Albums that weren't big at the time of release

I have skippers and I've removed them from my player. Mainly slowies that don't really work when I'm out and about checking out the talent.

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I have skippers and I've removed them from my player. Mainly slowies that don't really work when I'm out and about checking out the talent.[/QUOTE]

it´s ok to listen to different songs on different occasions. I have some reduced playlists too. But when I have time to really enjoy the music, I don´t skip anything from 70´s until 1982.

Funny thing is I cannot listen to Innuendo when cooking. I feel it´s totaly inappropriate to listen to Days of our lives or Show must go on and stir the spaggetti sauce :) So it´s left out for special occassions.

At least where I grew up Led Zeppelin’s fame came from Stairway to Heaven. I’m not aware of that ever being released as a single. It was played as the last song at high school dances and everyone knew it for that reason. Also, there were album rock (FM) radio stations so bands like Zep and Genesis got a lot of exposure that way. So at least in the 70s there were ways for bands to get exposure besides singles. Queen II may have gotten some exposure on FM, but I never heard a peep about it. Killer Queen got lots of AM play as a single.

I listen to Innuendo when cooking and don’t think it’s inappropriate!

I can imagine chopping up veg to the flamenco guitar break.

I can imagine chopping off my fingers while trying to chop in time to the flamenco.

How successful was Queen II at the time, say in comparison to A Night at the Opera? If Queen II had been super-successful, do you think Queen may have stuck more closely to that kind of music?

Just two questions I contemplated reading this thread.

For me, ADATR I think is overall the best Queen album when you consider not only the tracks (though there too, on most albums, even the brilliant ones there is one weak track and there isn't for me on ADATR) but the flow. I think the tracks flow magnificently and the way even the end flows back into track 1. I don't think it is in any way less extraordinary than ANATO.

I also agree, Queen is an overlooked album. There's something really moving about the album.

I remember finding out the old fanclub chart positions were a bit misleading - IE the debut's peak position wasn't when it was first released but later. For about 20 years I was under the illusion they were selling records straight off the bat.

Spiralstatic—I don’t know where to find album sales data for particular years or eras, e.g. sales of Queen II before SHA was released. However you can find out which venues Queen played in. Do you know about TheRealWizard’s site queenlive.ca? There are notes on every live queen concert including venue.

Of course the London venues for the Queen II/SHA/Opera/Races tours are well known via official releases and the Earls Court dates. Audience size says a lot.

I love Queen. I listen to it without any skips. It makes me feel like the 70s child that I am. Back in the day when people used to listen to albums, not playlists.

I forgot your second question. Who knows? But various comments of Freddie’s pop into my head such as something to the effect that he likes rock but it’s not the only thing he likes. I can’t see him happy being a life-long prog rocker.

Plus don’t the Larry Lurex tracks and Mad the Swine show that he always had a more pop side?

I have to go with the majority of posters here:

Queen II
A Day At The Races
Jazz

I have to say, as much as A Night At The Opera is the much more celebrated album, I've ALWAYS preferred ADATR.

Races is my favourite, just an absolute peak of performance, songwriting and production gun mayhem 2

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