 "Embers at the bowl" | 2008-04-03 |
| - Reviewed By louvox |
For most die-hard Queen fans this CD & DVD is a must have. Unfortunately for the rest, it's a take it or leave it proposition. First the sound quality is excellent. Same for the DVD visual. The band sounds great and enthusiastic. The set list is less than to be desired though. They were promoting one of their weakest albums "Hot Space" I must give credit though. The songs from that album sound much better live than their studio counterparts.
There are some great performances "Save me", Fat bottom girls", "Play the game" & "Under pressure"
Don't know why they keep insisting on adding yet another extended Brian May guitar solo? That part really gets boring fast.
Over all it's a good live CD & DVD, but for the causal Queen fan, I recommend either "Live killers" or "Rocks Montreal" Better song lists.
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 " Queen pull a classic lost gem of a concert from the vaults" | 2007-12-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1OML05BTJBEKS |
In November of 2004, Queen released its fourth live album Queen On Fire Live at the Bowl.
This live recording and its off-shoot DVD was recorded and filmed at The Milton Keynes Bowl outside London, England on June 5, 1982.
Not officially released on video or CD, Queen On Fire Live At The Bowl marked the first time a recording of this concert has been LEGITIMATELY available to own as a 70 or 80 minute edit had been available on the bootleg recording circuit.
Audio producers Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson returned to the original 24 track analog tapes recorded by 80s Queen co-producer Mack and Mick McKenna with The Rolling Stones Mobile Truck and created brand new regular stereo (for this CD and one of the two DVD mixes)) and DTS 5.1 surround sound mixes (found on the DVD).
We kick off as the band hits the stage with the entrance music of Flash before the band dives into a spirited version of The Hero. Next is a killer We Will Rock You (fast version) complete with Brian May popping a guitar string and the music was left alone. Next is Action This Daywith drummer Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury duetting on this rocker and John Deacon adding some bass which was muted on the studio recording and Brian playing his Red Special backup as his Red Special had to get a new string and Morgan Fisher did a great synthesizer solo substituting for the saxophone solo. Then Freddie does a nice piano intro which goes into an excellent Play the Game. Next is another Hot Space track Staying Power which is transformed into a rocker with Deaky and May playing guitars plus Roger bashing live drums and Freddie being on fire here. Next is arguably this live set's best track Somebody To Love which buries its studio counterpart by a longshot. Next is Now I'm Here which is excellent with a Freddie/audience vocal duel before segueing into Dragon Attack which rocks although Brian blew yet another string on his Red Special guitar and had to use his Red Special back up for the finale solo and the reprise to Now I'm Here. Next is a nice version of Love of My Life with Brian playing an impromptu teaser of Las Palabras De Amor before starting the track. Save Me is next and is done with more power than the studio counterpart. Deaky's Back Chat ends the first CD as the funk track is turned into a full-on rocker with Roger playing the drums like a man possessed, Brian's guitar dominating, John playing his Music Man Stingray bass and Freddie singing his heart out.
The second CD begins with Get Down Make Love which is a great short version which then segues from its middle section into Brian's Guitar Solo which is amazing despite the fact his guitar cord came undone (you can see this on DVD unedited) and Brian finishes with some help from Roger's drumming. Roger does an uncredited 30 second Drum Solo at the end of the guitar solo track as a lead in to Under Pressure which is an excellent version of the track. Next is Fat Bottomed Girls which rocks and Freddie's voice was electronically fixed on the part where he says LOCALITY which his voice cracked on the original Milton Keynes BBC airing. We then have a rocking Crazy Little Thing Called Love which is great. Then we have Freddie play a nice piano solo leading into possibly the best live version of Bohemian Rhapsody ever. We then rock out with the set closing Tie Your Mother Down which rocks. The first encore of Another One Bites the Dust is a great spirited version. Sheer Heart Attack follows and is more aggresive than either the News of the World version or the Live Killers version. We then have the second encore of the traditional We Will Rock You with audience participating and a stellar We Are the Champions. We then have the band say farewell as God Save the Queen plays over the PA.
