queen discography

Queen - genaral information

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Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury, and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year.

The band were noted for their musical diversity, multi-layered arrangements, vocal harmonies, and incorporation of audience participation into their live performances. Their 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best live rock performance of all time in an industry poll.

Queen enjoyed success in the UK in the early 1970s with the albums Queen and Queen II, but it was with the release of Sheer Heart Attack in 1974 and A Night at the Opera the following year that the band gained international success. They have released fifteen studio albums, five live albums, and numerous compilation albums. May and Taylor have performed infrequently under the Queen name. From 2004 to 2009 they collaborated with Paul Rodgers, under the moniker Queen + Paul Rodgers.

Queen composed music that drew inspiration from many different genres of music, often with a tongue-in-cheek attitude. Among the genres they have been associated with are: dance/disco, glam rock, hard rock, heavy metal, pop rock, progressive rock and psychedelic rock. Queen also wrote songs that were inspired by genres that are not typically associated with rock, such as country, ragtime, opera, gospel, vaudeville and folk.

Sonic experimentation figured heavily in Queen's songs. A distinctive characteristic of Queen's music are the vocal harmonies which are usually composed of the voices of May, Mercury and Taylor best heard on the studio albums A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races. Some of the ground work for the development of this sound can be attributed to their former producer Roy Thomas Baker as well as their engineer Mike Stone. Besides vocal harmonies, Queen were also known for multi-tracking voices to imitate the sound of a large choir through overdubs. According to Brian May, there are over 180 vocal overdubs in "Bohemian Rhapsody". Many Queen songs were also written with audience participation in mind, such as "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions".

Queen on Youtube

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Queen - We are the champions, live

Queen - 'Killer Queen'

Queen - I want to break free

Queen discography

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ЮMain Releases:

The Cosmos Rocks
The A-Z Of Queen Vol. 1
Queen Rock Montreal
Stone Cold Classics
Return Of The Champions
On Fire: Live At The Bowl
Greatest Hits I, II & III...
Greatest Hits III
The Crown Jewels: A 25th...
Rocks
Made In Heaven
At The BBC
Greatest Hits I and II
Classic Queen
Innuendo
The Miracle
Live Magic
A Kind Of Magic
Live At Wembley '86
The Works
Hot Space
Greatest Hits
Flash Gordon
The Game
Live Killers
Jazz
News Of The World
A Day At The Races
A Night At The Opera
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen II
Queen

Singles:

Reaching Out/tie Your Mother Down-fat Bottom Girls
Compilations
The Best Of 1980/1987
The London Horn Sound
2008 Olympics
The Most Relaxing Piano Classics Ever Made
Now That's What I Call Classic Rock
Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 21 (CD 1)
Forever Changing: The Golden Age Of Elektra Records 1963-1973
Blues Masters: Cold As Ice
Part 1 African Prayer
Billboard #1s: The 80's
Casey Kasem: America's Top 10 Through Years - The 80's
Survivor: The Official Survivor Party Survival
Radio Disney Jams Vol. 2
Pure Funk: Volume 2
Millennium Classic Rock Party
Instant Party Disc: Regular Strength
King Biscuit Best Of The Best
Diana Princess Of Wales Tribute
Tributo A Queen: Los Grandes Del Rock...
Peter's Friends
FM

Guest:

inventory
Queen
Paul Rodgers
Maximum Freddie Mercury: The Unauthorised Biography
Freddie Mercury
Part 2: Long Walk To Freedom
Part 3 Amanala
Eurythmics
Once Bitten Twice Shy
Ian Hunter
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best Of George Michael
George Michael