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| + | Queen has always ruled by sound instead of soul, and Brian May's orchestral guitar creations are what captured–and has kept–the group's hard-rock following. But on Hot Space, with the John Deacon/Roger Taylor rhythm section continuing to write funky songs and with a vocal contribution from David Bowie, Queen offers a bit more than bluster. | ||
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| + | "Back Chat" is a hot rock-funk tune, with guitar tracks as slick as an icy dance floor. An elastic beat puts some spring into a fine rocker, "Calling All Girls," while Freddie Mercury's Mick Jagger-like falsetto on "Cool Cat" takes the band as close to a street corner as it'll ever get. Shortly before Hot Space's release, Bowie removed his vocals from "Cool Cat" (Billy Squier was a last-minute substitute), but he remains front and center on "Under Pressure," a number on which Mercury manages to ape both Hall and Oates, while making Bowie sound positively soulful. | ||
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| + | The rest of Hot Space is, at best, routinely competent and, at times, downright offensive. "Give me your body/Don't talk," sings Mercury in "Body Language," a piece of funk that isn't fun. For unsurpassed solipsism, however, he offers "Life Is Real (Song for Lennon)": "Torsos in my closet/Shadows from my past/Life is real." As Mercury slips into a breathless, Plastic Ono-sounding "real," one is grateful that soul is still something money can't buy. | ||
==Sleeves== | ==Sleeves== | ||
Revision as of 14:02, 7 June 2007
Tracklists
| Vinyl version | 1991 Hollywood Records CD |
| Side 1:
01. Staying Power (Mercury) - 4:12 02. Dancer (May) - 3:50 03. Back Chat (Deacon) - 4:36 04. Body Language (Mercury) - 4:32 05. Action This Day (Taylor) - 3:32 Side 2: 01. Put Out The Fire (May) - 3:19 02. Life Is Real (Song For Lennon) Mercury) - 3:33 03. Calling All Girls (Taylor) - 3:51 04. Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) (May) - 4:31 05. Cool Cat (Deacon/Mercury) - 3:29 06. Under Pressure (with David Bowie) (Queen/Bowie) - 4:08 |
01. Staying Power (Mercury) - 4:12 02. Dancer (May) - 3:50 03. Back Chat (Deacon) - 4:36 04. Body Language (Mercury) - 4:32 05. Action This Day (Taylor) - 3:32 06. Put Out The Fire (May) - 3:19 07. Life Is Real (Song For Lennon) Mercury) - 3:33 08. Calling All Girls (Taylor) - 3:51 09. Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) (May) - 4:31 10. Cool Cat (Deacon/Mercury) - 3:29 11. Under Pressure (with David Bowie) (Queen/Bowie) - 4:08 12. Body Language (remix) (Mercury) - 4:45 |
History
History of this album.
Credits
- Musicians:
- John Deacon - bass guitar, synthesizer, rhythm guitar on Staying Power, Back Chat, and Cool Cat, drum programming on Cool Cat
- Brian May - guitars, vocals, synthesizer, synth bass on Dancer, piano on Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love)
- Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano, synthesizer, synth bass on Body Language, drum programming on Staying Power and Body Language
- Roger Taylor - drums, percussion, vocals, synthesizer, rhythm guitar on Calling All Girls
- Mack - synthesizers
- David Bowie - vocals on Under Pressure
- Produced by: Queen and Mack. Under Pressure produced by Queen and David Bowie.
- Recorded: July - September 1981 at Mountain Studios, Montreux, and December 1981 - March 1982 at Musicland Studios, Munich
Charts
- #4 (UK), #22 (US).
Liner notes
- Liner notes.
Additional info
- Info
Reviews
Rolling Stone, 1982
Queen has always ruled by sound instead of soul, and Brian May's orchestral guitar creations are what captured–and has kept–the group's hard-rock following. But on Hot Space, with the John Deacon/Roger Taylor rhythm section continuing to write funky songs and with a vocal contribution from David Bowie, Queen offers a bit more than bluster.
"Back Chat" is a hot rock-funk tune, with guitar tracks as slick as an icy dance floor. An elastic beat puts some spring into a fine rocker, "Calling All Girls," while Freddie Mercury's Mick Jagger-like falsetto on "Cool Cat" takes the band as close to a street corner as it'll ever get. Shortly before Hot Space's release, Bowie removed his vocals from "Cool Cat" (Billy Squier was a last-minute substitute), but he remains front and center on "Under Pressure," a number on which Mercury manages to ape both Hall and Oates, while making Bowie sound positively soulful.
The rest of Hot Space is, at best, routinely competent and, at times, downright offensive. "Give me your body/Don't talk," sings Mercury in "Body Language," a piece of funk that isn't fun. For unsurpassed solipsism, however, he offers "Life Is Real (Song for Lennon)": "Torsos in my closet/Shadows from my past/Life is real." As Mercury slips into a breathless, Plastic Ono-sounding "real," one is grateful that soul is still something money can't buy.
Sleeves
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