QueenZone discussion #645712
Top 3 Studio albums and Flop 3 Studio albums
| latina 24.10.2005 16:18 |
Top: 1 Innuendo 2 A Day At the Races 3 A Night At the Opera Flop: 1 Miracle 2 Hot Space 3 Made in Heaven |
| NJQueenFan 24.10.2005 17:29 |
TOP 1 A Night at the Opera 2 Queen II 3 News of the World FLOP 1 A Kind of Magic 2 Hot Space 3 The Works |
| its_a_hard_life 24.10.2005 18:43 |
TOP Night at opera Sheer heart attack Day at the races FLOP Flash Queen Hot space |
| Anto1 24.10.2005 20:22 |
Top Night at opera Sheer heart attack Day at the races Flop Miracle Made In heaven Innuendo |
| Lester Burnham 24.10.2005 21:12 |
Not saying anything about their creative integrity: TOP 3 1. The Game (success-wise, it reached both No. 1 in the US and UK) 2. A Night At The Opera (Queen's first UK No. 1, and their first Top Ten in the US) 3. A Day At The Races (second UK No. 1 and another Top Ten in the US) FLOP 3 1. Hot Space (first album in many years not to reach Top Three in the UK, and didn't even make the Top Twenty in the US. Flash Gordon would be here instead, but it's a soundtrack album and I won't count that) 2. Queen II (poor reviews and poor chart positions) 3. Queen (didn't chart in the US until 1975, as far as I know, and only then reached No. 83) If we're talking in terms of creativity: TOP 3 1. Queen II (the band really went to town here, experimenting with stereo and all sorts of studio trickery) 2. A Day At The Races and A Night At The Opera (should really be counted as two, as they're both logical extensions of each other) 3. Innuendo (after several middling albums in the mid-80s, the band return to their classic sound and deliver one for the books) FLOP 3 1. The Miracle 2. A Kind Of Magic 3. The Works Those three are interchangeable, as they both rely too heavily on synths, are too short (just under forty minutes for the last two), and don't try anything new. Hot Space isn't a flop in terms of creativity, as it's the last album Queen experimented with for many years; it may not have been what the fans wanted, but they were still trying new things they felt passionate about. |
| lmj 25.10.2005 14:06 |
Top 1-NEWS OF THE WORLD 2-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 3-A DAY AT THE RACES Flop 1-HOT SPACE 2-A KIND OF MAGIC 3-THE WORKS |
| Localboy80 25.10.2005 14:12 |
Top 3 :- - 'Queen II' - What can I say about this masterpiece that has not been said already? Absolute genius!!! Incredible creativity and imagination and for me, the best album of all time!!! - 'Innuendo' - Amazing, powerful, poignant and emotional. It also includes my favourite and what I feel is the best song of all time, 'The Show Must Go On'. - 'Sheer Heart Attack' - This third spot can change from time to time but more often than not, 'Sheer Heart Attack' takes this spot, purely because I personally don't think there is a weak spot on the album. Excellent variation of songs and brilliant throughout!!! Bottom 3 :- - 'Flash Gordon' - Theoretically a soundtrack I know but I find it hard to pick a 'worst' Queen album. Besides, 'Flash' is a decent tune and 'The Hero' in my opinion is excellent, especially the ending to the song. - 'Hot Space' - But not half as bad as some people make out. Queen deserve top praise for trying to be inventive and trying something new. If the music/songs were performed more rockier with less synths, then this album would have been a corker. Just think of the live versions of the songs from this album. Also, there are actually some decent tunes on this album. - 'A Kind Of Magic' - In my opinion, a very good album but below par for a Queen album. Some great moments, 'One Vision, 'A Kind Of Magic', 'Who Wants To Live Forever' and some decent songs to boot but definitely towards the bottom of the league in the Queen stakes! |
| Mr.Jingles 25.10.2005 14:43 |
