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Poll Question: Which is your favourite Queen album?
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4 [3.54%]
36 [31.86%]
20 [17.70%]
33 [29.20%]
2 [1.77%]
2 [1.77%]
3 [2.65%]
3 [2.65%]
2 [1.77%]
3 [2.65%]
0 [0.00%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [0.88%]
4 [3.54%]
0 [0.00%]
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Everything as my sister was a big fan. But Freddie Mercury had great hair.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Well, I don't like Queen, so I'm out.

what was it that you listened to and ended up disliking them? Confused 
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Well, I don't like Queen, so I'm out.
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Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Wouldn't be able to pick one here...

Dare I ask why not? 
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Wouldn't be able to pick one here...
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^ I'll have my Queen album rankings coming up in just a few minutes on Pete Pardo's Sea of Tranquility thread. Smile
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A few years ago, Classic Rock had an article ranking Queen albums. At the time, I figured I'd decide on my own ranking. I went back and found what I had done, as I’m quite sure my feelings won’t have changed. My ranking ended up not that dissimilar to Classic Rock's, especially towards the "worst" end. I disagree more with Classic Rock, when it comes to the "best".
15. Hot Space (14 by Classic Rock)
I'm sure people like it, but it's not for me. At all.
14. Made in Heaven (15 CR)
I was incredibly disappointed when I first heard this, as it was hyped to be something more than it ended up. It has some good songs, but it doesn't flow as an album, and the songs are obviously plucked from different points in time. Putting a Queen backing track to a Freddy solo track does not make a Queen song. I don't dislike anything on here, but it's hardly a Queen album. I can see why Classic Rock listed this as their worst album, and if I liked Hot Space more, or disliked the remodelled tracks on this more, I would agree.
13. Flash (13 CR)
It's not bad, per se, but as Classic Rock points out, it falls somewhat flat without the visuals to accompany the instrumentation. Some soundtracks are good enough to stand on their own. This isn't. The title track though is, of course, pure gold.
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12. The Game (12 CR)
The first album not to have the "no synths" tag, and the first of the more mainstream and commercial sounding Queen.
11. The Works (8 CR)
A triumphant return to form after the horror (to my ears) of Hot Space.
10. A Kind of Magic (11 CR)
It was hard to decide whether to place this below or above The Miracle. I probably like the good songs on this more than I do the good songs on The Miracle - but the bad songs on this are far worse. For (lack of) consistency alone, this gets the lower position.
9. The Miracle (10 CR)
A comeback album of sorts, despite being only three years after the last album. More uniformly good than A Kind of Magic, but while that means the low points aren't as low, nor are the high points as high. Still, in retrospect, knowing now what we know of Freddy's health, this really is a remarkable album.
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8. Jazz (4 CR)
Again, it was hard to decide whether to place this below or above the next album - this time, News of the World. Lack of consistency is probably once more what keeps this in the lower position.
7. News of the World (7 CR)
An album so much more than the two most well-known songs. The only song I don't like quite so much is Get Down Make Love - but this is only on the album. I like it when it is performed live, which goes to show it is still a good song - merely that I don't like this studio recording as much.
6. Innuendo (9 CR)
How to go out with a bang. Again, retrospectively, this album is so much greater than it seemed at the time. The title track is tremendous, and it's hard not to read a lot into Days of our Lives. The Show Must Go On is triumphant. This really is the only album from Queen's latter days which can be compared with their earlier albums. It still doesn't reach those dizzy heights, but it is infinitely closer than anything else from the '80s or '90s.
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5. A Night at the Opera (1 CR)
I can't help but feel that this was placed at #1 by CR because of "that song". Admittedly, this is a fantastic album, and has some of my favourite songs on it - but I can't help think that ADATR refined the formula, and made a better album because of it. There are clear comparisons between the two albums, and you can almost identify which song on one album is the equivalent of one on the other - but ADATR has better consistency and flow.
4. A Day at the Races (5 CR)
As per above.
3. Sheer Heart Attack (3 CR)
An explosive start with Brighton Rock. The killer song everyone knows with Killer Queen. The exquisite 1,2,3 of Tenement Funster, Flick of the Wrist and Lily of the Valley. The belting Now I'm Here. Back in the days of album sides, side one is incredible! Side two is a little less cohesive, but every song is still wonderful, and the last two songs are perfect.
2. Queen (2 CR)
A million miles away from where Queen ended up, this hard rocking debut is still one of my favourite Queen albums, and includes some of my favourite Queen songs.
1. Queen II (6 CR)
I can't quite believe that Classic Rock rated this as low as six. Barring Greatest Hits, this was the first Queen album I actually bought, and it was nothing like what I expected. The whole idea of having a white side and a black side (instead of sides one and two) appealed to me, and with each side having a Queen of the appropriate colour. The March of the Black Queen is probably my favourite Queen song, but so much of this album is great. I love the songs. I love the way the songs segue together, and the suite this creates on the black side. Best Queen album by a long shot! ❤️
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Originally posted by Ronstein Ronstein wrote:

