Odd song placements on albums

I get what you mean about NIH, but I think Brighton Rock would have sounded odd elsewhere on the album. I also think that whilst it was very energetic live, NIH isn't that great a song, and the studio version sounds a bit lame, but that's just a personal opinion.

Jazz was a weird one, and yes, I think they could have swapped things around a bit, but it would have still sounded shit. 😄

I think they pretty much got the opening tracks right on most of the other albums, although perhaps The Miracle would have benefited from having I Want It All as the opener, followed by Khashoggi's Ship and dump Party altogether.

Jazz album as the title suggests is crazy, meanining the weird craziness in many levels. Since it was 70s with Rock excess, it was weird and crazy, so the opening song has weird d lyrics, mono sounding switching to stereo and again to mono. Also it has the middle east sound, which I think Queen were the first commercial artist - band who have middle east song. For me the odd is Jealousy between Fat bottomed girls and Bicycle race and only 7 days after the great rocker Dead on time.

Also you take my breath away after tie your mother down.

The majority of Beatles are East India.
Middle East have different scale.
Queen did real middle east music turns and scales like a traditional middle east or East Mediterranean song. That's why I think are the first to do that (from major bands - artists)

Page and Plant during no Quater 93 94 tried to mix India and Egypt sounds.

Personally Fun It off of Jazz doesn’t feel natural in between Dreamers Ball and Leaving Home.

I feel if DB went right into LHAE it would have flowed much better...I may be biased though because I’m not a big fan of Fun It.

For me, it's always been "You Take My Breath Away" after the blistering "Tie Your Mother Down" to open the album. It's so jarring, especially because the next run of songs are so good.

That’s true - I hadn’t thought about those songs being already in the public’s eye.

The thing that really irritates me is why ICLWY and TATDOOL swapped. There's not a scientific reason to why they did. The only two things I can think of is the drum crash at the start of ICLWY isn't very dramatic so it's probably more effective after a song. And TATDOOL is a hit so following three others may then be a commercial option.

I do feel the remastered vinyl sounds terrific - so I can see why they released it as a 2LP, so as to not have the edited versions and also improved audio (when comparing to my original UK version). That being said, it's still a head scratcher why they flipped ICLWY and TATDOOL.

Hmmm - that's true too. 

I did read a conspiracy theory sometime on the internet that it was deliberate by QPL to edit some tracks so fans would buy the LP and CD.

But yeah, it must have been for sonic reasons then.

a really good point. i suppose there are exceptions. 24-Carat Purple definitely doesn't appear to lack bass.
on the other hand, i always felt Hysteria sounded a little "recorded in a biscuit tin". there was also a Slade Greatest Hits LP from around about 1982-ish, that was so long, the entire things lacked everything...it sounded like it had been recorded using a mic connected to an old radio cassette and the result cut directly to vinyl - i've just added the details to my post above, but in the interests of continuity:
73:05: Slade - Smashes [1980] - easily the longest single vinyl LP length by any major rock band.

bigger question:
if this applies to LPs, then surely the same applies to singles. but i've yet to hear a long single that misses any depth, bass or volume.
Bo Rhap [Queen], Freebird [Skynyrd], Hey Jude [Beatles], Inside Looking Out {Grand Funk] all tick all three boxes.

It's odd they didn't put 'More of that jazz' of 'Fun it' at the beginning of Jazz.

And it's even more odd that 'Sheer Heart Atack' isn't on 'Sheer Heart Attack'