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I originally wrote a review about this album based on the copy I received from an inexperienced seller. I realized that the seller had just done a simple "copy and paste" for his album image and it was not a fair representation of the actual MFSL version that I acquired from a private seller afterwards. I purchased an album that I thought was going to be a MFSL copy of this album, but what I actually received was a regular and quite poor US first release of this great Lp.
After forking out over $100.00 for a mint copy of this classic, I realized that it sounds incredible. This is one of the first of the MFSL albums to use the "Anadisc 200" method of production and I think these sound better than the very first MFSL releases. The "Ultra Gain 2 " series are the best yet. I am real excited about the resurgence of vinyl and what albums Mobile Fidelity will decide to reissue.
I managed to find a very exceptional copy of this album and I love it. I cleaned it with my VPI as I do all my new or new to me albums and it is exceptionally quiet. No pops or static sounds. We listen to this great classic several times a month. This album has some of the greatest songs from the band that would soon lose its incredible lead singer to a horrible disease.
To me the stand outs are all basically on the first side. "The Game" is a great song, "Another One Bites The Dust" is unforgettable and got the most airplay. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is one of my favorite songs on this album and in my top five favorite Queen Songs. Side two is also a good listen as most have only heard of the song "Don't Try Suicide" but they are all very good and actually great songs as well. The more you listen, the more you will love this album. If you purchase this album on MFSL, make sure it is a mint or near mint copy. You will pay the price for the album, but as I have discovered in my 20 years of album collecting, this is an expensive hobby. Even more so now that it is considered "cool" or "retro". Getting back to the intent of this review, if you are a fan of Queen, you need this album in your collection. Buy what you can afford, but don't expect a $10.00 album to sound crisp and clear. If you are a serious audiophile and want the best sounding vinyl, make sure you get a MFSL copy. Japanese pressings or some of the great new 180 and 200 gram vinyl albums also are good choices. To me, the MFSL copies sound by far the best followed by the Japanese vinyl pressings.
One thing I learned the hard way is that you have to make sure that what you are ordering is the actual product you are viewing. I paid quite a bit for a "fair" copy of an American pressing that was worth about $5.00. I even contacted the seller the evening I purchased this album to tell him that if it was not a MFSL copy, do not send it to me. He ignored my email and sent it anyway. I do not blame Amazon, but there needs to be some sort of restrictions like putting in the SKU or the catalog number of the used vinyl that the sellers are selling. I see several items misrepresented in the used section all the time. It has actually caused me to buy from other sources that are better organized with the various releases. For some vinyl albums there can be over 100 different releases from various countries and on various labels. If a seller is showing a Japan release with the OBI intact, then when you get the album it should have the OBI. My advice is to buy just one from a seller and check their packing techniques and their evaluation as far as knowledge of grading vinyl. You will find a lot of trustworthy sellers on Amazon, but don't hesitate to ask questions from any seller.
In my youth, I had a longing desire to own "The Game", but when I was nine, Queen's adult-themed subtext was not deemed appropriate by my vigilant parents. I was exposed to "The Game" by way of my friends, but did not personally own it. As an elementary school student in the late `70s, Queen's image and lyric content were not deemed proper by the "powers that were." As a result, I have kept Queen's most critically acclaimed albums from the '70's on the back burner, knowing that I would return to them when the time was right.
Of course, as with any band worth their salt, Queen kept coming up. In the short term, when I started driving my own car, I bought "Queen's Greatest Hits" in the mid-80's. Even later, as a curiosity, I picked up "Innuendo" before Freddie's death in the in the`90s, but up to a certain point gauging their career by a "Queen's Greatest Hits" album is doing the both the band and listener a disservice. Arguably, one could say that "The Game" is this point. While a Greatest Hits compilation may give you "Another One Bites the Dust", you will also be missing out on great tunes like "Dragon Attack.", "Coming Soon", "Sail Away, Sweet Sister", and "Need Your Loving Tonight".
"The Game" represents a division in Queen's sound, the radio-friendly flipside to the "Flash Gordon" soundtrack. These two sides of Queen's personality diverged in the early 80's, and eventually met again on "Who Wants To Live Forever" and a significant part of "Innuendo". This streamlining is most likely a direct reaction to the punk movement, which discouraged prog-rock. This was streamlined into a radio-friendly, song-based album while "Flash Gordon" was instrumental and melodramatically theatrical.
Like Genesis' "And Then There Were Three", many critics malign this album as the cryptic "beginning of the end" for Queen in the mid to late `80s (although the band was never at a loss for success). While "The Game" may not have the same the sweeping and distinctive grandeur that "Night at the Opera" displayed, it is most certainly a consistent and compelling example of Queen's ever-present succinct, radio-friendly work. In its own way, its distinctiveness ties it to the `80s in the same way that "Night at the Opera" was tied to the `70s.
Queen's repertoire was amazingly cohesive despite the fact that there were four distinctive songwriters in the group. The depth of Mercury's delivery can be interpreted as representing an incredibly broad range of experiences, but it should be kept in mind that as he became the predominant lead singer for the group, his voice represented an amalgamation of four distinct personalities. This level of musical interactivity is unheard of in today's music scene. For example, "Save Me" is beautifully emotional, but Mercury's delivery of May's text reveals a pained experience that may not have been realized under different conditions.
The Lowdown: I did not realize exactly how much I knew about this album until I got it a few weeks ago. Overall, "The Game" is a great album full of great songs that represents a musical climate that has long since passed.
This album has a few major hits, but it also has some songs that are so awesome, but mostly ignored. I was in a band that covered Dragon Attack. Just listen to that tune. Fantastic groove. Love that tune. Listen to the album all the way through, as it was intended. Way cool.
Muy buena calidad de vinilo. Se escucha super bien. Muy buena calidad de vinilo. Se escucha super bien. Muy buena calidad de vinilo. Se escucha super bien.
I am writing a review of the vinyl album as I'm buying vinyl again now! Queen (for me) were supreme in the 70's with one classic album after another - but too eclectic in the 80's - and this album really shows this. Of course it has real class numbers - Deacon's Another One Bites the Dust - the truly beautiful 'Sail Away Sweet Sister' and the Elvis like 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' (even the smooth - I need your loving) are right up there with the best - and of course this album was a huge success in the US. However 'Don't Try Suicide' is a real clunker and Dragon Attack seems to veer too close to Hot Space territory for my liking - also opening side one with the 'okay' track The Game, was (in my view) not the best decision. If I could give a four and a half I would - the heavy weight vinyl is great - and the sound is clear and totally as it should be - it is happily sitting in my collection, which I am updating slowly (as I had the original so many years ago when it first came out!).
You must all know what a great album The Game is so I'll not talk about that, but the second disc is the best so far in the 2011 Remastered series. Save Me live is a cracking live performance of a Queen Classic, A Human Body isn't up to much to be honest and is one of Roger Taylor's poorer efforts. The Sail Away Sweet Sister version on track three is exactly the sort of thing the fans want from these packages, showing a Queen song as a work in progress with Brian May making up words as he goes along and features the band getting it wrong, experimenting and then a classic Freddie comment at the end. Its a wonderful insight into the band. Track 4 is possibly even better as it is a recording of Freddie mucking about on the piano and spontaneously coming up with It's a Beautiful Day, which wouldn't see the light of day until after his death over ten years later. Its another lovely view behind the scenes. If this disc contained only these two tracks (3 and 4), it would still be worth it. Track 5 is Dragon Attack live from the MK Bowl and is a bit of a con as it was previously released on the Live at the Bowl DVD a few years back. If you're a proper Queen fan, you need this.
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