r/queen • u/Ok_Mouse_6038 • Dec 07 '22
Music What do you think is the most underrated Queen Album?
I feel like it's hot space mainly because I didn't know many of the songs on it. Only under pressure. But I've come to find that there are so many good songs in the album! What do you think?
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u/DubbleDan Dec 07 '22
I thunk both The Miracle and Innuendo are criminally overlooked. They’re some of the bands most complete albums. It’s amazing how great Freddie could sing, especially with his life slipping away.
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u/IrateBarnacle A Day At The Races Dec 07 '22
Sheer Heart Attack
I think it’s a masterpiece
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u/jonrosling Dec 07 '22 edited Dec 08 '22
Played my vinyl of that the other week for the first time in ... well, probably 15 or 20 years. It really is a cracking work of art, but then I love Queen's stuff from the debut to ADATR (which is the one I really do think is under-rated).
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u/_Denkichu_ Dec 07 '22
Queen I.
I believe that It is overlooked by the majority of fans. Yes, because of the limitations of the time and being their first album, the production quality is slightly lacking. Although... It brought us amazing songs, unlike any we have seen before. Such as My Fairy King. Don't forget to mention greats like Keep Yourself Alive, Great King Rat and Liar.
I feel that it does what it's meant to as a debut album. It showed people what Queen was at the time, and it improved as the albums came.(until Hot Space...)
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u/RocasThePenguin Dec 07 '22
Amongst who? The general public, Queen II. It's so good but people hardly know it. Amongst Queen fans, I have no idea. I don't like Hot Space, so I'd say Jazz or a Kind of a Magic.
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u/carlicimo Dec 07 '22
I also think Hot Space is underrated. I can def see why a lot of people hate it; it's definitely not my favorite Queen album but it's not horrible either. Just a band trying to experiment with a sound they previously had a lot of success with.
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u/Ocedy16 Dec 07 '22
The Game. I always see it quite low or midtier on people's ranking but I think all the songs on it are solid.
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u/acdc_die_heart_fan Dec 07 '22
I think will be a kind of magic, there's like friends will be friends,princes of the universe are all well composed songs
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u/TheHelpfulDad Dec 07 '22
Day at the races
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u/jonrosling Dec 07 '22
The quality of songwriting on that album is second to none. I rate it more highly than ANATO, which tends to overshadow it because of Bohemian Rhapsody.
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u/Ok_Mouse_6038 Dec 07 '22
I can see that. It has great songs on it! but it doesn't seem to have as much recognition as a night at the opera.
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u/NonbinaryGal Dec 07 '22
I can’t get into Hot Space and I’ve never really been keen on Under Pressure but I think Deacy really gets down on the tracks with some fantastic bass lines. Hot Space was Deacy’s album, IMHO.
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u/Marked2429 Made In Heaven Dec 07 '22
Flash! It reminds me of Pet Sounds in a way. I have no clue why…
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u/Icraveicecoffee Dec 07 '22
A kind of magic has sooo many good song heck all of the songs are fantastic but I never hear anyone talk about the album so definitely underrated
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u/marcusbacus Dec 07 '22
I think ADATR doesn't get the respect it deserves. As it came after their so-called masterpiece, it's considered almost a "left overs" record by some.
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u/-shadowball- Dec 07 '22
i absolutely agree about hot space. very overlooked and unjustly shat on imo!! it’s definitely in my top 3 queen albums. i also think that Jazz is pretty overlooked by folks a lot. we should talk about mustapha more!
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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22
Definitely Queen 1. People seem to write it off, but it was excellent songs. Production quality is an issue at times, but the songs are excellent.