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Queen: Hot Space

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Label: Parlophone Records
Released: 1982.05.25
Time:
 47:43
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.queen-fip.com
Appears with: Brian May, Roger Taylor,  Freddie Mercury
Purchase date: 2002.01.22
Price in €: 6,99



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[1] Staying Power (F.Mercury) - 4:10
[2] Dancer (B.May) - 3:46
[3] Back Chat (J.Deacon) - 4:31
[4] Body Language (F.Mercury) - 4:29
[5] Action This Day (R.Taylor) - 3:32
[6] Put Out the Fire (B.May) - 3:18
[7] Life Is Real [Song for Lennon] (F.Mercury) - 3:28
[8] Calling All Girls (R.Taylor) - 3:50
[9] Las Palabras de Amor [The Words of Love] (B.May) - 4:26
[10] Cool Cat (J.Deacon/F.Mercury) - 3:26
[11] Under Pressure (D.Bowie/Queen) - 4:02

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


FREDDIE MERCURY - Piano, Vocals, Concept, Producer
BRIAN MAY - Banjo, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
ROGER TAYLOR - Drums, Vocals, Producer
JOHN DEACON - Bass, Guitar, Producer

DAVID BOWIE - Vocals on [11], Producer on [11]

MACK - Producer
JOSH MACRAE - Producer, Engineer
ARIF MARDIN - Arranger, Producer
GEORGE MARINO - Engineer
SUSAN ROGERS - Remixing
KEVIN METCALFE - Remastering
STEVEN MILLER - Artwork
NORM UNG - Artwork
JOHN BARR - Artwork
SIMON FOWLER - Photography

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1982 LP Elektra 60128
1991 CD Hollywood 61038-2
1991 CS Hollywood 61038-4
1991 CS Hollywood 161038



By taking the better part of 1981 off to work on the follow-up to their big 1980 hit The Game, Queen 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 discofied "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," etc. 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, All-Music Guide, © 1992 - 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.



Nach dem Beinahe-Flop des Flash Gordon-Soundtracks (´80) und dem Best-of-Album Greatest Hits I (´81) wurde es dringend mal wieder Zeit für ein reguläres Queen-Studioalbum. Hot Space (´82) konnte die Fans allerdings nicht zufrieden stellen. Anstatt auf ihre bewährten Trademarks zu setzen, experimentieren Queen auf der Scheibe mit Funk- und Disco-Elementen, klingen deutlich softer als in den Siebzigern und können mit der Nummer eins-Hitsingle "Under Pressure", auf der als Gastsänger David Bowie zu hören ist, gerade mal einen wirklich überzeugenden Song vorweisen, der es mit den zahllosen Highlights der vorangegangenen Scheiben aufnehmen kann. Queen klingen ausgebrannt und krampfhaft um Innovation bemüht -- angesichts des immer absolut originell gewesenen Bandsounds ein völlig sinnloser Kraftakt. Allerdings sahen die Briten ihren Fehler selbst sehr bald ein, konzentrierten sich live vor allem auf älteres Material und konnten mit der nächsten Scheibe The Works (´84) wieder Boden gut machen.

Michael Rensen, Amazon.de



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.

JOHN MILWARD - RS 371
© Copyright 2001 RollingStone.com
 

 L y r i c s


STAYING POWER

Let me show to you, see what I got
I got a half of a lot
Tell me what you feel, is it real (2)
You know I got what it takes
And I can take a lot
Did you hear the last call baby
You and me got staying power
You and me we got staying power
Staying power I got it I got it
I wonder when we're gonna make it
I wonder when we're gonna shake it
Rock me baby rock me
C'mon you can shock me
Let's catch on ta the groove
Make it move, make it move
You know how to shake that thing
We'll work it, work it, work it
You and I can play ball baby
You and me got staying power
You and me we got staying power
Staying power I got it I got it
I wonder when we're gonna make it
I've got fire down below
I'm just regular dynamo
Want some smooth company
Don't lose control
Just hang on out with me
Got to get to know each other
But we got plenty of time
Did you hear the last call baby
You and me got staying power
You and me we got staying power
Power
I wonder where we're gonna stick it
I wonder when we're gonna trick it
Blow baby blow,let's get down and go go
Get yourself in the mood
Got to give a little bit of attitude
Baby don't you crash
Lets just trash trash trash
Did you hear the last call baby
You and me got staying power, you and me
We got staying power (2)... got'cha


