"A Kind of Magic" is more or less the soundtrack for the movie "Highlander." If you watch that movie, you may develop a greater appreciation for the album in that context.
Brilliant review of Queen's discography. The more impressive thing is that you, a Millennial, know way more about Queen than I, a Gen X'er, ever did. I salute you for that. Queen is definitely one of those bands that define the 70s and 70s rock culture. The 80s was a hard decade for many classic rock fans of the 70s as one by one, many of their favorite bands from The Rolling Stones to Queen to Jefferson Airplane/Starship "sold out" to the new 80s sound. The music transition from the 70s to the 80s was much more drastic than from the 60s to 70s or even the 50s to 60s. David Bowie said in an MTV interview that Disco never died in Europe and that New Wave was basically 'Disco w guitar". That would explain why Rock bands found it so hard to transition without alienating their fan base. Rock fans absolutely hated Disco but, that's a whole topic in and of itself. Anyways, I'm loving your channel so far!
Very constructive and well-informed. Well done. However, for someone who claims not to favour May compositions, you cite a good few as favourites: Now I'm Here, White Queen, It's Late, Fat Bottomed Girls, Leaving Home, Sail Away Sweet Sister, Who wants to live forever, 39, Teo, Prophet song ;-)
I agree as far as listening to their 70s albums more than their 80-90s stuff. However, I prefer to watch their live stuff from 74-79 more often than 80-86. I just like the vibe, sound, and overall set lists in this era. The jazz tour and the Live Killers stuff was amazing and the band was at a peak for most of those shows. In 76-77 as well they were just MWAH so perfect.
Here’s how it should’ve been ranked 14. The miracle 13. Hot space 12. Made in heaven 11. A kind of magic 10. The works 9. The game 8. Innuendo 7. Jazz 6. A night at the opera 5. Queen 4. News of the world 3. A day at the races 2. Sheer heart attack (not because of killer queen) 1. Queen ||
"not that into brian songs", "i can always tell when it's a brian song", proceeds to name at least one brian song in almost all his favorite picks from each album :D
Brian wrote Glorious Epic songs. Gimme the Prize The Hero Who wants to Live forever Fat bottomed girls machines (or back to humans) I want it all And much more.. All great songs.
Can't argue with your choices. As you say much depends on the day. I'm feeling quite nostalgic watching this, I'm going to go upstairs and find my original "A Night at the Opera" (Bought the day it was released...... "Sigh")
Awesome video! I was never super into Queen but was planning to listen through their stuff and now I know exactly where to start. 😊 As for now I instantly fell in love with the millionaire waltz. It’s great. But it’s probably in half due to the 1-2-3 waltz time you mentioned. I’m a sucker for any waltz. Great analysis! You could do Bee Gees album ranking or any other of the greatest older artists you enjoy
Great video Here’s My Ranking 1. Queen II 2. Sheer Heart Attack 3. A Night At The Opera 4. A Day At The Races 5. News Of The World 6. The Game 7. Queen 8. Innuendo 9. Jazz 10. The Works 11. The Miracle 12. Made In Heaven 13. A Kind Of Magic 14. Hot Space 15. Flash Gordon
Love 99% of Queen's music. Kinda magic is an awesome song and watching Freddie preform on stage is so much fun. The Show Must Go On is another one I love. There are so many. 💙💙💙🎶🎶🎶
My favourite album used to be The Game and favourite song was My Melancholy Blues. These days my favourite album is Sheer Heart Attack and my favourite song is Cool Cat.
FUN FACT: A Day At The Races and A Night At The Opera were titled after two Marx Bros. films of the same name. Personally, the only change I would make to this list is News Of The World and Jazz would be above Innuendo.
Used to see Freddie out and about on the club scene almost weekly in London in the ‘70’s and yes the uniqueness of artists like Bee Gees and Queen didn’t transcend the 80’s well. In Bee Gees case the renaissance was the 90’s.
my top is 15-flash gordon 14-the miracle 13-made in heaven 12-a kind of magic 11-jazz 10-the works (it's a hard life is one of my favourites) 9-hot space 8-news of the world 7-queen 6-sheer her attack 5-innuendo 4-the game 3-a day at the races (somebody to love is my favourite queen song) 2- queen II 1-a night at the opera
Haha poor Brian. The lad can't even get the credit for writing The Prophet's song :') That was very much his creative project (not Freddie's). He composed it all, acapella arrangements and everything. Spent weeks on it apparently. You might be astonished to learn he also wrote It's Late and Show Must Go On, while Roger wrote These are the Days of Our lives. Great review though, pretty hard to disagree with the general order. Might drop Made in Heaven to the bottom and shift the self-titled effort up a few places.
