Collection: Queen Vinyl Records – Classic Albums & Essential Reissues

Queen were the most theatrical and technically accomplished rock band of the 1970s. Freddie Mercury's four-octave voice, Brian May's layered guitar orchestrations, and the band's willingness to take influences from opera, music hall and heavy metal into the same record made them genuinely unique.

A Night at the Opera is the masterpiece — Bohemian Rhapsody alone would have been enough, but the album is packed with extraordinary songs. News of the World has We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions. Sheer Heart Attack is underrated. Innuendo, their final studio album with Mercury, is a remarkable farewell.

These records were designed to fill arenas and they do exactly the same thing in your front room.

Best Queen Albums on Vinyl

Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
The breakthrough. Killer Queen announced them as something special, and the album's glam-rock energy and studio craft — Brian May's layered guitars everywhere — set the template for everything that followed.

A Night at the Opera (1975)
The masterpiece. Bohemian Rhapsody is the centrepiece, but You're My Best Friend, '39 and Love of My Life show the full range of the band's songwriting. An extraordinary achievement.

News of the World (1977)
We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions open the record and became two of the most recognisable songs ever written. Sheer Heart Attack (the song) shows the heavier side. Endlessly playable.

The Game (1980)
Their bestselling studio album, blending rock with disco and new wave. Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Another One Bites the Dust were massive singles. Marks a turning point in their sound.

Innuendo (1991)
Recorded as Mercury was dying. The title track is an eight-minute prog epic; Show Must Go On is one of rock music's most emotionally devastating performances. An extraordinary farewell.

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