Personally I think Queen never made a bad album. Not even 'Hot Space'. The 80s albums are commonly bashed for having refills, but some forget that the 70s album had refills as well. I mean, even The Beatles had refills. |
| Farlander 25.10.2005 15:17 |
TOP: 1. A Night at the Opera 2. Queen II 3. A Day at the Races FLOP: 1. Made in Heaven 2. A Kind of Magic 3. The Miracle |
| lizardmaker 25.10.2005 15:54 |
TOP (albums I love the most all the way through) 1. Queen II 2. Sheer Heart Attack 3. Hopelessly tied: Innuendo/ The Game/ The Works, depending on my mood FLOP (although I love many tracks on these) 1. Flash Gordon 2. Hot Space 3. The Miracle |
| Asterik 26.10.2005 06:42 |
Top 3 1)Sheer Heart Attack- Some of Queen's best rockers-FLick Of The Wrist, Now I'm Here, Stone Cold Crazy etc, beautiful ballads- Dear Friends, Lily Of The Valley and great Mercury songs- Killer Queen, Lap Of The Gods. It is diverse and challenging. 2)Innuendo- A real return to their eccentric roots. Some really heavy numbers- Headlong, I Can't Live With you, The Hitman. Of course Days Of Our lives, Innuendo, Show Must Go On and Don't Try So Hard are breathtaking. Great vocals by Freddie and for the first time in a while no disco. 3)Jazz- A surprise maybe but it's a great-sounding album. I love Mustapha because it's mad, Dead On Time and Let Me Entertain You are good rockers and Dreamer's Ball is a great jazz song too. The highlight for me is Jealousy with that beautiful sitar. (is it genuine or is it guitar orchestration?) Worst 3 1)Hot Space- Las Parablas De Amor, Put Out The Fire and Dancer are good but the rest is poor. I much prefer the Magic tour version of Under Pressure. 2)A Kind Of Magic- When you hear The Miracle or particularly Innuendo, you realise just how weak some of the band's eighties catalogue was. One Vision, Princes and Who Wants To Live Forever are superb but Pain/Pleasure and Don't Lose Your head are appalling. The rest is middling, though Gimme The Prize is good. 3)The Game- I know it was successful but it was a move in a bad CREATIVE direction. Play The Game is great with those stacked harmonies and guitar breaks, Dragon Attack and Save Me are also very good but Rock It is terrible, dated nonsense, Don't Try Suicide and Coming Soon are also poor. There is no out-and out rock here. |
| FLICK 26.10.2005 08:06 |
The quality of a Queen LP stands or falls on the songwriting. TOP 1. Sheer Heart Attack - my favourite LP of all time. In 30 years nothing has surpassed it. Killer Queen is their best single ever. The whole LP is so well produced and engineered and played and not a bad song on it. How many LPs can you say that about. And they look great on the cover! Their peak and the peak of the 70s! 2. A Night At The Opera - 2nd fav LP of all time. 3. Cant decide between Queen II or A Day At The Races Flop The Miracle - awful 80s production. Hot Space - sounds like they were desperate for more US sales and did what they thought would sell at the time. Dated. Jazz - the first real dip in quality. |
| liam 26.10.2005 08:26 |
top a night at the opera queen 2 a day at the races flops hot space the works the game |
| Nummer2 26.10.2005 08:31 |
@ FLICK: QUOTE: The quality of a Queen LP stands or falls on the songwriting. If that's the case, then I don't understand why you put JAZZ on the Flops list. DSMN is my (and many others') favourite of all times, and there are lots of intelligent, varied and remarkable songs on it: Mustapha is so energetic, FBG is a straight rocker with funny lyrics, IOSD, DB and Jealousy are lightweight, but well-made singalong songs. Okay, there are better Taylor compositions, but there are only two of them. How can one think of the uninspired Miracle or Magic and partly Works productions as representing the better songwriting? My personla TOP 3 News of the world tied with Queen II A Night At The Opera FLOP 3 The Miracle A Kind Of Magic Hot Space |
