Tracklist:1. Flash
2. The Hero
3. We Will Rock You [Fast]
4. Action This Day
5. Play the Game
6. Staying Power
7. Somebody to Love
8. Now I'm Here
9. Dragon Attack
10. Now I'm Here (Reprise)
11. Love of my Life
12. Save Me
13. Back Chat
1. Get Down, Make Love
2. Guitar Solo
3. Under Pressure
4. Fat Bottomed Girls
5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
6. Bohemian Rhapsody
7. Tie Your Mother Down
8. Another One Bites the Dust
9. Sheer Heart Attack
10. We Will Rock You
11. We are the Champions
12. God Save the Queen
Queen on Fire – 8,7/10
Hot Space is truly one of the oddest Queen albums and is not mixable with the other studio releases because it’s so different. This album, recorded on the Hot Space tour, shows us that these songs always sounded better in live. There’s still difference with the old songs of course, but they mix remarkably well with the older material. Apart from that the live album is filled with all the energy and games a real Queen concert must’ve had.
The crowd goes insane as the band finally enters with opening track “The Hero”, thereby concluding their Flash Gordon intro suite and they pump some adrenaline with the fast version “We Will Rock You”, which just never looses its power. There are the necessary Space-songs like “Action This Day” that are sounding surprisingly better with the louder guitars and the acoustic drums. The ambience is unbelievable on this album with Freddie Mercury making the listener of this concert feel as if he were there with his eyes closed. His games with the crowd are also never getting old. The setlist is also quite refreshing with more older songs included than on Live at Wembley ’86, like “Fat Bottomed Girls”, with the great harmonies of the Queen choir being great as well live, “Play the Game”, “Somebody to Love” and “Save Me”. To my regret “Get Down, Make Love” seemed to be a live favorite in those days, but it’s at least fun to hear the audience go crazy at the sounding of John Deacon’s famous bass notes.
Not much can be said about this album, except that it’s a great live album and once again shows that Queen is one of the greatest live bands ever. This live album especially is great because it finally contains more than just one song from Hot Space. I will highly recommend this album to every Queen fan; it is essential to your live collection.
Highlights: “We Will Rock You [Fast]”, “Staying Power”, “Fat Bottomed Girls” and "Somebody to Love".
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