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Track List
01) No Violins
02) Laugh or Cry
03) Future Management
04) Let's Get Crazy
05) My Country I & II
06) Good Times Are Now
07) Magic Is Loose
08) Interlude in Constantinople
09) Airheads
10) Fun in Space
01) No Violins
02) Laugh or Cry
03) Future Management
04) Let's Get Crazy
05) My Country I & II
06) Good Times Are Now
07) Magic Is Loose
08) Interlude in Constantinople
09) Airheads
10) Fun in Space
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1981
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Being the third major songwriter in a quartet of four strong songwriters, it's not surprising that Roger pursued a solo career so quickly and with such determination. He had been the first to issue a solo single (I Wanna Testify, c/w Turn On The TV, in the summer of 1977) and was keen on exploring the limitations of his songwriting and musical ability. During sessions for Jazz in the summer of 1978, Roger started recording ideas for a solo record, which finally would materialize in April 1981, following almost three years of discontinuous work.
As far as debut albums go, Fun In Space is a curio; most rock stars of Roger's stature would have employed a host of guest musicians for a booze- and substance-fuelled mammoth recording session, resulting in an album that sounds like it was more fun to make that it is to listen to. Happily, Fun In Space is about as solo as the definition will allow: Roger performed all the instruments (apart from half of the synthesizer arrangements), handled all the vocals, and wrote and arranged all the songs himself, proving that he was especially adept at various instruments as well as vocally carrying an entire album.
The songs that make up the album weren't necessarily rejected Queen songs, though Roger did point out in an interview that The Game was almost a double album, what with all the songs that were submitted (but probably not recorded) during that period, so it's likely that some of the songs that ended up on Fun In Space were tried out during sessions for The Game. Reportedly, Freddie name-checked Magic Is Loose as one song from the album that he particularly liked and even sang periodically. The two epics on the album, My Country I & II and the title track, parallel any of the other loftier, ambitious pieces that Freddie and Brian had written in the early stages of their career, while the album has its fair share of rockers, and even an uncharacteristic ballad (Laugh Or Cry). For good measure, a bit of Flash Gordon sci-fi was incorporated onto the second side in Interlude In Constantinople.
The album was released during a period of relative change in Queen's career: the band had just completed their first-ever South American tour, and were about to take a brief break from the road before working on their follow-up to The Game. Fun In Space was preceded by a single, the reggae-ish Future Management, by a fortnight, which was relatively well-received and even made an appearance in the UK charts at #49. Subsequent singles ( My Country in the UK and Let's Get Crazy in the US) weren't quite as successful, but the whole experience left an overall positive taste in Roger's mouth, and while he – and the others – always asserted that Queen was their top priority, Roger was more than happy to duck into a recording studio and lay down some songs during extended periods of inactivity in Queen's schedule.
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Being the third major songwriter in a quartet of four strong songwriters, it's not surprising that Roger pursued a solo career so quickly and with such determination. He had been the first to issue a solo single (I Wanna Testify, c/w Turn On The TV, in the summer of 1977) and was keen on exploring the limitations of his songwriting and musical ability. During sessions for Jazz in the summer of 1978, Roger started recording ideas for a solo record, which finally would materialize in April 1981, following almost three years of discontinuous work.
As far as debut albums go, Fun In Space is a curio; most rock stars of Roger's stature would have employed a host of guest musicians for a booze- and substance-fuelled mammoth recording session, resulting in an album that sounds like it was more fun to make that it is to listen to. Happily, Fun In Space is about as solo as the definition will allow: Roger performed all the instruments (apart from half of the synthesizer arrangements), handled all the vocals, and wrote and arranged all the songs himself, proving that he was especially adept at various instruments as well as vocally carrying an entire album.
The songs that make up the album weren't necessarily rejected Queen songs, though Roger did point out in an interview that The Game was almost a double album, what with all the songs that were submitted (but probably not recorded) during that period, so it's likely that some of the songs that ended up on Fun In Space were tried out during sessions for The Game. Reportedly, Freddie name-checked Magic Is Loose as one song from the album that he particularly liked and even sang periodically. The two epics on the album, My Country I & II and the title track, parallel any of the other loftier, ambitious pieces that Freddie and Brian had written in the early stages of their career, while the album has its fair share of rockers, and even an uncharacteristic ballad (Laugh Or Cry). For good measure, a bit of Flash Gordon sci-fi was incorporated onto the second side in Interlude In Constantinople.
The album was released during a period of relative change in Queen's career: the band had just completed their first-ever South American tour, and were about to take a brief break from the road before working on their follow-up to The Game. Fun In Space was preceded by a single, the reggae-ish Future Management, by a fortnight, which was relatively well-received and even made an appearance in the UK charts at #49. Subsequent singles ( My Country in the UK and Let's Get Crazy in the US) weren't quite as successful, but the whole experience left an overall positive taste in Roger's mouth, and while he – and the others – always asserted that Queen was their top priority, Roger was more than happy to duck into a recording studio and lay down some songs during extended periods of inactivity in Queen's schedule.
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