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The Game

"This album includes the first appearance of a Synthesizer (an Oberheim OBX) on a Queen album."

"The Game" is sometimes mentioned as their greatest success, especially in the USA with 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' released way ahead of the album, toping the charts in many countries including USA( for 4 weeks), and N0 2 in the UK, and latter 'Another One Bites The Dust' that was N01 in USA simultaneously in Rock, Soul and Disco. Only N07 in the UK. Their greatest world-wide selling single. The album went five times platinum in Canada alone, and was N01 in many countries.

UK Release Date: 30 June 1980
US Release Date: 30 June 1980
UK Chart Info: 1 (18 weeks on chart) - Gold
US Chart Info: 1 (43 weeks on chart) - Platinum
Japanese Chart Info: 5 (17 weeks on chart)
 

1. Play The Game [3:30]
2. Dragon Attack [4:18]
3. Another One Bites The Dust [3:35]
4. Need Your Loving Tonight [2:48]
5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love [2:44]
6. Rock It (Prime Jive) [4:31]
7. Don't Try Suicide [3:52]
8. Sail Away Sweet Sister (to the sister I never had) [3:32]
9. Coming Soon [2:50]
10. Save Me [3:48]


Recorded June/July 1979 and February to May 1980 at Musicland Studios
Produced by Queen and Mack
Engineered by Mack
Cover Concept by Queen

This is the first Queen album from my collection( actually an LP from my father's collection) - after it I was hocked on....

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