I could never honestly rank albums by Queen as one better than the other, but as someone who loves both their 70's and 80's music, I do feel that The Game, The Works, and A Kind of Magic are more favorable to me than their first two albums and A Day at the Races and would be higher on my list. I do agree that A Night At The Opera is an awesome work of art, Sheer Heart Attack is enjoyable throughout, News Of The World had a lot of good songs that were overshadowed by the two hits that came before the rest of the album, and Jazz emphasizes the band's creativity. Never really bothered listening to The Miracle, Innuendo or Made In Heaven since Freddy's illness and death at their time of recording make them feel like they would depress me, and as for Hot Space I could only buy it if Side 2 was sold separately as it's own EP and even then I wouldn't even think of calling it one of my favorites.
In the beginning you said something like you didnt enjoy Brians songs as much as Freddie's. But you did actually name a lot of Brian May song's as your favourites: Who Wants to live Forever, Now I'm Here, The Show Must go On, Fat Bottomed girls, Hammer to Fall, Too Much love will kill you and more. So I guess you like him more than you think ;)
I agree with most of your picks, for me Queen II will just always be fun. And I actually really like many of Brian’s songs because I enjoy harder rocking, almost Metal Queen very much🙂. But Freddie is the best songwriter in the band, no doubt.
While I will agree with your rankings, my choices would only make a few changes. Swap Queen II and Jazz in my book Jazz is just fun. No other word to describe it. I would also just say that even to the day each album went on sale and I brought them home, Night at the Opera and Day at the Races are just one big fantastic double album set and to this day I always play them as such.
I’d think it’s too hard to rank all of these, but I love specific periods of their catalogue. My favourite era at the moment is probably 89-95. I just feel the massive passion of Freddie throughout each one. It’s cool for you to actually appreciate “Cool Cat”. I personally like it as well. Freddie’s falsetto is really stunning on that track. The chord progressions on here is quite cool too. Even if I might not seem to fully rank the albums, My top 3 might look like this: A Night At The Opera Innuendo A Day At The Races Loved the video, regardless of different preferences.
I don't know whether this has been commented on before, but here goes: The Prophet's Song was written by.... Brian May! So there, seems you are enjoying more Brian May songs than you thought ;)
Fun to watch, thanks for making it. I was tracking from worst to best until you got to Sheer Heart Attack. To me it's their best. Otherwise, I'm pretty much in synch, though I might rate Jazz lower than The Works as I think it is full of mostly swing and miss songs.
1. Queen II 2. Sheer Heart Attack 3. A Day At The Races 4. Queen 5 Jazz 6. A Night At The Opera 7. New of The World Anything after Jazz isn't even worth listening to.
Kudos for bigging up the deep cuts Cool Cat, Leaving Home Ain’t Easy and Drowse. ‘39 and Good Company were composed and sung by Brian May, I would add for the sake of balance ;)
1 Jazz 2 The Game 3 News of the World 4 A Night at the Opera 5 A Day at the Races 6 Queen II 7 Sheer Heart Attack 8 Queen s/t And that's it. Flush most of the rest.
Queen is my favourite band - by far - since 40 years. Of course your list is your opinion, but starting with 'Hot Space' as the least favourite album has become a cliché. People should listen with less prejudice and they'll see, that 'Hot Space' is in fact a very good album - the music genres on this album - maybe- might not be everybody's cup of tea, but the substance of the songs is actually good (except 'Back chat' - this is really a bad song). But I have to admit, that I stopped watching your Ranking Video on your position Nr. 7 - Sheer Heart Attack. This position is just ridiculous. Also describing 'Brighton Rock' as a flat song (which you, indirectly, did) can't be taken serious. Brighton Rock is IMO their most underrated song, one of the best guitar-driven songs in Rock history.
Great review. I am only a casual Queen fan but hope to look into their music more and I value your opinion so I have some idea where to start. (By the way, I must be the only one on the planet who loves Radio Gaga.♡) I would like your analysis of one of my favorite bands - Electric Light Orchestra.
I was introduced to Queen back in the Seventies by a co-worker. The album: Queen ll. Gave it a listen to at the store and bought it on the spot. Then came Night at the Opera. My immediate thought: You cheeky bastards - ripping off a Marx Bros movie. Bought it, loved every second of it; it fitted my sense of the theatrical, having as it did, a light music hall/Broadway sensibility to it. A Day at the Races followed - another Marx Bros title and another album I bought without hesitation. Is, this, I wondered, the start of a pattern? Are they going to name every Marx Bros film from here on? No, as it turned out. And for some reason, I never listened to or bought, another Queen album. And to this day, I have no idea why. It may have been Punk and New Wave and Reggae, along with Jazz, Blues, RnB, and the varied styles of Afrobeat. Just the fact that there was so much musical variety to explore, new and old, during the Seventies, made it difficult to focus on just a few key groups or artists, although I did do that, too. I'm nothing if not eclectic! It wasn't till much later in the Eighties that I paid Queen renewed attention, courtesy mainly of their chart singles and videos. What impressed me then, was Freddy's voice; so strong and dynamic and unique. Live performances, in particular, I found amazing. Thankfully, it's easy to play catch-up today, and in my dotage I've been able to enjoy all the Queen music I passed over when younger.
