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Review
by Collectors
music reviews
Just like with the other studio session and outtake material, Digital Queen
Archives have edited together all of the extra material from Innuendo
with brand new material that has recently surfaced. The bulk
of Secret
Fantasy has been officially released before. "Innuendo
(explosive version)" came out on a cd single and is the album track
but with explosion sounds at the end. "I'm Going Slightly
Mad", "Headlong" and "These Are The Days Of Our
Lives" all come from the vinyl release and were slightly edited
to fit onto LP. "The Show Must Go On (Hollywood remaster)"
is the Hollywood extra track and the Brian May blues "Lost
Opportunity" is the B-side to "I'm Going Slightly Mad".
Finally "I Can't Live With You (Rocks re-take)" is a
heavier version that appeared on the 1997 release. These tracks have
appeared throughout the years but it's good to have them in one place.
The
five newer songs begin with the demo for "Delilah". This
surfaced last year in Japan and is Freddie working on the lyrics over a
drum machine. "My Secret Fantasy" is a John Deacon number
which comes from the Innuendo sessions in November 1990.
It's two and a half minutes with bass drums and Freddie singing "my
secret fantasy" to a very catchy melody. "Headlong" sounds
like final vocal take over a drum machine and bass line with the
guitars absent.
"Robbery"
is a Roger Taylor song that is two minutes long, and "Self Made
Man" is a Brian May song again recorded in 1990. Brian and
Freddie share vocals, where Brian sings the soft part and Freddie singing
with heavy guitars accompanying. The sound quality is perfect
stereo and the label assembled the material in roughly sequential order as
on the LP so it all flows together great and is a perfect compliment to
the official disc. Hopefully someday "Assassin" will
surface, the track that was in contention with "Innuendo"
itself as the main epic. (GS)
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