Entre_Perpetuo Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Choose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Queen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Hot Space is a fun albumI haven't heard McCartney II 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hi_water._ Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 The one with Under Pressure on it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Mccartney II. i like the oddball nature of it. for the record i don't think Hot Space is as awful as it's reputation. i am liking it more and more these days. Mick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Mccartney II. i like the oddball nature of it. for the record i don't think Hot Space is as awful as it's reputation. i am liking it more and more these days. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Hot Space is flawed but isn't as bad as people say. It's better than The Miracle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 I'll say McCartney II is a thoroughly interesting album and it has many moments of brilliance. If it weren't for the fact that I'm such a die hard Queen fan I'd probably vote McCartney here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Paul. Eclectic. Underrated. Love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I'll say McCartney II is a thoroughly interesting album and it has many moments of brilliance. If it weren't for the fact that I'm such a die hard Queen fan I'd probably vote McCartney here. I think because I'm NOT a die hard fan, I don't really get the dislike for this album. It's era-appropriate, and it's not like Queen was AC/DC in terms of having a characteristic sound. I like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 On the poll, Macca is going to win most "fair" head to head matchups for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Paul. Eclectic. Underrated. Love it. http://youtu.be/iKEaX_BwegII believe one of the final songs BB King recorded was a cover of this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I like Hot Space, but I gotta go with McCartney II. Hot Space has five major songwriters contributing, McCartney II is one guy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 I like Hot Space, but I gotta go with McCartney II. Hot Space has five major songwriters contributing, McCartney II is one guy. That's a good point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 I'll say McCartney II is a thoroughly interesting album and it has many moments of brilliance. If it weren't for the fact that I'm such a die hard Queen fan I'd probably vote McCartney here. I think because I'm NOT a die hard fan, I don't really get the dislike for this album. It's era-appropriate, and it's not like Queen was AC/DC in terms of having a characteristic sound. I like it. I think part of what makes a lot of die hard fans cross is that for years Queen albums proudly boasted "no synthesizers" somewhere on the sleeve. That changed with The Game, but the synth use on The Game was so light and often primitive that it didn't really made a huge impact (aside from the cool spacey sound effects in Another One Bites The Dust and Play the Game). Also The Game is more or less an objectively better album than Hot Space and had two absolutely massive hit singles, so die hards couldn't really complain about the new synth use yet. However, when Hot Space came out and didn't do nearly as well on the charts or critically (aside from Under Pressure which was released prior and really has very little to do with the rest of the album), and especially when the first four tracks were all heavily synth focused, die hard fans found their voices and started complaining about it. That's my theory anyway. There's also just the fact that a number of the songs aren't up to Queen's usual quality level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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