I don't understand this hate for the 80's of the Queen's fans. I love the 80's as well as the 70's and the 90's. 3 decades that gave beautiful variety to music. In fact my 2 favorite albums of Queen are Kind of Magic and Innuendo. I also love Radio Gaga, We are the Champions and many more songs.
Thriller had 9 tracks and 7 absolute bangers released as singles. Not every album can do that. Everyone has a back catalogue with some dross; Beatles, Queen, Bowie.
you say you're not fond of brian may songs, yet many of your favorites are brian songs, the prophet song, now i'm here, tie your mother down, personally i like brian better when he's soloing than when he is riff rocking (stuff like brighton rock, the solos on great king rat or killer queen)
Yeah..that's nearly my order..Strangely though, hot space is a grower..a very slow grower..I hated its very existence in my teens. Then it took up to being 50yrs old to lighten up and embrace it..I even like cool cat now...however, body language is something I will never ever, with every fibre of my being, embrace..it just hurts..like trying to cuddle a hedgehog..it's kinda cute, looks kinda cute, but it's gonna hurt everytime..
I'm a lifelong Queen fan. When it came out in the early 80's I absolutely LOVED Hot Space. It was so much of it's time, but unfortunately because of that it's dated badly. But I still like it. It is a true Queen album, from a time when the band were trying new things, and trying to remain relevant (and sale-able!) in the new decade. Just listen to Power Windows and Signals by Rush. They were going through exactly the same process. I stopped collecting the Queen albums after A Kind of Magic (which I also loved/love) as I felt they went off the rails completely. Hence The Miracle I really don't like at all. It's got a very "lightweight" feel to it. All whimsical and drippy. That would be my worst Queen album - by far! Innuendo I haven't listened to lots, but I think it's better than The Miracle, although not as good as the earlier ones. Made in Heaven I listened to just once when it came out, but swore never to play in full again simply because it's too painful, being all about Freddie's passing. But it's still a good album.
There are a few bands who had great 70’s stuff but actually became more popular and arguably had better stuff in the 80’s. I actually like the Dio Black Sabbath stuff better than their 70’s stuff. But the big one is Judas Priest.
When it comes to Queen's first album I think modern times rock and roll may be the standout. Hopes a little bit of fun at Glam and I believe you can say it predicts the punk movement. The whole album was amazing and I don't think I could pick out a bad song but I have to disagree about modern times rock and roll. I'm also curious to know what you think the eagles influence might be. They had only released one album before this album would have been recorded and I don't believe it would have had enough of an influence on the band to show up in their music. It's easier for me to find the influence on meatloafs two out of three ain't bad, Todd Rundgren specifically said that that was a take on the eagles. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just curious as to what song you hear it in
I love every Queen album made in the 70's, but honestly in the 80's and 90's some of their albums were only half good (personally, I only like half of A Kind of Magic, The Miracle and Made in Heaven, while Hot Space has only like 4 good songs and others like Machines from The Works or Coming Soon from The Game are not bad, but really forgettable)
Like the order, but from a personal bias, I would move Queen II to first place and move the other top two down a place....otherwise, sort of with you :)
I think a kind of magic is a great song. Thats one of the reasons I would put the album a bit higher. I also think that there are other good songs on this album. I'm a huge Queen fan but all in all I think all of their albums are a bit lacking. It' a top three band for me but none of their albums are even close to top 10 for me (except greatest hits 1-3). I think thats for me the only downside with Queen. And honestly I don't understand it. They have so many great songs. More than almost every other bands. Compared to David Bowie and the Beatles (the other of my top 3 picks) their albums are lacking. But all three have as many good songs. And I love all three.
Late to this, but outside of Innuendo, the post-'70s Queen output is pretty bad. There are some standout songs, but listening to a whole album without skipping anything died with Jazz.
Yes it's true....Queen ripped off the Ghostbusters theme. And then they turned around and ripped off Don Henley's Boys of Summer on the same album. Things were tough all over for Queen in '89
There’s no ranking music objectively. All music is subjective. There’s only one way to rank a discography objectively and that would be by sales since it’s the only concrete metric there is in which case the Made in Heaven would be number one and the Miracle would be number two objectively.
