The Queen Thread

[Sonfax123 (Sonfax)]

Queen formed in London of 1971, and consists of John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, and Roger Taylor. The band has released 18 Number-One Albums, 15 studio albums, 9 Live albums, 12 compilation albums, 18 Number-One Singles, out of 62 total singles released, and 10 Number-One DvD’s. They have sold over 300 million albums, making them one of the best-selling music artists. They have been able to create songs that are in the categories of progressive rock, heavy rock, hard rock, pop rock, dance, blues, jazz, psychedelic rock, folk rock, and opera themes. The band has influenced thousands of musicians, such as Def Leppard, Foo Fighters, George Michael, Guns n’ Roses, Journey, Kansas, Boston, Lady Gaga, Metallica, and Steve Vai, to name a few.

[Sonfax123 (Sonfax)]

Queen

Queen’s first album was recorded in London between 1971 and 1972 at Trident Studios and De Lane Lea studios. Although the band had been playing the club and college circuit in and around London and surrounding counties for almost two years, and were already an accomplished live act with a significant following and loyal fan base, they still had not secured a recording deal.

Queen II

Queen’s second studio album was released on March 8th 1974, coinciding with an extensive UK tour that began at the start of the month. After much debate and with all kinds of unlikely alternative titles such as Over The Top being considered, ultimately the band settled on Queen II. Recorded at London’s Trident Studios in August 1973, the band were at last permitted to use the studio during normal hours and, unlike the first album, take proper time to experiment with the myriad ideas they had for new techniques, textures and sounds. Finally Queen could record an album how they wanted, when they wanted, and without the limitations imposed upon them throughout the debut work.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen’s third studio album, was recorded between July and September 1974, at four different studios in England and Wales (Trident, Wessex, Rockfield and Air). It was produced by Queen and Roy Thomas Baker, with the ever dependable Mike Stone as engineer. Somewhat of a departure from the first two albums, Sheer Heart Attack had much more of a group feel about it, a coherence not possible to achieve previously because of the erratic way in which its predecessors were recorded.

A Night at the Opera

Queen’s fourth and probably best known album, was recorded in England between August and November 1975. Such was the complexity of the compositions that no less than six different studios were employed (Roundhouse, Sarm East, Rockfield, Scorpio, Lansdowne, Olympic), with the band members often recording various parts simultaneously in order to work most efficiently and get through it all. The sessions were long and grueling and spanned four long months. Once again the band produced the album with trusted collaborators Roy Thomas Baker and Mike Stone, and what emerged was a genuine triumph on all levels, meticulously pieced together to make the best possible album. Opera would propel Queen on to the world stage on a mammoth scale and establish them as a major international force

A Day at the Races

Queen’s fifth studio album, was recorded at Sarm East, The Manor and Wessex Studios between July and November 1976. It was the first to be self-produced - the preceding four LPs were co-produced with Roy Thomas Baker (and John Anthony on Queen) and was engineered by Mike Stone. The album followed its predecessor A Night At The Opera in taking its name from a film by the Marx Brothers. It was released on December 10th 1976 and peaked at No 1 in the UK, Japan and the Netherlands. In America, issued a week later, it reached No 5 on the US Billboard album chart and became Queen’s first American album to achieve Gold status and subsequently Platinum

News of the World

Queen’s sixth studio album, was recorded between July and September 1977 at two studios, Basing Street and Wessex. For the first time the band produced the record themselves, without Roy Thomas Baker but still assisted by resident engineer Mike Stone. Another first for a Queen album was that News Of The World would fair better in the U.S. than in the band’s home country. It reached number 3 in the Billboard chart and achieved platinum sales status in America, while in Britain it peaked at 4. The album progressed well in the international charts too, helped by the first single We Are The Champions, and Spread Your Wings later on. The album was released on October 28th 1977 in the UK and on November 1st in America.

Jazz

Queen’s seventh studio album was the first to be recorded outside the UK. Sessions began at Mountain Studios in Switzerland, in July 1978, and later moved to Super Bear studios in Nice, France, concluding in October. Though producer Roy Thomas Baker had been absent on the previous two LPs (A Day At The Races and News Of The World), both of which the band produced themselves (with trusted collaborator Mike Stone), Jazz saw the team reunited for this project - though it would prove to be the last Queen/Baker production. Geoff Workman and John Etchells were the engineers. Once again the finished album was very different to anything to have come before.

[guitarskills (thisisdaleb)]

I love their acoustic songs, like “Is this the world we created” and “Love of my life” from Wembley.

[ggfchl (_gg)]

Bohemian Rhapsody, We are the Champions, and Don’t Stop Me Now are my favorites

[Sonfax123 (Sonfax)]

oops, forgot about this thread. Maybe I should put the rest of their albums up there.

[Nuselline (Nuse)]

I really like Elizabeth II, she really puts inspiration and motivation into the minds of today’s youths.