Hot Space is an album by English rock band Queen, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). Marking a notable shift in direction from their earlier work, Queen employed many elements of disco, Pop Music, R&B; and dance music on Hot Space, being partially influenced by the success of their 1980 hit "Another One Bites the Dust" . This made the album less popular with fans that preferred the traditional rock style they had come to associate with the ban...
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Hot Space is an album by English rock band Queen, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). Marking a notable shift in direction from their earlier work, Queen employed many elements of disco, Pop Music, R&B; and dance music on Hot Space, being partially influenced by the success of their 1980 hit "Another One Bites the Dust" . This made the album less popular with fans that preferred the traditional rock style they had come to associate with the band, though Hot Space did fit in with the Queen tradition of incorporating many disparate influences into their music.
Queen's decision to record a dance oriented album germinated with the massive U.S. success of "Another One Bites the Dust" (and to a lesser extent, the UK success of the song too). In hindsight, while it seemed a carefully calculated move to capitalise on their incidental interest in "black music", it was considered by some to be a temporary blow to their reputation. While the album's second single "Body Language" did peak at ...
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