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Well "its late" was a single in america although it was terribly edited but flopped. I am sure "Dont try suicide" did make it as a single somewhere in the universe but not sure were!
"Dragon Attack" would have made a great Queen single,
but there again, Queen never really made songs on albums as "fillers" they always delivered good tunes!

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gic in the air

and

He rules the air and turns the tides/
that are not there for you and meeeooooooh yeah!

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]

Queen never really made songs on albums as "fillers" they always delivered good tunes![/QUOTE]

Let's be honest - Jazz through The Miracle has plenty of filler. Action This Day ? Don't Lose Your Head ??

They lost their mojo. Every band does. Ask the man on the street what their favourite Queen album is, and 9 out of 10 will say "Greatest Hits." But they always delivered hit songs. For 20 years. Most bands couldn't manage that, so there's something to be said for that.

The reality is - until 1978, Queen were leaders at doing what nobody else was doing. After that, they did what others were doing but not as well. They didn't find their footing again until Innuendo.

As far as most music historians would see it - in a world where we have records like Pet Sounds, Revolver, Hot Rats, Sticky Fingers, Paranoid, After The Gold Rush, Tapestry, Blue, Close To The Edge, Dark Side Of The Moon, Houses Of The Holy, Diamond Dogs, 2112, Hotel California, Breakfast In America, Back In Black, and Thriller - Sheer Heart Attack and A Night At The Opera are the only two truly rock solid Queen albums.

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[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]

Queen never really made songs on albums as "fillers" they always delivered good tunes![/QUOTE]

As far as most music historians would see it - in a world where we have records like Pet Sounds, Revolver, Hot Rats, Sticky Fingers, Paranoid, After The Gold Rush, Tapestry, Blue, Close To The Edge, Dark Side Of The Moon, Houses Of The Holy, Diamond Dogs, 2112, Hotel California, Breakfast In America, Back In Black, and Thriller - Sheer Heart Attack and A Night At The Opera are the only two truly rock solid Queen albums.
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I'd certainly add A Day At The Races to that - often overlooked (incorrectly) as a weaker copy of A Night At The Opera, but to me it is more cohesive as a flowing album, has great songs throughout and sounds great sonically. Truly a band at the top of their game there.

yeah i think after "The Game" album, Queen bravely took another direction
to Brian & rogers horror, i.e disco, funk style rock.
Sure when i first heard "Hot Space" i was slightly disappointed because
we never had blistering guitar work from Brian, to which every Queen album needed.
Then....... Queen knew the fans were not happy so they set off to the studios
in 1983 and began work on their new album and decided they would give the fans the works,
hence the title of the album "The Works" and yep they certainly did, more rock songs,
"Tear it up" "Hammer to fall" "Machines" and Freddie gave us a gorgeous ballad "Its a hard life".
so yeah "A night at the opera" will always be Queens "Sgt pepper" album but they did make other
great albums and your right " A day at the races" was always overlooked, and it had some great songs on it.

I agree, A Day at the Races has a wonderful "album-feel" with a "theme" about love... It's my favourite album.

[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]

I'd certainly add A Day At The Races to that - often overlooked (incorrectly) as a weaker copy of A Night At The Opera, but to me it is more cohesive as a flowing album, has great songs throughout and sounds great sonically. Truly a band at the top of their game there.[/QUOTE]

Let's put it this way..

People often say ANATO is perfect, except for Sweet Lady.

There's no way White Man is a better song than Sweet Lady (lyrically yes, but musically no - the guitar parts in Sweet Lady are magnificent). And '39 destroys Long Away. IILWMC destroys Drowse. Best Friend destroys You And I. LOML destroys YTMBA. And the stylistic diversity of ANATO dwarfs ADATR.

As much as I love the upbeat nature and cohesiveness of ADATR, with the exception of The Millionaire Waltz, STL and GOFLB, ANATO's songs are just plain better. They will stand the test of time.

Fans of a band tend to favour the lesser-known works because of the over-exposure of the most popular work. But ANATO truly is Queen's best work.

Well according to the queenzone polls Queen2 has been voted the bands best ever album!
Dont forget Queen2 layed down the foundations for A night at the opera, especially for Bo Rhap!

Very true - Queen II was an important developmental phase.

But I don't think a poll on a Queen website is really indicative of what the general public thinks (now or a century from now) !

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]

yeah i think after "The Game" album, Queen bravely took another direction[/QUOTE]
Bravely? Freddie was absorbed by the gay club lifestyle and forced the band into it. Brian and Roger saw the writing on the wall, but Mercury was too self-absorbed to listen. Hot Space was completely out of touch with the music scene at the time. It took the colossal commercial failure of Mr Bad Guy for him to finally get a grip. He actually thought it was as good as Thriller. One cannot describe how low he sunk.

[QUOTE]more rock songs, "Tear it up" "Hammer to fall" "Machines"[/QUOTE]
In 1983, Def Leppard put out Pyromania. Queen's rock songs couldn't remotely compare. The fact that they put out Hot Space, then Ga Ga and Break Free did them in. They were no longer a rock band as far as US radio was concerned.

Under Pressure was the last Queen song to get heavy airplay - and most people considered that a Bowie song. They didn't get back into regular radio rotation until they put out Headlong. Almost a decade.

yes we all know the americans didnt get it when freddie got dressed up in drag for "I want to break free" video,
and it was that which destroyed Queen in America and playing "sun city"!
We all know "Break free" was just the band getting a bit jokey and we all loved it but the yanks
were very insulted as they lke there rockers all macho and dirty, then comes Fred looking like
gloria swanson it was hilarious, god i wish i was at Garden Lodge in the 80s with Freds gay mates
they must have had a ball.

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]

then comes Fred looking like
gloria swanson it was hilarious, god i wish i was at Garden Lodge in the 80s with Freds gay mates
they must have had a ball.
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Yes I'm sure it would have been laugh, and I'm sure a ball was had. But that was the problem, the Garden Lodge crowd were steering Freddie away from the roots of what Queen had been about. In the early to mid 80's there seems to have been a divide between FM and the band.

Instead of working as a unit Freddie playing ideas to his friends were getting a very different reaction to what RT or BM would have had, hence the route that led to Mr Bad Guy. As has been pointed out Freddie thought he'd created a master piece. It's hard to believe the guy who wrote Bo Rhap, The Millionare Waltz, Somebody to Love and The March Of The Black Queen would think that. Unless those around him were telling him how brilliant he was amongst the champagne, vodka and lines of coke.

yes it was paul prenter that steered freddie into risky places
hence the gay disco themed bars and introducing him to dodgy people
later Fred was reported in saying to paul gambaccini "Im doing everything with everybody"
He was getting out of control and it did show on Mr. Bad guy but strange how freddie got a guitarist
to resemble Brian May on the album!
i always blame paul prenter for Freddie contracting HIV, for it was him that introduced
the promiscuous lifestyle to freddie, resulting in his sad demise.

Yes Prenter was a very negative influence, not just on Freddie, but a lot of other people who worked with or in connection to the band.

To me Mr Bad Guy shows FM's weaknesses as a musician, song writer and arranger in that what he ended up producing was basically a third rate Queen album of sorts. Jo Burt was an awful choice as guitarist, why not get BM, at least he sounds and plays like himself. I've said this before,as have others, Mr Bad Guy really sounds like a bunch of possible demos for Queen to work on!

Mr Wanker you're right about ANATO, but as a Queen fan, as you also pointed out, ADATR is the album I listen to more.