Ranking all of Queen's studio albums from worst to best selling

11 - Sheer Heart Attack - 0.9 million

This 1974 release was their third album. It marked a huge movement to the classic Queen sound. It featured a variety of songs and styles, some heavy, some light and frivolous, and much more besides. The album brought chart success in the UK, US, and elsewhere bringing Queen to the fore.

Top tracks like “Brighton Rock” (May) and “Now I’m Here” (May) still feature on set lists. The first of those two of course allows May to play his phenomenal three-minute plus guitar solo, even more amazing in a live show. The real killer tune on the album is the appropriately titled “Killer Queen”, one of the band's many trademark songs. Its success as a single drove the album sales higher.

10 - A Day At The Races - 1.6 million

Although A Day At The Races, in tenth position, is well ahead of Sheer Heart Attack in 11th place on sales, it is perhaps a surprise to see it at the bottom end of the ranking. It is a great album, but then there are so many others too. It was of course the 1976 follow-up to the astounding A Night At The Opera and all that brought. A hard act to follow.

Among its top tracks are two standouts for me. “Tie Your Mother Down” (May) has Queen rocking at their best. It is surpassed by another classic song “Somebody To Love” (Mercury). Full-blown gospel-style harmonies, guitar riffs, and Mercury’s extraordinary vocals - what’s not to love about the song?

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