1. A Night at the Opera
2. Innuendo
3. A Day at the Race
4. News of the World
5. Sheer Heart Attack
6. A Kind of Magic
7. Jazz
8. The Miracle
9. Queen II
10. The Game
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Posts in chronological order
Queen II - Musically speaking, the closest Queen would ever come to perfection.
A Night at the Opera - Stunning from start to finish. Queen II's rockier feel gives it a slight edge over what most would call the definitive Queen album.
Innuendo - If not for Delilah, this would be number one on my list. I consider it the best album of the 1990s by any band.
Sheer Heart Attack - Some great songs mixed in with some so-so tracks.
News of the World - See above. Most of Brian's best work came on this album.
A Day at the Races - I'm not a fan of the title of this album. Simply put, it suggested that this was somehow a "sequel" to ANATO, which it clearly is not. Unfortunately, by casting itself in ANATO's shadow, it draws inevitable comparisons, and while there are some great songs on this album (and not a single one that stands out as genuinely bad), it really just doesn't compare to its predecessor. Tie Your Mother Down is just about the best opening to an album ever, though.
Queen - A fitting introduction to the world. Some great tracks in here, and Liar is the shining star of them, but there are a few lackluster songs that drag this one down.
The Game - I almost wonder if this album is underappreciated by modern fans, simply because it was "the beginning of the end" for the band's hard rock period. We still got some great songs off of this one, and it was a bold change in direction for the band.
Live Killers - Look, I'm not going to say this is the best live album of all-time, because it's not. There are far better out there. What it is is a valuable historical document of the band's live shows when they were at their peak, and I enjoy listening to it again and again if only for that reason. Oh, and the incredible renditions of Now I'm Here and Brighton Rock.
The Miracle - Another underappreciated album. Sure, it has its downright cheesy moments, but Khashoggi's Ship, I Want It All, and Was It All Worth It were some of the band's absolute best hard rock, and Breakthru is Roger's best Queen song since Rock It (Prime Jive).
Outside looking in:
Jazz - A couple of good songs mixed in with a metric f**k-tonne of filler material. Nothing stands out as atrociously bad save for Roger's mixtape of a final track, but only a couple of songs really stand out as being any good.
Flash Gordon - Not a bad album, just not a very good one. When your favorite tracks are fan mixes of the opening theme and the closing credits, something is amiss.
Hot Space - "If you don't like it, f**king go home!" Ok, Freddie, thank you, goodnight.
The Works - I don't listen to this very often. In fact, if it weren't for Brian May and the completely awesome Hammer to Fall, I probably wouldn't listen to it at all. That's how freakin' great of a song Hammer is.
A Kind of Magic - There are some great songs on here. Unfortunately, there are some really, really, really bad ones, too.
A Night at the Opera - Stunning from start to finish. Queen II's rockier feel gives it a slight edge over what most would call the definitive Queen album.
Innuendo - If not for Delilah, this would be number one on my list. I consider it the best album of the 1990s by any band.
Sheer Heart Attack - Some great songs mixed in with some so-so tracks.
News of the World - See above. Most of Brian's best work came on this album.
A Day at the Races - I'm not a fan of the title of this album. Simply put, it suggested that this was somehow a "sequel" to ANATO, which it clearly is not. Unfortunately, by casting itself in ANATO's shadow, it draws inevitable comparisons, and while there are some great songs on this album (and not a single one that stands out as genuinely bad), it really just doesn't compare to its predecessor. Tie Your Mother Down is just about the best opening to an album ever, though.
Queen - A fitting introduction to the world. Some great tracks in here, and Liar is the shining star of them, but there are a few lackluster songs that drag this one down.
The Game - I almost wonder if this album is underappreciated by modern fans, simply because it was "the beginning of the end" for the band's hard rock period. We still got some great songs off of this one, and it was a bold change in direction for the band.
Live Killers - Look, I'm not going to say this is the best live album of all-time, because it's not. There are far better out there. What it is is a valuable historical document of the band's live shows when they were at their peak, and I enjoy listening to it again and again if only for that reason. Oh, and the incredible renditions of Now I'm Here and Brighton Rock.
The Miracle - Another underappreciated album. Sure, it has its downright cheesy moments, but Khashoggi's Ship, I Want It All, and Was It All Worth It were some of the band's absolute best hard rock, and Breakthru is Roger's best Queen song since Rock It (Prime Jive).
