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Post by fabiogminero on Apr 5, 2023 16:32:45 GMT
Hi everyone.
Today's article is titled BONKERS. Queen: 16 albums later and still a law unto themselves and was published in a British magazine in 1991; this is a review of Queen's 'Innuendo' album. As the title suggests, the review is not positive, as the band is heavily criticized for its musical style and only a few songs from the new album are appreciated. The author of the review is John Aizlewood, a famous British journalist, currently a critic for several English newspapers (including the Evening Standard), who has never been a fan of the band; a few years ago, Aizlewood defined Paul Rodgers (about his collaboration with Queen) as "someone who appealed to the worst aspects of the Queen catalog [...] This means that Queen had recruited the only man in the Western world who didn't know the words to 'We Are The Champions' to be Queen singer".
Note: in the last lines of the article, Aizlewood also criticizes Queen's solo projects, but praises John Deacon's open careful drumming; I believe that the latter is not a mistake by the journalist, but simply a typo in the transcription of the article. Or maybe not.
Enjoy the reading.
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Post by oreno on Apr 5, 2023 18:01:07 GMT
The review is from Q magazine, and in fact Queen had the front cover and main 'story' in that issue, a long and detailed interview with Brian.  |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Apr 5, 2023 18:36:50 GMT
As the title suggests, the review is not positive, as the band is heavily criticized for its musical style and only a few songs from the new album are appreciated.The author of the review is John Aizlewood, a famous British journalist, currently a critic for several English newspapers (including the Evening Standard), who has never been a fan of the band sorry, maybe I've missed something - that's actually a very fair and certainly positive-leaning album review. factor in his (allegedly) not being a fan, i'd say the review is even generous. The album review itself names seven tracks - five positively: Innuendo: "mighty behemoth"IGSM: "makes the idea work"Headlong: "spectacularly convincing..."Hitman: "repeats trick..."TATDOOL: "...though not entirely without charm" two negatively: All God's People: "overblown histrionics"
Bijou: - "horrible, scrawny..." if you put the review into context - the changing music scene at the time, the fact that classic rock had already been shunted into the sidings by Grunge - I'd say that's pretty objective - as reviews go |
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Post by fabiogminero on Apr 5, 2023 19:26:21 GMT
The review is from Q magazine, and in fact Queen had the front cover and main 'story' in that issue, a long and detailed interview with Brian. Great. I edited the title of the thread. |
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Post by fabiogminero on Apr 5, 2023 19:29:01 GMT
As the title suggests, the review is not positive, as the band is heavily criticized for its musical style and only a few songs from the new album are appreciated.The author of the review is John Aizlewood, a famous British journalist, currently a critic for several English newspapers (including the Evening Standard), who has never been a fan of the band sorry, maybe I've missed something - that's actually a very fair and certainly positive-leaning album review. factor in his (allegedly) not being a fan, i'd say the review is even generous. The album review itself names seven tracks - five positively: Innuendo: "mighty behemoth"IGSM: "makes the idea work"Headlong: "spectacularly convincing..."Hitman: "repeats trick..."TATDOOL: "...though not entirely without charm" two negatively: All God's People: "overblown histrionics"
Bijou: - "horrible, scrawny..." if you put the review into context - the changing music scene at the time, the fact that classic rock had already been shunted into the sidings by Grunge - I'd say that's pretty objective - as reviews go You're right. Maybe it was me, in a moment of heavy distraction, who got lost in understanding the text of the review...I'm sorry. |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Apr 5, 2023 21:22:07 GMT
sorry, maybe I've missed something - that's actually a very fair and certainly positive-leaning album review. factor in his (allegedly) not being a fan, i'd say the review is even generous. The album review itself names seven tracks - five positively: Innuendo: "mighty behemoth"IGSM: "makes the idea work"Headlong: "spectacularly convincing..."Hitman: "repeats trick..."TATDOOL: "...though not entirely without charm" two negatively: All God's People: "overblown histrionics"
Bijou: - "horrible, scrawny..." if you put the review into context - the changing music scene at the time, the fact that classic rock had already been shunted into the sidings by Grunge - I'd say that's pretty objective - as reviews go You're right. Maybe it was me, in a moment of heavy distraction, who got lost in understanding the text of the review...I'm sorry. apology isn't necessary - the English language is an odd one at the best of times - let alone when the journo bending it every which way (and back) is a bit of a c**t |
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