Which Q album did you dislike first?

The first album I liked least (at the time) was The Game. It just didnt do anything for me. Its one of three albums by the band that I hardly ever play. Its not my least favourite now, of course. That mantle goes to either The Works or The Miracle (and sometimes Hot Space, depending on my mood at the time)

[b][i]It was not an album that I loathed first.. it was the combined We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions... its not that I disliked the songs, but they were played to death on the radio.. you couldn't go 5 mins without hearing it... it made me despise the songs. After that, a friend turned me on to Queen after listening to[/i][/b] [b]the Game. [i]I went out and bought some of albums I could find, [/i]Opera, Races, News of the World[i](that is when Rock You/Champions started to grow on me.) The album that disappointed me was[/i] Hot Space. [i]I did buy it when it first came out, but the whole first side was disappointing, with the minor excpetion of[/i] Body Language[i]. Then came[/i] Put Out the Fire[i]... I nearly took the record off the turntable. Then the[/i] Song for Lennon, Calling All Girls and Las Palabras De Armour[i]... redeemed the album a bit. Those three songs were the ones I waiting for... the real Queen.[/i] [i]Those three songs... along with[/i] Body Language [i]and[/i] Under Pressure[i] kind of saved the record. The rest you can toss out.

 Queen also redeemed themselves with[/i] the Works [i], which to me, the best album they recorded in the 80's, after[/i] the Game.[/b]

Dislike first? The first Queen album I bought... no, make that a plural - were NOTW and AKOM. Both were slightly disappointing at first, but grew on me with a few listens. I had listened to many other albums for a couple of years until I managed to start collecting them on my own, so I started with ones I hadn't heard at all yet, aside from the songs on the GH albums. The first - and only - Queen album that I really couldn't bother listening to for a while since purchase was Flash Gordon. But now I love even that one. =)

I can see that most of the people here who are bound to get disappointed to some Queen albums are those who are genre-specifically oriented music listeners anyway. Understandably, those of you who hate funk and disco and other groove-driven music, can't stand most songs on Hot Space and The Miracle. Then there's the strictly-rock-type people here who seem to find fault with every song that isn't of the "guitar-based trio plus vocals" type straightforward rocker -- except for Sweet Lady.

Well, I dislike songs that have not been given too much thought by the musicians before putting it on the record. My top 5 Queen songs that make me go "aargh" at the moment, in not any particular order, and not counting Q+PR stuff: Gimme The Prize, Jesus, Delilah, We Will Rock You, More Of That Jazz.

My least favourite album, among the 14 original studio albums, is The Miracle, however there are two albums that [b]really[/b] trouble me: ADATR and Innuendo. I can't get into either. Alot of Queen fans rave about ADATR and Innuendo, and so I've tried to give them a chance, but I honestly can't.

Regarding ADATR; I find the production to be really dull and nowhere near as fresh as that of Sheer Heart Attack and ANATO, and I think that the album suffers greatly coming after ANATO; Queen's greatest album IMO. Tie Your Mother Down, although good, is a really disappointing way to start the album; it doesn't have the freshness or pure aggression of Brighton Rock and Death On Two Legs. Album openers are important; Brighton Rock suggested that SHA was special, that it was different and that it was essentric. Death On Two Legs (probably Queen's best ever opener IMO) epitomised the brilliance and daring of ANATO. Tie Your Mother Down, however, just comes across to me as lame. Well, not maybe lame, but it's certainly not among my 20 favourite Queen songs. Beyond that, I don't love Long Away which IMO is a poor man's version of '39; I've never been able to get into Drowse, Teo Torriatte or White Man, and I used to love Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy but now I greatly prefer Seaside Rendezvous. Additionally The Millionaire Waltz and You TAke My Breath Away have amazing voacls but are not among my favourite songs while You and I is good but pales in comparison to what I consider to be John's masterpiece, In Only Seven Days. The one genuinely awesome song on the album is Somebody To Love, which is generally the major reason why I ever listen to the album. The reason why I consider The Miracle to be my least favourite album, and not ADATR, is that I've listened to the Miracle in full from start to finish, which I have not done with ADATR. I've listened to the songs individually, and several of them not in a while, and I don't think I can really judge it unless I listen to in full. The problem however is that it's just so difficult. Perhaps if they had a different opener. The album just doesn't welcome me in the same way that most other Queen albums do, and I think it's a combination of inconsistent and less than amazing songs, a disappointing opener and overrated production.

