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The MiracleProduced by Queen and David Richards.
Engineered by Dave Richards.
Cover Concept by Queen. All tracks written and performed exclusively by Queen. Recommended Songs : The Miracle, I Want It All, Scandal Review
Queen wrote this album in a different way that all previous albums to date. They decided to write as Queen, a collective writing machine , rather than highlighting songs as being 'written by...'. Songs started by one person were then finished by the group. This is reflected on the cover of 'The Miracle' - with all the heads combined into one. All members of the band agree that this decision bade the band stronger as a unit and also in terms of songwriting. Brian actually commented that its a pity they didn't think of doing this earlier.
The album itself starts off with 2 tracks which I don't like at all Party (apparently based partly on real events) and Khashoggi's Ship , I have never been able to enjoy these two pieces as I think it just doesn't fit well on the album. However, the rest of the album is excellent, some great tracks such as ' I Want it all', 'Breakthru', 'Was It All Worth It' anbd 'Scandal'. Apart from the 2 tracks at the start, this is an great album ; Partly because of the joint-writing credits and partly because they had extra energy following a brief break for solo comittments.
Review Rating : 8Did you know .... that the US Hollywood Records CD version has a slightly edited version of 'I Want It All'. Some of the vocals on the first chorus are actually missing but Hollywood Records claim that its not a mistake & no corrections are pending. |