Hot Space and The Works should be lowest but The Miracle and A Kind of Magic are extremely good. I would even say that A Kind of Magic was 2nd after Queen II and right before A Night at the Opera and News of the World, The Game and Jazz. Maybe The Miracle even before Jazz. I even watched Highlander after listening to A Kind of Magic... Didn't know the Movie before. Overall the 80's and especially 86 and 89 were some of the best Years of Music overall before it all went downhill in the 90s... My Opinion of Course. Best Songs : The Prophets Song, Father to Son and Who wants to live forever (all May Songs btw. 😉) These Albums are all pretty close though. It clearly shows that you were not around in the 80's and for that I pity you 😁It was a Lifestyle and Art, Music, Movies, Emotions and Feelings made the perfect Mix. Girls in the 80's were awesome aswell 😍When I think about the 70's I remember awful coloured Furniture, curtains and clothings and unwashed hair 🤣 Please watch "The 80s: PEOPLE - A Pop Culture Special" here on YT... and all the other Stuff of the 80's on "Vintage Tribute NEON".
My top Queen albums are A Night At The Opera, The Game and Queen Jazz. I think after The Game I bought Hot Space and Flash Gordon but I never liked them. I am I over 53... That Rado Gaga song I used to hate it. The video is aweful
You are an audiophile. That's cool. You're not a Queen fan. That's cool too. Now go hack and critique the Bay City Rollers. Tell us how much better they were in 1974 than Sweet and Queen and Bowie.
Man, I think The Miracle is easily their worst album. Party and Kashoggi’s Ship are two of the worst songs I’ve ever listened to. Bad music and even worse lyrics. On the other hand, Sheer Heart Attack is easily their best effort in my book. It’s the closest they ever came to a perfect album. However, I do have to disclose that I don’t hold them in high esteem. They are more of a singles band, imo. Their albums tend to be very flawed. I only put Sheer Heart Attack and A Night at the Opera in the great albums pile. The rest are somewhere in the spectrum of bad to very good.
@@TheMusicKingdom yep. I graduated high school in 1984. Oh the music was so bad! It was like torture after the wonderful 1970’s! Right now there isn’t really much to listen to. My 12year olds baseball walk up songs are typically led zep and rush and Boston. After hearing these he just can’t listen to any current “music”
@@TheMusicKingdom absolutely! I’m sure you are planning also on some “Rainy days and Mondays” and “Barracuda” and “She’s gone” and other 70’s classics! Looking forward to them!
Not current?! Álbum 2008, Roger solist work a year ago, today Brian relaunched Star Fleet, they're still making tours, a musical AND the Stravaganza, self tribute.
Queen had five GREAT albums and three GOOD albums. The first five were the "great" ones. The "good" ones were News of the World, Jazz and The Game. The rest of them can be thrown in a dumpster. 🫤🙄
Take a shot every time I say, "the '80s".
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"A Kind of Magic" is more or less the soundtrack for the movie "Highlander." If you watch that movie, you may develop a greater appreciation for the album in that context.
That album made me watch the Highlander, and now I have lots of appreciation for both
I filnd the album great itself
Queen 2 is my favorite. Its very underrated.
Mine too. It's a masterpiece. And to think the same guys put out all the crappy albuns after Hot Space...
2 is easier.y their best.
It’s certainly not underrated among Queen fans.
As a long time Queen fan, I never rate Queen albums, they are all amazing to me and I don't know why.
Brilliant review of Queen's discography. The more impressive thing is that you, a Millennial, know way more about Queen than I, a Gen X'er, ever did. I salute you for that. Queen is definitely one of those bands that define the 70s and 70s rock culture.
The 80s was a hard decade for many classic rock fans of the 70s as one by one, many of their favorite bands from The Rolling Stones to Queen to Jefferson Airplane/Starship "sold out" to the new 80s sound. The music transition from the 70s to the 80s was much more drastic than from the 60s to 70s or even the 50s to 60s. David Bowie said in an MTV interview that Disco never died in Europe and that New Wave was basically 'Disco w guitar". That would explain why Rock bands found it so hard to transition without alienating their fan base. Rock fans absolutely hated Disco but, that's a whole topic in and of itself. Anyways, I'm loving your channel so far!
This is probably the nicest comment I’ve ever received, thank you. I’m glad you’re enjoying!
Yeah, but then, we got Metal very much alive and killing then.
I'd put A Day at the Races in First Place! But as a Baby Boomer, I'm pleased to see a Millennial who understands Queen so well!
Very constructive and well-informed. Well done.
