Do you ever miss the care-free days of your childhood? I do. A lot. I remember not having any responsibility and being naive enough to not want it either. I miss not having to wash dishes, fold laundry and pay insurance bills. I miss watching Disney show mash-ups like That's so sweet life of Hannah Montana with my best friends. And I miss when my hardest homework assignments involved colouring pencils. As a result of these feelings of nostalgia, we are throwing it back to before any of us were born for this week's album review.

 

Queen, the band of the 80s, is the subject of this week's INTERNal News. The band was originally named Smile at its inception in 1968 and included only a bassist and the current guitarist. Later, when lead singer Freddie Mercury took the helm they changed their name to Queen in 1970 and had their first gig under this name in July of that same year. The final members of the band would become Freddie Mercury (singer), Brian May (keyboard), John Deacon (guitar) and Roger Taylor (drums). A few years later in 1973, they would sign a recording contract with Trident/EMI.  Fast forward to 1980 and we are in the release year of this week's album of focus, The Game. With a couple of hits that are still well-known today, their eighth studio album would become their only album to ever take the top spot in the US.

 

Popular culture phenomenons from this album include "another one bites the dust" and "crazy little thing called love" written by Deacon and Mercury respectively. These songs bring the album average of the album up to a 3 out of 5 stars. The songs on this record are mostly hit-or-miss, one big miss being "don't try suicide". While most of the album is bearable, and a couple non-hits are even enjoyable, this genre is outside of my typical scope of music. I do urge you to listen to this album with an open mind, however, as I am sure I do not have the same taste as any one person.

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