Queen - Made in Heaven
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Music Reviews of Made in Heaven
Music Review: Freddie Mercury's posthumous release
Rating: 3 Stars
As one reviewer noted, this CD seems to be getting the "sympathy vote" from many Queen fanatics. While it is not up to the standards of Mercury's final recordings with Queen on "Innuendo," this posthumous release does have its moments. "It's a Beautiful Day" is a lovely opener -- very simple and life-affirming. "Let Me Live" and "Mother Love" are both strong. "A Winter's Tale" is another gem, with Freddie's voice adding layers of emotion to a fairly simple lyric. What drags this down a bit is the heavy use of synths, and the re-recording of previously released material. Also, there are no out-and-out rockers here, no attempts to explore different styles (a hallmark of the band). Had Freddie stayed around a while longer, this most certainly have been a stronger, more focused album. Not bad certainly, but it definitely feels half-finished. I would recommend it only for the true Queen fanatic.Music Review: Decent, but Innuendo was way better.
Rating: 4 Stars
I am well aware of the fact that a lot of Queen fans like this album the best. I disagree. First of all, not all of the stuff on here is new and newly recorded. I know that "My Life Has Been Saved" and "Heaven for Everyone" contain old vocals, NOT vocals that were recorded after Innuendo. My guess is that "Made In Heaven" (the song) has vocals that were recorded after Innuendo (Freddie's voice just sounds like that time period). My only complaint is that not all of the songs were "new," but the ones that were are right near there with Innuendo. "Mother Love" was the last song Freddie sang for the album, and at the end of the song, it plays clips of the band in concert (my guess is it's clips from Live At Wembley), as if his life is audibly flashing before our very ears. All in all, it is a nice album, just not the best.Music Review: we will miss you freddie
Rating: 5 Stars
"Made in heaven",last queen's studio album (and not accomplished at all) shows how much we will miss this band's music in our times.their mix of rock and pop with a bit of their own style sounds stunning especially on "You don't fool me" or title track.Freddie sounds amazing too althugh many of his unfinished vocal parts were sung by other members of the band (they don't sound bad luckily).the music is sometimes quite dark although Mercury had knew that he can do nothing about his sickness and it seems that he is in peace with world.lyrics are sometines desperate but many times Freddie tells us that he never gave up.that album is the prove of it.as their last album "Made in heaven" is truly representative and melancholic.a goodbye to musical bussines straight from other world.Freddie,we will miss you.and anyone who haven't heard it - buy it now!
Music Review: Try a little honesty for first time buyers/listeners
Rating: 1 Stars
I had to write a review after seeing this album receive the same average ratings as "classic" Queen albums. This was a bad album which has garnered the sympathy rating from folks. I have everything Queen ever put out and love most of their stuff but this should be down in the ratings along with Hot Space. This is a thrown together effort after Freddie passed away and it plays like a thrown together effort. Nothing flows, no real theme or continuity throughout. It would be nice for reviewers to be honest so that when I see a cd I haven't ever heard I would be able to read real reviews and not just gushing fans who would give 5 stars to anything their favorite bands put out. I sometimes can get a better feel for what folks think about a cd by looking at the used prices. If it was/is so great you wouldn't see a boat load of folks dumping it at a ridiculously low price.Music Review: Queen - Posthumus Release
Rating: 3 Stars
Although "Innuendo" was the last official Queen album, Freddie Mercury continued to record with the band right up until days before his death. In 1995 surviving band members Brian May, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor decided to finish up some these tracks and the release them as the album "Made In Heaven". A lot of the material here can be found on either Brian May, Freddie Mercury, or Roger Taylor solo albums, so much of this is not new. I think that nostalgia may paint this album as a bit better than it actually is. There are some good songs here and the music is good for the most part, but it does not flow together nearly as good as the best Queen albums, and had a definite pieced together feel to it. This is a decent enough album for the Queen fan, but like Led Zeppelin's "Coda" this was put together after the fact and to some extent it sounds like it.