Queen - Jazz

Jeez, that was quite the post wasn't it, Dark Side is such an amazing album. Anyway, welcome back to my blog. Today, we are going to be reviewing Jazz.

We start the album with Mustapha. The song's lyrics are actually just Arab-Persian gibberish. The song starts quiet, but suddenly erupts in volume and brings in the classic Brian May guitar. A pretty good start to the album.

Fat Bottomed Girls. Need I say more?

Jealousy was a slow song, which somehow sounds just like the emotion, in my opinion at least.

I WANT TO RIDE MY BICYCLE

If You Can't Beat Them is your standard Queen style hard rock song. That's it.

Let Me Entertain You was OK. The vocals were OK, and the guitar performance was great, but it didn't really impress me.

Dead On Time sounded just like Brighton Rock, and given how much I love that song, it's only right that this song is just as good. The guitar on this song is just so yes, and I don't mean that as in the band. It just sounded great!

In Only Seven Days was an OK song. This song was just forgettable. Not bad, but forgettable.

Dreamer's Ball has very clear Elvis influences, and given the fact that this is a tribute to him, it's only understood. The guitarwork on this song was also great.

Fun It was a mediocre track. Did not fit at all with the rest of the album. It was not catchy and the disco vibe just did not have it's place on the record.

Leaving Home Ain't Easy was a simple guitar ballad. Mr. Brian May has some very nice vocals.

d o n ' t   s t o p   m e   n o w .

Sadly, we end the album on a bit of a sour note. More Of That Jazz was rather bad. I think don't like Mr. Roger Taylor's songs in general.

The album had some nice songs, but it felt a bit empty, like Meddle without Echoes. Good, but not the best.

Favourite tracks: Fat Bottomed Girls, Jealousy, Bicycle Race, Dead On Time, Dreamer's Ball, Leaving Home Ain't Easy, Don't Stop Me Now;
Score: 7/10

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