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I love Hot Space, it's not as bad as people say it is, and it's far better than the modern artists albums of today
Um, yes it is that bad.
It has its moments. If you forget the “Queen” name on it and appreciate it for what it is, it’s a catchy, poppy album. That said, there are still some real stinkers on there, too!
@@RubUOutC Body Language is probably one of their least good songs
Agreed
Best band ever.
I can’t believe The Miracle ranked so
Low I think it’s one of there best.
Yes it’s so underrated 😩
Way better than Made In Heaven. It’s so boring, no rock. What’s with that 29 minute crap at the end too? Sent me to sleep. Never listening to that ever again. Hot Space is better too and more fun. Very underrated album. A Day At The Races is the most overrated Queen album. Apart from the singles it’s only average and way too many ballads. Everyone also puts Queen 2 in front of Queen but Queen is better
Made in Heaven is indeed boring, The Miracle in my opinion is their strongest 80’s effort (maybe aside from The Game).
Everyone put "flash Gordon" at the lowest place in the same way they put "yellow submarine" at the lowest place when ranking the Beatles catalog, and it makes sense: Both have few original songs and both have a soundtrack to the film
It only means most people don't have the attention to instrumentals... Plus, Flash Gordon is 100% original, while YS had George Martin scores, it's different
Agreed. Flash Gordon is no way near their worst. The Hero is outstanding and contains my favourite Brian May solo.
Flash rocks! I will fight all of you 😝😝
“Innuendo” is my favourite album, even the tracks most fans don’t care for I admire!! 😄👍
Brighton Rock did house May's guitar solo. But the solo started life on a Smile track called Blag, then built up over time during Son And Daughter in live shows.
Great upload, I've been a Queen fan since Another one bites the dust was released, and I really like your list, Innuendo is a masterpiece in it's own right, it's a shame they never had a chance to play it live with the legend mr. Mercury, cheers from México 🇲🇽❤
You know your stuff.... love your commentaries for each album and I learnt alot of knew things as well!!!! I'm subscribed!!!!
My top 5
5. A Day At The Races
4. A Night At The Opera
3. Sheer Heart Attack
2. Queen s/t
1. Queen II
Lol my top 5 exactly. I don't think there's another album like Queen ll.
These Are The Days...is a Roger song and was not written about Freddie, though in years after Freddie died, they have accepted that Freddie's situation likely was also an unconscious influence on the song.
I love Hot Space, but then i don’t know what to put at the bottom either
Hot Space is not as bad as people make out.
Great job and I agree with your #1 choice!
Very fun to compare this list with people like Marichen's. Innuendo is underrated FOR SURE!! Queen II makes me so happy! Marichen will be happy to see that sheer heart attack made it in second at least!! Love it!
I think Face It Alone and Dog With A Bone should have been on The Miracle instead of My Baby Does Me and Rain Must Fall
Excellent analysis Dylan, thanks!
Thank you!
@@TheRecordSpinner I like your shirt
Great list my friend. I'll go out on a limb & say they're probably the closest band i can think of that comes close to the Beatles.....comes close.. anyway the varied styles that both bands seem to pull off so effortlessly without coming off as cheesey. Love the videos brother.
A job well done... You have a great way with your presentation thank you very much very enjoyable
Wait why did you say queen ii is your favourite queen album of all time if it is number 4??
I thought the same thing, it makes no sense.
Oh yeah i thought that was odd. The dude's ranking has ChatGPT vibes. There's not much in the way of emotional response in there
Thank God someone finally rated Made In Heaven properly... I'm tired of reviews where people think the entire album was recorded post-Innuendo. The album, for me, is just lacking energy. It's fun, but it's missing Freddie's hands-on approach.
Damn man,this makes ne do excited.... I buy the vinyl box set. Good Job.
Queen is my all ltime favorite Rock band. Since i was 12 been listening to them way before " Waynes World " made Bohemian Rhapsody a house hold name.... Before Freddy cut his hair and grew a mustache. Before they were Arena rockers. Here's my rankin pix... Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, Queen s/t. ,Queen 2 , A Day At the Race's , News of the World... Jazz., Its a Kinda Magic, The Game... The Works.... it don't get any better than this leaving hot space at the bottom of the pile
Superb review, well done!
Oh man I know this is going to be a great, interesting, and amazing video! It's interesting...The Miracle is probably one of my least favorite album covers of all time! I do like your connection to the unity of the band in reference to the cover though...I never considered that! Great ranking man! You're making me wonder where I'd rank these albums!
