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Episode 55 covers the thirteenth Queen studio album, 1989’s “The Miracle.” Considered by some to be one of the two best 80s Queen albums (along with The Game), would you agree? Mark, Kevin, Alex, and Chris take you on a historical journey surrounding the album as well as share our favorites and not-so favorites from the record. We go on a deep dive track-by-track listen of this rock album as well as share personal stories of discovering Queen’s thirteenth studio album “The Miracle.”
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Quick Reviews
Mark Moments where you say, “They found it” and moments where you wonder why they went back to 1982. However, does have my second favorite Queen song.
Chris Not a huge fan of them throwing all the effects and seeing what sticks, however some of the songs ended up making it into my head.
Alex Great production sonically speaking and some of these songs humor me in a good way but def some dated sounds here especially for 1989.
Kevin Not again…yes, again. 4 songs I like = 4/10. The consistency just isn’t there unfortunately.
Love It or Flush It
| M | C | A | K | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Party" | 2:24 | T | F | F | F | |
| 2 | "Khashoggi's Ship" | 2:47 | F | F | F | F | |
| 3 | "The Miracle" | 5:02 | F | L | L | F | |
| 4 | "I Want It All" | 4:41 | L | L | L | L | |
| 5 | "The Invisible Man" | 3:55 | F | L | B | L | |
| 6 | "Breakthru" | 4:07 | F | F | L | F | |
| 7 | "Rain Must Fall" | 4:20 | F | T | T | T | |
| 8 | "Scandal" | 4:42 | L | L | L | B | |
| 9 | "My Baby Does Me" | 3:22 | L | F | F | F | |
| 10 | "Was It All Worth It" | 5:45 | B | B | L | B |
Love It or Flush It Legend
L = Love. As many as you like.
F = Flush. Must flush at least one track per album.
B = Buy. Purchased for the ultimate LTS “Best Of” playlist for each of us. One per album.
T = Terminate. Should have never even existed. One per album.
The Rules
Each of us must Love, Flush, Buy, and Terminate AT LEAST ONE track on an album, no matter how great or terrible the album is. Whoever wins the “7 for the Buy” section gets an extra Buy or Terminate to use on the album. Because Chris hosts this section and thus cannot win, he gets an extra Buy or Terminate every 4 albums.
Album Information
The Miracle is the thirteenth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 22 May 1989 by Capitol Records in the United States and by Parlophone Records in the United Kingdom, where it was the band’s first studio album to be released on that label. The album was recorded as the band recovered from Brian May‘s marital problems and Freddie Mercury‘s AIDS diagnosis in 1987 (which was known to the band, though not publicised at the time). Recording started in January 1988 and lasted for an entire year. The album was originally going to be called The Invisible Men, but three weeks before the release, according to Roger Taylor, they decided to change the name to The Miracle. It was also the last Queen album with a photo of the band on the front cover.
The album reached number one in the UK, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and number 24 on the US Billboard 200 chart. AllMusic would name The Miracle as Queen’s best album of the 1980s, along with The Game.[1] It would prove to be the band’s penultimate album to be recorded with Freddie Mercury, as he died on 24 November 1991, nine months after their next album, Innuendo, was released.