Innuendo is another album that troubles me as it is the only other Queen album which I'm yet to listen to in full. The major reason is that I find it to be quite cold to begin with. It's well made, like almost all of Queen's music, but it alienates me. Additionally, I don't believe that the songs on the album are as wonderful as many fans make them out to be. There are songs that I really like and in some cases love; The Show Must Go On, These Are The Days of our Lives, All God's People, Headlong, I Can't Live With You, and one or two others. But generally speaking, the songs don't thrill me in the same way that many other Queen songs do, and alot of them leave me cold. I do think that Queen released a masterpiece during the 90's, but IMO it was MIH. Anyway, like ADATR, I can't really judge it as I'm yet to listen to it in full from start to finish, which is why The Miracle is my least favourite album, and not either ADATR or Innuendo.



BTW, I've had a complicated history with ADATR and Innuendo. Many years ago, I bought the two albums, didn't like them and replaced them with Hot Space and Queen Rocks. In the past 3 or 4 years, upon completing my collection, I finally acquired these two albums.

I think the first album which I didn't like was Queen II, which is pretty strange since it's one of my favorites now :)

I started with GH I & II and then continued with AKOM and Live Magic. Then I got a couple of the older albums and at first I honestly didn't know what to do with QUEEN, their first album. I even had my doubts then that QUEEN could really become my favourite band. The music was hard to get into (except Keep Yourself Alive, which I loved from the first time I heard it). I thought I could NEVER know those melodies and lyrics by heart, but now I do. It's still one of the QUEEN-albums I don't listen to very often, but I like it and I think it's a very good debut.

I didn't like A Day At The Races for many years, but it's now my favourite (and it has been for many years).

definately made in heaven... Its ok but Ive never really liked it...

I'm probably gonna catch flac for this but I hated Queen II when I first listened to it, with the exceptions of White Queen, The March Of The Black Queen and Seven Seas Of Rhye. But it slowly grew on me and now I enjoy listening to it with the exception of Some Day One Day and Father To Son (depending on my mood whether or not I enjoy this song)

Hot Space - I ran to the store to buy it, ran home to listen to it, and then ran back to the store to return it. I can find things I like about it now, but back then it was a major disappointment.

I was somewhat disappointed with The Game, as they added synths, became more poppy predictable, rocked less, and lost their Bo Rhap feel.  It was a notable "drop off" from their trademark sound in the 70's.

The Flash Gordon soundtrack had about 10 good minutes, but the rest was very blah.

Hot Space, in my opinion, was a wrong turn by Queen, and the emphasis on funk was disappointing for me.

However there was some excellent tracks on these albums, and I did not stray from Queen (like most of the USA).

My "Queen story" started from "Highlander"- the movie which impressed me a lot. In some magazine I read that soundtrack for it was made by the band "Queen". So I asked my cousine for details. Of course, first of all he told that Queen is over by now, that Freddie Mercury died of AIDS and that he was gay. By the way, lots of people doesn't know about Bohemian Rhapsody, great Red Special or collaboration Mercury with Caballe- but everybody knows about We Will Rock You/Champions and AIDS- weird attitude... Than my cousine let me to listen Bijou (in fact it was first Queen song which I listened properly). It was fantastic! Than I bought Greatest Hits 3. Than I got A Day At The Races- and it brought me confusion. I just didn't know how to react on You Take My Breath Away, Drowse and Millionaire Waltz- what is that? I can't say I disliked it, but I was a bit weird for me. Than were some more albums- my desire to know more pushed me ahead. Next surprise Made On Heaven- which I suppose lighter than the others. And a shock followed with Queen- the first one. That one was the closest to the word "dislike". But now I love all of tham, and especially their versatility!

Least favorite, handsd down... A Kind Of Magic. Followed closely by The Works. Both albums are entirely to short. Apart from the good, not great songs on Magic, the ones that are generally agreed to be junk; Pain, Friends, DLYH even Prize isn't anything to write home about, although I do like the "bag pipes" in the solo, just kill the album. It's almost unlistenable.

The first album that I wasn't that keen on was Queen 1.  Although I do love Keep Yourself Alive I wasn't that keen on the album itself