Despite the fact this album didn't chart upon its late 2004 release here in the States, this live album is a FANTASTIC snapshot of Queen reigning their natural habitat, the concert stage and is one of my favorite live albums EVER!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! |
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| "Sheer perfection!!! Thank you Roger and Brian for this." | 2007-09-14 |
| - Reviewed By linda_ross |
| This is excellent. This is real offical Queen stuff by Roger and Brian. To me that says it all. It has the best version of Play the Game I have ever seen. Somebody to Love is great too. The quality here is unbelievable. It would be awfully hard to be disappointed with this one in my opinion. This just may be Freddie Mercury's finest hour, well one of many. Long live Queen!!!! |
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| "Queen el mejor grupo del mundo" | 2007-01-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2XCNYOD0AQ1QJ |
| Compre este Cd y para que suena bien y la voz de mercury impecable yo recomiendo a los fanáticos de Queen que compren este disco doble es de coelcción |
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| "great" | 2006-11-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1QW76PSGD6OOW |
| It's a great CD, but make sure to pick up the DVD. One of the best ever. |
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| "Queen pull a classic lost gem from the vaults" | 2006-01-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1VC6EX5H0IINI |
In November of 2004, Queen released its fourth live album Queen On Fire Live at the Bowl.
This live recording and its off-shoot DVD was recorded and filmed at The Milton Keynes Bowl outside London, England on June 5, 1982.
Not officially released on video or CD, Queen On Fire Live At The Bowl marked the first time a recording of this concert has been LEGITIMATELY available to own as a 70 or 80 minute edit had been available on the bootleg recording circuit.
Audio producers Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson returned to the original 24 track analog tapes recorded by 80s Queen co-producer Mack and Mick McKenna with The Rolling Stones Mobile Truck and created brand new regular stereo(for this CD and one of the two DVD mixes)) and DTS 5.1 surround sound mixes(found on the DVD).
We kick off as the band hits the stage with the entrance music of Flash before the band dives into a spirited version of The Hero. Next is a killer We Will Rock You (fast version) complete with Brian May popping a guitar string and the music was left alone. Next is Action This Daywith drummer Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury duetting on this rocker and John Deacon adding some bass which was muted on the studio recording and Brian playing his Red Special backup as his Red Special had to get a new string and Morgan Fisher did a great synthesizer solo substituting for the saxophone solo. Then Freddie does a nice piano intro which goes into an excellent Play the Game. Next is another Hot Space track Staying Power which is transformed into a rocker with Deaky and May playing guitars plus Roger bashing live drums and Freddie being on fire here. Next is arguably this live set's best track Somebody To Love which buries its studio counterpart by a longshot. Next is Now I'm Here which is excellent with a Freddie/audience vocal duel before segueing into Dragon Attack which rocks although Brian blew yet another string on his Red Special guitar and had to use his Red Special back up for the finale solo and the reprise to Now I'm Here. Next is a nice version of Love of My Life with Brian playing an impromptu teaser of Las Palabras De Amor before starting the track. Save Me is next and is done with more power than the studio counterpart. Deaky's Back Chat ends the first CD as the funk track is turned into a full-on rocker with Roger playing the drums like a man possessed, Brian's guitar dominating, John playing his Music Man Stingray bass and Freddie singing his heart out.
The second CD begins with Get Down Make Love which is a great short version which then segues from its middle section into Brian's Guitar Solo which is amazing despite the fact his guitar cord came undone(you can see this on DVD unedited) and Brian finishes with some help from Roger's drumming. Roger does an uncredited 30 second Drum Solo at the end of the guitar solo track as a lead in to Under Pressure which is an excellent version of the track. Next is Fat Bottomed Girls which rocks and Freddie's voice was electronically fixed on the part where he says LOCALITY which his voice cracked on the original Milton Keynes BBC airing. We then have a rocking Crazy Little Thing Called Love which is great. Then we have Freddie play a nice piano solo leading into possibly the best live version of Bohemian Rhapsody ever. We then rock out with the set closing Tie Your Mother Down which rocks. The first encore of Another One Bites the Dust is a great spirited version. Sheer Heart Attack follows and is more aggresive than either the News of the World version or the Live Killers version. We then have the second encore of the traditional We Will Rock You with audience participating and a stellar We Are the Champions. We then have the band say farewell as God Save the Queen plays over the PA.
