Classic album, can't believe I hadn't listened before. Can definitely tell that it was co-produced by David Bowie, what a great musical team up! Love the songs 'Tonight' and 'Success', had of course listened to 'The Passenger' before but just hadn't realised it so that was a surprise. Overall a very cool listening experience for my first generated album!
Loved this album (obviously). 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is on this record, therefore it will receive an instant five stars, which needs no further explanation. However, aside from the aforementioned song and 'Love of my life' and 'You're my best friend', I hadn't listened to the others before with much intent. I was especially surprised by 'Death on two legs' which I will be adding to my regular Queen listening repertoire. Honorable mention for 'I'm in love with my car' which I thought was hilarious, and 'Seaside rendezvous' for the mock instrumental bridge with Taylor's impression of a kazoo. Every song on this album is intentional in its production and musicality, the experimental sound is SO cool, and an excellent example of why Queen really are the best rock band to ever exist.
While I am readily open to listening to genres of music that I would not necessarily listen to on the regular, I feel that with the jazz/afrobeat fusion type music that Zombie by Fela Kuti is, one has to be in a particular mood to engage. That said, I gave it as much of a listen as I could and what I did listen to was pretty cool and opened my eyes to this kind of music. Not my usual style, but in no way am I opposed to putting this on when the situation calls for it.
First thing I noticed was the front woman who is in that one episode of Friends HAHA. I like this kind of music for sure, reminds me of my '10 Things I Hate About You' era when I listened to this kind of music. Chrissie Hynde has a really cool vocal sound; I would definitely go back and listen to this album more.
I actually can't believe I hadn't listened to this album in full before. I loved it, its exactly the kind of music I could listen to whenever, and it reminded me of Xavier which was sweet!
On first listen I must admit I am not the biggest fan of their overall sound, it's very similar to some of The Beatles' stuff and I don't love the "clanging" kind of percussive overstimulation that this era of music sometimes produced. That said, there are some stand out songs like the title track 'My Generation', which I had listened to before.
'Sunshine of your love' is a great track, it's on one of my playlists already. I am a fan of this album and Cream in general; I love the guitar heavy, hippie vibe. The final track 'Mothers Lament' is a really fun way to end the album!
