Top 10 Greatest Queen Albums

I love how this album just flows so smoothly from start to finish, and there is so much variety in the types of songs which gives it such an epic feeling when you listen to it.

The album starts off with the Mysterious piano arpeggios of 'Death on two legs' and within 30 seconds into the first song, you instantly know that you're listening to an album that is really interesting, quirky, highly professional, and just generally beautiful.

Personally I love how the album contains a mixture of heavier, intense compositions, with Freddie's short campy songs such as "Lazing on a Sunday afternoon" thrown in between tracks which really provide it with a weird but enjoyable atmosphere.

I feel like some people only say this is their best album because it has the very well known Bohemian Rhapsody, along with You're My Best Friend. I'm not saying it's a bad album but there are others that I prefer. For those who only know those songs there are also songs on this album called I'm In Love With My Car, 39 and Love Of My Life. Listen to it from start to finish to see the real deal. There are so many different genres in this one album which is why it's the fan favourite. Its an awesome album but my personal favourite is The Game.

This album houses more than just the song we all know.

The first song is Death On Two Legs, a song written by Mercury about his manager, who got all of the earnings from their Sheer Heart Attack album. This song has an amazing intro and some vital lyrics.

Then you have Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, a lovely retro song with a light piano intro. Another mastery from Mercury.

I'm In Love With My Car is a hard rocking song that Roger apparently wrote about the desire for his automobile. Roger sings this song.

You're my best friend is a light hearted song written by Johnny. He wrote it in honour of his wife and still remains a widely recognized anthem today.

39 Is a Sci-Fi folk song written by Dr. May and features him taking the role on lead vocals with his soft voice and magnificent backing vocals from Freddie and Roger.

Sweet Lady is a song written by Mr. May about a relationship. The lyrics, most consider poor quality, but the riff is extremely ...more

I heard this album for the first time a couple of days ago, and I was completely blown away! Even though David Gilmour will always be my favorite guitarist, Brian May gives a good run for his money with this album. God Save the Queen, Prophet's Song, Death on Two Legs, I'm In Love With My Car, and of course Bohemian Rhapsody give Queen the power needed to give them the status of one of the greatest bands to grace the planet Earth.

Their best album by far. They would drop their more progressive leanings for a more streamlined sound by Sheer Heart Attack, which is a bloody shame because this is not only Queen at their finest musically but also some of the best prog that decade had to offer. They had refined their sound from their first album, creating something extremely fresh. Meanwhile, the songs mostly deliver in spades. Ogre Battle. Nevermore. The March Of The Black Queen. And who could forget the classic that is Seven Seas Of Rhye? The musicianship is tight and fantastic to listen to, and above all else, Mercury's vocals are sensational. It's a near perfect album, and I'm only disappointed that they didn't continue venturing down this style, outside of occasional albums (mainly the brilliant News Of The World). While they are still my favourite band, none of their other albums can touch this underrated gem. Top notch and one of my all time favourite albums.

This is Queen's darkest album, and their best, too! It takes a masterpiece like A Night at the Opera and makes it bigger, better, and stronger!

Procession is a nice intro.
Father to Son is a heavy song, and probably one of their best.
White Queen is another heavy song, and still great.
Some Day One Day is alright, but still sweet.
I don't remember The Loser in the End.
Ogre Battle is their heaviest song, and the second best from the album.
The Fairy-Feller's Master Stroke is a funny song.
Nevermore is an amazing ballad, but just make it longer!
The March of the Black Queen I can't describe in words.
Funny How Love Is is a great tribute to Phil Spector.
Seven Seas of Rhye is an amazing single.

If you want to know what Queen at their "purest" sounds like this is the definite choice. They just put what they thought felt right without much consideration if it was radio friendly or not. Great and unique tracks such as the Fairy Fellers Master Stroke and one of the most underrated and obscure songs of all time The March of Black Queen.

Like it or hate it you'll never hear anything like this album. Which is why it's my personal favourite Queen album and one of the best I've ever heard.

