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Queen: Queen on Air – The Complete BBC Radio Sessions

Queen: Queen on Air – The Complete BBC Radio Sessions

An early collection of BBC radio sessions show Britain's glam rock kings taking their painstaking technique to a looser environment, with often winning results.
Queen – “Somebody to Love” (Singles Going Steady Classic)

Queen – “Somebody to Love” (Singles Going Steady Classic)

"Somebody to Love" was Queen's take on gospel.
The Five Best (And Five Worst) Super Bowl Commercials of 2016

The Five Best (And Five Worst) Super Bowl Commercials of 2016

There were touchdowns and fumbles in this year's mostly lackluster crop of ads, plus one commercial that left us conflicted.
Back to the Drawing Board With ‘Flash Gordon Volume 4: The Storm Queen of Valkir’

Back to the Drawing Board With ‘Flash Gordon Volume 4: The Storm Queen of Valkir’

At first, Austin Briggs’ work feels like a simplified version of Alex Raymond’s, the boldness of the characters’ figures and poses replaced by understated charm.
A Very Special Christmas With Freddie Mercury and Co.

A Very Special Christmas With Freddie Mercury and Co.

Forty years after the release of A Night at the Opera we're treated to a powerful set from Queen, the best British band of the '70s, at the mighty Hammersmith Odeon.
Queen: A Night at the Odeon

Queen: A Night at the Odeon

It's Christmas Eve, 1975. Do you know where your 45 of "Bohemian Rhapsody" is?
Queen: Forever (take 1)

Queen: Forever (take 1)

Queen's Forever, ostensibly a greatest hits album, feels more like an album made up of its greatest misses.
Queen: Forever (take 2)

Queen: Forever (take 2)

Yes, this is another Queen compilation, but it's not hard to make a good case for Forever.
‘Queen: Live at the Rainbow ’74’: Still Killer Queen, After All These Years

‘Queen: Live at the Rainbow ’74’: Still Killer Queen, After All These Years

Live at the Rainbow '74 doesn't contain all of Queen's biggest commercial hits, but features some of their heaviest rock from their amazing early days.
Queen: Live at the Rainbow ’74

Queen: Live at the Rainbow ’74

This lost live record captures one of rock’s most unassailable giants, right when it was discovering how to really belt out its “fee-fi-fo-fums”.
Marc Martel – “The Mercurotti” (A Duet with Freddie Mercury and Luciano Pavarotti)

Marc Martel – “The Mercurotti” (A Duet with Freddie Mercury and Luciano Pavarotti)

Nashville's Marc Martel records a tribute to two of his favorite singers, Luciano Pavarotti and Freddie Mercury.

Counterbalance No. 134: Queen’s ‘A Night at the Opera’