Queen has so many underated albums, but my top five are Queen, Queen2, sheer heart attack, A day at the races and innuendo. Give me your thoughts on the ultimate underated queen album. These albums are rarely mentioned with the best albums of all-time, but we Queen fans no better. My pick is probably Queen2, but it's close
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By the public, A Day At The Races. It's an amazing album, but most people just pushed it aside after A Night At The Opera. As for underrated amongst fans, probably The Works. A lot of people say it's mediocre, but I think it's a good, solid album with some great singles.
One of the most underated Queen Album MUST be "The Works" from 1984! It's almost never mention in the Album-favourit-rankings in the magazines, nor by queen-fans. It has so many good and beautiful songs, and many hits on one album!
Radio GaGa:
(Vinyl Single)
A cool and good synt-pop song, and was also high up in the charts, only beaten by Frankie Goes To Hollywoods "Relax"!
Tear It Up:
A typical and heavy rock song. You can hear on this song, how much Metallica and GunsN Roses was inspired by Queens sound!
It's A Hard Life:
(Vinyl Single)
Its one of my favourit song Ever! I love both the beautiful melody, and the touching lyrics! and dont forget how good the voice of Freddie is on this pop-ballad song!
Man On The Prowl:
A classic 50's inspired rockabilly song, very unknown other Queen tracks on this album specially!
Machines(Or Back To Humans):
A typical 80's "Kraftwerk" song. Not one of the best Queen song, but the voice of Freddie "save" the song from being TOO bad!
I Want To Break Free:
(Vinyl Single)
One of the best Synth-pop songs made by Queen, and also in the rest of the music history! A famous, recognable and funny song made by Deacon. Was also good in the charts around the world.
Just Keep Passing The Open Windows:
(Vinyl Single)
A very good and rocking pop/rock song made by Freddie. Its a very typical song of Freddie. In the begining of the song you can hear a magnificient voice by him, and a beautiful melody.
Hammer To Fall:
(Vinyl Single)
A famous classic-rock song made by May. Good rock, and is a power rock song that is nice to play on concerts like Queen did threw the 80's.
Is This The World We Created?:
(Vinyl Single)
A very beautiful and touching song made by Mercury and May, and is recognable with a song like Love Of My Life. Freddie had a magnificient and nice voice, with good guitar playing by May.
Radio GaGa:
(Vinyl Single)
A cool and good synt-pop song, and was also high up in the charts, only beaten by Frankie Goes To Hollywoods "Relax"!
Tear It Up:
A typical and heavy rock song. You can hear on this song, how much Metallica and GunsN Roses was inspired by Queens sound!
It's A Hard Life:
(Vinyl Single)
Its one of my favourit song Ever! I love both the beautiful melody, and the touching lyrics! and dont forget how good the voice of Freddie is on this pop-ballad song!
Man On The Prowl:
A classic 50's inspired rockabilly song, very unknown other Queen tracks on this album specially!
Machines(Or Back To Humans):
A typical 80's "Kraftwerk" song. Not one of the best Queen song, but the voice of Freddie "save" the song from being TOO bad!
I Want To Break Free:
(Vinyl Single)
One of the best Synth-pop songs made by Queen, and also in the rest of the music history! A famous, recognable and funny song made by Deacon. Was also good in the charts around the world.
Just Keep Passing The Open Windows:
(Vinyl Single)
A very good and rocking pop/rock song made by Freddie. Its a very typical song of Freddie. In the begining of the song you can hear a magnificient voice by him, and a beautiful melody.
Hammer To Fall:
(Vinyl Single)
A famous classic-rock song made by May. Good rock, and is a power rock song that is nice to play on concerts like Queen did threw the 80's.
Is This The World We Created?:
(Vinyl Single)
A very beautiful and touching song made by Mercury and May, and is recognable with a song like Love Of My Life. Freddie had a magnificient and nice voice, with good guitar playing by May.
Hot Space. People dismiss it without a fair chance all the time.
Hot Space. People dismiss it without a fair chance all the time.
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Hot Space. People dismiss it without a fair chance all the time.
I agree. Maybe it was not good album for 1982, but now - 22 years ago - we know that Queen came back to rock roots, so it was an experiment and it's great. It was exotic and it's something what I like. Wasn't Bo Rhap an exotic song? And who'd be Queen if they didn't experimented with the sounds? IMO
And The Miracle - most of people took it just for singles.
Underated among the press... Pretty much all of them (especially 'Queen II', 'ADATR' and 'Innuendo')
Underated among fans... 'A Kind Of Magic', 'Jazz' and 'The Miracle'
Underated among fans... 'A Kind Of Magic', 'Jazz' and 'The Miracle'
Flash Gordon, hands down.
Oddly enough, I agree about Flash Gordon...it's a nifty album, and not too different from what Bowie was putting out at the time. Just listen to his more atmospheric stuff from Low and "Heroes", and compare that to Execution Of Flash and Escape From The Swamp.
Shame it was a soundtrack album and not an album of collected instrumentals, with some of the stronger ideas from that album extended into proper songs.
Shame it was a soundtrack album and not an album of collected instrumentals, with some of the stronger ideas from that album extended into proper songs.
Hot Space! (and Flash Gordon...)
Hot Space got trampled down too much.
Shame on them.
Shame on them.
The Works (which is just my favo. album!)
and in the press they speak about Wembley like that's the only live album ... but Live Killers is imo also a great live recording!
and in the press they speak about Wembley like that's the only live album ... but Live Killers is imo also a great live recording!
Hot Space defenately.
Live Killers
A Day at the Races.
A Day at the Races.
maybe jazz and adatr
the works production really sucks
the works production really sucks