Product Description

Following up the most idiosyncratic album of their career (JAZZ), Queen makes the transition here from weird pomp-rock band to weird pop band, marking a new musical direction for their '80s output. The major development here is the incorporation of funk into Queen's already-broad stylistic pallete.The mega-hit "Another One Bites the Dust" is based around an irresistibly funky bass riff that would be sampled by countless rappers over the next two decades. "Dragon Attack" mixes the funk quotient with some fiery guitar heroics from Brian May.
The pure pop aspect of Queen's music blossoms into full flower as well. "Need Your Loving" could be a Badfinger or Records out-take. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" predates (at least in the U.S.) the Stray Cats-led rockabilly revival of the early '80s. There are hints of late-period ELOon "Coming Soon". On "Rock It" the band shows that they still know how to pull out all the rock & roll stops. THE GAME is arguably Queen's most artistically successful, fully realised work.
THE GAME found Queen at the top of their craftand the top of the charts, with two number-1 singles ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and the Chic-inspired "Another One Bites The Dust"). It also featured the first appearance of a synthesizer on a Queen album.

Track Listing

1. Play The Game
2. Dragon Attack
3. Another One Bites The Dust
4. Need Your Lovin' Tonight
5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
6. Rock It (Prime Jive)
7. Don't Try Suicide
8. Sail Away Sweet Sister
9. Coming Soon
10. Save Me

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3860 in Music
• Released on: 1994-02-07
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Impressive
A transitional album between the inconsistent Jazz and the Poppy Funk/Dance experiment Hot Space, The Game is a truly impressive transition which took Queen into their most popular, but what some would claim their worst, period of music- The 80's! Starting off with the beautiful piano ballard Play The Game, and then leading onto the catchy Funk Rock of Dragon Attack, next comes one of Queen's most famous songs, the dance funk Another One Bites The Dust. You'll love or hate this track. Need Your Loving Tonight is quite average, but is a good power ballard for what it's worth. The Rock 'n Roll of Crazy Little Thing Called never grows old and is another impressive step for the Game. Rock It is a very basic rockability track, followed by Mercury's regular Dont Try Suicide. Brian May's emotive Sail Away Sweet Sister is next with beautiful lead vocals from May, with Roger Taylor's pop rocker Coming Soon next up. The album ends beautifully with the tranquil Power Rock Ballard, and ends this impressive album on a very high note.

THE Game....
A very close second in my opinion to the overblown majesty of A Day At The Races, The Game (the first Queen album I bought) is an amazing piece of art, and an amazing rock album. From the synth driven intro to Play the Game, to that infitesimal pause in Save Me, the whole album oozes class.

Another One Bites the Dust pounds your guts, Dragon Attack causes serious guitar mayhem, Crazy Little Thing Called Love is a great copy of the 1950s and early 60s Elvis... and then Don't Try Suicide laughs in the face of stupidity in this life. Save Me, a surprisingly heavy sound for this album is also an emotional tour de force. Its just a shame that the funky first side seems to get so much more mention than the second part, of what is, in my opinion an outstanding rock album.

Don't take it from me... buy it. Play it LOUD. Tell the neighbours that the busted wall and windows were worth it!!!

Great way to follow up from Jazz!
A short and sweet album, The Game has got to be one of my favorate albums. The first track is the perfect way to introduce the album, although the next track Dragon Attack is nothing more than Brian's version of John's Another One Bites The Dust. Some of the songs on the album are weak, like Sail Away Sweet Sister, which is slow and by far one of the worst tracks Brian May ever wrote. Some real classics appear on the album such as Play The Game, Antoher One Bites The Dust, Crazy Little Thing Called Love and the best track from the album, Save Me. This is really the last 'classic Queen' album, but what follows is just as good as this great album!