Which one the most desperate attempts by Queen band album to sell out

Hot Space – Queen

Throughout their history, Queen were nothing if not great businessmen when it came to their music. They were always willing to experiment with different sounds and work with new ideas, but if something made a lot of money, it wasn’t hard for it to find its way onto one of their records. And since ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ gave them one of the greatest hits of their career, what would an album sound like if it were nothing but that one song extended for an entire album?

While no album with a song like ‘Under Pressure’ on it could be considered all bad, it’s clear that their David Bowie collaboration only existed as a bonus track for the fans. Because on the rest of the album, we are treated to some of Freddie Mercury’s most lacklustre melodies and tunes that might have made for easy background fodder at Studio 54 when the rest of the dancers got a drink.

Songs like ‘Back Chat’ might work well enough, but the heart of the album is far too flimsy for them to make any reasonably good hook out of. Queen might be willing to experiment at every chance they get, but no band is perfect, and judging by what turned up on Hot Space, it was clear that they either needed a break from each other or a bit of a course correction before giving their fans The Works.