Where do you rank Comos Rocks?

I think its too soon to judge ask me in a year or two but on a few initial listens it can sit proudly in the Queen catalogue

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Tero wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I think it ranks somewhere between Heathen Chemistry by Oasis, and Fun In Space by Roger Taylor.

Not much of a Queen connection in there (THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A NEW BAND, RIGHT?) so there's no point in raking it in comparison to Queen albums, is there?[/QUOTE]

Oh, I love Heathen Chemistry by the way! hehe :)

Too bad Oasis' later albums did not succeed as much as their first 3. Heathen Chemistry is much better than Be Here Now (overproduced and overlong crap).

Back to Queen, well, I think you're right. Still, it is interesting to see that some people rank MIH so low, being their best selling album and -until a few years ago- considered near to a masterpiece of some sort.

I'm loving TCR. Here is my ranking

1. Queen II
2. A Night at the Opera
3. Made in Heaven
4. The Game
5. A Day at the Races
6. Innuendo
7. The Cosmos Rocks
8. Sheer Heart Attack
9. Jazz
10. News of the World
11. Queen I
12. Works
13. Miracle
14. Hot Space
15. A Kind of Magic
16. Flash

Sheer Heart Attack
Innuendo
A Day At The Races
A Night At The Opera
The Cosmos Rocks
Made In Heaven
News Of The World
The Game
Hot Space
A Kind of Magic
The Miracle
Queen II
The Works
Jazz
Queen
Flash Gordon

i rank it as the greatest qpr ( rangers ) album of all time
top spot

1. A Night At The Opera
2. Innuendo
3. Jazz
4. A Day At The Races
5. Sheer Heart Attack
6. The Game
7. Hot Space
8. News of The World
9. Queen
10. Made In Heaven
11. The Miracle
12. The Works
13. Queen II
14. The Cosmos Rocks
15. A Kind Of Magic
16. Flash Gordon

To be honest I had troubles to classify their albums because there are some that I really enjoy, even that I know they do not represent big artistic value (like Hot Space), and the others are obviously good but just don't suit my tastes (Queen II for example). I only had no doubts about the first two and the last two.

The Cosmos Rocks is in my opinion never near Queen's best efforts but better than some of their worst efforts.

Something like this...

1. Queen II
2. A Night At The Opera
3. A Day At The Races
4. Jazz
5. Made In Heaven
6. Sheer Heart Attack
7. News of The World
8. Innuendo
9. The Game
10. Queen
11. --- The Cosmos Rocks ---
12. The Miracle
13. The Works
14. A Kind Of Magic
15. Flash Gordon
16. Hot Space

I don't rank albums but compared to all my Queen albums I like TCR only better than Flash Gordon.

It's not a bad album but it just does not touch me the way a Queen album touches me. It's not because of Paul Rodgers, he has a great voice, it's just not so exciting, daring and unique as any Queen album. It's one out of maybe 200 other averagely nice albums I rarely listen to.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]YourValentine wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I don't rank albums but compared to all my Queen albums I like TCR only better than Flash Gordon.

It's not a bad album but it just does not touch me the way a Queen album touches me. It's not because of Paul Rodgers, he has a great voice, it's just not so exciting, daring and unique as any Queen album. It's one out of maybe 200 other averagely nice albums I rarely listen to.[/QUOTE]

Exactomundo.

I cant even recall one decent guitar solo.

I have spent the week listening to Death Magnetic and TCR has remained in my glovebox!

Queen II
A Night At The Opera
Innuendo
The Game
Sheer Heart Attack
Made In Heaven
A Day At The Races
The Miracle
Jazz
Hot Space
Queen I
News Of The World
The Cosmos Rocks
A Kind Of Magic
The Works
Flash Gordon

I rank it below every other Queen album - I think this is far less musically original or interesting than any album Queen did. I don't think it sounds 'bad' as such; it's just instantly forgettable.

