Capítulo X. Descripción de la cultura
X.- DESCRIPCIÓN Y ANÁLISIS DE LA CULTURA ORGANIZACIONAL
10.2.3. DIMENSIÓN DE RECONOCIMIENTO Y ESTIMA AJENA
Professional ratings Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]
Q Magazine [3]
The Times (mixed)[4]
Sun-Sentinel (favorable)[5]
Newsday (Melville, NY) (favorable)[6]
The Dallas Morning News (favorable)[7]
Sun-Sentinel wrote "With Freddie Mercury in vintage light-operatic form, here's an album (like so many of Queen's others) that should be used as a pop music how-to for aspirants. Combining the forces of rock, pop, metal, clever melodies and cunning stylizations, The Miracle never lets down. From one track to the next there is, as usual, no telling which way this band will go, affording even the most jaded ear a challenge."
Newsday (Melville, NY) wrote "On "The Miracle," Mercury's voice is steady and solid, May's runs are as flashy and supple as ever. Most of the 10 songs, written collaboratively by the four members, stick pretty much to the band's formula of mini-suites: edgy pop with tempos that change half-way into the number and some delicious hooks."
Rolling Stone stated "The band hasn't been so bogged down by synthesizers and pinging drum machines since Hot Space. The Miracle is a showcase for Freddie Mercury and his love of sweeping, quasi-operatic vocals. And indeed, Mercury – especially on the title track – has never sounded better. One of his strengths is his ability to take even the schlockiest material and make it his own, and that gift comes in handy on The Miracle. Brian May is still in fighting trim, too – when you can hear him. May's role on The Miracle is, for the most part, limited to a quick, typically brilliant solo here and there. As a result, the album lacks the sense of dynamics that marked most of Queen's early work. Only on a few tracks ("Khashoggi's Ship" and "Was It All Worth It") does May really let it rip, and when he does, it's like the old Queen peeping out for just a moment and then turning tail. At least The Miracle offers little snippets of Queen's former majesty."
Allmusic stated "The Miracle packs quite a sonic punch, recalling the rich sounds of their past classics (1976's A Day at the Races, etc.). Split 50/50 between pop and heavy rock, the album was another global smash, even re-establishing the band stateside (going Top 30 and attaining gold status). Along with The Game, The Miracle is Queen's strongest album of the '80s."
Charts
Chart positions
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[8] 4
Austrian Albums Chart[9] 1
Canadian Albums Chart[10] 18
Dutch Albums Chart[11] 1
French Albums Chart[12] 11
German Albums Chart[13] 1
Italian Albums Chart[14] 3
Japanese Albums Chart[15] 23
New Zealand Albums Chart[16] 2
Norwegian Albums Chart[17] 2
Swedish Albums Chart[18] 6
Swiss Albums Chart[19] 1
UK Albums Chart[20] 1
U.S. Billboard 200[21] 24
Year-end charts
Chart (1989) Position
Austrian Albums Chart[22] 12
Canadian Albums Chart[23] 66
Italian Albums Chart[14] 15
Swiss Albums Chart[24] 6
UK Albums Chart[25] 14
Certifications
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[26] Gold 25000x
Finland (IFPI Finland)[27] Gold 43,130[27]
France (SNEP)[28] Gold 163,000[29]
Germany (BVMI)[30] Platinum 500000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[31] Platinum 100000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[32] Platinum 50000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Platinum 480,000[25]
United States (RIAA)[34] Gold 500000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
Singles
Five singles were released from the album, all in 1989:
• "I Want It All" was the lead single from the album, released in the UK on 2 May 1989; it hit #3 in British charts but made it to #1 hit in numerous other European countries. The song became an anti-apartheid anthem among youth in South Africa and also has been used to protest other causes. This well-known anthem has been heard as a rallying song for African youth. The song became Queen's first American rock radio hit since Under Pressure by peaking at #3 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Singles chart, but only reached #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.
• "Breakthru", the second single, was released in the UK on 19 June 1989; its video was filmed on a private steam train known as "The Miracle Express". The song peaked at #7 in the UK. The song was also released as a single in the US. Also appearing in the video was Debbie Leng, who was at the time Roger Taylor's girlfriend.
• "The Invisible Man", released in the UK on 7 August 1989, hit #12 in the UK and was a hit throughout Europe;
the video featured scores of computer-duplicated band members moving in unison. This song was later covered by the late Scatman John.
• "Scandal" was the fourth single from The Miracle. It peaked at #25 in the UK. It is a protest song about the way the tabloids dealt with May's relationship with actress Anita Dobson.
• "The Miracle", the fifth and final single from the album of the same name, released on 27 November 1989 in the UK, reached #21 on British charts. Its video mimicked that of "The Invisible Man" in that it featured duplicate band members; however, these were actually young Queen lookalikes (including a then-unknown Ross McCall) who performed a Queen-style stage show. The real band appeared only at the end jamming with their younger counterparts.
Personnel
Since the album does not feature credits, this personnel has been compiled from various interviews with the band and the producer.
Queen:
• Freddie Mercury: lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, programming
• Brian May: electric guitars, acoustic guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "I Want It All", synthesizers, programming
• Roger Meddows Taylor: drums, electronic drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "The Invisible Man", synthesizer, programming
• John Deacon: bass guitar, electric guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, programming Additional keyboards by David Richards
• Engineered by David Richards
• Assistant engineers: Andrew Bradfield, John Brough, Angelique Cooper, Claude Frider, Andy Mason, Justin Shirley-Smith
• Mastered by Kevin Metcalf and Gordon Vickary
• Computer programming by Brian Zellis
• Album sleeve design by Richard Gray
• Original photography by Simon Fowler
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