03. Future Management (Taylor) - 3:03 04. Let's Get Crazy (Taylor) - 3:40 05. My Country I & II (Taylor) - 6:49 Side 2 02. Magic Is Loose (Taylor) - 3:30 03. Interlude In Constantinople (Taylor) - 2:04 04. Airheads (Taylor) - 3:38 05. Fun In Space (Taylor) - 6:22 |
CD version01. No Violins (Taylor) - 4:33 02. Laugh Or Cry (Taylor) - 3:06 03. Future Management (Taylor) - 3:03 04. Let's Get Crazy (Taylor) - 3:40 05. My Country I & II (Taylor) - 6:49 06. Good Times Are Now (Taylor) - 3:28 07. Magic Is Loose (Taylor) - 3:30 08. Interlude In Constantinople (Taylor) - 2:04 09. Airheads (Taylor) - 3:38 10. Fun In Space (Taylor) - 6:22 |
Credits
- Musicians:
- Roger Taylor - Instruments and vocals.
- David Richards - Approx. 50% of keyboards.
- Produced, written, and arranged by: Roger Taylor
- Recorded: 1978 - 1981 at Mountain Studios, Montreux.
Charts
- #18 UK, #121 US
Liner notes
All influences - conscious, subconscious and unconscious. P.S. Hello listeners. I hope you enjoy and have fun with this, my very own album. I like it. If you don't, sod you! P.P.S. 157 synthesizers.
Thank you: Crystal - for ribaldry, oafishness and carrying me home. Ratty - for his helpfull rodent ways. David Richards - for help, encouragement and ideas. Aline Jacottet - for organising and bailing us out. Andre Jauchet - for co-engineering 'Airheads' and maintenance.
Thanks very much to Warren Publishing Co. for the use of Creepy magazine and its illustration. "Alien" illustration by Jim Laurier. Alien monster made by Alistair Bowtell. Sleeve design: Hipgnosis. Photography: Peter Christopherson and Paul Maxon. Graphics: Ian Wright. Illustrations by: Colin Chambers, Jeff Cummins, Colin Elgie, Gill Furmanovsky, George Hardie, Paul Maxon, Ian Wright.
Roger talks
“In the past, I have written so many songs that it was impossible to put them on a Queen album. So a solo album was the only possibility. There were certain things I wanted to do which weren’t within the Queen format; in a way, it’s like flushing out your system, and until you’ve done it you just don’t feel fulfilled. If I get more ideas for songs I might eventually do another solo thing, but Queen would always get priority.”
“Yes, [the diversity of the material is] probably the only weak point, where the critics might accuse me. But on my first solo album I took the opportunity to show my whole spectrum. The second album will be more New Wave.”
“There are different reasons [why I played all the instruments]. First, I have my own ideas how the songs should sound. It’s more important to show several abilities of my own. In the end I don’t want to spend my life being behind the drums. There are lots of other drummers who show that solo albums are not only an affair of guitar-players, singers or keyboard-players.”
“[The alien on the cover is] called Ernie and comes from an American Comic series. I like the little beast that much, that I use it as a logo.” (Incidentally, the alien creature was a model, and had been designed by Tim Staffell, who had no idea what project the monster was for or to whom it was connected.)
“The title Fun In Space doesn’t mean that the album should be regarded as Son Of Flash Gordon, but in many ways it is nostalgic, capturing the old days when life was perhaps a little more uncertain. I’ve got some old sci-fi books and magazines which I browse through from time to time. Maybe there are things up there in space watching us. I wouldn’t find that surprising at all.”
Reviews
Melody Maker, 1981
Reveling in bombastic arrogance, so redolent of Queen. A rich man’s self-indulgence run riot over two sides of an album.
Record Mirror, 1981
This is Son Of Flash Gordon; it has similar comic book style characteristics. Listening to this is the most fun you’ll have apart from playing Space Invaders.