My review from another topic:

"I have to say, I think timantt1's review is absolutely spot on - there is nothing original or particularly interesting on this album.

To me, the majority of it, to me, sounds like a Paul Rogers middle of the road blues rock album kinda thing to me. I wasn't expecting a Queen album, since this is not Queen, but there is nothing particularly interesting about this at all.

When listening to each song, I recognized the 'type' of song fairly on in each track, no surprises, the majority of it is just rock by numbers. Like the topic starter says, alot of it reminds me of other songs by other people. I enjoyed 'Voodoo', but like the starter said, it just sounds like something Clapton would do.

"Say It's Not True" is probably the highlight of the album for me, and I realize that this is the most typically Queen sounding track on the album, but do not confuse my general dislike of the album to this album to a dislike of Paul Rogers. Paul Rogers has a phenomenal voice, and is a fantastic performer; the Q + PR gig I saw a few years back was amazing and I enjoyed both Queen and Paul's material.

However, I just don't think the writing in this album is up to much. Simple as that. "

I don't really rank albums because each one means something different and special to me. A Night At The Opera is the album I view as Queen's best and the one I would play to someone who had never heard Queen before, if such a person exsisted.

TCR is on continual playback at the moment and I really like it but the proof will be in 12 or 18 months time will I still be playing it? I Hope so

I don't post here much but I am a huge Queen fan and I am trying not to compare this album to any other Queen ones, and am not comparing Rodgers to Freddie as he would lose every time.
I must say that after listening to the album once, there is only one song which I want to listen to again and that is Say its not true. Everything else is just not that interessting. I mean Roger and Brian are known for great songs so is this no longer true or is Paul influencing them too much? Basicaly without the Queen name on the album I don't think many people would buy it! As I said though, I have only listened to it once, I hope when I listen to it more it will be like a Muse album, you hate most songs then you suddenly out of nowhere love them and appreciate there genius. But right now I can honestly say that the Hannah Montana 2 album has more enjoyable to listen to!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Mr. Scully wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Something like this...

1. Queen II
2. A Night At The Opera
3. A Day At The Races
4. Jazz
5. Made In Heaven
6. Sheer Heart Attack
7. News of The World
8. Innuendo
9. The Game
10. Queen
11. --- The Cosmos Rocks ---
12. The Miracle
13. The Works
14. A Kind Of Magic
15. Flash Gordon
16. Hot Space
[/QUOTE]

That's probably where I'd put it too. The order of the remaining albums would be different for me - but it's just so much better than the crap on all of Queen's post-Game/pre Innuendo albums

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Pim Derks wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Mr. Scully wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Something like this...

1. Queen II
2. A Night At The Opera
3. A Day At The Races
4. Jazz
5. Made In Heaven
6. Sheer Heart Attack
7. News of The World
8. Innuendo
9. The Game
10. Queen
11. --- The Cosmos Rocks ---
12. The Miracle
13. The Works
14. A Kind Of Magic
15. Flash Gordon
16. Hot Space
[/QUOTE]

That's probably where I'd put it too. The order of the remaining albums would be different for me - but it's just so much better than the crap on all of Queen's post-Game/pre Innuendo albums [/QUOTE] you must be Joking?....this reminds me of the stones, every time they come out with a new album it's considered their best since the early 70's. the cosmos rocks doesn't have one song that is in the same league as 'I want it all' or 'who wants to live forever' 'it's a hard life' and many others, it Just doesn't compare to even hot space. saying that, a few gems are still in the mix, I also put 'Barcelona' and 'back to the light' in front of this album. My Queen list is as follows.
queen2
ANATO
ADATR
SHA
QUEEN
NOTW
INNUENDO
JAZZ
THE GAME
MADE IN HEAVEN
HOT SPACE
THE WORKS
A KIND OF MAGIC
THE MIRACLE
THE COSMOS ROCKS
FLASH (NOT A REAL ALBUM)