Queen ♫ Jazz ♫ Rare 1978 Elektra Records Original Vinyl LP w/Insert

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Thanks for looking!JazzStudio album by QueenReleased10 November 1978RecordedEarly July – 14 October 1978StudioMountain (Montreux) Studio Miraval (Correns) Super Bear (Berre-les-Alpes)GenreHard rock heavy metal pop arena rockLength44:39LabelEMI Elektra Ariola (France)ProducerQueen Roy Thomas BakerQueen chronologyNews of the World (1977)Jazz (1978)Live Killers (1979)Singles from Jazz"Bicycle Race" / "Fat Bottomed Girls" Released: 13 October 1978"Don't Stop Me Now" Released: 26 January 1979"Mustapha" Released: April 1979 (Germany)"Jealousy" Released: 27 April 1979 (US)Jazz is the seventh studio album by the British rock band Queen. It was released on 10 November 1978 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker, the album artwork was suggested by Roger Taylor, who previously saw a similar design painted on the Berlin Wall. The album's varying musical styles were alternately praised and criticised. It reached number two in the UK Albums Chart and number six on the US Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart.RecordingRehearsals for Jazz began during the first week of July 1978. The month before, in June, the band had received a hefty tax bill and subsequently decided to record outside of the United Kingdom. They had to make a swift decision, as Brian May would be forced out of the UK on 2 July due to these tax-related issues. This was shortly after the birth of his first child, Jimmy. As May relocated to Canada, the rest of the band flew to Nice, France, to begin rehearsing for the album. May soon joined the rehearsals.The band attended the nearby Montreux Jazz Festival, which likely inspired the title of the album. There, they ran into David Bowie, who was working on his 1979 album Lodger between tour dates. Bowie convinced them to record at Mountain Studios in Montreux.Before the band shifted to Montreux, they finished preliminary recordings of "Don't Stop Me Now", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "In Only Seven Days", and "More of That Jazz". Production on the album was moved to Montreux the day after the jazz festival. On 19 July, May's 31st birthday, the band attended the 18th stage of the 1978 Tour de France, which inspired Freddie Mercury to write the lead single, "Bicycle Race".During the next three weeks the band were in Mountain Studios, they primarily worked on "Fun It", "Jealousy", "Leaving Home Ain't Easy", "Let Me Entertain You". The band took a few days off, most notably on 26 July when they trashed a Montreux hotel whilst celebrating Taylor's 29th birthday. Mercury was reportedly seen swinging on a cut-glass chandelier in the hotel during the party.After a brief holiday in the middle of August, the band moved production back to France, where they worked at Super Bear Studios. They would spend the rest of the month recording "Mustapha", "Bicycle Race", "If You Can't Beat Them", "Dead On Time", and "Dreamer's Ball" (based on the previous lists of completed songs).The band completed overdubbing the songs in September, and mixed the lead single early before sending it to New York City for mastering, which was completed on 14 September. They mixed the rest of the album beginning in the middle of the month. Jazz was officially completed on 14 October, during a mastering session at Super Bear Studios.ReceptionRetrospective professional reviewsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusicChicago TribuneChristgau's Record GuideC+Encyclopedia of Popular MusicThe GuardianThe Rolling Stone Album GuideUncutReviewing for Rolling Stone in 1979, Dave Marsh panned Jazz as "more of the same dull pastiche" from Queen, who he said displayed "elitist notions" with some of their musical choices and lyrics. Marsh said "Fat Bottomed Girls" treated women "not as sex objects but as objects, period (the way the band regards people in general)", and finished by famously tagging Queen "the first truly fascist rock band". Mitchell Cohen of Creem gave another negative review, calling Jazz "absurdly dull" and filled with "dumb ideas and imitative posturing". Village Voice critic Robert Christgau said the album was not wholly bad, even finding "Bicycle Race" humorous, although he said Queen sounded like the band 10cc "with a spoke, or a pump, up their ass".In a retrospective assessment, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described it as "one of their sleekest albums." He cited that the album's diversity and exaggeration made it "more fun than any of their other albums." Alexis Petridis wrote in The Guardian, "Jazz was hysterical in every sense of the word, but the music press comprehensively failed to get the joke, particularly in the US". In 2006, Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times included it in his list of "The Great Albums," describing it as "a genre-hopping tour of diverse musical styles" and concluded that "What ultimately keeps me coming back to the album, however, is that ambiguous sexual energy running through all 13 tracks; the fact that each of them boasts more hooks than some bands have on an entire album, and the inviting sonic density of it all."When Loudersound ranked every Queen album from best to worst, Jazz came fourth, as they felt it presented "some of the most satisfying moments in Queen's career." In a similar list of the band's greatest albums, Ultimate Classic Rock placed Jazz in third position. "Whenever discussions take place about Queen's incredible string of classic albums throughout the late '70s," they wrote, "1978's 'Jazz' is the one that often seems to get the shortest shrift, but tucked away behind its unusually nondescript cover art lies one of the band's finest albums. Never mind the reliable hit single double-whammy provided by 'Fat Bottomed Girls' and 'Bicycle Race,' Jazz is astonishingly deep with underrated Queen gems, ranging from Mercury's Eastern-spiced wig-out 'Mustapha,' to Deacon's head-banging beast 'If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them,' to Taylor's infectious disco tune 'Fun It'."Rolling Stone subsequently featured it on their list of 10 Classic Albums Rolling Stone Initially Panned, indicating they now regarded the album as a "classic." They poked fun at Marsh's original negative review of the album, quipping, "Sometimes a reviewer just seems to have a really, really low opinion of a band, which seems to be the case with Dave Marsh and Queen."Track listingAll lead vocals by Freddie Mercury unless noted.Side oneNo.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength1."Mustapha"Freddie Mercury 3:032."Fat Bottomed Girls"Brian MayMercury with Brian May4:143."Jealousy"Mercury 3:144."Bicycle Race"Mercury 3:045."If You Can't Beat Them"John Deacon 4:156."Let Me Entertain You"Mercury 3:01Side twoNo.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength7."Dead on Time"May 3:238."In Only Seven Days"Deacon 2:309."Dreamer's Ball"May 3:3010."Fun It"Roger TaylorRoger Taylor with Mercury3:2911."Leaving Home Ain't Easy"MayMay3:1512."Don't Stop Me Now"Mercury 3:2913."More of That Jazz"TaylorTaylor4:12Total length:44:39

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