1970s

The expanding stage

From the debut to Jazz, follow seven albums as a sequence of connected works.

1. 1970

   1970

   Queen takes shape

2. 1971

   1 March 1971

   John Deacon joins

3. 1973

   1973

   The first major UK tour

4. 1973

   13 July 1973

   Queen

   The beginning, before the scale

5. 1974

   1974

   The first US tour

6. 1974

   8 March 1974

   Queen II

   Two sides of a growing world

7. 1974

   8 November 1974

   Sheer Heart Attack

   A catalogue opens out

8. 1975

   1975

   Bohemian Rhapsody as a single

9. 1975

   21 November 1975

   A Night at the Opera

   Ambition without a single shape

10. 1976

    10 December 1976

    A Day at the Races

    The band at the production desk

11. 1977

    28 October 1977

    News of the World

    Beyond the opening anthems

12. 1978

    10 November 1978

    Jazz

    A record of contrasts