Brian May had been under the scrutiny of the tabloid press in the mid 80s for his relationship with actress Anita Dobson. Freddie was dying of AIDS but no one knew for sure.
Drawing upon these real life events Brian wrote “Scandal”.
Kudos for writing what you know, I guess. Like much of the rest of the album the song sounds like it could have been recorded by any band of the era. The production is so clean and the drums are so over produced with “BIG” concert hall reverb, and the synth accents are superfluous and meaningless, the whole affair just comes across as…’meh’.
Grade: D
