I was just curious if anyone had a specific album they would recommend as a first for someone who's only heard Queen music through a tape of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and only the songs 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Love of My Life', and 'We are the Champions', at that.
I've been semi-introduced to Queen through a friend, but have never been able to really listen to any of the music...
Denki!
A Night At The Opera is a great place to start, especially if you already like Bohemian Rhapsody and Love Of My Life. It's got a lot of versatility on there, as well as some of their more noticeable hits.
Try with Greatest Hits I (1980), Greatest Hits II (1991) and Greatest Hits III (2000), though the latter has also some crap songs in it (Another One Bites The Dust + Wyclef Jean).
But my opinion would be to start with A Night At The Opera (1975), it was the album that conquered my heart and I don't think I could have fallen so desperately in love with any other album by then. Anyway, if you like BoRhap and Love Of My Life, this is the right album for you.
Next, you could listen to Jazz (1978), Sheer Heart Attack (1974)... and the rest.
I would reconmend Greatest Hits 1-3 so you can get a good taste of the variaty of QUEEN songs through the years. After that just randomly picked QUEEN cd's to buy.
jorge wrote: Option 1:Queen Greatest Hits (1) 1981
Option 2: Sheer Heart Attack 1974 ,versatile, really varied musically (pop, hard, heavy..), good arrangements, good melodies, a great album
Very good suggestion. SHA is grand, ANATO is perfect for starting -- but compilations like GH1 and whatnot are good for more basic introduction to the all-around nature of Queen. :)