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Topic: Queen Albums - Best To Worst
Posted: January 17 2017 at 02:01

Yes side 1 of Flash Gordon is dull, but Side 2 has some great tracks on it,

Flash to the Rescue

Vultan's Theme

Battle Theme

Wedding March

The Hero

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Posted: January 16 2017 at 20:40

^ So do I

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Posted: January 16 2017 at 20:20

AZF wrote:

EDIT: ARGH! How amazing is "Flash"?!! That's another reason "A Kind Of Magic" is my hated.
They could do soundtracks!

The Flash Gordon soundtrack is knocked down a lot by Queen fans. I personally like it a lot.

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Posted: January 16 2017 at 16:26

AZF wrote:

I don't think Hot Space is their worst album ever.
I think that's "A Kind Of Magic" hands down. Take away the singles and what are you left with?...

A Kind of Magic side 2 is brilliant

Who Wants to Live Forever flows then Gimmie the Prize

Don't Lose Your Head

Princes of the Universe are all excellent songs

One Vision is an excellent track.

But there is also some dross

ie;

Friends Will be Friends, Pain is so Close to Pleasure, One Year of Love

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Posted: January 16 2017 at 15:11

I don't think Hot Space is their worst album ever.
I think that's "A Kind Of Magic" hands down. Take away the singles and what are you left with?...

I think Innuendo is my favourite album. I bought it at the time. No wait, it's Sheer Heart Attack.
I loved Queen II more than A Night.. or A Day... And I really wish I had grown up with Jazz and not News Of The World.
I stopped listening when Freddie died and even then haven't heard Made In Heaven.

EDIT: ARGH! How amazing is "Flash"?!! That's another reason "A Kind Of Magic" is my hated.
They could do soundtracks!

Edited by AZF - January 16 2017 at 15:12

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Posted: January 16 2017 at 14:08

1) A Night AT The Opera

2) Sheer Heart Attack

3) II

4) All the rest...

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Posted: January 13 2017 at 18:30

A Night at the Opera

Queen II

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

News of the World

That's it. That's all you get.

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Posted: January 13 2017 at 13:08

1. Queen II
2. A Day at the Races
3. Sheer Heart Attack
4. A Night at the Opera
5. News of the World
6. Queen
7. The Works
8. Innuendo
9. Flash Gordon
10. The Miracle
11. Jazz
12. Made in Heaven
13. A Kind of Magic
14. The Game
15. Hot Space

Edited by Enchlore - March 03 2017 at 11:02

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Posted: January 13 2017 at 11:18

A Night at the Opera
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen 2
Innuendo
A Day at the Races
News of the World
Jazz
The Game
Works
A Kind of Magic
Queen
The Miracle
Hot Space
Made In Heaven
Flash Gordon Soundtrack

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Posted: January 11 2017 at 13:58

Blacksword wrote:

Queen II
A night at the opera
Sheer heart attack
Day at the races
Queen 1
News of thw world
Jazz
Hot Space
The Works
A kind of magic
Innuendo

Haven't heart anything after that...

"Made in heaven" was perhaps not very inventive, not very progressive - yet it was really versatile Queen-style. The songs while being mainly ballads, do not sound like the ones on JT's Too Old. Every ballad is an individuality here

. The Cosmos Rocks, of course, sucks, then: not an average banal hard-rock recording, some twists and smartees - but it is cosmos distances far away downwards from anything Queen created before.

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Posted: January 11 2017 at 11:33

Queen II
A night at the opera
Sheer heart attack
Day at the races
Queen 1
News of thw world
Jazz
Hot Space
The Works
A kind of magic
Innuendo

Haven't heart anything after that...

Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!

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Posted: January 11 2017 at 06:46

Cambus741 wrote:

I think Hot Space is an excellent album. There is only two songs on it I'm not keen on ie Staying Power and Body Language

Exactly my impression.

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Posted: January 11 2017 at 04:29

hmmm strange question in a weird sort of way due to don't totally understanding it! there aren't many groups whom record albums to which all will be perfect one or two album fillers on. I`ll need to give this some serious thinking!!!!

