The group also employed some pop sub-genres to their tradition “classic rock” core, with elements of new wave and disco spread throughout this record. Guitarist Brian May stated that the band was “trying to get outside what was normal” and Mack’s recording approach was different than what they had done through their first seven studio albums. This album marked the first time that Queen used a synthesizer, a practice they would adopt through most of their later work. Four of the tracks were recorded during the summer of 1979, with the remaining six being produced nearly a year later in early 1980. Later that year, the group participated in Paul McCartney’s Concert for the People of Kampuchea, with a live rendition of their 1974 track “Now I’m Here”, being featured on the subsequent album.Ĭo-produced by Reinhold Mack at his studio in Munich, The Game was recorded during two distinct phases. After another large world tour, the group released their first live album, the double-platinum selling, Live Killers, in 1979. They followed this up with the recording and release of the album Jazz, which reached the Top Ten in the US. Queen rode the success of News of the World into a huge world tour in late 1977 and early 1978. The songwriting on this album is very spread out and diversified, with all songs written individually by band members and each of the four members writing at least two tracks each on this ten track album, which is solid throughout and contains no real weak tracks or filler material. This was the only album by the band to reach the top of the charts in America and it eventually surpassed 1977’s, News of the World, as Queen’s top seller with over four million copies distributed. with the 1980 release of their eighth studio album, The Game.
Queen reached their commercial peak in the U.S.A.
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