Which Queen era do you like the best?

The Greatest Hits Era, greatest albums:
Queen II, SHA (My Favorite)
ANATO,ADATR,NOTW,Jazz,The Game

Live performance:
74-75
78-81

*I don't like to see Freddie with tights and ballet slippers, singing We Will Rock You (Oh god !), but,well that was Fred

All the 80s stuff :D

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Pim Derks wrote: [/QUOTENAME]"Also most of the best songs and videos come from this "new" era."

Absolutely not true. You may think these were the best songs, but tracks like Somebody To Love, Bohemian Rhapsody and Killer Queen are way better than Breakthru or The Invisible Man.

Video wise you're right - in the eighties special fx came up and they were able to do stuff they couldn't do in their 70's videos. [/QUOTE]

This of course is just my opinion. Of course I like the 70s songs too (WATC is my all-time favourite), but I have always liked the 80s & 90s sound more (not only in the case of Queen).

towards the end of 1991 onwards

fatty.

Pretty much agree w/ Pim & Fatty, 1973-1977 and 1991

I prefer the sounds they came up with around the time of "The Miracle". It seems that the group was rejuvenated by their lay off after the Magic Tour and they were experimenting with different melodies. Also the decision to share songwriting credit made for more of a group effort. I look at songs like "Breakthru", "Was It All Worth It" and "Hang On In There" as examples of how they were branching out and incorporating more "live" playing in the studio. Also Freddie's knowledge of his mortality must have provided an energy and urgency to the recordings that must have spurred on the rest of the group, even though they did not know the extent of his condition.

I like all three all the same

Many people criticize Queen for changing their sound in the 80s and going more towards the pop/rock mainstream and leaving behind their glam & progessive rock sound behind.
Queen did in fact change after 'A Day At The Races', and 'News Of The World' was perhaps their first non-glam rock album and the album had a sound heavier than any other previous albums. Probably they wanted to change as a wish to experiment with the very popular heavy metal & punk sounds which were very popular when the album was released. After 'Jazz' pretty much every single album was a mix of pop and rock.

I have to agree with those that say that the 1974-1976 era was without a doubt their best, but I have to say many so called "fans" consider everything afterwars was crap. Queen as all rock bands has to evolve and try something new. Yes, perhaps 'Hot Space' was a little bit too much, and too "not Queen like", but aside from that Queen always made great music.

To me, all eras were great. Despite their popularity fall in the States, Queen grew bigger and stronger on the rest of the world. I think that prooves to everyone that Queen was a band always on the rise.

I LOVE Hot Space... I think I'm the only one, but I can listen to that over and over. I even like 'Body Language'... I just feel that all the songs on there are good, even if they sound different from what we're used to. I don't think there's one Queen album I don't like.

[QUOTE]Yes in the 70s, Roger was just PRETTY.[/QUOTE]

*sigh* I just have to agree with that! Very prettiful indeed.
Saying that, I do prefer '70s Freddie, looks-wise. I really haven't a clue why... just something about him.

*OK... this is just me being a teenager... best to ignore.*

I liked the whole Queen II era a lot. What with the fantasy aura, and the sweet and puzzling lyrics e.g fairy fellers MS., ogre battle etc. So overall, the 70s was the best for me!
Freddie's voice was more youthful and fresh sounding then as well.
Not forgetting Roger's hair was just beautiful then! :)

Rhapsody_87,

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!! Hot Space is a very important album for me. It's not a matter of favouring Queen; it contains some of the best tunes and definitely the best vocal ever. Doesn't matter if synth is horrible - I still think the album is exceptional.

Anyways, for me:

(1) Vocal: Sheer Heart Attack, Hot Space, the Miracle and Innuendo. All the vocal works are great, but while listening to some of the early demos I notice that the vocal skill is a little shaky. These four albums, however... one couldn't possibly soar above these. (And they span over 20 years! Goes to show how talented Freddie was.)

(2) Instrumental: Queen II, ANATO and ADATR, Innuendo. I'd give credit for Made In Heaven, too. Somehow I like live instrumental versions better, usually.

(3) Live: 1970-1975 (Up to and including Hammersmith Odeon), 1980-1983 (including Hot Space tour, the best tour series)

I think the Miracle is also so horribly underestimated, sometimes even by fans...

I like The Miracle/Innuendo era simply for the fact that Freddie was so ill and produced 2 amazing albums. I love Live Killers too.

It's without doubt the era 99-04.

Hence : Robbie Williams "We Are The Champions"

Five - We Will rock you - That was fab !!!

Not to mention "we will rock you" with Britney, Pink and Beoncey - a CLASSIC !!

The new version of Under Pressure with new drums and bass from 99 also deserves credit !!!



Ok.. I'm tired...

My fav Queen era is definitely the 70s. I really love the A Night At The Opera. I'm so very young, I wasn't born by then (my parents weren't even married yet!), but i accidentally discovered that album and it was love at first hearing to me. And the first albums I bought were A Day At The Races and News Of The World. And I also like the Sheer Heart Attack and the JAZZ. They were young, bold, their music was shining with strength and they knew how to mix the glam and the hard in the body of these albums. But all their music is terrific, I can't get enough of it, there's no Queen album that I don't like. And in what concerns the 00s, I can't say they don't exist for me. In fact, that's the only era in which those lads and me are contemporary. I just love them!
P.S. Roger was surely very pretty in the 70s, but Brian looks great even now! Wow!