Unfortunately, so many Queen "fans" have never heard their best stuff. These were incredible musicians and their first three albums before they went completely commercial were awesome. Queen 1 is just straight ahead rock. Queen two is much more complex and operatic and its my favorite album of Queen's. Queen three is a combination of the first two and a masterpiece in its own right. Brian May's 5 minute guitar solo in "Brighton Rock" is one of Rock's best ever. "Night at the Opera" was their Sistine chapel - perfection and it was all downhill after that musically although it was the most popular, and successful period of their career.
RE: Brian May’s 5 minute guitar solo in “Brighton Rock” is one of Rock’s best ever.
Not many people know this, but aside from being a superb guitarist, Brian May was also an academic, IN THE HARD SCIENCES.
He was awarded a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007 and was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013. It took him 36 years to finish his PhD thesis !
He was also a science team collaborator with NASA’s New Horizons Pluto mission.
Razorfist had an excellent Metal Mythos on Queen. Album by album going through their history. I agree with him completely about Innuendo maybe being their best. It is 47 minutes long and pretty sure he has some saucy language.