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Rating: Hello everyone. This is my first review on this site and I would like to start with the album Innuendo by the very famous Queen. Before starting with the album review, I would like to jot down some adjectives about the 4 members of the band.
Freddie Mercury: No. 1 - charismatic - genius - force of nature - irreplaceable (together with Mozart the greatest artist) Brian May: great - ingenious - clever - irreplaceable (in Queen) Roger Taylor: talented - gritty - percussionist - not irreplaceable John Deacon: talented - intelligent - reserved - not irreplaceable now, let's move on to the review:
Innuendo was released in 1991 and is to this day the last authentic album of the band. It is now almost universally known that the songs on this album were written just a few months before Freddie's death, and despite his body being in shambles due to AIDS, his voice doesn't seem in the least affected by the gravely serious illness, but quite the opposite. . . Almost every lyric was influenced by the situation Freddie was going through, making the album very melancholic, and consequently moving. After this brief introduction, I will proceed with the review of each single track: Innuendo: a song dedicated to hope, refined and delicate in the first part, then transforming after the extraordinary and famous solo (written but not played by May) into a purely rock finale. In my opinion, it's one of the most beautiful songs by Queen, on the wave of Bohemian R.
I'm Going Slightly Mad: truly an ironic song but absolutely genius both in the lyrics and in Freddie's performance, where he declares to the world that he's mad! The whole song is sung in very low tones. May's interventions on guitar are excellent. Headlong: a very frantic and much more rock song than the previous ones, perhaps less qualitatively excellent than the previous ones, but very difficult to sing and its frenzy demonstrates Freddie being in top vocal shape. I Can't Live With You: a song between pop and rock, the lyrics once again are about hope, but in terms of love. a good song and nothing more. Don't Try So Hard: a beautiful song, very slow, very sweet, very surreal. Freddie's interpretation is once again masterful. The tones of the song are almost always in "low falsetto" except for some exceptional high notes. Ride The Wild Wind: a song that somewhat reflects I Can't Live With You but in lower tones. nice song, nothing more. All God's People: a gospel-like song, in a pop rock version. These Are The Days Of Our Lives: extraordinarily moving song both in music, voice, and lyrics. May's solo is spine-chilling. Freddie's performance is Oscar-worthy. In my opinion, among the five most beautiful songs of all time. Freddie's goodbye at the end of the track is worth the entire cost of the album. Delilah: song-dedication to one of his many cats, perhaps underrated, but it's a great song in high tones. The Hitman: a rock song, the hardest of the album, personally not my favorite, but it's just a matter of taste. Bijou: it's all a guitar solo by May, really very edgy. The Show Must Go On: a song known by everyone, I believe. Any comment would be unnecessary.
In conclusion, I believe Innuendo is definitely the most beautiful Queen album since the 80s onwards, thanks to the usual rock and pop mixture that the group has always made, but never managed to blend the two genres so well as to make them almost homogeneous. Thanks until next time. . .
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 AR (Anonima Recensori)
Innuendo is undoubtedly a record destined to remain in the history of rock.
'The Show Must Go On,' Freddie’s testament, is perfect and incredible.
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.
