Hot Space is Queen's tenth studio album, released in May 1982. 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. The album features the singles Body Language, Back Chat - and of course the #1 Under Pressure - with David Bowie. Before 1979, Queen had a "no synthesizer" policy on their albums (because people would confuse Brian May's multi-tracked guitar effects with synthesizers). Beginning with The Game album, Queen began using Oberheim OB-X synthesizers on their songs ("Play the Game" and "Save Me" are examples), and continued to do so on Hot Space. Most of Hot Space is a mixture of funk, funk-rock, dance, and R&B--while the "rock" songs continued in a pop-rock direction similar to their previous album.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Staying Power
2. Dancer
3. Back Chat
4. Boby Language
5. Action This Day
6. Put Out The Fire
7. Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)
8. Calling All Girls
9. Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love)
10. Cool Cat
11. Under Pressure

Bonus Disc

1. Staying Power (Live at Milton Keynes Bowl, June 1982)
2. Soul Brother (B-Side)
3. Back Chat (Single Remix)
4. Action This Day (Live in Tokyo, November 1982)
5. Calling All Girls (Live in Tokyo, November 1982)