However, for someone who claims not to favour May compositions, you cite a good few as favourites: Now I'm Here, White Queen, It's Late, Fat Bottomed Girls, Leaving Home, Sail Away Sweet Sister, Who wants to live forever, 39, Teo, Prophet song ;-)
And Good Company!
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I agree as far as listening to their 70s albums more than their 80-90s stuff. However, I prefer to watch their live stuff from 74-79 more often than 80-86. I just like the vibe, sound, and overall set lists in this era. The jazz tour and the Live Killers stuff was amazing and the band was at a peak for most of those shows. In 76-77 as well they were just MWAH so perfect.
Here’s how it should’ve been ranked
14. The miracle
13. Hot space
12. Made in heaven
11. A kind of magic
10. The works
9. The game
8. Innuendo
7. Jazz
6. A night at the opera
5. Queen
4. News of the world
3. A day at the races
2. Sheer heart attack (not because of killer queen)
1. Queen ||
"not that into brian songs", "i can always tell when it's a brian song", proceeds to name at least one brian song in almost all his favorite picks from each album :D
Brian wrote Glorious Epic songs.
Gimme the Prize
The Hero
Who wants to Live forever
Fat bottomed girls
machines (or back to humans)
I want it all
And much more..
All great songs.
Can't argue with your choices.
As you say much depends on the day.
I'm feeling quite nostalgic watching this, I'm going to go upstairs and find my original "A Night at the Opera" (Bought the day it was released...... "Sigh")
Brian May and Roger Taylor themselves said they hated hot space the album and said its unforgettable.
The title of that video is BLASPHEMY, lol. There ARE no bad Queenalbums.
flash………
Awesome video! I was never super into Queen but was planning to listen through their stuff and now I know exactly where to start. 😊 As for now I instantly fell in love with the millionaire waltz. It’s great. But it’s probably in half due to the 1-2-3 waltz time you mentioned. I’m a sucker for any waltz. Great analysis! You could do Bee Gees album ranking or any other of the greatest older artists you enjoy
A thoughtful, entertaining video. I look forward to more of the same.
Great video
Here’s My Ranking
1. Queen II
2. Sheer Heart Attack
3. A Night At The Opera
4. A Day At The Races
5. News Of The World
6. The Game
7. Queen
8. Innuendo
9. Jazz
10. The Works
11. The Miracle
12. Made In Heaven
13. A Kind Of Magic
14. Hot Space
15. Flash Gordon
Love 99% of Queen's music. Kinda magic is an awesome song and watching Freddie preform on stage is so much fun. The Show Must Go On is another one I love. There are so many. 💙💙💙🎶🎶🎶
Fun Fact: The Prophets Song was actually Brian May!
Innuendo, I'm Going Slightly Mad, Headlong are my favoutite 3 songs that open a queen album..❤
One Vision.
My favourite album used to be The Game and favourite song was My Melancholy Blues. These days my favourite album is Sheer Heart Attack and my favourite song is Cool Cat.
FUN FACT: A Day At The Races and A Night At The Opera were titled after two Marx Bros. films of the same name.
Personally, the only change I would make to this list is News Of The World and Jazz would be above Innuendo.
Used to see Freddie out and about on the club scene almost weekly in London in the ‘70’s and yes the uniqueness of artists like Bee Gees and Queen didn’t transcend the 80’s well. In Bee Gees case the renaissance was the 90’s.
my top is
15-flash gordon
14-the miracle
13-made in heaven
12-a kind of magic
11-jazz
10-the works (it's a hard life is one of my favourites)
9-hot space
8-news of the world
7-queen
6-sheer her attack
5-innuendo
4-the game
3-a day at the races (somebody to love is my favourite queen song)
2- queen II
1-a night at the opera
The only album that's always number 1 to me is Queen II. I really struggle to rate the rest of them.
Haha poor Brian. The lad can't even get the credit for writing The Prophet's song :') That was very much his creative project (not Freddie's). He composed it all, acapella arrangements and everything. Spent weeks on it apparently. You might be astonished to learn he also wrote It's Late and Show Must Go On, while Roger wrote These are the Days of Our lives. Great review though, pretty hard to disagree with the general order. Might drop Made in Heaven to the bottom and shift the self-titled effort up a few places.
I could never honestly rank albums by Queen as one better than the other, but as someone who loves both their 70's and 80's music, I do feel that The Game, The Works, and A Kind of Magic are more favorable to me than their first two albums and A Day at the Races and would be higher on my list. I do agree that A Night At The Opera is an awesome work of art, Sheer Heart Attack is enjoyable throughout, News Of The World had a lot of good songs that were overshadowed by the two hits that came before the rest of the album, and Jazz emphasizes the band's creativity. Never really bothered listening to The Miracle, Innuendo or Made In Heaven since Freddy's illness and death at their time of recording make them feel like they would depress me, and as for Hot Space I could only buy it if Side 2 was sold separately as it's own EP and even then I wouldn't even think of calling it one of my favorites.
