Queen
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Topic: Queen
Posted By: WaywardSon
Subject: Queen
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 14:00
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The first four Queen albums IMO were great, but after A night at the opera things started to slowly go wrong, so my vote is for Night at the opera.
Which would you say was their last great album before going slowly downhill.
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 16:38
| To be honest, I'd say they never, ever recorded an album as brilliant as 'Night At The Opera' again. 'Day At The Races' has a very tired feel to it to these ears, but 'News Of The World' shows a more consistent and re-energised band; the only draw back is that they lost the sense of experiment...'Jazz' set a template that all their other albums over the next decade had- inconsistency. I like 'Innuendo' the best after 'Night...', and sections of 'The Miracle', but most other albums after 'Jazz' have only good singles and pretty weak album tracks, mostly. So I'll go for 'Night'... |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 17:16
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Why can't I vote in this poll?
Anways, I would have chosen other ... A Kind of Magic was a really tremendously well done album. Not prog though! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 18:58
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They never went downhill as such, just moved on. So my vote is for Innuendo. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 20:24
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Yeah had some subpar albums inbetween but Innuendo was just genuis.
------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 20:37
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mmm... why i cannot vote in this poll??
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 24 2006 at 11:05
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I set the fine line at Jazz
Never liked News of The World, but jazz is as good as Races or Opera
then comes the garbage 80's album ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 24 2006 at 11:23
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Why do you guys hate A Kind of Magic so much? It's perfect IMO. Pop music, not prog ... that's obvious. But does that make it less good? ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 24 2006 at 11:27
I like it Mike...it has some of my favourite songs. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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MikeEnRegalia wrote:Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 24 2006 at 11:34
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I really loved it when I was a little boy ... I must have been 12 when I bought it, and I did not yet play the guitar. But Gimme the Prize and Masters of the Universe surely inspired me to want to become a guitar hero! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 24 2006 at 11:35
Yes.....I love "Princes of the Universe too"! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: tdreamer
Date Posted: April 24 2006 at 16:19
| There posthumous album Made in Heaven is a classic. |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: April 24 2006 at 16:25
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A day at the races. -------------  
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 00:13
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A Day at the Races for me, it's almost as the logical sequence for the brilliant A Night at the Opera.
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 02:50
Yes - I haven't listened to it in ages.  ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: pechu prog 730
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 05:09
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HOW ABOUT INNUENDO?THATS A GREAT ALBUM. ------------- IT'S RAINING ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 11:20
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Obviously, "Innuendo". ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 15:15
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I don't hate 'A Kind Of Magic'- it has some of the best 80s Queen songs in the excellent title track (harking back to days of 'Seven Seas Of Rhye' imo), 'One Vision'(one of their heaviest), 'Who Wants To Live Forever' and 'Princes Of The Universe'. However, the album has two of the most teeth grindingly awful (imo) songs they ever did in 'One Year Of Love' and 'Pain Is So Close To Pleasure'. All of their albums more or less has some saving graces; they never really did a truly horrendous album, but only cut a few consistently excellent ones, imo. Even a big fan like myself would have to admit that really, from 'The Game' onwards (and 'Innuendo' aside) the best songs they made were released as singles.
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Posted By: wolf0621
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 18:59
| My vote goes to Sheer Heart Attack (1974 & their 3rd album), possibly their heaviest record...Brighton Rock & Tenement Funster rule! News Of The World would be my #2... |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 03:43
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 03:52
jeez...I mention Innuendo first and i don't even get a look in!
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 05:00
I'm such a skim reader...  ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 05:20
Nice to see you back Mark.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 09:10
Are you sure? 
(what's up with the formatting?) ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 09:12
No.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 09:19
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re. The formatting.....we have new forum software and thare are some teething problems. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 11:24
Glad it's not something I'm doing wrong 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 14:48
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Yes, good to see you back on PA, Mark.
I enjoyed listening to your music. Good stuff
Anyway! Queen. I think their last truly great album was a 'Night at the Opera' but generally I dont think they made a bad album. 'AKOM' 'Hot Space' are their weakest IMO, but even they have moments. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 23:42
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Sheer Heart Attack, for moi. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: April 27 2006 at 05:32
| Innuendo. Much better than most of their releases in the 80's which were sometimes not very good to say the least.. |
Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: April 27 2006 at 11:08
I agree with you, Norbert! ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 15:07
i really liked most of queen's albums over the years especially these.............
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Posted By: Royalist
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 16:40
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Innuendo
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Posted By: Dantallion
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 11:53
| Innuendo was pretty darn good! |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 20:01
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I would argue that News of the World was their last album with no
filler. I love that album from start to finish and it's probably my
second favorite of tgheirs overall, after Queen II. They made lots of
great music after NotW, but there were always a few sub-standard tracks
in there to round it out.
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Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 20:05
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I really don't feel that they went down hill.......... you can't keep dishing up the same stuff year after year......... so, sorry, I didn't vote! P-C
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 18:18
There are few brilliant moments in 80s, like "Machines ( or Back to Humans)". Great track! Generally their proggiest album is "Flash Gordon" but it's deffinitively not their best... And "A Day At The Races" is very underrated album, IMO. I won't dare to say that is bettter than "A Night..." but it's very, very close. Contains few gems like "Millionaire Waltz" and beautiful and unique "You take my breath away" and simple but heavy "White Man". Don't laugh, I just discovered sheer beauty of silly "Good oldfashioned lover boy" after all these years. I used to skip that track, but not I am astonished everytime when I listen to the guitar solo...a masterpiece! ------------- |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: June 21 2006 at 10:17
| News of the World. Brilliant album. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 21 2006 at 18:52
| Jazz. |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: June 27 2006 at 23:33
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I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one that thinks "Jazz" is a great album. I thought it was a pretty daring move for them. Everybody was talking about "Bicycle Race," and "Fat Bottomed Girls," but I was digging on the other tracks. Cool stuff. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: barbs
Date Posted: July 01 2006 at 03:57
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Sheer Heart Attack - An understated influence on the development of Metal ------------- Eternity |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: July 03 2006 at 09:16
| The Miracle is awesome aswell. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 03 2006 at 09:42
I wonder how many of the voters understand the poll properly ...  I guess 50% just voted for their favorite Queen album.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 13:02
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The Game and Innuendo are great too. Every Queen album has its strong moments. Even the mainstream 80s (well, laugh now: there are songs on Hot Space that I enjoy - exceptions Body Language and Cool Cat - nice vocals on this one though but the song is too poppy). I recommend the Made in Heaven album - it surprised me in quite a pleasant way.
Queen has always been one of my favourite bands, never disappointed me, never got bored listening to their albums.
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Posted By: Epitath
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 11:06
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Seriously, Nothing beats the Opera! ITS A-M-A-zing! ------------- 
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