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        Hot Space

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        Hot Space album cover
        Disc 1 of 2
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        Staying Power
        		 4:12 $1.29
        02
        Dancer
        		 3:50 $1.29
        03
        Back Chat
        		 4:35 $1.29
        04
        Body Language
        		 4:32 $1.29
        05
        Action This Day
        		 3:35 $1.29
        06
        Put Out The Fire
        		 3:18 $1.29
        07
        Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)
        		 3:31 $1.29
        08
        Calling All Girls
        		 3:52 $1.29
        09
        Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love)
        		 4:32 $1.29
        10
        Cool Cat
        		 3:29 $1.29
        11
        Under Pressure
        Artist: David Bowie
        		4:08
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        Disc 2 of 2
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        Staying Power
        		 3:58 $1.29
        02
        Soul Brother
        		 3:37 $1.29
        03
        Back Chat
        		 4:12
        		$1.29
        04
        Action This Day
        		 6:26 $1.29
        05
        Calling All Girls
        		 4:45 $1.29
        Album Information

        Total Tracks: 16   Total Length: 66:32

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        Barry Walters

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        Award-winning critic Barry Walters is a longtime contributor to Rolling Stone, Spin, the Village Voice, and many other publications. His interview with Prince a...more »

        09.15.11
        A disastrous misstep at the height of the disco boom
        2011 | Label: Hollywood Records

        At the height of the disco boom, some of rock’s biggest stars released club tracks. And although the old guard hated them, those particular Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Wings and Kiss hits were brilliant. This is not one of those records. Recorded in the wake of Queen’s surprisingly streetwise chart-topper “Another One Bites the Dust,” 1982′s Hot Space is still routinely cited as disastrous, and this time the haters are right.

        It’s not really disco: The vinyl album’s first side features dance-rock that skews in different directions — funk (John Deacon’s “Back Chat”) synth-pop (Mercury’s “Body Language”), and new wave (Roger Taylor’s “Action This Day”). The second side is pop-rock much like what appeared on 1980′s The Game, only lighter: Mercury’s “Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)” pays tribute with a pastiche of the late Beatle’s solo ballads. The disc’s most traditionally rocking cut, May’s “Put Out the Fire,” protest laws that facilitate gun ownership and excuse crimes of passion. But both sides are almost unrelentingly awkward because the tunes are negligible, the performances mostly non-committal.

        Released six months before the album, “Under Pressure” is everything the rest is not. It’s mad-catchy: Deacon’s opening… read more »

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        One Great Song on One Terrible Album

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        This is Queen trying to find themselves in a new musical age and, save from the classic track \"Under Pressure,\" failing miserably. By far their worst album; it's a testament to their talent and tenacity that they could redeem themselves with \"The Works\" and, later, with \"Innuendo.\" Luckily, Queen's catalog is so full that you needn't waste your time on this album.

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        It's not often that a single band features one charismatic showman, two virtuosos, three lead vocalists and four smash songwriters. An unusually democratic quartet that maintained its original membership for 20 years, Queen expanded the possibilities of studio recording, initially doing so with guitars, drums, piano, their own voices and little else. Their harmonies were astounding, their arrangement skills superb. Possessing the eccentricities of a cult band with the popularity of an international phenomenon, Queen… more »

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        Because Queen took the better part of 1981 off to work on the follow-up to their big 1980 hit The Game, fans were confident that the band’s next release would follow in their winning tradition of classic albums. Unfortunately, this would not be the case. Unlike its predecessor, Hot Space was an inconsistent effort, marred by unfocused songwriting and material that was simply not as strong as their earlier work. Since they had just previously enjoyed a massive hit with the disco-fied “Another One Bites the Dust,” Queen decided to dedicate the entire first side of the album to dance music, something that alienated their longtime rock fans. And while the single “Body Language” nearly cracked the U.S. Top Ten, the rest of the dance material was easily forgettable — “Back Chat,” “Staying Power,” “Action This Day,” and so on — however, the album was not a total washout. The more rock-oriented second side did contain some great tracks, such as “Put Out the Fire,” “Calling All Girls,” “Las Palabras de Amor,” and the David Bowie collaboration “Under Pressure.” But it was not enough to save Hot Space from a cruel critical and commercial fate, as its ensuing world tour marked the last time Queen would perform in the U.S. – Greg Prato

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