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Posted: January 11 2017 at 04:06

I think Hot Space is an excellent album. There is only two songs on it I'm not keen on ie Staying Power and Body Language

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Posted: January 10 2017 at 18:11

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Woon Deadn wrote:

No Queen album is bad or average - I agree (Cosmos is not Queen, I mean). Hot Space is really excellent, except for the first track. However, to me there are two hard rock hits in Miracle, the rest is mediocre pop cheese. "I want it all" and "Was it all worth it" are timeless. But two mid-size songs cannot save the whole LP.

Wow. Queen were excellent pop artists. And there's more than just 2 hardrock songs on Miracle. Breathru and the opening duo. And then there's the wonderous r&b/soul/calypso of My Baby Does Me and Rain Must Fall. And the proggish Scandal and the titletrack. The only song that I find kinda annoying sometimes is Invisible Man, but that's still a stellar song. Love the bassriff and the guitarsolo.

Maybe I'm just a sucker for pop. But I love weird music aswell. Maybe I just like all kinds of music. Maybe that's why Queen is so dear to me. They actually pulled off every genre in the book. Except Jazz and reggae, but they named a record Jazz, so that's a point.

I am not a musician myself, I don't hear, I can't hear notes, bass playing, etc. It explains my comprehension of musical works. I bought Queen's albums one by one, once in two-three months, usually. The Miracle was one of the last ones. I thought it would be grandiose. I was disappointed.

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Posted: January 10 2017 at 13:42

Woon Deadn wrote:

Kingsnake wrote:

Never understood the hate for their post-The Game albums.

Never understood the hate for the discofunk of Hot Space.
I kinda understand why people think The Works and Kind of Magic lack coherency. They sound like best-of albums. But if the two were combined, and some songs were left out, it would've been a great hardrock album.

Miracle and Innuendo are two of the best hardrock albums I grew up with. Really, really stellar production and great songs.

Never understood the hate for Flash Gordon either. Great spacerock album. Queen just showed they could do anything.

I like The Game the least, mainly because it's so short. Also Hot Space is at the bottom of the list. Not because it's bad, but because the rest is so much better.

No Queen album in the universe is bad to me.

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Posted: January 10 2017 at 12:33

Kingsnake wrote:

Never understood the hate for their post-The Game albums.

Miracle and Innuendo are two of the best hardrock albums I grew up with. Really, really stellar production and great songs.

Never understood the hate for Flash Gordon either. Great spacerock album. Queen just showed they could do anything.

I like The Game the least, mainly because it's so short. Also Hot Space is at the bottom of the list. Not because it's bad, but because the rest is so much better.

No Queen album in the universe is bad to me.

Edited by Woon Deadn - January 10 2017 at 12:35

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Posted: January 10 2017 at 03:21

ignore the second mention of A kind of Magic.
Not sure what happened there

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Posted: January 10 2017 at 03:17

Queen 2
Sheer Heart Attack
Hot Space
A Night at the Opera
Queen
News of the World
Flash Gordon
A Day at the Races
The Works
The Game
Jazz
A Kind of Magic
Innuendo
Made in Heaven
The Miracle
The Cosmos Rocks
A Kind of Magic

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Posted: January 10 2017 at 01:46

Queen II

Queen I

A Day at the Races

Sheer Heart Attack

News of the World

Innuendo

Miracle

A Night at the Opera

The Works

Jazz

Flash Gordon

Made in Heaven

A Kind of Magic

The Game

Hot Space

Never understood the hate for their post-The Game albums.

Miracle and Innuendo are two of the best hardrock albums I grew up with. Really, really stellar production and great songs.

Never understood the hate for Flash Gordon either. Great spacerock album. Queen just showed they could do anything.

I like The Game the least, mainly because it's so short. Also Hot Space is at the bottom of the list. Not because it's bad, but because the rest is so much better.

No Queen album in the universe is bad to me.

Edited by Kingsnake - January 10 2017 at 04:16