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Rating: Innuendo is undoubtedly a record destined to remain in the history of rock. The band in question is none other than Queen, perhaps the best rock band ever, certainly the greatest live. The album is the last recorded before Freddie Mercury's death, dating back to early 1991.
It starts right away with the title track, "Innuendo," an epic song that mirrors certain structures of the legendary "Bohemian Rhapsody." The duration is 6 minutes, and this is certainly one of the band's best performances, as it is complete in every aspect. Then we have "I'm Going Slightly Mad," less structured but certainly exciting... a typical and eccentric Queen-style ballad. "Headlong" is hard rock through and through, just like "I Can't Live With You," perhaps the best on the album, where rock and sophisticated pop blend into an explosive mix. But the album has other gems as well. "Bijou" is melancholic but conveys immense emotion between Freddie's voice and Brian's Red Special. But the pinnacle is "The Show Must Go On," Freddie's testament, a rock song but essentially melancholic, already in the books of musical history... perfect and incredible. Finally, we list the glamorous "All God's People," epic and light at the same time...
In short, an album that is already history...
Recommended not only to fans of the band but to anyone wanting to hear true rock sound brought to its highest levels. A must-have album for your collection, undoubtedly a masterpiece...
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Innuendo (06:31)
While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand
While the waves crash in the sea and meet the land
While there's a wind and the stars and the rainbow
Till the mountains crumble into the plain
Oh yes we'll keep on tryin'
Tread that fine line
Oh we'll keep on tryin' - yeah
Just passing our time
While we live according to race, colour or creed
While we rule by blind madness and pure greed
Our lives dictated by tradition, superstition, false religion
Through the eons, and on and on
Oh yes we'll keep on tryin'
We'll tread that fine line
Oh oh we'll keep on tryin'
Till the end of time
Till the end of time
Through the sorrow all through our splendour
Don't take offence at my innuendo
You can be anything you want to be
Just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be
Be free with your tempo be free be free
Surrender your ego - be free be free to yourself
Oooh, ooh -
If there's a God or any kind of justice under the sky
If there's a point, if there's a reason to live or die
If there's an answer to the questions we feel bound to ask
Show yourself - destroy our fears - release your mask
Oh yes we'll keep on trying
Hey tread that fine line
Yeah we'll keep on smiling yeah (yeah yeah yeah)
And whatever will be - will be
We'll just keep on trying
We'll just keep on trying
Till the end of time
Till the end of time
Till the end of time
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By AR (Anonima Recensori)
INNUENDO is a slow agony: it’s almost as if you can see Freddie suffocating, at times falling, at times clinging to the other members of the group.
THE SHOW MUST GO ON is one of those epic, 'century-spanning' songs.
By PIXELID
Almost every lyric was influenced by the situation Freddie was going through, making the album very melancholic, and consequently moving.
In the opinion of the reviewer, Innuendo is definitely the most beautiful Queen album since the 80s onwards.
By led&zep
Innuendo emerges as a true masterpiece not only of the entire Queen discography but of the whole history of rock.
'The Show Must Go On' delivers one of the most intense vocal performances that human ears have ever heard.
By Mercury82
"The album is an exceptional mix of ballads, poetry, and rock."
"The Show Must Go On – the testament of his death sung... fantastic!!!!!"
By C.H.A.R.L.I.E Nokia
Innuendo is a journey within each of us, within our anxieties and weaknesses.
The Show Must Go On being careful to have a tissue ready to dry the tears of your cathartic cry.
