# Favorite Queen album? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852 "2016-02-23T02:05:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/1 "2016-02-23T02:05:33Z")
What’s your favorite Queen album? ---
**Author:** ![DMGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@DMGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/2 "2016-02-23T02:12:50Z")
A Night at the Opera ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/3 "2016-02-23T02:21:37Z")
Sorry, but there are only 3 possible choices - and those are the first 3… Well, probably 2… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/4 "2016-02-23T03:57:05Z")
I don’t think I could make a choice between Night at the Opera, and News of the World. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/5 "2016-02-23T04:41:31Z")
I’m having trouble choosing between _Night at the Opera_ and _Day at the Races_, but I’m going with _Day_. “Good Old-Fashioned Loverboy” and “Millionaire Waltz” are fantastic compositions; original and full of surprises. And Freddie’s voice really gets to shine on those, too. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/6 "2016-02-23T05:09:12Z")
Night at the Opera ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/7 "2016-02-23T06:28:37Z")
My favorite album overall would be the only one I’ve ever bothered to own: _Queen II_. Oddly, though, this doesn’t include my favorite Queen _song_, “Killer Queen” (or even “Fat Bottomed Girls,” which may be second place). ---
**Author:** ![spanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@spanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spanna)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/8 "2016-02-23T09:56:04Z")
Another vote for Queen II but i would accept anything up to News of the World as best I like a lot of the later stuff too, but they don’t hold a candle to the first 6 ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/9 "2016-02-23T11:18:50Z")
Soundtrack to Flash Gordon. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/10 "2016-02-23T11:37:09Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Soundtrack to Flash Gordon. I came in to say \*A kind of Magic \* (soundtrack to Highlander) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/11 "2016-02-23T13:11:37Z")
All right - at least 2 other sane voices out there. And if we were debating concerts, the only question would be where the Queen II tour sits among best concerts of all time. If you do not know the first 2 well, you really ought to. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/12 "2016-02-23T13:16:52Z")
I would go for Queen II or Jazz, with a bias toward the latter ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/13 "2016-02-23T14:45:58Z")
Sheer Heart Attack ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/14 "2016-02-23T14:58:21Z")
My first choice is _The Works,_ mostly for\* “\*Machines (or Back to Humans)” and “Is This the World We Created?”. I have to also give props to\* Innuendo\*, just because Freddie was already near death when it was recorded and the album still rocks. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/15 "2016-02-23T15:23:46Z")
Night at the Opera, followed by Sheer Heart Attack, The Works, and News of the World. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/16 "2016-02-23T17:13:11Z")
Queen ll ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/17 "2016-02-23T17:17:53Z")
Probably News of the World. But any of the first batch would get the job done. Mostly because ‘It’s Late’ is probably the most rocking number they ever did. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/18 "2016-02-23T17:20:21Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > I’m having trouble choosing between _Night at the Opera_ and _Day at the Races_, but I’m going with _Day_. “Good Old-Fashioned Loverboy” and “Millionaire Waltz” are fantastic compositions; original and full of surprises. And Freddie’s voice really gets to shine on those, too. The Millionaire Waltz is rock music at its best. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/19 "2016-02-23T20:32:25Z")
No love for _The Game_? That’s the one that I’ve probably listened to the most (other than Greatest Hits). ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852/20 "2016-02-23T20:43:14Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > All right - at least 2 other sane voices out there. And if we were debating concerts, the only question would be where the Queen II tour sits among best concerts of all time. If you do not know the first 2 well, you really ought to. Did Queen play any of the songs from Flash Gordon in their concerts? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852.md?page=2)