NewCC0067: Queen
Submitted by lbangs on Fri, 05/11/2001 - 10:08
Tags:
- A Night at the Opera (75): *****
- Greatest Hits (92): **** 1/2
- Greatest Hits [LP] (81): **** 1/2
- Classic Queen (92): **** 1/2
- A Day at the Races (76): ****
- News of the World (77): ****
- Sheer Heart Attack (74): ****
- The Game (80): ****
- Jazz (78): *** 1/2
- Live Killers (79): ***
- Queen (73): ***
- The Works (84): ***
- Innuendo (91): ***
- Live at Wembley '86 (92): ***
- At the BBC (95): ***
- Made in Heaven (95): ***
- Rocks, Vol. 1 (97): ***
- Queen II (74): ** 1/2
- Hot Space (82): ** 1/2
- A Kind of Magic (86): ** 1/2
- The Miracle (89): ** 1/2
- Flash Gordon (81): *
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever