Biography

Few bands embodied the pure excess of the '70s like Queen. Embracing the exaggerated pomp of prog rock and heavy metal, as well as vaudevillian music hall, the British quartet delved deeply into camp and bombast, creating a huge, mock-operatic sound with layered guitars and overdubbed vocals. Queen's music was a bizarre yet highly accessible fusion of the macho and the fey. For years, their albums boasted the motto "no synthesizers were used on this record," signaling their allegiance with the legions of post-Led Zeppelin hard rock bands. But vocalist Freddie Mercury brought an extravagant sense of camp to Queen, pushing them toward kitschy humor and pseudo-classical arrangements, as epitomized on their best-known song, "Bohemian Rhapsody." Mercury, it must be said, was a flamboyant bisexual who managed to keep his sexuality in the closet until his death from AIDS in 1991. Through his legendary theatrical performances, Queen became one of the most popular bands in the world in the mid-'70s; in England, they remained second only to the Beatles in popularity and collectibility in the '90s. Despite their enormous popularity, Queen were never taken seriously by rock critics — an infamous Rolling Stone review labeled their 1979 album Jazz as "fascist." In spite of such harsh criticism, the band's popularity rarely waned; even in the late '80s, the group retained a fanatical following except in America. In the States, their popularity peaked in the early '80s, just as they finished nearly a decade's worth of extraordinarily popular records. And while those records were never praised, they sold in enormous numbers, and traces of Queen's music could be heard in several generations of hard rock and metal bands in the next two decades, from Metallica to Smashing Pumpkins.

Top Albums
1. Queen: Great..	2. The Platinum..	3. Classic Quee..	4. Greatest Hit..	5. News of the ..
6. Stone Cold C..	7. Flash Gordon..	8. A Kind of Ma..	9. The Game	10. Jazz
11. Queen Rock M..	12. Innuendo	13. Made In Heav..	14. The Cosmos R..	15. Live At Wemb..
16. Live Killers	17. A Night At t..	18. Greatest Hit..	19. A Night At t..	20. The Works

Top Songs
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Bohemian Rhapsody	Classic Queen	5:55	$1.29
2.	We Will Rock You	Queen: Greatest Hits	2:02	$1.29
3.	Another One Bites the Dust	Queen: Greatest Hits	3:35	$1.29
4.	Under Pressure	Classic Queen	4:02	$1.29
5.	We Are the Champions	Queen: Greatest Hits	3:00	$1.29
6.	Fat Bottomed Girls	Queen: Greatest Hits	4:15	$1.29
7.	Somebody to Love	Queen: Greatest Hits	4:55	$1.29
8.	You're My Best Friend	Queen: Greatest Hits	2:50	$1.29
9.	Killer Queen	Queen: Greatest Hits	3:00	$1.29
10.	We Are the Champions	Platinum Collection	3:01	$0.69
11.	Crazy Little Thing Called Love	Queen: Greatest Hits	2:42	$1.29
12.	Don't Stop Me Now	Queen: Greatest Hits	3:29	$1.29
13.	Bohemian Rhapsody	Platinum Collection	5:53	$1.29
14.	We Will Rock You	Platinum Collection	2:02	$1.29
15.	Bicycle Race	Queen: Greatest Hits	3:01	$1.29
16.	Another One Bites the Dust	Platinum Collection	3:35	$1.29
17.	Princes of the Universe	Platinum Collection	3:31	$1.29
18.	Bohemian Rhapsody	Greatest Hits (We Will Rock..	5:54	$1.29
19.	Fat Bottomed Girls	Platinum Collection	3:25	$1.29
20.	Under Pressure	Platinum Collection	3:55	$1.29
21.	I Want to Break Free (Single Version..	Queen: Greatest Hits	4:22	$1.29
22.	Somebody to Love	Platinum Collection	4:56	$1.29
23.	Flash's Theme	Flash Gordon (Soundtrack fr..	3:30	$1.29
24.	We Will Rock You	Greatest Hits (We Will Rock..	2:01	$1.29
25.	You're My Best Friend	Platinum Collection	2:51	$1.29

Top Music Videos
1. Bohemian Rhaps..	2. Bohemian Rhaps..	3. Somebody to Lo..	4. Radio Ga Ga	5. You're My Best..
6. I Want It All	7. Innuendo

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