Favourite Queen Album - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Not heard them all (as a matter of fact only five first), but hard to believe any of their after Day At the Races were better than a Night at the Opera.

The Miracle (1989)

Innuendo (1991)

Just one more album to go now to complete the Queen albums discography

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - June 16 2020 at 11:45

I'd love to have included the first two Queen albums on this thread too, but they're not currently available on YouTube. I found these two albums though....

Flash Gordon (1980)

Hot Space (1982)

I'm not keen on either of these two Queen albums, but I've included them here anyway for the sake of completion.

Queen's seventh and eighth albums....

Jazz (1978)

The Game (1980)

cstack3 wrote:

Modrigue wrote:

Blacksword wrote:

Queen II. Brilliant album.

^This

Aye. I would have seen this tour, but Brian May became ill with hepatitis and had to drop out. Kansas substituted instead (they opened for Mott the Hoople in Chicago).

I like Kansas and they were excellent, but to have seen Queen on this tour....gawd! I did see them on "Night at the Opera" and a subsequent tour, but Queen II is their masterpiece IMHO.

At least because Brian got sick SHA managed to come out the same year.

Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)

I find it interesting no one has voted for ADATR. I have to assume fans of that record generally concede that as great as ADATR is, ANATO does everything ADATR does and mostly does it better.

Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)

Here's how you lose a multi-million dollar copyright lawsuit:

...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...

Queen II. Their proggiest album, so it's no surprise many have it as their favourite here. Personally I do like it a lot, but I think they have made much more accomplished albums. The album is a giant leap forward in terms of production, and we get the trademark Queen elements such as the layered guitar parts, vocal harmonies, creative stereo pan, and so on. But at timees I feel the music has a bit too many ideas for its own good ("The March of the Black Queen" is probably the best example here), also it sometimes sounds like they haven't entirely matured as songwriters yet. I think they reached a better balance between complex production and compositional craftmanship on A Night at the Opera.

Many songs on Queen II are however considerably stronger than those on Queen. "Some Day One Day" is a great folkish song, Roger Tayor's "The Loser in the End" is a big improvement from "Modern Times Rock'n Roll", "The Fairy-Feller's Master Stroke" is probably Mercury's best song on the album - very strong composition - and "Funny How Love Is" shows them from a more poppy side with its harmonic and melodic sequencing. Lyrically I can't really relate to the fantasy universe. I don't know what to do with white and black queens, ogres and fairies, so on Queen II the music is clearly the main attraction for me.

Edited by The Anders - June 02 2020 at 14:32

Sacro_Porgo wrote:

Possibly Queen's most underrated ballad. It gets a bad rap essentially just for being on Hot Space.

There's nothing worse than a bad rap.

The Anders wrote:

I personally find Hot Space OK, even Body Language which actually fascinates me quite a lot even though the over-sexualized lyrics and vocal performance puts me off somewhat. But one needs to accept the album on its own premises to enjoy it. It's a more of a pop and dance album than a rock album, and there is a lot of inspiration from black music like soul and funk. Some songs sound a bit uninspired (Dancer, Back Chat, Put Out the Fire), but there is also a catchy pop tune like Calling All Girls, and of course Under Pressure. Cool Cat is quite an underrated track. Still, it's not an album I listen to very often.

And there's "Life Is Real" - the greatest ballad of those based on the minimalist riff.

Edited by Woon Deadn - June 02 2020 at 02:55

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Poll Question: Which is your favourite Queen album?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Queen (1973)	4	[3.64%]
Queen II (1974)	35	[31.82%]
Sheer Heart Attack (1974)	19	[17.27%]
A Night at the Opera (1975)	32	[29.09%]
A Day at the Races (1976)	2	[1.82%]
News of the World (1977)	2	[1.82%]
Jazz (1978)	3	[2.73%]
The Game (1980)	3	[2.73%]
Flash Gordon (Soundtrack) (1980)	2	[1.82%]
Hot Space (1982)	3	[2.73%]
The Works (1984)	0	[0.00%]
A Kind of Magic (1986)	0	[0.00%]
The Miracle (1989)	1	[0.91%]
Innuendo (1991)	4	[3.64%]
Made in Heaven (1995)	0	[0.00%]
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