All of Queen's albums are different and unique. Their music and style evolved and the longer they career became, the more stunning and awing it became. But their early albums are up their with the greatest of all time. Their second is a piece of artistic brilliance. An amazing, diverse band, 4 brilliant guys, amazing live, big hits, songs that stand the test of time, classic albums. Queen. The Ultimate band.

At first I thought Innuendo was high because it was the last Queen album issued in Mercury's life. But when I heard it, it blew me away. This album is so great, and all the songs on the album are great. It was a return to Queen's roots, and their best album since A Night at the Opera. Some people say they feel sad and emotional when they listen to these songs and this album, but for me I feel joy and happiness. These songs are fantastic and I enjoy them immensely. That's part of the reason why Freddie didn't want to reveal his illness. He didn't want people to buy the album out of sympathy; he wanted people to buy the album to enjoy the music. I am glad that Freddie left on a high note. Personally, I think Sheer Heart Attack is the best Queen album, but I wanted to post this comment. If you think this album is high because of Freddie and his illness, think again. You want proof? Listen to the album. And it won't be the last time you listen to it.

Everyone always brings up the title track and The Show Must Go On when talking about Innuendo. I think everyone fails to realize that there are other songs, such as These Are The Days Of Our Lives, one of my favorite Queen songs, I'm Going Slightly Mad and Headlong.

The Show Must Go On is a great and touching song especially since Brian May had to give Mercury a shot of tequila to get him through the recording. Innuendo Is a great song with an interesting feel.

The Show Must Go On is the best song in the album. Innuendo is also amazing. I'm Going Slightly Mad is a great song. Delilah's a funny song. These Are The Days Of Our Lives is a very nice song.

Quite simply Prog Rock at it's finest and most flamboyant. While Queen got grander and sillier with successive release @Opera' and 'Races' both being fine albums, this is to me their best, each song into the next one is just perfect. There's no filler on this record. Although what followed might have had better songs, Sheer Heart Attack as an album is without equal amongst Queen albums. To sum up, I always listen to this one from beginning to end, the rest I cherry pick tracks (well, apart from 'Races', I quite like that one all the way through as well, except 'White Man'. I don't think it's as good as this one though).

Tremendous album! As someone who has listened to all of Queen's albums at least twenty times, this is one of the two albums by the band in which there was not a weak track. Although I love the other album, Queen II, I have to vote for this one based on the versatility of the songs.

Oh come on! This is undoubtably the greatest Queen album. Brighton Rock is fabulous beyond description. Now I'm Here is another of the band's greatest songs. There is not a single weak moment here. By far Queen's coolest and sexiest album

Simply the best. With Killer Queen, Now I'm Here, Lily of the Valley, Tenement Funster and Stone Cold Crazy, this album makes the first big success of Queen. In second it is Queen II for me.

What a masterpiece. "A Night At the Opera" probably would be my #1 if it weren't for the dreadful "Sweet Lady". A Day At The Races, however, does not have any songs of such poor quality. While it does not have a "Bohemian Rhapsody" on it, it is still just as ambitious and bombastic as A Night At The Opera. Complete with such classics as "Tie Your Mother Down", "Somebody To Love", "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy", and one of Queen's all time best and underrated songs "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" Which ties the album together with a perfect close. Although no quite as popular as A Night At The Opera, it is still Queen's greatest release in my humble opinion.

Tie Your Mother Down is one of Queen's heaviest works, and it makes sense that this is the opening track.

You Take My Breath Away is one of the most beautiful Queen songs and one of the best from the album, but the ending is just a little creepy.

Long Away is great, although it's slightly overrated.

The Millionaire Waltz is almost as good as Bohemian Rhapsody and underrated because it comes after the latter.

You and I is a great song, but it just barely misses being filler.

Somebody to Love has some of Freddie Mercury's smoothest vocal harmonies to date and is altogether beautiful.

This may offend some of you, but I consider the heavy metal song White Man even better than Tie Your Mother Down.

Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy is another very pretty song.

Drowse is kind of like I'm in Love with My Car, just not as good, but still a great song.