Queen 2 runs Queen 1 a close second and Sheer Heart Attack it pretty good too. 


i'd replace SHA with Jazz for third-place bronze medal, but otherwise, yes.
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Originally posted by iluvmarillion iluvmarillion wrote:

You have to give credit where credit is due. Practically everybody loves Bohemian Rhapsody. Personally I find it 5-6 minutes of doodling. I can think of hundreds of better songs but that's not the point. It hit a nerve with the public and was a massive hit and you can never take that away from Queen. 

Thief was talking about the movie Bohemian Rhapsody which i agree, was bad. 


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You have to give credit where credit is due. Practically everybody loves Bohemian Rhapsody. Personally I find it 5-6 minutes of doodling. I can think of hundreds of better songs but that's not the point. It hit a nerve with the public and was a massive hit and you can never take that away from Queen. 
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Queen 2 runs Queen 1 a close second and Sheer Heart Attack it pretty good too. 
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Originally posted by Ronstein Ronstein wrote:

1st Album. Perfect example of recorded material that had been honed by time on the road. It was all downhill from there!! One of the best albums to listen to on headphones too. 
Still, Queen 2 really has a following on the Archives. With its endorsement, I'm anxious to hear it.
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Ugh, I loved me some Queen when I was a kid. Especially Innuendo and Sheer Heart Attack (some good riffs, Brighton Rock has balls). Never really liked any album from A to Z, well Opera was interesting and at times amazing, but every record has some stinkers (i.e. Mustapha, Cool Cat, My Baby Does Me and so on).

Freddie's voice was superb, that's a given, and I liked how Brian May came up with his distinctive guitar tone. John Deacon strikes me as a professional, too, probably the most likeable chap in the band. So there's much to like, but I didn't bother to listen much for the last 10-15 years.

And then Bohemian Rhapsody hit the fan, and I became so fed up with Queen that it borders hostility now. Rewriting history at its worst and mass hysteria - for a band that, in my opinion, only became a world-wide phenom once they stopped doing eye-opening music. Ugh. I wish they closed that book 25 years ago, much like Led Zeppelin did.

A proper movie about Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath would've been great, but Bohemian, thanks but no thanks.

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I'll pick Sheer Heart Attack.
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1st Album. Perfect example of recorded material that had been honed by time on the road. It was all downhill from there!! One of the best albums to listen to on headphones too. 
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There ain't any, unfortunately.
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QUEEN II is by far a winner!Great Album!
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I get off the Queen train pretty early on - the first two albums are proto-proggy heavy, then a bit of refinement on the third, then their early sound solidified on Opera, but Day at the Races was a clone, then they lost that proggy rock edge and.....blah.  The pop hits were campy fun but nothing more - Queen's first four, then a spin of Jazz or News in the car once every few years, maybe a few tracks from the 90s surprise Innuendo.  
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^ I totally agree. George Michael did a fine job of stepping into Freddie Mercury's shoes for the Queen tribute concert. Thumbs Up
 
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I would rather have that VH-1 special on Queen, that showed the last song Freddy played and sang, apparently just weeks before he passed away ... it beats any album hands down!

A nice band, and we had the first couple of albums, but when it came to the 10CC cover, I didn't dislike it, but by then my interest was all over Europe and not as much in English or American bands, most of which were already re-hashing their material. QUEEN were a fine band, and even better in concert ... and reminds me of that one concert where George Michael sang on a tribute to Freddy I think it was ... and he was magnificent and probably should have been the only possible replacement for Freddy, but I'm not sure that GM was up to someone else's legacy! He already had his own to deal with!
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Originally posted by TheLionOfPrague TheLionOfPrague wrote:

Queen II is in my top 3 albums ever (at least regarding pop/rock) with Dark Side of the Moon and Close to the Edge.


Originally posted by Sacro_Porgo Sacro_Porgo wrote:

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.

ADATR is vastly underrated (though there's also a lot of people who consider it a classic, so who knows). I think it's below Queen II but virtually at the same level as ANATO, I think if it had been released first instead of second from those two maybe they would be regarded differently.

The Millionaire Waltz, Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy, Somebody to Love, Teo Torriate, You Take My Breath way, You and I, etc. I Really love that album.



I love it too. I finally found it on vinyl the other week and at last my 70s studio album collection is complete. I think the biggest difference between the two is maybe that A Day At The Races is decidedly more love-obsessed. Seriously, like nearly every song on it is a love song (or a sex song in regards to Tie Your Mother Down). I wonder if maybe it gets dismissed by some fans for that reason.
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