Jazz is a Rock album by Queen, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 374 pressings tracked, owned by 83 collectors.
About
Queen’s run in the mid- to late-1970s was so triumphant—with hit albums like <i>A Night at the Opera</i>, <i>A Day at the Races</i>, and <i>News of the World</i> arriving at a near-frantic pace—that it’s easy to forget about 1978’s <i>Jazz</i>. Some fans still regard the album as minor, and they’re not entirely wrong. But when you’re talking about a band as self-consciously huge as Queen, a little minor music is a relief, especially when it’s full of the winking humor found in <i>Jazz</i>’s early singles: “Fat Bottomed Girls” is a satire of the misogynistic groupie-virgin-nymphette fantasies of 1970s rock (or, at least, a more body-positive version of it). “Bicycle Race,” meanwhile, is simply about how good it feels to ride bike. And “Don’t Stop Me Now” is a tribute to the moments in life when you feel so happy and stupid that the rest of the world ceases to exist. (It’s also Mercury at his campiest and most inspiringly gay: He’s burning through the sky at 200 degrees—call him Mister Fahrenheit!) .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Mustapha2:59
- A2Fat Bottomed Girls4:15
- A3Jealousy3:08
- A4Bicycle Race3:00
- A5If You Can't Beat Them4:15
- A6Let Me Entertain You3:02
Side B
- B1Dead On Time3:22
- B2In Only Seven Days2:28
- B3Dreamers Ball3:29
- B4Fun It3:30
- B5Leaving Home Ain't Easy3:14
- B6Don't Stop Me Now3:29
- B7More Of That Jazz4:16
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- layered
- playful
- theatrical
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Brian MayACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR GUITAR , VOCALS
- Freddie MercuryLEAD VOCALS, PIANO PIANO PIANO , VOCALS
- John DeaconBASS BASS GUITAR VOCALS
- Joshua J. MacraeBASS DRUM SUPERVISED BY , BASS DRUM TECHNICIAN , BASS DRUM
- QueenARRANGED BY, WRITTEN-BY, PERFORMER ARRANGED BY, WRITTEN-BY, PERFORMER , MANAGEMENT , DESIGN CONCEPT MANAGEMENT, WRITTEN BY, ARRANGED BY, PERFORMER
- Roger TaylorDRUM, PERCUSSION, CHOIR DRUMS, VOCALS PERCUSSION
83 collectors on Gatefold own this · 374 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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