This is my list:
1975: A Night at the Opera
1973: Queen
1974: Queen II
1974: Sheer Heart Attack
1977: News of the World
1991: Innuendo
1986: A Kind of Magic
1989: The Miracle
1984: The Works
1978: Jazz
1976: A Day at the Races
1980: The Game
1982: Hot Space
1995: Made in Heaven
1980: Flash Gordon
Innuendo & Sheer Heart Attack my shared No.1 albums
Hello Dylan ! Excellent analysis of each album. I can’t choose my #1. It stands between ’Opera’ and ’News’, closely followed by ’Sheer’. I guess it depends on my mood of the day. The bottom 5 is just about the same as yours. I even don’t own ’Flash’ or ’Made in heaven’. Have a great weekend and stay safe. Cheers!
Bob Geldof has said that Is This The World We Created? Was one of the biggest inspirations behind the Band Aid single + Live Aid event, along with the BBC News footage of the famine in Ethiopia.
This guy knows his music! Well spotted at 19:30 about Funny How Love Is having a Phil Spectre kind of sound. If you listen to Freddie's solo single I Can Hear Music, it has that exact same Phil Spectre 'Wall of Sound' sound aesthetic and it was deliberate. Queen reference it a few times. You can hear them employ the essential principles of the Spectre Wall of Sound live, especially during the closing of Crazy Little Thing Called Love and We Are The Champions.
I remember The Miracle cover made a big splash at the time also because it was done using pretty much the cutting edge of computer photo manipulation software for the time.
Incidentally - Apparently the early audiences began to regularly sing God Save the Queen at the end of Queen shows and essentially bullied the band into playing it, so they just ended up adding it as part of their set.
This was a fantastic video. However, it feels so blasphemous to put News of the World above Queen II and A Day at the Races lol. It’s a great record but pales in comparison to the sound of those albums. I am super biased to 1974 Queen though - it’s my favorite year for the band. Love your opinions on this!
Queen II is my favorite album of theirs as well ❤
Haha after watching it in retrospect, I’m realizing it is indeed blasphemous 😂 those first four albums are a solid consecutive run for those guys 👌🏻
Here is my ranking (at least as of now)
1. Innuendo
2. The Miracle
3. Made in Heaven
4. A Day at the Races
5. Sheer Heart Attack
6. A Night at the Opera
7. The Game
8. News of the World
9. Jazz
10. Queen II
11. Queen
12. The Works
13. Hot Space
14. A Kind of Magic
15. Flash Gordon
(My bottom two and top three are defined, the middle is still being sorted out)
(Ps. I have the same Queen shirt)
Glad to see Made In Heaven in top 3!
Wow! Quite interesting to see some of the early albums lower but I respect your ranking! Innuendo is absolutely fantastic.
@@TheRecordSpinner Little update: Jazz and AKOM have now been growing on me, and The Works is my new bottom (Flash still being my technical bottom.)
By 1979 i was in high school and had every Album, now many years later my list is a little different than yours, but one clear similarity, the line between the seventies and the eighties. I enjoy the eighties albums but the seventies are your and my favourite.
Made in Heaven for me, is so poignant, released as you pointed out after Freddie's passing, the lyrics just resonate with me.
Good list, pretty close to mine
Flash and The Hero weren't the only songs performed live from the Flash Gordon album. Vultan's Theme was done live in Japan 1981.
I have been so excited to see your ranking since you mentioned this video to me! You already know my ranking, but I'm excited to see how many we will agree or disagree on! It is so hard to rank their albums because I love them all in their own way. I think everyone puts Flash Gordon at the bottom...agreed though. OH NO! I love Hot Space!! I know so many people dislike the album though, so I get it! I LOVE The Miracle, it's funny that we are kinda flip-flopped on our thoughts because I love the album and dislike the album cover! Made In Heaven is amazing, I think I had it one spot lower than you, but I honestly agree I think it's good for what it is! I also love how you mentioned Made In Heaven being The Cross tune, you know I love Roger haha! I am not a huge fan of A Kind of Magic, it's not bad, I just feel like I come back to the hits more than anything else on the album, which is weird for me. Usually, I love the deep cuts just as much, if not more, than the hits! I love the album art though, I think it is some of my favorite from them! Oh wow, Jazz is lower than I thought it would be! I think that the appeal to Jazz for me is that it is all over the place, I love how different it is from all their other work. I am not a huge fan of The Works either, kind of the same thing with A Kind of Magic, the hits are great, I like a few deep cuts, but it's eh to me, I still love it though for what it is. Oh wow haha I can't believe we both ranked The Game at 8! I thought it was a rather low spot to give it because so many people love the album, and I thought that a lot of people would disagree with that in my video, but it's cool to know we have a lot of the same views on that album. Innuendo is much lower on my list, I like it and I do think it tends to be underrated. It just makes me so sad so I don't listen to it as much and I think that's what makes it so low on my list. I know Made In Heaven is very sad and somber, but to me, Innuendo makes me even sadder because of everything going on at that point. I had A Day At The Races one spot lower, I agree with your comment though Dylan! It seems like A Night At The Opera part 2. I love their S/T debut! I think it is just done so well! I honestly can't get enough of early Queen! Oh wow, I can't believe you put Queen II so low! I know it is your favorite, and definitely *almost* tied for my favorite! Yes!! I think I have News Of The World a tad lower on my list, but honestly, it's just so good! I have been obsessed with this album since December when I got the 40th anniversary box set for Christmas! I always loved it, but damn I've just been on a kick with this album. Okay, I can deal with Sheer Heart Attack being number 2 haha! It is my favorite and I honestly don't see it ever changing for me. But I can see why you would rank A Night At The Opera above it at 1! Great video Dylan!!
