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How do you know if an album is a concept album?

A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical.

What was special about Queen album The Game?

The Game was the first Queen album to use a synthesizer (an Oberheim OB-X). A critical and commercial success, The Game became the only Queen album to reach No. 1 in the US, and became their best-selling studio album in the US, with four million copies sold to date, tying with the sales for News of the World.

What is considered the best Queen album?

Top 10 Queen Albums

• ‘The Works’ (1984)
• ‘Jazz’ (1978)
• ‘Queen’ (1973)
• ‘Sheer Heart Attack’ (1974)
• ‘A Day At The Races’ (1976)
• ‘The Game’ (1980)
• ‘News Of The World’ (1977)
• ‘A Night At The Opera’ (1975) Without question, ‘A Night At The Opera’ is the crown jewel of Queen’s catalog.

What is the most sold Queen album?

Greatest Hits album
According to the Official Charts tally Queen’s 1981 Greatest Hits album is far and away the best seller as well as the only one to have sold more than six million copies in the UK (6.1 million in fact), with four weeks at No.

Does queen have any concept albums?

Queen II is the second studio album by the British rock band Queen. It was released on 8 March 1974 by EMI Records in the UK and by Elektra Records in the US. Queen II is not a concept album but a collection of songs with a loose theme running throughout.

Is Sgt Pepper a concept album?

The album was loosely conceptualised as a performance by the fictional Sgt. Pepper band, an idea that was conceived after recording the title track.

What album was crazy little thing called love on?

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Crazy Little Thing Called Love/Album

What Queen album had another one bites the dust?

The Game
Another One Bites the Dust/Album

What album made queen famous?

Sheer Heart Attack
Queen first charted in the UK with their second album, Queen II, in 1974. Sheer Heart Attack later that year and A Night at the Opera in 1975 brought them international success. The latter featured “Bohemian Rhapsody”, which stayed at number one in the UK for nine weeks and helped popularise the music video format.

How many No 1s did Queen have?

six
Over the course of 14 albums (until Freddie Mercury’s death in 1991) Queen delivered a near-impeccable run of hits on the Official Chart: 53 Top 40 singles, six of which went to Number 1.

What is the difference between Queen II and original Queen?

Queen II is not a concept album but a collection of songs with a loose theme running throughout. The two sides of the original LP were labelled “Side White” and “Side Black” (instead of the conventional sides “A” and “B”), with corresponding photos of the band dressed in white or in black on either side of the record’s label face.

When did Queen II come out?

Queen II is the second studio album by Queen. It was released on 8 March 1974 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. As soon as sessions for Queen finished in March 1973, the band took a brief break before jumping back into the studios to work on their follow-up.

Did Queen ever make a concept album?

Queen did not create “concept albums”; rather, each bandmate’s solo-songwriting efforts came to musical fruition from a deep attention to detail by the ensemble effort, with producer Roy Thomas Baker, yielding a massive sound of meticulous studio multi-tracking.

What is the White Queen from Queen II?

Queen II is a concept album with May and Mercury having an album side each, with May’s known as the “White Queen” and Mercury’s as the “Black Queen”. The highlight from May’s side is ‘White Queen (As It Began)’, meandering through the most gorgeous melody that Queen ever wrote.

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