On Fire: Live at the Bowl (2004)
Disc One
1. Flash
2. The Hero
3. We Will Rock You (Fast)
4. Action this Day
5. Play the Game
6. Staying Power
7. Somebody to Love
8. Now I'm Here
9. Dragon Attack
10.Now I'm Here (Reprise)
11.Love of My Life
12.Save Me
13.Black Chat
Disc Two
1. Get Down, Make Love
2. Guitar Solo
3. Under Pressure
4. Fat Bottomed Girls
5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
6. Bohemian Rhapsody
7. Tie Your Mother Down
8. Another One Bites the Dust
9. Sheer Heart Attack
10.We Will Rock You
11.We Are the Champions
12.God Save the Queen
 
This is one of those many albums that
gets released long after the band is basically over and done with,
knowing there will never be another new release. There really couldn't be, as
Freddie Mercury had died twelve years prior, but that's not to say the
the execs didn't keep trying. Compilations, rarities, and live albums
were still coming to keep the coins in the coffers clinging. There had
already been 3 live albums in this band's catalog, one from a show in
1979 and two from 1986 - so this one was sort of "in between" coming
from a 1982 concert at the Milton Keynes outdoor "Bowl" in England.
Like the 1986 live show recording documented in 1992's Live at Wembley, this show had tons and
tons of people in attendance. Unlike that record though, this one
sounds a bit more intimate, so it actually resonates a lot better. At
this point, though, to be brutally honest, no one really needed
another Queen live album, but this one does fill in the "gaps" between
the two aforementioned records nicely, with a good set of songs not available on either one of
those tours. That's all not necessarily positive, though, since this
album was featuring the then new album Hot
Space which would prove to be the most lackluster release of their
career. The few songs here from that album are forgettable.
The music sounds tight, the guys rock hard, and the audience is truly
into it. An overall strong "plus" in the catalog.
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