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''Hot Space'' is the tenth studio album by British rock band Queen, released in May 1982. Marking a notable shift in direction from their earlier work, they employed many elements of disco, funk, rhythm and blues and dance music on the album".〔(Queen – Hot Space ) ''Stylus Magazine''. Retrieved 31 May 2011〕 This made the album less popular with fans who preferred the traditional rock style they had come to associate with the band. Queen's decision to record a dance-oriented album germinated with the massive success in the US of their 1980 hit "Another One Bites the Dust" (and to a lesser extent, the UK success of the song too).〔 "Under Pressure", Queen's collaboration with David Bowie, was released in 1981 and became the band's second #1 hit in the UK.〔(Chart Stats – Queen And David Bowie ) Retrieved 9 June 2011〕 Though included on ''Hot Space'', the song was a separate project and recorded ahead of the album, before the controversy over Queen's new sound (disco-influenced rock music).〔Lowry, Max (13 July 2008) (The ones that got away ) ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 3 August 2011〕 The album's second single, "Body Language", peaked at #11 on the US charts. In July 2004, ''Q'' magazine listed ''Hot Space'' as one of the top fifteen albums where great rock acts lost the plot.〔("15 Albums Where Great Rock Acts Lost the Plot" ). ''Q'' magazine. July 2004. Archived at rocklistmusic.co.uk〕 Most of the album was recorded in Munich during the most turbulent period in the band's history, and Roger Taylor and Brian May lamented the new sound, with both being very critical of the influence Freddie Mercury's manager Paul Prenter had on the singer.〔O'Casey, Matt, dir. (2011) Queen – Days of Our Lives. Part 2. BBC. Queen Productions Ltd. Retrieved 31 May 2011〕 Estimated sales of the album currently stand at four million copies. ==Album styles and genres== Before 1979, Queen had never used synthesisers on their albums.〔(Roy Thomas Baker & Gary Langan Interview ) Sound On Sound. Retrieved 3 August 2011〕 Beginning with ''The Game'', Queen began using Oberheim OB-X synthesisers on their songs ("Play the Game" and "Save Me" are examples), and continued to do so. On ''Hot Space'' the band went even further, introducing the drum machine for the first time. A departure from their trademark seventies sound, most of ''Hot Space'' is a mixture of rhythm and blues, funk, dance and disco – while the "rock" songs continued in a pop-rock direction similar to their previous album (an exception is the song "Put Out the Fire").〔〔 Disliking the new sound, Brian May and Roger Taylor were very critical of the influence that Paul Prenter, Freddie Mercury's personal manager between the early 1980s and 1984, had on the singer.〔 Prenter allegedly denied the other members access to Mercury. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hot Space」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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