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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

I can’t believe The Miracle ranked so Low I think it’s one of there best.

Best band ever.

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

You know your stuff.... love your commentaries for each album and I learnt alot of knew things as well!!!! I'm subscribed!!!!

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 🇲🇽❤

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.

“Innuendo” is my favourite album, even the tracks most fans don’t care for I admire!! 😄👍

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!

Great job and I agree with your #1 choice!

A job well done... You have a great way with your presentation thank you very much very enjoyable

Superb review, well done!

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

Damn man,this makes ne do excited.... I buy the vinyl box set. Good Job.

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

Excellent analysis Dylan, thanks!

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!

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!

Wait why did you say queen ii is your favourite queen album of all time if it is number 4??

Good list, pretty close to mine

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

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.

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

I love the miracle hahaha

Made in Heaven for me, is so poignant, released as you pointed out after Freddie's passing, the lyrics just resonate with me.

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.

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.

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!!

Innuendo & Sheer Heart Attack my shared No.1 albums

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.

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

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.

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.

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)

That was really well worded and articulated... but you have Jazz too low. 😂

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!

Great review mate, would you be interested in doing The Beatles or The Who album ranking at some point??

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

Jazz would be higher for me. The best first 6 albums ever!!!

🙏👏👏👏🙏

5:55 nope , it’s cosmos rocks that’s their 16th album

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

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

10:12 Persian... 1500 years ago.

1:07 - 1:11 WRONG , they actually have 16 The Cosmos Rocks is their 16th album

Any list that does NOT put HOT SPACE last is sus--AH...okay. Gotcha. But I would put Flash ahead of HS.

Cosmos Rocks? Queen has 16 studio albums.

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.

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?

Nice vid, but I don't agree about the ranking. A kind of magic and Innuendo are masterpieces.

70s queen my favorite band of all time in 80 s they have some bangers but the albums are meh

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Brigh-On Rock... what the HELL is it with American millennials dropping their t's

Generic...I was with you, minus Jazz being so low...then you did what everyone does...ANATO best? C'mon...

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.