Queen
The Miracle

THE REVIEW

First of all, I would say that "The Miracle" is not a useless album, on the contrary, it is the exact opposite of uselessness; The Queen at the peak of their immense career managed to create an excellent and fascinating work, a "miracle" of the music industry. It had been since the days of A Kind of Magic that the band hadn't returned to the studio to propose new ideas, so the reunion is the result of "The Miracle," 10 tracks "plus 4 b-sides" in a classic late-decade LP "the '80s," magnificent to say the least, from the four faces united against the celestial background, so simple yet with an incredible impact, the tracks are then splendid.

It starts with Party with its lively rhythm and a multi-effect guitar, followed by the magnificent hard trial of Khashoggi's Ship. "The Miracle" spans from the first two with a magical effect that permeated the Queen; the track is conceived by Freddie himself. "I Want It All" has no equals, purity, power, a record-breaking drag; the album also contains magnificent songs, "Invisible Man" with the mythical solo of Brian in the middle "here Brian in all his splendor" to the cheerful "Breakthru" that hides the melancholy of the events of the four gentlemen, up to "Rain Must Fall," which is special to say the least, very soft with the tabla that rhythm a perfect arrangement, "Scandal" then is the successful experiment, a simple base but with very strong solos of both instruments "the voice then...", "My Baby Does Me" and that touch of class that few bands have, moving from pop-rock to such an efficient soul.

The album then closes with a great underrated piece; I'm referring to "Was It All Worth It," I would define it as the soul of Queen's music. In 6 minutes, there's everything just like "Bohemian Rhapsody" or "Innuendo," a perfect arrangement that falls from hard rock to the operetta all enveloped by a powerful guitar and a gritty voice, simply fantastic like the entire album.
Many of you surely know that several editions of this album contain extra tracks, like b-sides; "Hang On In There," or instrumental bases "Chinese Torture," or even alternate versions of original tracks like "Invisible Man," very pleasant especially "Chinese Torture" an excellent introduction of the violins with Brian who juggles in an acrobat's solo that turned out very well, then they do not mismatch rather they lack for not being there; "Hang On In There" which results in a work on par with the album strangely not included like its twins "Hijack My Heart," "Stealin'" and "My Life Has Been Saved."

In conclusion, I would say, I hope this album moves you as it did with me, I don't care if you believe that this album review is not good or incomplete, my goal was to make you understand, not in my sentences, but in the tracks "try to believe" the importance is the involvement, so I don't believe this album is useless and devoid of quality as I read in another review of "The Miracle," the album is a masterpiece.