| gihona 26.10.2005 08:31 |
top: Night At The Opera Day At The Races Innuendo (great album, though this spot can be taken by about ten other Queen albums - Jazz, Queen II, The Works, etc). flop: Hot Space (i don't think it is really bad, and i appreciate the fact that they were not afraid to explore new territories, and although it contains couple of great tracks - it's obviously not queen at their best...) Flash A Kind Of Magic. |
| FLICK 26.10.2005 09:28 |
Yes, Don’t Stop Me Now as a great song, one of my favs but that is the only great song on that LP. I cant love an LP just on one song. |
| neodave 26.10.2005 11:36 |
TOP: 01. innuendo 02. night at the opera 03. miracle FLOP: (queen doesn't have any flop-album) 01. hot space 02. works 03. queen |
| deleted user 03.11.2005 22:51 |
Top 3: 1. Queen-- Except for the final song ("Jesus") this albums is completely perfect 2. A Day at the Races 3. Sheer Heart Attack-- a really great album, my personal faveorite Queen album, the first time they put so many different styles on one album and it flows very well Flop 3: 1. The Works-- has several good songs, but it's just a collection of singles 2. The Miracle-- the title song alone puts this among the worst Queen albums, but there are several others (tracks 1 and 2) that secure its place at the bottom of Queen's catalog 3. Hot Space-- I'm a disco fan and IMO this is a pretty decent album in that respect. But it is not good as a Queen album. It doesn't have any of the usual Queen sound and there's too much synth music. |
| OgreBattleField1980 03.11.2005 23:27 |
TOP Queen 2 A Night at the Opera A Day at the Races (but like many others have stated about 5 other albums could go in this slot) Flop Hot Space The Works A Kind Of Magic |
| akindofmagic 03.11.2005 23:52 |
top The Works A Kind Of Magic Innuendo Flop Jazz News Of The world Queen II |
| faeriequeene 06.11.2005 15:16 |
top 3 Queen Queen 2 a night at the opera/a day at the races flop 3 the works miracle jazz |
| Jay Mantis 06.11.2005 15:37 |
Very simple answer for me: TOP: Queen II A Night At The Operah News Of The World FLOP: none Seriously in my book there isn't really a bad Queen album, maybe a bad compilation but that doesn't count right now. |
| deleted user 06.11.2005 16:34 |
Top: 1)The Works (best album hands down. has a great cover.) 2)Flash Gordon (very creative) 3)A Kind of Magic (many inventive songs, has a great cover.) Flop: 1)Made in Heaven (too boring) 2)Greatest Hits III (too many non-queen songs) 3)Flash Gordon (not enough lyrics) |
| AmeriQueen 06.11.2005 16:48 |
Queen II A Night At The Opera News of the World (Flop? Not Queen!) |
| deleted user 06.11.2005 18:42 |
top Innuendo (the best rock album ever released) Queen II A Night At The Opera and, even though its top 3, i just have to add this one: The Works flop A Kind Of Magic (this, i truly believe, was a mistake) Made In Heaven Hot Space |
| deleted user 06.11.2005 18:48 |
Top Innuendo Made in Heaven The Miracle Kind Of Magic The Works Queen II A Night At The Opera The Game Flop Don't be stupid! |
| rove 07.11.2005 02:13 |
Top: A Night At The Opera (greatest album ever) News of The World (love every bit of it) Queen 2 (great album just ahead of Sheer Heart Attack) Flop: Hot Space (pretty poor album) The Miracle (pretty good album but no where near the stadard of their others) A Kind Of Magic (very good album but there were none that are worse) |
| crwarburg 07.11.2005 13:15 |
TOP: A night at the opera, queen 2, A Day at the races. Queen 1 is genial too, but the drum sounds are a bit to artificial (BBC-Versions are much better). FLOP: Live magic (on my german original 1986 LP-version the opera-section of BoRhap has been deleted!), A kind of magic, The Game. In earlier times "Hot Space" was my favourite in this category, but since I've heard the demos and live-versions of this material, I did change my opinion. |