DANCER

I'm not invited to the party
Been sitting here all night
I'm all alone here at the party
I don't feel all right
Ain't got no black coat,ain't got no tie
I gotta shape up now you gotta know why
Dancer, Dancer
Why don't you kick off your dancin'shoes
And come along with me
You're the life & soul of the funk-tion
It took me all night
To get hold of the right introduction
Blew me out of sight
I taste your lipstick I look in your eyes
You feel fantastic my body cries
Chorus (hot space)
Dancer (2) I can't believe your dancing
Can't take you home, can't take your dancing
Dancer, Dancer, dance the night away


BACK CHAT

Back Chat (2) you burn all my energy
Back Chat (2) criticizing all you see
Back Chat (2) analyzing what I say
Back Chat (2) & you always get your way
Oh yeah see what you've done to me
Back Chat (2) you're driving me insane
It's a battle to the end,
Knock you down you come again
Talk back (2) you've got me on the rack
Twisting every word I say
Wind me up and get your way
Fat chance I have of making a romance
If I'm ever going to win
I'll have to get the last word in
Take it from there
Twisting every word I say
Wind me up and get your way
Repeat ##
Wake up stand up
And drag yourself on out
Get down get ready scream and shout
Back off be cool
And learn to change your ways
Cos you're talking on your sleep
And your walking in a daze
Don't push your luck
I'm ready to attack
Cos when I'm trying to talk to you
All you do is just talk back
You stand so tall,
You don't frighten me at all
Don't talk back (3),
Just leave me alone
Back Chat (2) you burn all my energy
Yes you do...


BODY LANGUAGE

Give me, body-give me-body-body-
give me your body
Don't talk, Baby don't talk
Body language give me your body
Just give me your body (2)
Don't talk body language
You got red lips snakes in your eyes
Long legs, great things
You've got the cutest ass
I've ever seen
Knock me down for a six anytime
Look at me -
I gotta case of body language
Body language-body language-yeah
Sexy body, sexy, sexy body
I want your body
Baby you're hot body language


ACTION THIS DAY

Action
This street honey is a mean street
Living in this street honey
Need a mean streak
We've got criminals
Living in this street
But there's a heartbeat pulse
That keeps on pumping like a jukebox
Playing the same dead record
Or a radio in the corner keeps blaring
I gotta feeling,this world is using me
This town honey is a dead town
Living in this town honey is a let-down
Coming to this town honey is a showdown
But there's a heartbeat pulse
That keeps on pumping
Some sunshine ray through a crack
In a shutter
Or a sight of a light at
The end af a tunnel
Still there's a filling,
This world is using me
Action this day, action this night
You've got the power (2)
You've got the power to love and to live
You can't say it's alright
Your mind honey is a bleak place
Living in your mind's
Living in a blank space
Your mind is coming from a rat race
But there's a heartbeat pulse
That keeps on pumping like a jukebox
Playing the same dead record
Or a radio in the corner keeps blaring
I gotta feeling that just won't quit,
This world is using me
We've gotta learn to learn to live to love
You can't say it ain't right
Action this day, action this night
You've got the power, you've got the power
You've got the power to love and to live
You can't say it ain't right
Action, action this day