I love the miracle hahaha
That was really well worded and articulated... but you have Jazz too low. 😂
Jazz would be higher for me. The best first 6 albums ever!!!
My Ranking would be
15. Flash Gordon
14. Made In Heaven
13. A Kind Of Magic
12. Innuendo
11. Queen
10. Queen ll
9. The Miracle
8. Sheer Heart Attack
7. Hot Space
6. A Day At The Races
5. The Works
4. Hot Space
3. Jazz
2. A Night At The Opera
1. The Game
Interesting how Queen II is your favourite album but is not at number one. Is the ranking more a synthesis of critical consensus, rather than you own personal view?
To resume the 4 most import albuns off Queen históry was 1- Queen II because they give then the first hit single and the band was in top 5 for their first time, 2-night at the opera because was a "life our death" situation and put the band from a medium sucess to top world sucess ,3 the Game because give the band the two n1 hits in USA and they were in the top worldwile , doing their firts stadiums shows , it was the album that start Queen in megalomanic shows
And 4 imnuendo Queen receiv the respect by crítics again was a great final album and put Queen again in top
1. A Night At The Opera
2. Queen II
3. Made In Heaven
4. A Day At The Races
6. Sheer Heart Attack
5. Jazz
6. Innuendo
7. News Of The World
8. The Game
9. A Kind Of Magic
10. Queen
11. The Miracle
12. The Works
13. Hot Space
14. Flash Gordon
5:55 nope , it’s cosmos rocks that’s their 16th album
Cosmos Rocks?
Queen has 16 studio albums.
Any list that does NOT put HOT SPACE last is sus--AH...okay. Gotcha. But I would put Flash ahead of HS.
10:12 Persian... 1500 years ago.
I was only disappointed twice on the first plays of Queen albums. Flash Gordon, as I would have preferred no dialogue. Hot Space was the other, though it grew on me much later.
Great review mate, would you be interested in doing The Beatles or The Who album ranking at some point??
Thank you! Beatles ranking is definitely in the works, I may approach The Who once I’ve digested their entire catalog.
1:07 - 1:11 WRONG , they actually have 16
The Cosmos Rocks is their 16th album
🙏👏👏👏🙏
made in heaven number 12?? cmon dude. thats the biggest selling of the Queen studio albums.
Nice vid, but I don't agree about the ranking. A kind of magic and Innuendo are masterpieces.
Innuendo is an absolutely killer album!
70s queen my favorite band of all time in 80 s they have some bangers but the albums are meh
Brigh-On Rock... what the HELL is it with American millennials dropping their t's
It's not just millenials - its their accent. They all do it. Actually, many English accents to it do - cockney for one
@@Cedric6014 How old are you? It's a well known generational effect, the vast majority of young Americans and Canadians using glottal stops have no history of it in their region. Its an internet era phenomenon, they thing it sounds fancy, guv'nor. I guarantee you this.
Generic...I was with you, minus Jazz being so low...then you did what everyone does...ANATO best? C'mon...
Weirdly he said that Queen II was his favourite - but puts it fourth...
개같은 세상.. 피 맺히는 음악..っr
I never considered Made in Heaven as an original Queen album, I know it sounds strange because it is a Queen album but in my universe that album never happened. Ever. Queen’s last album was Innuendo, Made in Heaven is a conspiracy theory 🤣
PS Loved your review on the album catalogue of my fav band of all freaking time, it was honest and gave justice even though I don’t fully agree.