Most Common/Rarest Albums In Stores

The most common in Texas are of course:

1. Greatest Hits
2. Classic Queen

After that:

Return of the Champions
A Night At The Opera
The Game

The rest follows. The rarest appearance of Queen music in a USA store would probably be The Works.

Only albums I have ever seen in any music or book store that I went to:


Classic Queen
Return Of The Champions
Greatest Hits 1
Greatest Hits 2
Greatest Hits 3
Platinum Collection
A Night At The Opera
Stone Cold Classics


Once in a while, I stumble upon:

SHA
Innuendo

The rest, I don't think I have ever seen in a store...

The most common ones I see around my hometown are:
Queen
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night At The Opera
News of the World
Live at Wembley
Greatest Hits I II III
Greatest Hits - The Platinum Edition
return of the Champions

I almost never see:
Queen II
Jazz
Hot Space
A Day at the Races
A Kind of Magic
The Miracle
Innuendo
The Works
Made in Heaven
Live Killers
MK Live at the Bowl
The Game

I think I listed them all. I'm still looking to add to my collection.

Hot space didnt kill america...the works did to tell you the truth... I want to break free ( the video at least)

Hot space didnt kill america...the works did to tell you the truth... I want to break free ( the video at least)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]kingarthur wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Hot space didnt kill america...the works did to tell you the truth... I want to break free ( the video at least)[/QUOTE]

Probably true. I've never understood people saying the 'disco' of AOBTD and Body Language killed them here.. when they were hugely successful. Body Language was #11 in America whilst Under Pressure was #29. Go figure.

Radio Ga Ga did a respectable #16.. Break Free even managed #45.. heck I'm not even sure that did it.. it was more like a slow decline. Perhaps the AKOM and Miracle singles failed in America because of the songs themself, and it's known that Queen weren't happy with the way Capitol was or actually wasn't promoting them...

I'm sure some hard core 'rock' fans lost interest because of the disco, or electronic sound, but not enough to really kill them. I don't think a single turning point exists really.

Hollywood Records helped.. except for their first choice of a single being Headlong. Innuendo is the track I heard on the radio here often.. radio knows best :)

I don't believe Wayne's World singlehandedly brought them back either.. it was steadily building again already.