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Rating: 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.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Party (02:24)
Words and music by Queen
We had a good night jamming away
There was a full moon showing
And we started to play
But in the cold light of day next morning
Party was over uh uh
The party was over
We got love and we got style
And we got sex and I know I know
We got what it takes
Whoa whoa whoa whoa who - whoa whoa who
Why don't you come back and play
Come back and play (hey hey) come back and play
We got all night all day
Everybody's gone away
Why don't you come back and play come back and play
Come back and play come back and play
Play play it play it
Go get 'em boy - let's party
Yeah
Give it give it
We had a food fight in somebody's face
We were up all night singing (singing)
And giving a chase
But in the cold light of day next morning
Everybody was hung over
Hey come back and play (come back and play) come back
and play
We got all night all day
Everybody's gone away
Why don't you come back and play (and play) come back
and play
We got all night we got all day
We got all night and day
Come back come back come back come back back and play
Hey hey hey
Goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye the party is over
02 Khashoggi's Ship (02:48)
Who said my party was all over, huh, huh,
I'm in pretty good shape,
The best years of my life are like a supernova,
Huh, huh, perpetual craze, I said that
Everybody drank my wine - you get my drift,
And then we took a holiday on khashoggi's Ship - well,
We really had a good good time they was all so sexy
We was bad, we was blitzed,
All in all it was a pretty good trip,
This big bad sucker with a fist as big as your head,
Wanted to get me, I said go away
I said kiss my ass honey,
He pulled out a gun, wanted to arrest me,
I said uh, uh, babe,
Now listen no-one stops my party,
No-one stops my party,
No-one, no-one, no-one stops my party,
Just like I said,
we were phased, we was pissed,
Just having a total eclipse,
Bup bup, badabup, badibup bup bup bedabup bedadee hey
That's good
Oooh
Wooh wooh wooh wooh wooh wooh (<--background screaching)
hah
This one's on me so let us do it just right
This here one party don't get started 'till midnight,
Yeah(p)
Hey!
Hah!
Everybody's
Party to the left
Party to the right
Lay mine in the middle
Do it all night, Alright Alright
Hey
Two within the middle with you (sounds like=widdu)
We're goin' budy
Heyuhh
hey huh
(v. faintly in the background) 'righty'
Hey
Left - right
Left right
No-one stops my... Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhrrrggghhhhhh
03 The Miracle (05:02)
Words and music by Queen
Every drop of rain that falls in Sahara Desert says it all
It's a miracle
All God's creations great and small
The Golden Gate and the Taj Mahal
That's a miracle
Test tube babies being born
Mothers,fathers dead and gone
It's a miracle
We're having a miracle on earth
Mother nature does it all for us
The wonders of this world go on
The hanging Gardens of Babylon
Captain Cook and Cain and Able
Jimi Hendrix to the Tower of Babel
It's a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle
It's a miracle
The one thing we're all waiting for is peace on earth - an end
to war
It's a miracle we need - the miracle
The miracle we're all waiting for today
If every leaf on every tree could tell a story that would be a
miracle
If every child on every street had clothes to wear and food to
eat
That's a miracle
If all God's people could be free to live in perfect harmony
It's a miracle
We're having a miracle on earth
Mother nature does it all for us
Open hearts and surgery
(wonders of this world go on)
Sunday mornings with a cup of tea
Super powers always fighting
But Mona Lisa just keeps on smiling
It's a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle
(wonders of this world go on)
It's a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle
It's a miracle
The one thing (the one thing) we're all waiting for (we're all
waiting for)
Is peace on earth (peace on earth) and an end to war (an end
to war)
It's a miracle we need - the miracle
The miracle peace on earth and end to war today
That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be
friends
That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be
friends
That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be
friends
That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be
friends
05 The Invisible Man (03:57)
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
Incredible how you can...
See right through me
Freddie Mercury!
When you hear a sound
That you just can't place
Feel somethin' move
That you just can't trace
When something sits
On the end of your bed
Don't turn around
When you hear me tread
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
Incredible how you can...
See right through me
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
It's criminal how I can...
See right through you
John Deacon!
Now I'm in your room
And I'm in your bed
And I'm in your life
And I'm in your head
Like the CIA
Or the FBI
You'll never get close
Never take me alive
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
Incredible how you can...