Outside looking in:
Jazz - A couple of good songs mixed in with a metric f**k-tonne of filler material. Nothing stands out as atrociously bad save for Roger's mixtape of a final track, but only a couple of songs really stand out as being any good.
Flash Gordon - Not a bad album, just not a very good one. When your favorite tracks are fan mixes of the opening theme and the closing credits, something is amiss.
Hot Space - "If you don't like it, f**king go home!" Ok, Freddie, thank you, goodnight.
The Works - I don't listen to this very often. In fact, if it weren't for Brian May and the completely awesome Hammer to Fall, I probably wouldn't listen to it at all. That's how freakin' great of a song Hammer is.
A Kind of Magic - There are some great songs on here. Unfortunately, there are some really, really, really bad ones, too.
you are ALL wrong
My list - top ten:
1. Queen II
2. ANATO
3. Queen Rock Montreal (on CDs/vinyls)... - why not?
4. The Game
5. Live Killers
6. - 8. ADATR + NOTW + SHA
9. Jazz
10. Innuendo
....I hate The Miracle ...
1. Queen II
2. ANATO
3. Queen Rock Montreal (on CDs/vinyls)... - why not?
4. The Game
5. Live Killers
6. - 8. ADATR + NOTW + SHA
9. Jazz
10. Innuendo
....I hate The Miracle ...
Hi,
Current top 3; Opera, Races then Q2.
Only actual Queen studio albums please and no MIH or cosmos..
Current top 3; Opera, Races then Q2.
Only actual Queen studio albums please and no MIH or cosmos..
Great great post. A lot of information and I don´t agree with some of it but hey that´s why we´re here.
Cheers,
I.
Cheers,
I.
Bigfish wrote:
Hi,
Current top 3; Opera, Races then Q2.
Only actual Queen studio albums please and no MIH or cosmos..
I'm sorry mate, but while I agree with you that Cosmos Rocks shouldn't be included, not allowing MIH is just ridiculous.
pootle50 wrote:
Bigfish wrote:
Hi,
Current top 3; Opera, Races then Q2.
Only actual Queen studio albums please and no MIH or cosmos..
I'm sorry mate, but while I agree with you that Cosmos Rocks shouldn't be included, not allowing MIH is just ridiculous.
Hey,
You can vote for whatever you want. Don´t want to get into a very old debate - and your vote is ???
1)A Night At The Opera
2)Sheer Heart Attack
3)Queen II
4)News Of The World
5)The Game
6)Jazz
7)The Works
8)Queen
9)Hot Space
10)A Day At The Races
If I were able to include Made In Heaven, I would have placed it in the top 5.
2)Sheer Heart Attack
3)Queen II
4)News Of The World
5)The Game
6)Jazz
7)The Works
8)Queen
9)Hot Space
10)A Day At The Races
If I were able to include Made In Heaven, I would have placed it in the top 5.
A Night at the Opera
Queen II
A Day at the Races
Innuendo
News Of The World
Jazz
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
The Game
A Kind of Magic
Queen II
A Day at the Races
Innuendo
News Of The World
Jazz
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
The Game
A Kind of Magic
More votes please!!
Thanks for the votes - keep them coming.
My personal top 10:
1)News Of the World
2)A night at the Opera
3)Sheer heart attack
4)Queen II
5)A day at the races
6)Queen
7)Innuendo
8)Jazz
9)the Game
10)The miracle
The live albums are something different:
1)Queen rock Montreal
2)Queen on fire
3)Live Killers
4)Wembley
If they'd release Hammy'79 that would be my favourite...And a great Earls court'77 set could be up there with the best too!
1)News Of the World
2)A night at the Opera
3)Sheer heart attack
4)Queen II
5)A day at the races
6)Queen
7)Innuendo
8)Jazz
9)the Game
10)The miracle
The live albums are something different:
1)Queen rock Montreal
2)Queen on fire
3)Live Killers
4)Wembley
If they'd release Hammy'79 that would be my favourite...And a great Earls court'77 set could be up there with the best too!
Spot on with the live stuff. Thanks my friend.
Hey, you don't like A Kind Of Magic very much, do you?
It's from number 10 till 4 ;(
It's from number 10 till 4 ;(