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LIVE AT WEMBLEY '86

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Palmer@hotmai
5 stars O.K., the starting of this album it's very good because they don't introduce themselves when starting the show, you can here a pre-recorded intro and they just start playing One vision.Them there are some hits of their old albums, then a mix of the old hits and new songs.This was an incredible DISK 1. Disc two features "Love of my life" played with 12-string guitar, and it sounds very good. Then, it comes "Is this the world we created?" which is played with 6-string acustic guitar. Later, Queen play some songs from the 50s and the 60s, just for fun, such as:"Hello MaryLou" by Gene Pitney, "Tutti-Frutti", and "Gimme some Lovin'". The next song is "Bohemian Rhapsody" , it's very well played, and it sounds quite different to the original. The "I see a little(...)Mama mía, Mama mía let me go(...)" is pre-recorded.It's a pitty that they didn't play that section live, but it's good track, anyway. "Hammer to fall" sounds really rocking and you can hear additional keyboards and guitar by Spike Edney, a touring guest. "Crazy little thing called love" is quite longer than the original. Freddie plays an electric guitar, here. Brian plays an acustic guitar, then he grabs an electric one for the solo, and, finally the usual elctric guitar for the final section, which is longer than the original. Then they play a song of the 60s, "Big Spender". Radio Ga-Ga is quite similar to the original, with additional keyboards by Spike. We will rock you has an introduction, which can't be heard on the original. The drums sound is different here. It loses all that hand-clap- like sound , but is replaced by reverb on the drums. "Friends will be friends" is much shorter than the original. "We are the Champions" sounds very powerful, and they get crazy in the end with a really stretched ending, making the song last 4 minutes. Finally, you can hear the tape-recording of "God Save the Queen", as usual. This is maybe the best live recording I've ever heard of Queen. If you want to get a good collection of Queen songs, do not get the "Greatest hits", get this one instead. Having this, you'll have an excellent collection of their songs and LIVE! Another option, is to get "Live Killers", another great "live gratest hits".

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Posted Monday, November 7, 2005 | Review Permalink
Kord
4 stars I don't like Queen but I must admitt this album is one of the greatest live ever (with Live at Leeds by the Who and Made in Japan by Deep Purple). The band plays all his famous songs and in facts it could also be a "Greatest Live hits". Nothing 'proggy' in this work, whole songs are rock and pop ones, but it is not bad, after all..
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clarke2001
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3 stars After an excellent live document from the 70s ("Live Killers") and forgettable live-patchwork from 1986 ("Live Magic"), this one is a real refreshment, actually the first proper official issue of QUEEN concert in the 80's (I'm not counting video publications such are "Live In Rio" and Live Budapest").

Thia is a good one, undoubtedly. The overall sound is very raw (despite the omnipresent sound of keyboards played by Spike Edney, QUEEN's "fifth member"). The songs are unpolished and "naked" - although the overall sound quality is on a very high level. Despite the stigma of the 80's sound, QUEEN still rocks on this one.

The interesting thing about this live issue is inclusion of 50s and 60s rock and soul hits such are "Big Spender", "Tutti Frutti", "Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)", "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "(You're So Square) Baby I don't Care"...showing as the origins of QUEEN taste.

"In The Lap Of The Gods" (from "Sheer Heart Attack" album) and "Tear It Up" (from "The Works") are the two tracks that are not so usual in QUEEN's live catalogue, both on hard-rock edge, the last one utilising zeppelinesque, almost heavy metal intro: a real refreshment among all the common hits. By the way, musicianship is top-notch, and one of the best things about this CD is the atmosphere itself. The live documents that are able to represent the feel of the show and how audience felt are not very common. This is the reason why this CD is ranking higher than most of the live records around.

From progressive rock purist's point of vie there's not much appealing here. Of course, here's unavoidable "Bohemian Rhapsody". "Brighton Rock Solo" is excellent us usual, and it's well worth giving a spin. "Impromptu" is nice two-minute improvisation with slight jazzy overtones, and that's about it.

This document is more than very good; it's excellent. However, there is no prog, so I will go for three stars.

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Posted Monday, December 11, 2006 | Review Permalink
Marty McFly
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5 stars Of course that 5 star rating. But when comparing this to normal prog, the situation would be very different (3-4). But when rating "related" things, I tend to rate them simply as "rock music", nothing more.

And as rock, this is one of the best examples. I always admired British classical rock bands and amongst them, Queen is probably my most favourite. I remember, when I was 13 years old and discovered them, I used to play "the best of" CD over and over again, endlessly. And because I still feel that these songs (which are mostly here, after all, it's spectacular live). The problem is that with these well known songs. I know them so much that others (those I know "just" for about 2-3 years aren't so good. But they are, one simply can't be so pricky). This is rocking album and Queen surely rocks. And here, this is their best live album my opinion.

5(-), you know, these certain songs.

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