Just to remember that "These are the days of our lives" is also a Roger's song
In the beginning you said something like you didnt enjoy Brians songs as much as Freddie's. But you did actually name a lot of Brian May song's as your favourites: Who Wants to live Forever, Now I'm Here, The Show Must go On, Fat Bottomed girls, Hammer to Fall, Too Much love will kill you and more. So I guess you like him more than you think ;)
Cool Cat is definitely one of the most underrated songs of Queen ever, I also think it was a bit ahead of its time, for me, it has some 2010s vibes
I agree with most of your picks, for me Queen II will just always be fun. And I actually really like many of Brian’s songs because I enjoy harder rocking, almost Metal Queen very much🙂. But Freddie is the best songwriter in the band, no doubt.
Queen II for me is number 1 and will always be, my favorite album of all time. But objectively, ANATO deserves the first spot.
While I will agree with your rankings, my choices would only make a few changes. Swap Queen II and Jazz in my book Jazz is just fun. No other word to describe it. I would also just say that even to the day each album went on sale and I brought them home, Night at the Opera and Day at the Races are just one big fantastic double album set and to this day I always play them as such.
I’d think it’s too hard to rank all of these, but I love specific periods of their catalogue. My favourite era at the moment is probably 89-95. I just feel the massive passion of Freddie throughout each one.
It’s cool for you to actually appreciate “Cool Cat”. I personally like it as well. Freddie’s falsetto is really stunning on that track. The chord progressions on here is quite cool too.
Even if I might not seem to fully rank the albums, My top 3 might look like this:
A Night At The Opera
Innuendo
A Day At The Races
Loved the video, regardless of different preferences.
Great King Rat is one of the strongest Queen Songs right next to the Prophet Song. I'll die on this hill.
I don't know whether this has been commented on before, but here goes: The Prophet's Song was written by.... Brian May! So there, seems you are enjoying more Brian May songs than you thought ;)
Fun to watch, thanks for making it. I was tracking from worst to best until you got to Sheer Heart Attack. To me it's their best. Otherwise, I'm pretty much in synch, though I might rate Jazz lower than The Works as I think it is full of mostly swing and miss songs.
Was it All Worth It off The Miracle is right up there with many of their great rock tracks.
Modern Times Rock and Roll was one of the first punk songs of the 70's
Didnt the debue came out in 1971?
No
My favoritt album is the miracle, I just love all the songs except: party, khashogg’s ship and my baby does me. I personally own this album in vinyl.
Agreed. A night at the Opera is their best. Nice job!
A Kind of Magic is an Epic Heavy Album.
I listened to that album more than I listened to Bohemian Rhapsody.
1. Queen II
2. Sheer Heart Attack
3. A Day At The Races
4. Queen
5 Jazz
6. A Night At The Opera
7. New of The World
Anything after Jazz isn't even worth listening to.
Kudos for bigging up the deep cuts Cool Cat, Leaving Home Ain’t Easy and Drowse. ‘39 and Good Company were composed and sung by Brian May, I would add for the sake of balance ;)
1 Jazz
2 The Game
3 News of the World
4 A Night at the Opera
5 A Day at the Races
6 Queen II
7 Sheer Heart Attack
8 Queen s/t
And that's it. Flush most of the rest.
Queen is my favourite band - by far - since 40 years. Of course your list is your opinion, but starting with 'Hot Space' as the least favourite album has become a cliché. People should listen with less prejudice and they'll see, that 'Hot Space' is in fact a very good album - the music genres on this album - maybe- might not be everybody's cup of tea, but the substance of the songs is actually good (except 'Back chat' - this is really a bad song). But I have to admit, that I stopped watching your Ranking Video on your position Nr. 7 - Sheer Heart Attack. This position is just ridiculous. Also describing 'Brighton Rock' as a flat song (which you, indirectly, did) can't be taken serious. Brighton Rock is IMO their most underrated song, one of the best guitar-driven songs in Rock history.
Great to see my favourite A Day At The Races at number 2!! ❤
Oh come on, Tie your Mother Down is Shear Bloody Poetry.......
Sheer Heart Attack is my number one 🎶🎵
Great review. I am only a casual Queen fan but hope to look into their music more and I value your opinion so I have some idea where to start. (By the way, I must be the only one on the planet who loves Radio Gaga.♡) I would like your analysis of one of my favorite bands - Electric Light Orchestra.
Wrong.
