Has anybody seen this cover?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dREKkAk628I&feature=youtu.be
I saw that. Was definitely impressed!
So I'm a total Queen n00b besides the songs you hear on the radio on such,
What album should I start out with?
Any of the first five albums, with A Night at the Opera and Sheer Heart Attack being the best two. Or Innuendo.
I'm gonna disagree slightly here and recommend anything between albums 3-8. That gives you this:
Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
A Night at the Opera (1975)
A Day at the Races (1976)
News of the World (1977)
Jazz (1978)
The Game (1980)
These six albums pretty much are Queen as you are most likely familiar with them. Each has songs you've no-doubt heard and probably love given your interest, each has its undiscovered gem(s), and each has, like every Queen album, a couple of throwaway tracks (some will disagree with this but, meh). Queen and Queen II(the first two albums), however, suffer from some godawful production and a lack of songs you will be familiar with. They are good albums, but maybe not the best considering what you're probably expecting. After that Queen got more dancy and synthy. They were still good, but I don't think they ever really were as good as they were when they were still very much a "rock" band. Even Innuendo does not really impress me very much.