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Serial:
  UIGY-9518
Title:
  Queen: Flash Gordon
Description:
  "Flash Gordon"

Queen
Track listing:
 
Genre:
  Pop/Rock
Content:
  Stereo
Media:
  Single Layer
Recording type:
 
Recording info:
 

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Review by alan1074 July 11, 2012 (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
Sonics:
When the film "Flash Gordon" was released, I was still at Primary School. I adored the movie though, and it was my first real introduction to the music of Queen, via the soundtrack and the top 10 single, which I had on 7".

For that reason it was one of the first Queen albums I ever owned and one of the inital batch of Queen SACDs I have purchased. Having been through 4 Queen SACDs now, sound-wise I have found it the weakest. I haven't bought the 2011 CD re-issues so I can't compare it to those, but I expect there is little difference between the two.

I had high hopes for the opening track "Flash's Theme", but found it to be somewhat veiled and lifeless, without the usual presence I expect from an SACD. Maybe everyone had popped to the pub when it was being given the SACD treatment. Things began to improve a little after, and "Football Fight" had a bit more life to it. The tracks with synthetic sound effects demonstrated a decent level of presence, and "The Kiss" showcases the musicality of Freddie's voice beautifully, but nothing on the CD really made me sit up and think "wow", that was £45 well spent. Indeed the only other vocal track, "The Hero" doesn't sound much better than "Flash", and I would imagine that for Queen collectors, it is really those two tracks that will inspire purchase.

For the price, I would say there isn't really enough here to warrant a repeat purchase of the album for your collection, unless you are a completist. You would probably be better waiting for "Greatest Hits" to be issued on SACD which contains the superior single mix of "Flash".

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Review by Marpow October 23, 2014 (0 of 2 found this review helpful)
Performance:   Sonics:
Queen's Flash Gordon, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack SHM SACD Stereo Only.

This 2011 remaster of original 1980 recording is a novelty disc at best. Fun to hear the soundtrack with clips of movie audio dialogue here and there, lots of synth and laser sounds and of course the Queens single of Flash Gordon.

This SHM SACD to my surprise is not really that good. A little flat, balance is a tiny bit left sided, sounds do whip back and forth between speakers. I had to turn up my sub to get the feel I wanted to.

Packaging is plastic square cornered jewel case, disc does have the top side with the Japanese special green ink called Onsho Shiyou. Small mini booklet that does have remaster credits, etc.

There are 18 tracks on disc, with two of them being actual songs with Lyrics.

Fun little novelty disc but I certainly won't wear it out.

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