Queen performing at Live Aid in London in 1985 (photo: Pete Still / Redferns). At a time when rock stars had begun taking themselves a little too seriously, Queen was a band of unapologetic ...

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Released in 1975, Queen’s A Night at the Opera delivered the bold, genre-shaping style that turned the band into global rock ...

The Catalog Albums chart ranks the week’s most popular catalog albums in the U.S. Catalog albums are titles that are older than 18 months old and have fallen below No. 100 on the Billboard 200 — or ...

Queen has announced plans to release a new box set focused on their self-titled 1973 debut album, and including a remixed, remastered, and reconfigured version of the record. The expansive collection ...

Some bands have classic albums that seem to come out of nowhere. Others build gradually to a peak. Truth be told, A Night at the Opera contains a little bit of both of those extremes in its DNA. On ...

At a time when rock stars had begun taking themselves a little too seriously, Queen was a band of unapologetic entertainers who hid their musical sophistication in bubblegum hooks and a campy sense of ...