Album Review #17 - Queen - "The Game" (1980)
Album Review #17 Artist: Queen Album: The Game Year of Release: 1980 Grade: 4.5 / 5 Band Members Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, synthesizer, acoustic guitar Brian May – lead vocal (Sail Away Sweet Sister), backing vocals, guitars, piano Roger Taylor – lead vocal (Rock It), drums, backing vocals, synthesizer John Deacon – bass guitar, guitar, piano, percussion Background Queen is one of the best selling bands in the world. This studio album was the follow up to 1978’s album “Jazz”. Queen had magnificent streak of 4 hit albums before releasing “The Game”. They were “Night At The Opera”, “A Day At The Races”, “News Of The World”, and then “Jazz”. But “The Game” hit #1 in the US. Their set at 1985’s Live Aid stole the show and reignited the band. It is considered to be one of the greatest sets in rock history despite only being only 15 – 2...