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Track Listings
| 1. Mustapha |
| 2. Fat Bottomed Girls |
| 3. Jealousy |
| 4. Bicycle Race |
| 5. If You Can't Beat Them |
| 6. Let Me Entertain You |
| 7. Dead On Time |
| 8. In Only Seven Days |
| 9. Dreamer's Ball |
| 10. Fun It |
| 11. Leaving Home Ain't Easy |
| 12. Don't Stop Me Now |
| 13. More Of That Jazz |
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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First of all this not a 2008 digital remaster.Secondly it is a Japanese issue.Inside the ,admittedly, very good re-packaging is a leaflet on which you can find in very small letters that this is a 2001 digital remaster made by Raincloud Productions under exlusive licence to EMI.Now what counts is the sound in comparison to the 1994 digital remasters.The sound is audibly more clear and they have boosted the treble and bass which to some may seem a bit tiring as the cymbals ring around too prominently.So if you're not a very hot Queen fan skip this as it offers little more than the cheaper earlier remaster.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Jazz came out during the peak of punk, and showed that Queen had lost none of the pomp and bombast of their early days. This album saw them once again ploughing their uniqie furrow across a broad range of styles from hard rock through jazz and rock'n'roll to acoustic ballads. Opening with the ludicrous but oddly wonderful Mustapha, it is Freddie who dominates, his vocals soaring over all the album's best moments such as the stunning single Don't Stop Me Now and the cheeky (no pun intended) Fat Bottomed Girls. Throughout he is ably assisted by guitarist Brian May, whose liquid playing on the heavier Dead on Time and Let Me Entertain You are also high points. This album has often been overlooked by the public, perhaps overshadowed by the punk phenomenon - but also maybe because the production sounds slightly tinny compared with other, fuller Queen releases. That doesn't, however, disguise the quality of songs such as In Only Seven days and Leaving Home Ain't Easy - the latter being one of May's best, more poignant Queen moments. It's fair to say that drummer Roger Taylor's contributions towards the end of the album are not his best, and thus a star deducted. But this is still a record to come back to time and time again for sheer variety, slick musicianship - and breathtaking confidence! Great fun, and for all budding musos out there - the best inner sleeve ever!
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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I love this album! Has to be THE most overlooked Queen album! Remember when Queen albums sounded like they'd spent ages writing 'em and the songs weren't just bashed out on a synth? This is the last one! The ensuing 'Game' with its hollow sounding production (even 'Save Me' sounded washed-out compared to the single mix!)was for me, a massive let-down after Jazz and its predecessor, the titanic News of the World...
Anyway! What has Jazz got?-the lot! Great songs, great production (Roy Thomas Baker!) and the classic Queen quirkiness. 'Mustapha' starts off sounding like a 'Game' song, then Brian's gorgeous guitar comes crashing in and all fears are banished! Fat Bottomed Girls has extended May riffery transforming the track from its single incarnation to a self-respecting rocker. 'Jealousy' is a bit of vintage Mercury (RIP)swoonery..what a gorgeous song! At this point I must mention Deacon's 'In Only Seven Days'...surely the best and most poignant holiday romance song ever penned! Absolute perfection; rather than using synths, May orchestrates away in the background, Fred laments for all he is worth, and the final, 'Oh so sad, alone' lyric leaves you imagining the bereft vacationer's plight!A classic!
May is on form...'Dead on Time' Rocks! And this is the album with the seminal and wonderful 'Don't Stop Me Now'. Another classic.
'If You Can't Beat Them' is a melodic multi-layered Deacon-penned rocker with a brilliant phase-shifted outro section. 'Let Me Entertain You' is here too! Not to mention others such as the wistful 'Leaving Home Ain't Easy', a May corker with vintage lush-sounding Queen vocal harmonies. Wow. If you like Queen get this classic! I never could understand why this album has been so overlooked!
Anyway! What has Jazz got?-the lot! Great songs, great production (Roy Thomas Baker!) and the classic Queen quirkiness. 'Mustapha' starts off sounding like a 'Game' song, then Brian's gorgeous guitar comes crashing in and all fears are banished! Fat Bottomed Girls has extended May riffery transforming the track from its single incarnation to a self-respecting rocker. 'Jealousy' is a bit of vintage Mercury (RIP)swoonery..what a gorgeous song! At this point I must mention Deacon's 'In Only Seven Days'...surely the best and most poignant holiday romance song ever penned! Absolute perfection; rather than using synths, May orchestrates away in the background, Fred laments for all he is worth, and the final, 'Oh so sad, alone' lyric leaves you imagining the bereft vacationer's plight!A classic!
May is on form...'Dead on Time' Rocks! And this is the album with the seminal and wonderful 'Don't Stop Me Now'. Another classic.
'If You Can't Beat Them' is a melodic multi-layered Deacon-penned rocker with a brilliant phase-shifted outro section. 'Let Me Entertain You' is here too! Not to mention others such as the wistful 'Leaving Home Ain't Easy', a May corker with vintage lush-sounding Queen vocal harmonies. Wow. If you like Queen get this classic! I never could understand why this album has been so overlooked!
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Jazz you like it!
This is solid rock/art/fun/irony/weirdness/ centre point.This record was written and recorded QUICKLY in Montrauel between tours and has the feeling of spririt, determination,... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Nanny Greggy-Pooh
Can't believe some people think 'A Kind of Magic' is better than...
Every Queen album previous to this seemed to contain a 'rock classic'(Do hate that term) and it could be said that Jazz does not contain one great great song around which the rest... Read more
Published 19 months ago by I. P. J. Brayshaw
Pleased
I've got this on vynil and it was geat to get it on a c.d.
It was fast and efficient service and I would use them again.
It was fast and efficient service and I would use them again.
Published on 25 Aug 2009 by Mr. Michael R. Poole
Quick and good quality
The CD arrived very quickly and is of perfect quality. The last one to add to my Queen collection as this was always a bit pricey but this was good quality all round.
Published on 12 May 2009 by Dr. S. M. Oxendale
jazz
Possibly one of the best album's they ever made. Good heavy jazz/ rock throughout, good weird songs from Mercury, safe rock from Deacon, humourous silly stuff from Taylor and a few... Read more
Published on 20 April 2008 by O. Austin
JAZZ
Genius producer Roy Thomas Baker returns to twiddle the knobs on this seventh album by the greatest British band of the Seventies. Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2007 by Simon Broadley
Jazz is weird
Mixed reviews at the time and now. But, like its predecessor, News of the world, this album DOES have a few hidden and not so hidden gems. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2007 by JJ
Patchy 70s Queen album
Like many, I was disappointed when I first heard Jazz. It's not a total write-off but it seems a lot more inconsistent than their first 6 albums. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2007 by Mr. Jonathan Robin Oxley
Actually very good on recent listening...
I bought this album on vinyl in the 70s and was a bit taken aback by the funk and pop stylings, expecting more heavy rock a la Night at the Races. Read more
Published on 17 July 2007 by Mr. T. J. Leach
wheres the jazz?
although there is no jazz on show, slightly disappointing, tha album still rocks, with music from freddies background opening the album. Read more
Published on 18 May 2006 by bacon
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