Millions (like you) love that song.
A hundred million hits on spotify and a top ten hit on Billboard's top 40 shows it is a much loved song.
0:10 I have both, album: news of the world, and song: it’s late
I was introduced to Queen back in the Seventies by a co-worker. The album: Queen ll. Gave it a listen to at the store and bought it on the spot.
Then came Night at the Opera. My immediate thought: You cheeky bastards - ripping off a Marx Bros movie. Bought it, loved every second of it; it fitted my sense of the theatrical, having as it did, a light music hall/Broadway sensibility to it.
A Day at the Races followed - another Marx Bros title and another album I bought without hesitation. Is, this, I wondered, the start of a pattern? Are they going to name every Marx Bros film from here on?
No, as it turned out. And for some reason, I never listened to or bought, another Queen album.
And to this day, I have no idea why. It may have been Punk and New Wave and Reggae, along with Jazz, Blues, RnB, and the varied styles of Afrobeat. Just the fact that there was so much musical variety to explore, new and old, during the Seventies, made it difficult to focus on just a few key groups or artists, although I did do that, too. I'm nothing if not eclectic!
It wasn't till much later in the Eighties that I paid Queen renewed attention, courtesy mainly of their chart singles and videos. What impressed me then, was Freddy's voice; so strong and dynamic and unique. Live performances, in particular, I found amazing. Thankfully, it's easy to play catch-up today, and in my dotage I've been able to enjoy all the Queen music I passed over when younger.
I don't understand this hate for the 80's of the Queen's fans. I love the 80's as well as the 70's and the 90's. 3 decades that gave beautiful variety to music. In fact my 2 favorite albums of Queen are Kind of Magic and Innuendo. I also love Radio Gaga, We are the Champions and many more songs.
Thriller had 9 tracks and 7 absolute bangers released as singles. Not every album can do that. Everyone has a back catalogue with some dross; Beatles, Queen, Bowie.
you say you're not fond of brian may songs, yet many of your favorites are brian songs, the prophet song, now i'm here, tie your mother down, personally i like brian better when he's soloing than when he is riff rocking (stuff like brighton rock, the solos on great king rat or killer queen)
Prophet Song was also Brian… 😉
yeah 70s queen was more hit and miss but the hits WERE HITS
Yeah..that's nearly my order..Strangely though, hot space is a grower..a very slow grower..I hated its very existence in my teens. Then it took up to being 50yrs old to lighten up and embrace it..I even like cool cat now...however, body language is something I will never ever, with every fibre of my being, embrace..it just hurts..like trying to cuddle a hedgehog..it's kinda cute, looks kinda cute, but it's gonna hurt everytime..
I'm a lifelong Queen fan. When it came out in the early 80's I absolutely LOVED Hot Space. It was so much of it's time, but unfortunately because of that it's dated badly. But I still like it. It is a true Queen album, from a time when the band were trying new things, and trying to remain relevant (and sale-able!) in the new decade. Just listen to Power Windows and Signals by Rush. They were going through exactly the same process. I stopped collecting the Queen albums after A Kind of Magic (which I also loved/love) as I felt they went off the rails completely. Hence The Miracle I really don't like at all. It's got a very "lightweight" feel to it. All whimsical and drippy. That would be my worst Queen album - by far! Innuendo I haven't listened to lots, but I think it's better than The Miracle, although not as good as the earlier ones. Made in Heaven I listened to just once when it came out, but swore never to play in full again simply because it's too painful, being all about Freddie's passing. But it's still a good album.
There are a few bands who had great 70’s stuff but actually became more popular and arguably had better stuff in the 80’s. I actually like the Dio Black Sabbath stuff better than their 70’s stuff. But the big one is Judas Priest.
When it comes to Queen's first album I think modern times rock and roll may be the standout. Hopes a little bit of fun at Glam and I believe you can say it predicts the punk movement. The whole album was amazing and I don't think I could pick out a bad song but I have to disagree about modern times rock and roll. I'm also curious to know what you think the eagles influence might be. They had only released one album before this album would have been recorded and I don't believe it would have had enough of an influence on the band to show up in their music. It's easier for me to find the influence on meatloafs two out of three ain't bad, Todd Rundgren specifically said that that was a take on the eagles. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just curious as to what song you hear it in
yeah fairly...but The Prophet Song is not a Freddie song...its Brian's
Good Company… also a Brian song lololol
I love every Queen album made in the 70's, but honestly in the 80's and 90's some of their albums were only half good (personally, I only like half of A Kind of Magic, The Miracle and Made in Heaven, while Hot Space has only like 4 good songs and others like Machines from The Works or Coming Soon from The Game are not bad, but really forgettable)
Like the order, but from a personal bias, I would move Queen II to first place and move the other top two down a place....otherwise, sort of with you :)
I think a kind of magic is a great song. Thats one of the reasons I would put the album a bit higher. I also think that there are other good songs on this album.
