Which Era of Queen is Your Favourite

from A Day At The Races Tour USA tour 1977 to Japanese Hot Space tour 1982.

All of it and whatever happens in the future as well

1973-1977

Before the shouting

Tim

"Queen up to News of the world, the band sounded like a band, after that 4 individual musicians making an album. "

Perfect ... 

Tim

Being a fan since day one i'd have to say for defo -

Queen right through till Day At The Races for me that was there best period although News Of The World/Jazz & Live Killers are brill too,after that for the time all the rest of the albums were good but differant,got a soft spot for hot space probably because the tour was good.... At the end thought both The Miracle & Innuendo were great albums....

Concert's - all 73 till crazy tour 79 were amazing,afterwards still good but not as good as the 70's,,but still glad i saw all the tours.

Nothing beats the entire 70's for Queen!  It was a groundbreaking time for the band. The Bo Rap video is considered to be the first proper video to set the stage for what was to come, two anthemic songs that still to this day are worldly recognizable at any sporting event and is still played on the radio, opening up the South American market for other bands to follow, innovative lighting and stage shows not to mention the ambitious records that came out of that period. I feel after they achieved all they could in the 70's the 80's seemd like they just coasted through. Still they made great music but they were a different band by then.

IMO, their creative pick was the 1974 to 1976 period, from Queen II to Races.

Queen - A Day at the Races (1973 - 1976)

Jazz 78 wrote: Nothing beats the entire 70's for Queen!  It was a groundbreaking time for the band. The Bo Rap video is considered to be the first proper video to set the stage for what was to come, two anthemic songs that still to this day are worldly recognizable at any sporting event and is still played on the radio, opening up the South American market for other bands to follow, innovative lighting and stage shows not to mention the ambitious records that came out of that period. I feel after they achieved all they could in the 70's the 80's seemd like they just coasted through. Still they made great music but they were a different band by then.

i  agree, usually bands are groundbreaking only once in their career, so for Queen it was the 70's and maybe the Game.
, but much to enjoy from the 80's.  glad they changed and they didn't record Queen2 15 times.  My favorite era is 73 to 76,  then almost as great 77 to 1980.  1973 to 1980 Queen were in their Prime.  Albums wise,  but if we're throwning in live performances and still creating new sounds i abmit the Hot soace Era is pretty cool. Especially live.

My favourite era would be from 1973-'82, beginning with the first album and ending with Hot Space. The 70's albums and The Game were all classics, while HS was arguably among Queen's most enjoyable and most underrated albums. It was also arguably the last album (until The Miracle) in which it seemed to me that the group were taking risks.


However, if that era is deemed to be too large, then I'll simply opt for 1974/'75; Queen II, SHA & ANATO. Heck, just SHA & ANATO. Those two albums represent IMO Queen at its most brilliant, Queen at its purest, Queen at its most creative and Queen at its most irresistable. I can find something to love about all of Queen's albums, but SHA & ANATO will forever be the two (Queen) albums which I can least do without.

So, in terms of a major era, I would '73-'82, but in terms of a specific smaller era, I would pick November 1974-'75.