Favourite Queen Album - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I finally got to dive a bit more than their hit songs, and indeed I was pleasantly surprised, most specially by Queen 2 (which was my choice here), but also by Sheer Heart Attack and A Night at the Opera. I guess, in a way, they lost their edge once they found out they could be one of the most succesful bands that have existed.

I ended up voting Innuendo for nostalgic reasons. Queen were my first favourite band and after listening to their Greatest Hits I and II all the time every day, Innuendo was their first album I got.

Queen II. The murky sound is my only complaint...finding the best-sounding version of Queen II is on my bucket list and my quest. Wink

Edited by omphaloskepsis - November 21 2023 at 11:19

Hmmm...I suppose Queen 2, Sheer Heart Attack, Night At Opera....but I dont own any of those.

To me they were always more about the 'radio hits' after the first 2 so the best would be just picking up a hits package with the best tracks.

One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin

1- Queen II

2- A Night at the Opera

3- A Day at the Races

But Jazz, Innuendo and Sheer Heart Attack are classics too. Queen I is a great debut as well.

I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place

Queen: A band that's outlasted most of their marriages and with a singer - the Liberace of Rock - who looks like a ballet dancer running for a bus, they were the band who "stole" Live Aid, the global jukebox where Freddie could ponce about in front of the whole world - according to Bob Geldof. Smile

1973: Queen - Queen - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kKxjOMeU-rU8pi9tCml1e8rYKUt4GCTQU

Variously described as Hard Rock/Progressive Rock/Heavy Metal (How we love our music labels!), this is the first Queen album, recorded virtually for free during studio downtime at Trident Studios in London between April and November 1972 . Most of the songs were written by flamboyant frontman Freddie Mercury (briefly known as Larry Lurex in 1972 in an unfortunate parody of Gary Glitter) and guitarist Brian May with a token song from drummer Roger Taylor (Modern Times Rock & Roll), and with bassist John Deacon forever remaining the quiet man in the background (long before MP Ian Duncan Smith came along). Two singles were released from the Queen album - "Keep Yourself Alive" and Liar" - which also included a brief instrumental version of "Seven Seas of Rhye" as an album closer with the promise of even better things to come from the future "Champions of the World". Smile

Track Listing

01. Keep Yourself Alive (3:45)

02. Doing All Right (4:10)

03. Great King Rat (5:41)

04. My Fairy King (4:07)

05. Liar (6:24)

06. The Night Comes Down (4:24)

07. Modern Times Rock & Roll (1:48)

08. Son and Daughter (3:19)

09. Jesus (3:45)

10. Seven Seas of Rhye (instrumental) (1:45)

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 03 2024 at 12:07

A Night at the Opera (1975)

News of the World. I love the drums in It's Late, and May's songs are great. The way he sings Sleeping On The Sidewalk never leaves me cold.

I voted for Queen II as it's their most complete album. Later albums had quality songs but after their first two or three albums they became more focused on hits than albums which led to more filler, although they may have always been driven by commercial success even with those early albums.

Poll Question: Which is your favourite Queen album?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Queen (1973)	4	[3.48%]
Queen II (1974)	37	[32.17%]
Sheer Heart Attack (1974)	20	[17.39%]
A Night at the Opera (1975)	33	[28.70%]
A Day at the Races (1976)	2	[1.74%]
News of the World (1977)	3	[2.61%]
Jazz (1978)	3	[2.61%]
The Game (1980)	3	[2.61%]
Flash Gordon (Soundtrack) (1980)	2	[1.74%]
Hot Space (1982)	3	[2.61%]
The Works (1984)	0	[0.00%]
A Kind of Magic (1986)	0	[0.00%]
The Miracle (1989)	1	[0.87%]
Innuendo (1991)	4	[3.48%]
Made in Heaven (1995)	0	[0.00%]
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