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The Game by Queen

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Play the Game 3:33 308,346
2 Dragon Attack 4:19 59,904
3 Another One Bites the Dust 3:35 736,443
4 Need Your Loving Tonight 2:49 47,593
5 Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2:42 564,744
6 Rock It (Prime Jive) 4:33 34,385
7 Don't Try Suicide 3:52 43,956
8 Sail Away Sweet Sister 3:33 46,271
9 Coming Soon 2:50 39,595
10 Save Me 3:48 329,693
1 Save Me (Live In Montreal, November 1981) 4:17 375
2 A Human Body 3:43 2,237
3 Sail Away Sweet Sister (Take 1 With Guide Vocal) 2:32 466
4 It's A Beautiful Day (Original Spontaneous Idea, April 1980) 1:29 507
5 Dragon Attack (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl, June 1982) 5:15 320
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Hollywood Records (2011) Released: 13 Sep 2011 15 tracks (52:50)
The Game is a rock album by English band Queen released June 30, 1980. It was the only Queen album to reach the #1 position in both the United Kingdom and the United States and became Queen’s best selling studio album in the US with four million copies sold to date, tying News of the World’s US sales tally. Notable songs on the album include the bass driven “Another One Bites the Dust” and the rockabilly “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, both of which reached number 1 in the United States. The Game was the first Queen album to use a synthesizer (an Oberheim OB-X). The album’s working title was “Play the Game”, but Taylor voiced concern about its possible overtones of conformity, so it was changed to simply “The Game”.

Compared to previous Queen albums, the song arrangements are much simpler[2] (the album’s sound is more “pop rock” rather than the progressive/hard rock hybrids of Queen’s previous albums) but the album is responsible for propelling the band into global megastars.[3] Although the album was recorded over an 11-month period at separate sessions, the album is described as having a “slick cohesive feel” to it.[4] At approximately 35 minutes, The Game is the shortest of Queen’s studio albums.

Re-issued in May 2003 on DVD-Audio with Dolby 5.1 surround sound and DTS 5.1. The 5.1 mix of “Coming Soon” features an alternate backing track, because the final master tapes were not found when mixing the album to 5.1.
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  • maidenmetal1

    It is stange, how i've underrated this album so long. It is very good album with some fantastic songs

    January 2012

  • xpldng_hlcptr

    Simply a brilliant album. Queen at their best!

    January 2012

  • joshmattg

    Its amazing :O

    January 2012

  • natomissingsoul

    I don't like this album

    December 2011

  • beatles_1940

    the best is another one bites the dust

    October 2011

  • LeavinHere

    The tracks with the most plays are on the Greatest Hits compilation... The Game has always been one of my favourite Queen albums, solid throughout with some great album track gems!!

    June 2011

  • NoahIsCool

    Play The Game is really haunting and pretty good. I have no idea how Save Me has more plays. Most of the album is very solid, maybe my favorite of the 80s.

    May 2011

  • guvadela

    Great Album ... - Sail away sweet sister

    July 2010

  • BeetleJuice1993

    So this is where the game began.

    March 2010

  • aineb

    Great

    March 2010

  • Dorrri

    really great album I love every song from this album ;) amazing

    March 2010

  • Envido32

    I lost again :-(

    October 2009

  • javier0889

    One of my top 5 Queen records

    October 2009

  • szafi19

    I like every track on this album especially these criminally underplayed ones...

    September 2009

  • djkerrrrr

    I got to play "Don't Try Suicide" with my first band on our first gig, 15 years ago at the American University in Cairo. I am pretty sure we butchered it :-)

    August 2009

  • zoraxx

    "Sail away sweet sister" oh Freddie's just awesome on this track.

    July 2009

  • Tiago_Lima

    Great album!!

    March 2009

  • javier0889

    Greeeeat!

    February 2009

  • Breakjim

    Cool

    January 2009

  • ArekkerA

    My fav album! It's really hard to say how much I like it... Such songs like "Need your loving tonight" "Don't try suicide" or "Sail away sweet sister" really chills me outBTW Freddie said that it's his fav too :)

    December 2008
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