Teo Torriatte (Let us Cling Together) is the tribute to Queen's Japanese fans, and it ...more

This Album is just the greatest Album by Queen. It's the only album on which every song is amazing. Tie Your Mother Down is the greatest Hard Rock Song by Queen, You Take Me Breath Away is one of my favourite Queen songs anyway, Long Away is one of the greatest songs with May on vocals, The Millionaire Walz is a typical progressive Queen song and is so interesting, You And I is just amazing and makes you bein in a good mood, Somebody to Love... no words needed, White Man is hard rock in the way hard rock has to be, Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy is great glam rock, Drowse is the second best song with Taylor on vocals, just behind I'm In Love With My Car and Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) is one of the greatest Queen ballads and is an honorable ode to the japanese fans. In addition to that, the way of starting and ending the album with the same thing, makes it such a cool and round thing. The album has so many different styles in the songs, so many different moods in the songs, ...more

Making a list of my favorite Queen albums is extremely difficult because of all of their albums' high quality.

By the way, if you say Hot Space and Made in Heaven are terrible, you're wrong. They're not as good as the others, but still great pieces. Same with a Kind of Magic. Flash Gordon is disputable.

Here's my list. I've also rated each album from 1-10.

1) A Day at the Races: 10
2) Queen I: 9.8
3) A Night at the Opera: 9.7
4) Sheer Heart Attack: 9.5
5) News of the World: 9.4
6) Innuendo: 9.2
7) The Works: 9.1
8) Made in Heaven: 9.1
9) Queen II: 9
10) A Kind of Magic: 9
11) Jazz: 9
12) The Miracle: 8.7
13) The Game: 8.6
14) Hot Space: 8.4
15) Flash Gordon: 8

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Always overshadowed by its two monster singles, the album cuts on the record are among the best Queen ever recorded. In typical queen style they vary widely in genre, from punk rock on Sheer Heart Attack all the way to jazz on My Melancholy Blues and everything in between. All four members are on fire here, bringing some of the strongest songwriting they ever did in the whole 1970's. Notable examples include Roger Taylor's funk rock piece "Fight From the Inside", years before the group would have a number one hit in the same genre, and John Deacons two cuts, "Spread Your Wings" and "Who Needs You" both criminally underrated, both absolutely spectacular. This album should definitely be number one on this list.

This album included some of Queens most underappreciated songs such as Spread Your wings and It's Late. It also includes two songs which you know you HAVE to hear one of them in any sports game. This album included songs for even not the most experienced fans. This album even got the jocks somewhat involved with Queen and their music.

Why is this so low!? I love every single song in this album! Especially We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, It's Late, and It's Dead! Brian May made all of these, I guess I just love Brian May's compositions and technique.

Some of their other albums contained their best songs, but every song on this album is amazing. If you just crank up the volume as high as it will go, you will be ROCKED!

My favourite Queen album, just ahead of News of the World. Loved the songs, the artwork, the group's image, and the live performances during this era they were at their best.

Tonight, gonna have myself a real good time,
I feel alive and the world I'll turn it inside out, yeah,
Floating around in ecstasy,
So don't stop me now, don't stop me
Cause I'm having a good time, having a good time!

This Album Is tremendous from start to Finish, I would've placed it number 4 Instead, Obviously you can tell this album was created for Live performances and even in the legenday Punk outbreak of 77' This record ROCKS... a very Undderrated album

In my opinion this album must be at least in top 3.
Don't Stop Me Now is awesome.
Bicycle Race and Fat Bottomed Girls also great.
Listen to them before voting for something.

HEY! This album deserves to be higher! It is my favourite Queen album and every single song on it is fantastic.

I think this album is much better than most say. It is near the top of the list, for me!

This album had more great songs that were hits than any other.

Not a single bad song

A great album from Queen - includes a lot of my favourite songs by the band. It's a shame that 'Mad the Swine' was never one this album. It would have been the perfect fit between 'Great King Rat' and 'My Fairy King' where it was intended.

This album is still worth to listen to.

Keep Yourself Alive is a great song, and Roger had awesome falsettos in My Fairy King. This album is seriously underrated!

