Jazz

Description

EMI Music and Queen complete their campaign of re-releasing the entire Queen studio album catalogue on long playing heavy-weight vinyl albums with the fourth and final set out on November 1st 2010.

The album packaging will include every detail of the original releases in their original 12 format. Bonus posters, extra pictures, and all the unique content of the original albums will be faithfully reproduced. This, the final set, includes Jazz, The Miracle, and The Works.

In 1978, all eyes were on Queen as they released the follow-up to their monster global hit NEWS OF THE WORLD. Predictably, JAZZ didnt achieve the massive commercial success of its predecessor, but in aesthetic terms, its a solid statement, and a marked progression of the bands musical vision. Though the band was already well into their eclectic mode by this time, the stylistic ventures the band takes on this album bring them even further afield from the heavy rock theyre best known for. Freddie Mercury kicks things off with Mustapha, a nod to his Middle Eastern origins. Queen exhibits a ribald sense of humour on Fat Bottomed Girls. Mercury indulges his Broadway tendencies to the hilt on If You Cant Beat Them and Dont Stop Me Now, which sound like they could have come from some obscure 50s musical. The jazzy Dreamers Ball and the mellow, romantic In Only Seven Days provide welcome contrast. Amid all this eclecticism, though, the standout tracks are the propulsive rockers Let Me Entertain You (whose promise they fulfil) and Dead on Time.