Innuendo - Queen

This album is what I would call the finale when it comes to Queen. Over two decades Queen had continued to make music that was loved by more or less everyone, whatever the age, whether it be older people, people of the same era, or younger people that found themselves bought up with them. Freddie Mercury, the lead singer, real name Farook Bulsara, was Persian, something that not many people were aware of, the were aware that he wasn't English but not familiar with his real nationality. Living life to max as every rock star should, it became evident during the late eighties that Freddie Mercury was not well and speculations began as too what was wrong with him. ...

This last album from the full line up of Queen was a remarkable album when one considers Freddie Mercury was dying. The lyics of the various tracks all testify to a different way of feeling and all demand a closer inspection. "I'm going slighty mad" must have been Freddie's humor coming through in spite of his difficulties and "These are the days of our lives" sum up what many people must feel when faced with the end. The most moving track for me must be "The show must go on", the power of Mercury's voice hides his frailty - yet on listening to the song, it never fails to give me goose bumps when I listen to the power behind the ...

Before I tell you about the music on album, there are a few things you must bear in mind. One, this was Queen’s last album, and by the time it was released, they were known throughout the world. Two, Freddie Mercury by this time was very ill with AIDS, and he died soon after its release. The music on this album, like most Queen material, varies an awful lot. There is the “slightly” comic and amusing ‘Slightly Mad’, the rock of ‘Headlong’, and the different styles within the song ‘Innuendo’ also vary. It goes from the usual Queen rock to a Spanish guitar solo. This is the last Queen album, and possibly the best. ...