Despite the fact this album didn't chart upon its late 2004 release, this live album is a FANTASTIC snapshot of Queen reigning their natural habitat, the concert stage and is one of my Top 5 favorite live albums EVER!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! |
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| "An earlier GREAT performance by Queen" | 2005-12-17 |
| - Reviewed By eloston |
| There's quite a few live recordings out there by Queen. This is one of the most rare kind though from the 1982 era when the commercial failure "Hot Space" was released. Although the album was a failure, Queen was still awesome. The recording is just amazing and Freddie, Brian, John and Roger seem to play the music with ten times more the energy than they ever had. They played some of the music from "Flash Gordon" at the beginning. Some of the other highlights include their very fast tempo performances of "We will rock you", "Action this day" which is a MASSIVELY underrated song, and "Staying Power" which also sounds great in concert. The recording is just amazing, like any other Queen concert. |
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| "Seminal funk rock!" | 2005-01-30 |
| - Reviewed By brownlow4 |
| Okay,this is it! Every once in a blue moon there comes a live album of such unadulterated intensity,majesty and seminality that it's underlining importance cannot be denied.That importance is the beginings of modern funk rock.Queen had been dabbling in this format for some time, but it wasn't until the "Hot Space" album that their ideas came to full fruition.Dismissed to this day as their 'worst album' because of it's out right, and undiluted, funk offerings - in hind sight they were ahead of the game(no pun intended!).I hate to throw names around lightly,but Michael Jackson and The Red Hot Chili Peppers,come to mind. Now to this complete live gig.Just taking the musical stylings that i have been discussing(not to in any-way dismiss their occupation with other styles, of which turned to pure magic in Queen's hands)their funk, released of the perfection of the studio,explodes with an intensity likened to that of an uncaged pheonix that can only leave one speechless and in awe of their musical vision; one that was far ahead of it's time. The absolute power and unbridled veracity of this performance is unmatched even by that of the "Live Killers" album,which, in truth is a pastiche from various dates on that tour(not to say that it is a bad live album by any standards)but with this being a complete gig recording all the stars were aligned to provide, in this, a one off glimpse of Queen seminally blazing a gloriously rich and invigorating musical path for others to follow. Do not hesitate, funking buy it! |
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| "One of their all time best shows!" | 2005-01-15 |
| - Reviewed By gameshowfan76 |
Queen was one of the all time best live bands in the history of music! They had the lights and the show. BUT they had the talent (unlike say KISS for example)
Queen is now releasing concerts on DVD and CD. One every other year or so. They had several HUGE GREAT shows over the course of their career. This is one of them (the others would include Rainbow 74, Hammersmith Odeon 75, Earls Court 77 & Montreal 79)
Now, alot of the other reviewers who are not big queen fans poo poo the Hot Space album and say this is bad because of it. The truth though is that while alot of the songs on Hot Space were Disco/funk/dance songs, the live versions ROCK! Action This Day, Staying Power & Back Chat may not be real great on the album, but here they are fantastic and energetic!
This also houses what most queen fans consider the definitive live version of Somebody To Love.
PLUS: You get alot of songs not available commercially on a live album until now: Play The Game, Dragon Attack, Somebody To Love, Fat Bottomed Girls, & Save Me.
PLUS: One of the best openings of any of their shows: The Hero and We Will Rock You (Speed). Quite energetic!
PLUS: The Guitar solo is one of the better ones, save for some guitar problems during it. Nice drum solo intro to Under Pressure as well!
PLUS: Alot of hits are played: in addition to what i have already mentioned, Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Another One Bites the Dust, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions & Tie Your Mother Down
They did not do much overdubbing like they have done in the past. . I have had this show for years on a bootleg CD. Only a misstep in a vocal by freddie was fixed (in Fat Bottomed Girls) This is a far cry from all the cut and paste jobs on Live Killers and the overdubbing on Live at Wembley. Hell some songs on Live Killers are from multiple shows. SOME SONGS!!! They were better than that live, I expect even queen to miss a note or forget a lyric so god knows why they had to fool with it.
This is an AWESOME live album and is perfect for any rock fan.
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 "Second best Queen live album" | 2005-01-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3EUIK614D0LAD |
On Fire at the Bowl is the second best Queen live album, just behind Live at Wembley Stadium and just ahead of Live Killers. The best tracks in this album are Play the Game, Somebody to Love, Tie Your Mother Down and Action This Day. It was nice to hear some of the older Queen songs played live.
The songs from Hot Space in this album sound much better than the awful studio verisons. Action This Day was probably the best one, sounding real hard and almost like a typical Queen song. It probably could have done without the synthesizer solo, which seemed to be filler. Staying Power sounded pretty good too; that quick guitar beat is quite catchy. Under Pressure, the classic track from Hot Space, sounded pretty good, but not as good as the studio version. Back Chat was the one exception, as it just didn't sound that great at all. |
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