Hot Space
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Hot Space is the tenth studio album by Queen released on 1982-05-21 and produced by Queen, Arif Mardin, Reinhold Mack, and David Bowie. The album is once again a large change from previous progressive rock albums employing disco, funk, rhythm and blues, and dance genres. This made the album less popular with fans of the band's earlier style, but introduced a whole new set of fans to Queen.
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Personal
| Own? | Yes. US vinyl, Hollywood Records CD (scratched). |
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When I first bought this album, I was a bit torn on it. Before buying it, I only knew Under Pressure which I loved and Body Language, which I disliked. I enjoyed some of the heavier upbeat songs that were new to me like Staying Power and Dancer, but the new style took awhile to appreciate. However, after listening to the album several times, the songs and their style began to grow on me. Overall, this is a strong album for Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, and Brian May, bit a pretty weak for Roger Taylor.
Track Listing
| Track | Title | Writer(s) | Vocals | Rank | Rating |
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| A1 | Staying Power | Freddie Mercury | Freddie Mercury | 1 | 
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| A2 | Dancer | Brian May | Freddie Mercury | 3 |
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| A3 | Back Chat | John Deacon | Freddie Mercury | 6 | 
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| A4 | Body Language | Freddie Mercury | Freddie Mercury | 11 | 
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| A5 | Action This Day | Roger Taylor | Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor | 8 | 
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| B1 | Put Out the Fire | Brian May | Freddie Mercury | 10 | 
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| B2 | Life Is Real (Song For Lennon) | Freddie Mercury | Freddie Mercury | 7 | 
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| B3 | Calling All Girls | Roger Taylor | Freddie Mercury | 9 |
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| B4 | Las Palabras de Amor (the Words of Love) | Brian May | Freddie Mercury, Brian May | 5 |
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| B5 | Cool Cat | Freddie Mercury, John Deacon | Freddie Mercury | 2 |
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| B6 | Under Pressure | Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, David Bowie | Freddie Mercury, David Bowie | 4 |
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The album's total score is 689.
Media
Album Art
The cover, brightly colored quadrants with a image of a band member in each, was proposed by Freddie Mercury, and given to professional designers to realize. It is very similar in appearance to T.Rex album, Flyback The original artwork last sold at auction for $1,750 [1].
Vinyl, cover.
Vinyl, back.
CD, cover.
Remastered.
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