See right through me
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
It's criminal how I can...
See right through you
Hah hah hah - hello
Hah hah hah - OK
Hah hah hah hello hello hello hello
Never had a real good friend -
Not a boy or a girl
No-one knows what I've been through -
Let my flag unfurl
So I make my mark
From the edge of the world
From the edge of the world
From the edge of the world
Brian May! Brian May!
Now I'm on your track
and I'm in your mind
And I'm on your back
But don't look behind
I'm your meanest thought
I'm your darkest fear
But I'll never get caught
You can't shake me, shake me, dear
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
Incredible how you can...
See right through me
Watch me now!
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
It's criminal how I can...
See right through you
Look at me, look at me!
Roger Taylor!
Shake you, shake you, shake you, dear
06 Breakthru (04:08)
When love breaks up
When the dawn light wakes up
A new life is born - oooooh
Somehow I have to make this final breakthru . . . now!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
I wake up
Feel just fine
Your face
Fills my mind
I get religion quick
'Cos you're looking divine
Honey you're touching something, you're touchin' me
I'm under your thumb, under your spell, can't you see ?
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthru - oh yeah
Breakthru, these barriers of pain
Breakthru, yeah, to the sunshine from the rain
Make my feelings known towards you
Turn my heart inside and out for you now
Somehow I have to make this final breakthru
Now! (now now now)
Oh yeah
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Your smile
Speaks books to me
I break up
With each and every one of your looks at me
Honey you're starting something deep inside of me
Honey you're sparking something, this fire in me
I'm outta control, I wanna rush headlong into this ecstasy
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you - ooh ooh ooh ooh
That would really be a breakthru
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthru
Oh yeah
Breakthru, breakthru
Break, hey
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you - ooh ooh ooh ooh
That would really be a breakthru
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthru
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Breakthru
08 Scandal (04:42)
Words and music by Queen
Scandal - now you've left me all the world's gonna know
Scandal - they're gonna turn our lives into a freak show
They'll see the heart ache,they'll see the love break
They'll hear me pleading,We'll say for God's sake
Over and over and over again
Scandal - now you've left me there's no healing the wounds
Hey scandal - and all the world can make us out to be fools
Here come the bad news,open the flood gates
They'll leave us bleeding,we'll say you cheapskates
Over and over and over again
So let them know when they start it's just a private affair
They'll have us hung in the air and tell me what do they care
It's only a life to be twisted and broken
They'll see the heart ache,they'll see our love break - yeah
They'll hear me pleading,I'll say for God's sake
Over and over and over and over again
Scandal scandal
Scandal
Scandal yes you're breaking my heart again
Scandal yes you're loving on out again
Today the headlines tomorrow hard times
And no-one ever really knows the truth from the lies
And in the end the story deeper must hide
Deeper and deeper and deeper inside
Scandal scandal
Scandal scandal
11 Hang On in There (03:46)
Words and music by Queen
Don't let go don't lose your mystique
Wait a little longer
Tomorrow brings another feast
Don't let go don't lose your reputation
Thank God you're still alive
You're still in one piece
Hang on in there don't lose your appetite
Hang on in there forget the danger signs
Pray for that magical moment (straight ahead) and it will
appear
Don't fight for lost emotions
Wait for the sunrise
And everything will seem so clear
(Look straight ahead look straight ahead)
Hang on in there (hang on in there)
Hang on in there (hang on in there)
Your wish will be granted
All your problems will disappear
Don't be a fool you haven't reached your peak
You got a fast car racing up inside you
Your life is incomplete
Hang on in there hang on in there
Pray for that magical moment and it will appear
(Wait for that moment)
Wait for the sunrise
Just wait and see and it will seem so clear
Let's go let's go
OK now do the change now
Yeah hang on in there
Hang on in there
Yeah yeah
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By London
The Miracle by Queen belongs to this last category... a null work, lifeless, thus devoid of any spurs for an interesting discussion.
If one owns all the previous albums, this one can be skipped, as it is nothing more than a sort of collage of things already heard and repeated here by the four for the umpteenth time.
By C.H.A.R.L.I.E Nokia
"'The Miracle' is a true miracle of Queen."
"'I Want It All,' a song full of grit that Freddie sings beautifully with a great riff by Brian May that would intimidate even the best guitarists in this universe."
