Queen – Jazz

I bought this pressing used on Feb 28, 1987! (Written on the inside!) it still sounds great. Loud and clear. It’s an aggressive album in some ways. Punk had an effect on Queen no doubt! I also have 1986 CD which sounds great too. I’ve the 1994 DMS, 2004 Japan mini LP, 2011 Ludwig CD and 2019 pink pressing which is the same as the 1/2 speed pressings from 2015. The pink is solid and different to the complete studio box set which is translucent pink!

Does anyone has lyrics poster? I’d wanna have a scan of copy

Shows how good these pressings are. My copy is a G+ at best, and you know what!? It still sounds great!

This album marks the end of identitary certainty for Queen, who for the last time employs on a lp full-lenght its consolidate, distinguished art and pomp rock. The '70s are almost done and the band is engaged in the fiscal consolidation and capital solidity of the Queen company, arguing over money and royalties distribution, causing a state of resentment and egoism that proves hard the cohesion of the band. Furthermore the "Jazz" album is designed after the proclaimed war to the band carried out by the music press, which never digested (with a pinnacle of dislike in the punk vogue) the bombastic self-assured sound of Queen and will literally burn the new album at the stake, criticizing everything in it, starting from what they though was immodest in the lp's very title. Actually, "Jazz" is intended not as the musical genre but as 'frivolous chatter', because that's what Queen music is, pure entertainment with no purpose for political or social dictations. That said, this record intrigues and surprises in its rich diversion of moods and styles, where Queen tries even more uncharted musical territories and once again make them its, coded through its unique canon. The album is even a step ahead of the previous "News of the world", because renewing es through awereness of what the band can fill in the gap of the post-Beatles vacancy without neglecting to be these accurate artisans in rock music, and not abruptly cutting down its arrangements to pretend to sound "modern" or "fresher". The beginning is disorienting with the middle eastern parody/hard rock stomper pastiche "Mustapha", in which, for just one moment, Freddie recalls his ethnic origins singing in Parsi. That's followed, at the very opposite of the album spectrum, by the one-piece westerner "Fat Bottomed Girl" in which May praises joys, virtues and generosity of these devoted groupies as opposed to the regular business-minded prostitutes met during tours.
"Jealousy" is a crepuscolar moment in the series of Freddie's old-fashioned piano ballads, with a surgical bass line by Deacon and a sitar-fake fill by May. The album highlight is the Mercury penned "Bicycle race", Queen's big last art rock anthem. Then comes a hard rock trio, from the gallant AOR-ish "If You Can’t Beat Them" about the music business machinations (Deacon's most rocking track), to the menaceful menu of "Let me entertain you" in which Mercury pours all his cockiness, to the guitar acrobatics of May's tour de force "Dead on time" where you can feel the confrontation versus the debuting axe shredder funambulist Eddie Van Halen. Quality begins to falter with the next picks, "In Only Seven Days", a quite cheesy Deacon's ballad, the likewise mild and innoxious "Dreamer’s Ball" (a tepid tribute to Elvis Presley, who died the year before this record) and the horrific Taylor's disco funk junk "Fun It", precognitive of Queen's future out-of-rock offerings. "Leaving Home Ain’t Easy" is a decent ballad sung by Brian with a nice run-up climax and a cinematic tempo, while "Don’t Stop Me Now" is an enthusiastic self-celebration of vitality from Mercury that quite reveals the singer's recklessness. The final track sums up all the album 'chattings', with the same collage technique Elton John used on his debut album "Empty sky". 4/5.

Original unabridged version of Fat Bottomed Girls. say no more

This is one of the Queen albums that I really prefer owning as an original UK pressing. I like some of the 2015 remasters but this version of Jazz has much more dynamics and organic sound compared to 2015 remastered version.

I like koko vinýyli.. parasta antia.. 5/5 niinku niilo sanois.. ei moitittavaa

My second favourite Queen album after Queen II. Great range of songs on it including two of my most loved Brian songs, Dead On Time and Leaving Home. I even don’t mind Fun It when I’m in the right mood. Love the sleeve too. 9/10

hallo, which version do i own? the label on the record is white and on the left side is a big red EMI.
thank you very much for information!

I dont own this version so I am not sure but I read that jealousy didn’t include the bass drum because it was left out accidentally