PUT OUT THE FIRE

They called him a hero
In the land of the free
But he wouldn't shake my hand boy
He disappointed me so I got my hand gun
And I blew him away
That critter was a bad guy
I had to make him pay
You might fear for my reason
I don't care what they say
Look out baby it's the season
For the mad masquerade
Put out the fire
You need a bullet like hole in the head
Put out the fire
Don't believe what your grandaddy said
She was my lover
It was a shame that she died
But the constitution's right on my side
Cos I caught my lover
In my neighbor's bed
I got retribution,
Filled 'em full of lead
I've been told it's the fashion
To let me on the streets again
It's nothing but a crime of passion
And I'm not to blame, put out the fire
You need a weapon like hole in the head
Put out the fire
And let your sons and your daughters
Sleep sound in their beds
You know a gun never killed nobody
You can ask anyone
People get shot by people
People with guns, put out the fire
You need a gun like a hole in the head
Put out the fire, just tell me
That old fashioned gun law is dead


LIFE IS REAL (SONG FOR LENNON)

Guilt stains on my pillow
Blood on my terraces,torsos in my closet
Shadows from my past life is real
Life is real, life is real, so real
Sleeping is my leisure
Waking up in a minefield
Dream is just a pleasure dome
Love is a roulette wheel-life is real
Life is real, life is real,oh yeah
Success is my breathing space
I brought it on myself
I will price it, I will cash it
I can take it or leave it
Loneliness is my hiding place
Breastfeeding myself,what more can I say
I have swallowed the bitter pill
I can taste it, I can taste it
Life is real, life is real, life is real
Music will be my mistress
Loving like a whore
Lennon is a genius,living in every pore
Life is real (3) so real
Life is cruel, life is a bitch
Life is real - so real


CALLING ALL GIRLS

Calling all boys, calling all girls
Calling all peoples on streets
Around the world
Take this message a message for you
This message is old yeah
This message is true
## This message is Love
Take a message of love far and near
Take a message of love
For all to hear (2)
Some sleepless nights in wait for you
Some foreign presence you feel,
Comes creeping through
Some stream of hope
The hole world through
Spread like some silent disease
You'll get yours too
Repeat ##
Calling all boys, calling all girls


LAS PALABRAS DE AMOR

(The Words Of Love)

Don't touch me now, don't hold me now
Don't break the spell Darling,
Now you are near
Look in my eyes and speak to me
The special promises I want to hear
Las palabras de amor
Let me hear the words of love
Despacito mi amor
Love me slow and gently
One foolish world, so many souls
Senselessly hurted
Through the never ending cold
And all for fear, and all for greed
Speak any tongue
But for God's sake we need
Las palabras de amor
Let me hear the words of love
Despacito mi amor
Let me know, this night and evermore
This room is bare
This night is cold
We're far apart and I'm growing old
But while we live, we'll meet again
So then my love we may whisper ones more
It's you I adore Las palabras de amor
Let me hear the words of love
Despacito mi amor
Touch me now Las palabras de amor
Let us share the words of love
For evermore, for evermore


COOL CAT

You're taking all the sunshine away
Making out like you're the mainline -
I knew that cos you're a cool cat
Tapping on the toe with a new hat
Just cruising -
Driving along like the swing king
Feeling the beat of my heart (2)
You're a cool cat
Coming on strong with all the chit-chat
You're alright hanging out
And stealing all the lime light
Messing with the beat of my heart (2)
You used to be a mean kid
Making such a deal of life
You were wishing and hoping
And waiting to really hit the big time
But did it happen, happen, no
You're speeding to fast slow down (2)
You'd better slow down slow down
You really know how to set the mood
And you really get inside the groove
Cool cat
Tapping on the toe with a new hat
Just cruising
Driving along like the swing king
Feeling the beat of my heart (3)


UNDER PRESSURE

Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure -
That burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets
It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out
Pray tomorrow-gets me higher
Pressure on people-people on streets
Chipping around -
Kick my brains around the floor
These are the days
It never rains but it pours
People on streets (2) turned away
From it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love
But it's so slashed and tarn
Why-why-why
Love, insanity laughs
Under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give ourselves one more
Why can't we give love chance
That one more chance
Why can't we give love
Cause love's
Such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to change our way
Of carring about ourselves
This is our last dance (2)
This is ourselves
Under pressure (2), pressure

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