Hot Space

by Queen

Hot Space cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 May 1982
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 43:34
  • Community rating: 2.67/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Roger Taylor, Brian May, John Deacon

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Hot off the monumental success of 'Another One Bites the Dust', Queen took a polarizing, synth-heavy detour into dance-pop and electro-disco. Stripped of Brian May's layered guitars, 'Hot Space' heavily emphasizes drum machines and funky, rhythmic basslines, standing as a deeply playful, sexually charged experiment in club-oriented hedonism.

Genres

Descriptors: arena rock, dance, hedonism, male-vocalist, melodic, party, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Staying Power (4:12)
  2. Dancer (3:50)
  3. Back Chat (4:35)
  4. Body Language (4:31)
  5. Action This Day (3:34)
  6. Put Out The Fire (3:18)
  7. Life Is Real (Song For Lennon) (3:31)
  8. Calling All Girls (3:51)
  9. Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) (4:31)
  10. Cool Cat (3:29)
  11. Under Pressure (4:08)

Credits

  • Queen - primary artist, producer, written-by, producer, performer
  • John Barr - artwork
  • Norm Ung - artwork
  • Steve Miller - artwork
  • Freddie Mercury - design concept [album package], written-by
  • Nick Webb - lacquer cut by
  • George Marino - lacquer cut by [cut by]
  • Mack - lacquer cut by [cut by], producer
  • Simon Fowler - photography by [inner sleeve]
  • Arif Mardin - arranged by [horns]
  • Brian May - written-by
  • John Deacon - written-by
  • Roger Taylor - written-by
  • David Bowie - written-by, producer, performer

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