Great King Rat... Liar... Keep Yourself Alive... some of their best songs. If you only know the hits, you need to hear this.

Very strong start with an artistic art rock! First 5 Queen albums are from another planet!

Looking back in the 80's and the late FM this album is amazing an truly individual, with a soul! One album - one prize, one soul, one goal. The best soundtrack for a Hollywood movie ever! Highlander is definitely a strong movie, but the music makes this brilliance that bring this fantasy action to the top ones. Just listen the beginning - powerful Princess of the Universe. The whole story follows the music themes and the music follows the story. And so many worldwide hits. I always watch this movie until the end of the inscriptions, until the end of the unique original "A kind of magic".
Great! In top 4!

Beautiful mix of strong compositions, Containing many great hits such as: A Kind of magic, one vision, who wants to live forever, friends will be friends and princess of the universe!...

Tenth? This is my favorite...It has so many good songs. Who Wants To Live Forever, A Kind of Magic, One Vision, Princes of The Universe, Friends Will Be Friends, One Year Of Love...How is this tenth?

Love latter day queen! Mature and yet still rocking - only with more ideas to draw from.

This is the most underrated album queen has ever made! Deserves to be higher! The amazing I Want It All, the beautiful song The Miracle, the underrated Scandal, and the showstopping performance of Was It All Worth It!

While it doesn't have any on those really, really orgasmic level good songs, it's brimming with tons of great ones!

Freddie Mercury went around the world and Bali, saw god and dali very mystic. Surrealistic.

The Miracle, I want it all, Breakthru, The Invisible man, Scandal.
This is like a song Hall of Fame.

How the heck this could be so low! This is the most compact and full with amazing songs album of Queen that ever existed!

Has two of the worst songs by Queen

First is Yeah. Listen to the song.
And the other one was the boring 20 minute song.

Could have only been made in heaven for it to be this great!

Obviously not their best album, in fact, probably their worst. However, it is a vastly underrated slump in the catalogue of a band who produced little trash for 15 albums straight. In my book, this is nearly as good as The Game, which harbors some of Queen's most astonishing highs, but also some unfortunately forgettable lows. Even without "Under Pressure," songs like "Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)," "Staying Power," and "Las Parablas Des Amor" rank among the most underrated gems of their career.

Come on, how can it be below literally everything on this list. It's not a great album, but deserves to be at least in top 13. Staying Power, Put Out the Fire, Action This Day, Back Chat, Dancer and for god's sake - Under Pressure. Sure there is a mediocre song - Calling All Girls and most horrible thing Queen ever made - Body Language. But mostly, it's still good.

I personally really like this album. I tend to really like songs that you can dance around to. Songs like "Staying Power" "Back Chat" "Action This Day" and "Put Out The Fire" you can easily dance along to. Yes, the album does have its downfalls, but I find this album quite enjoyable, overall.

This is their best album, and not because of 'Under Pressure', but because of 'Back Chat' and 'Body Language'. It has it's low points but these two songs redeem the bad parts.

Better than any of the other greatest hits! Has every good song on there! Though I would think to replace The Invisible Man over Scandal. I just think Scandal would perform better on here than The Invisible Man. It's still good though!

Every song on greatest hits is a great piece of musical genius but isn't that true of anything Queen was involved with. Mr. Mercury's talent and creativity was so far beyond the times which is why people today still listen in awe to what he created.

Without Freddie, Queen would've never been this sucessful, But Brian, Roger and John are still good songwriters, singers and musicians.

This is a greatest hits album... Of curse every song on it is full of their greatest songs.

This doesn't really count.

Some nice edits, some odd but peculiar cuts (Boh Rhap), some tracks from the very last concert of Queen with Freddie, but nothing more. It simply doesn't worth to be bought.

Unfortunately there is the lack of "The march of the black queen", "Innuendo", "Love of my life", "Let me live", "I want it all (Album version)", "Liar", "Was it all worth it", etc.. Etc..
However it's far better than G.H.1, G.H.2, Classic Queen, A to Z, Stone cold classics, and any other standard compilation (but far worse than Radio sampler first & second & third).

The band's finest hour finally released officially!