Queen Albums In Order Of Release Date

Queen Albums In Order Of Release begins with their self-titled debut. The album was released via EMI Records in the UK and Elektra Records in the US.

It was supported by two singles: Keep Yourself Alive, which was released on July 6, and Liar which was released on February 14, 1974. The record charted in the UK (#24), Australia (#77), Japan (#52), and the US (#83).

Queen has since achieved Gold certification in the US and the UK. During its release, it saw mostly positive critical reception.

Queen II is the next on Queen Albums In Order. The band's sophomore record jumped up to the Top 5 on the UK album charts.

It also jumped up the US charts where it reached up to #49 and was their first album to chart in Norway. The record was supported by only one single Seven Seas of Rhye which was released on February 23, 1974, and had been teased as the last song on the previous album.

Despite a favorable chart success, the record initially saw a very mixed critical reception, and even now is seen as a lesser album compared to their future works.

Sheer Heart Attack is Queen First Album to achieve a Platinum certification in the UK. It went Platinum in the Netherlands and Gold in the US and Japan.

For many, this record is seen as the beginning of the band as we know them now. Unlike their previous two records, this one was more pop-centric, and even produced one of their biggest and most beloved songs, Killer Queen, which was released alongside B Side Flick of the Wrist.

The album peaked at #2 on the UK charts and made it to #12 in the US.

A Night at the Opera is the fourth album in the Queen catalog. It is also their first album to peak atop the UK Album charts.

The record achieved Platinum certification in the UK, Germany, and America. In fact, in the US, it went Platinum 3 times and even peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200.

The main reason behind this album's success is what might be the band's biggest song, Bohemian Rhapsody. The track is 10x Platinum in the US alone.

 A Day at the Races is considered by many to be a companion piece to the previous album. It too topped the UK albums chart.

Like its predecessor, it managed to achieve Platinum certification in the US and reached Gold in the UK and the Netherlands. The album was supported by an unprecedented five singles released from November 1976 to June 1977:

• Somebody to Love
• Tie Your Mother Down
• Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
• Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
• Long Away

News of the World achieved 4x Platinum certification in the US. It is also their first album to chart higher in America than in the UK.

The album topped the French and Dutch charts and made it onto various Top tens in many countries. It was supported by three singles:

• We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You
• Spread Your Wings
• It's Late.

Both the A and B side of the first single have gone on to be two of the band's greatest and most beloved songs.

Jazz is the last album the band released in the 1970s. It managed to peak at #2 in the UK and #6 on the US charts.

The record was their fourth in a row to get a Platinum certification in the United States. It was supported by four singles too:

• Bicycle Race/Fat-Bottomed Girls
• Don't Stop Me Now
• Mustapha
• Jealousy

Jazz is one of the highest-rated albums in the entire Queen catalog, and is still remembered as such. The title is said to have been inspired by the Montreux Jazz Festival which the band attended.

The Game is the first Queen album of the 1980s. It also was their first album to peak in the US, a feat they also achieved in their native UK.

As with News of the World, this record also achieved 4x Platinum certification in the US. Now a tradition, the band once again supported the record with five singles:

• Crazy Little Thing Called Love
• Save Me
• Play the Game
• Another One Bites the Dust
• Need Your Loving Tonight

Flash Gordon is the ninth album and only soundtrack album Queen ever made. It was made for the science fiction film of the same name.

Despite being a soundtrack record, it still managed to chart at #10 in the UK and #23 in the US. The album actually managed to top the charts in Austria.

It was supported by only one single, Flash, and has since become seen as a non-essential record by many fans.

Hot Space is the tenth album in the now extensive Queen catalog. It managed to peak at #4 in the UK but only #22 in the US.

Alongside Flash Gordon, Hot Space is the first album in over half a decade that did not achieve Platinum certification in the US, where it only went Gold.

Part of the reason why is that the album's incorporation of Disco made it a bit unpopular, despite the fact that it was supported by six singles:

• Under Pressure
• Body Language
• Las Palabras de Amor
• Calling All Girls
• Staying Power
• Back Chat

The Works is the eleventh studio album in the Queen discography. It was also their first since 1975's A Night at the Opera to go Platinum in the UK.

The album peaked at #2 on the UK Charts, and while it only reached #23 in the US, it managed to make it into the Top 3 of five other countries.

The record was supported by 4 singles, all of which are still very popular:

• Radio Ga Ga
• I Want to Break Free
• It's a Hard Life
• Hammer to Fall

A Kind of Magic would see Queen once again return to the top of the UK charts. The album was a huge success in their native country.

It achieved over 2x Platinum status in Britain, which ran counter to its success in the US, where it peaked at #46 the lowest they've charted in over a decade. Still, it did achieve Gold certification in the States.

The album was supported by a staggering seven singles:

• One Vision
• Princes of the Universe
• A Kind of Magic
• Friends Will Be Friends
• Pain Is So Close to Pleasure
• Who Wants to Live Forever
• One Year of Love

The Miracle continued their hot streak as it also peaked in the UK charts. Their success in the US also fared better as it peaked at #24 there.

The record would continue the band's Platinum certification streak in the UK too. Alongside the UK, the record would top the Austrian, German, Dutch, and Swiss charts.

It would be supported by five singles:

• I Want It All
• Breakthru
• The Invisible Man
• Scandal
• The Miracle

Innuendo was the last album by the band to feature Freddie Mercury prior to its passing. The singer lost his life to AIDS 10 months after the record's release.

As with the last two albums, this one also peaked atop the UK charts and achieved a Platinum certification there too. It was supported by five singles:

• Innuendo
• I'm Going Slightly Mad
• Headlong
• These Are the Days of Our Lives
• The Show Must Go On

Made in Heaven is final in the Queen Albums List In Order. Despite being released after his passing, it still features Mercury's vocals.

Peaking the UK charts, it is the band's most successful album in their native country where it has been certified 4x Platinum. It saw multiple Platinum certifications in various other countries like Germany and Australia to name a few.

The record was supported by six singles:

• Heaven for Everyone
• A Winter's Tale
• Too Much Love Will Kill You
• I Was Born to Love You
• Let Me Live
• You Don't Fool Me

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