Queen
You can't spell grandiloquent without grand and most of eloquent, so maybe critics have been praising Queen all along. The band's first two albums were remarkably ambitious if not entirely effective. Sheer Heart Attack gave the band their first big Transatlantic hit, "Killer Queen," and A Night At The Opera followed with "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "You're My Best Friend." The rest, as they say, is history. The Game signalled a shift from operatic excess to disco (where the new divas were being made), a trend that continued until Freddie Mercury's death in 1991. Brian May, Mercury and Roger Taylor have all released solo albums, though none have approached the music of Queen in terms of popularity.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1973 July | Keep Yourself Alive |
| 1973 July | QUEEN |
| 1973 November | Liar |
| 1974 February | Seven Seas of Rhye |
| 1974 April 9 | QUEEN II |
| 1974 October | Killer Queen |
| 1974 November 12 | SHEER HEART ATTACK |
| 1975 January | Now I'm Here |
| 1975 April | Lily of the Valley |
| 1975 November | Bohemian Rhapsody |
| 1975 December 2 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA |
| 1976 May | You're My Best Friend |
| 1976 November | Somebody To Love |
| 1976 December 18 | A DAY AT THE RACES |
| 1977 March | Tie Your Mother Down |
| 1977 May | QUEEN'S FIRST E.P. |
| 1977 June | Long Away |
| 1977 October | We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You |
| 1977 November 1 | NEWS OF THE WORLD |
| 1978 February | Spread Your Wings |
| 1978 May | It's Late |
| 1978 October | Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls |
| 1978 November 14 | JAZZ |
| 1979 February | Don't Stop Me Now |
| 1979 April | Jealousy |
| 1979 June 26 | LIVE KILLERS |
| 1979 July | Love of My Life (live) |
| 1979 August | We Will Rock You (live) |
| 1979 October | Crazy Little Thing Called Love |
| 1980 February | Save Me |
| 1980 June | Play The Game |
| 1980 June 30 | THE GAME |
| 1980 August | Another One Bites The Dust |
| 1980 November | Need Your Loving Tonight |
| 1980 | THE BEST OF QUEEN |
| 1981 January | Flash's Theme |
| 1981 January 27 | FLASH GORDON |
| 1981 November 3 | QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS |
| 1981 November | Under Pressure |
| 1982 April | Body Language |
| 1982 May 25 | HOT SPACE |
| 1982 June | Las Palabras De Amor |
| 1982 July | Calling All Girls |
| 1982 August | Back Chat |
| 1984 February | Radio Ga Ga |
| 1984 February 28 | THE WORKS |
| 1984 April | I Want To Break Free |
| 1984 July | It's A Hard Life |
| 1984 September | Hammer To Fall |
| 1984 December | Thank God It's Christmas |
| 1985 November | One Vision |
| 1986 March | A Kind of Magic |
| 1986 May | A KIND OF MAGIC |
| 1986 June | Friends Will Be Friends |
| 1986 July | Don't Lose Your Head |
| 1986 September | Who Wants To Live Forever |
| 1986 December | LIVE MAGIC |
| 1989 May | I Want It All |
| 1989 May | THE MIRACLE |
| 1989 June | Breakthru |
| 1989 August | The Invisible Man |
| 1989 October | Scandal |
| 1989 December | The Miracle |
| 1989 December | QUEEN AT THE BBC |
| 1989 | CLASSIC QUEEN (Capitol) |
| 1991 January | Innuendo |
| 1991 February | INNUENDO |
| 1991 March | I'm Going Slightly Mad |
| 1991 May | Headlong |
| 1991 September | The Show Must Go On |
| 1991 October | GREATEST HITS II |
| 1992 March 10 | CLASSIC QUEEN |
| 1992 June | We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions (live) |
| 1992 June | LIVE AT WEMBLEY '86 |
| 1992 September 15 | GREATEST HITS |
| 1992 | One Year of Love |
| 1992 | THE QUEEN COLLECTION |
| 1993 April | FIVE LIVE (EP) |
| 1993 April | Somebody To Love (live) |
| 1994 October | GREATEST HITS I & II |
| 1995 October | Heaven For Everyone |
| 1995 November 7 | MADE IN HEAVEN |
| 1995 December | A Winter's Tale |
| 1995 | You Don't Fool Me |
| 1995 | Too Much Love Will Kill You |
| 1996 June | Let Me Live |
| 1997 November 4 | QUEEN ROCKS |
| 1998 November 24 | THE CROWN JEWELS |
| 1998 | Another One Bites The Dust (Small Soldiers mix) |
| 1999 November 9 | GREATEST HITS III |
| 1999 | Under Pressure (mix) |
| 2000 November 13 | GREATEST HITS I, II & III: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION |
| 2004 January 28 | JEWELS |
| 2004 | I Was Born To Love You |
| 2004 | I'm In Love With My Car |
| 2004 November 11 | QUEEN ON FIRE: LIVE AT THE BOWL |
| 2004 | We Will Rock You (Fast) |
| 2007 October 29 | QUEEN ROCK MONTREAL |
| 2009 November 16 | ABSOLUTE GREATEST |
SEE ALSO...
BRIAN MAY discography
Iron Eagle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Elton John: Ice On Fire
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