I'm a huge Queen fan but all in all I think all of their albums are a bit lacking. It' a top three band for me but none of their albums are even close to top 10 for me (except greatest hits 1-3). I think thats for me the only downside with Queen. And honestly I don't understand it. They have so many great songs. More than almost every other bands.
Compared to David Bowie and the Beatles (the other of my top 3 picks) their albums are lacking. But all three have as many good songs. And I love all three.
Late to this, but outside of Innuendo, the post-'70s Queen output is pretty bad. There are some standout songs, but listening to a whole album without skipping anything died with Jazz.
Teo was a Brian May song.. lol
Yes it's true....Queen ripped off the Ghostbusters theme. And then they turned around and ripped off Don Henley's Boys of Summer on the same album. Things were tough all over for Queen in '89
Good order. But innuendo should be included in the top 3. Also A day at the races could be ranked higher than A night at the opera.
There’s no ranking music objectively. All music is subjective. There’s only one way to rank a discography objectively and that would be by sales since it’s the only concrete metric there is in which case the Made in Heaven would be number one and the Miracle would be number two objectively.
Hot Space and The Works should be lowest but The Miracle and A Kind of Magic are extremely good. I would even say that A Kind of Magic was 2nd after Queen II and right before A Night at the Opera and News of the World, The Game and Jazz. Maybe The Miracle even before Jazz. I even watched Highlander after listening to A Kind of Magic... Didn't know the Movie before. Overall the 80's and especially 86 and 89 were some of the best Years of Music overall before it all went downhill in the 90s... My Opinion of Course. Best Songs : The Prophets Song, Father to Son and Who wants to live forever (all May Songs btw. 😉) These Albums are all pretty close though. It clearly shows that you were not around in the 80's and for that I pity you 😁It was a Lifestyle and Art, Music, Movies, Emotions and Feelings made the perfect Mix. Girls in the 80's were awesome aswell 😍When I think about the 70's I remember awful coloured Furniture, curtains and clothings and unwashed hair 🤣 Please watch "The 80s: PEOPLE - A Pop Culture Special" here on YT... and all the other Stuff of the 80's on "Vintage Tribute NEON".
My top Queen albums are A Night At The Opera, The Game and Queen Jazz. I think after The Game I bought Hot Space and Flash Gordon but I never liked them. I am I over 53... That Rado Gaga song I used to hate it. The video is aweful
I was alive to be disappointed by Hot Space in real time.
what are you crazy
You are an audiophile. That's cool. You're not a Queen fan. That's cool too. Now go hack and critique the Bay City Rollers. Tell us how much better they were in 1974 than Sweet and Queen and Bowie.
Man, I think The Miracle is easily their worst album. Party and Kashoggi’s Ship are two of the worst songs I’ve ever listened to. Bad music and even worse lyrics.
On the other hand, Sheer Heart Attack is easily their best effort in my book. It’s the closest they ever came to a perfect album. However, I do have to disclose that I don’t hold them in high esteem. They are more of a singles band, imo. Their albums tend to be very flawed. I only put Sheer Heart Attack and A Night at the Opera in the great albums pile. The rest are somewhere in the spectrum of bad to very good.
Another One Bites The Dust is the WORST Queen song ever. Vanilla Ice wouldn't have made something so bad.
I was 12 in 1978 when Queen was at their peak. They were my favorite band. The 1980’s just ruined music
The 1980s DEFINITELY changed music, seemingly overnight. ‘70s artists had to either adapt to the new sound or fade into obscurity. Very sad.
@@TheMusicKingdom yep. I graduated high school in 1984. Oh the music was so bad! It was like torture after the wonderful 1970’s! Right now there isn’t really much to listen to. My 12year olds baseball walk up songs are typically led zep and rush and Boston. After hearing these he just can’t listen to any current “music”
Sounds like a well-raised kid!
@@TheMusicKingdom absolutely! I’m sure you are planning also on some “Rainy days and Mondays” and “Barracuda” and “She’s gone” and other 70’s classics! Looking forward to them!
Queen is their own Genre. If i was stuck on an island i would have to have Queen 2
Not current?! Álbum 2008, Roger solist work a year ago, today Brian relaunched Star Fleet, they're still making tours, a musical AND the Stravaganza, self tribute.
Queen had five GREAT albums and three GOOD albums. The first five were the "great" ones. The "good" ones were News of the World, Jazz and The Game. The rest of them can be thrown in a dumpster. 🫤🙄