Favourite Queen album from the 80s

This should be interesting, methinks.  I'll post my choice later.


Edited by Tuzvihar - November 21 2009 at 04:45

A Kind of Magic ... there can be no contest. I know that some people find it cheesy, but the songwriting is just so utterly fantastic, plus the (usual) top notch musicianship.

The Game. First use of synthesizers in Queen albums, first serious change of direction ( using some new wave/synth pop elements), but still a great album.

The Game, has two of Queen's best songs, Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Another One Bites the Dust.

If there'd be Innuendo, I'd voted for it. Of course, it's 1991 record, but i think it'd be better to have it here too (there aren't any real Queen records after it - only post Freddie Made in Heaven and the new The Cosmos Rocks); so there won't be any Queen '90 poll or will it?

Anyway, I voted for The Miracle. I consider The Game too, but after a little inner battle, The Miracle won.

The Miracle  for me , with the stunning Scandal track, I love it, The game comes next

I want it all !

Queen is too awesome for me to vote

The Game!

Easy choice.

The Works!!! Why it's so underrated? It's a great album!

So I voted for The Works. But actually it ties with The Miracle.

For some reason, I don't count The Game as a 80's album. I'm always associating it along with News Of The World  and Jazz. Yes, I know they had cut their hairs short, they started embracing punk but still...I love that album a lot, but it's just a bunch of songs with very little connection. And Coming Soon and Don't Try Suicide are dreadful.

I love Flash Gordon (their most progressive album) but it's simply not substantial enough to be compared with the other stellar albums.

Hot Space is certainly the worst, it contains some atrocious moments, but I don't think it's that horrible. In fact, I enjoy the entire B-side.

I can't recommend The Works enough, even if Man On The Prowl is mediocre rockabilly, and It's A Hard Life somewhat derivative. Keep Passing The Open Windows is a forgotten gem, and Machines (or Back to Humans) is easily one of the best rock (prog rock!) songs ever written.

I love A Kind Of Magic too, it's a return to their heavy metal roots, even if it's a bit formulaic. But I can't digest One Year Of Love and Pain Is So Close To Pleasure.

The Miracle is heavy, mellow, poppy, proggy, whatever you want. It's an example how a good rock album should sound like. Some songs are absolute gems. Even fillers as Rain Must Fall and My Baby Does Me are not that awful.