Live Killers (live album) by Queen

Live Killers by Queen
(Live album)
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 8,684th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 125 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (125th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,324th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,684th)
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Queen bestography

Live Killers is ranked 19th best out of 51 albums by Queen on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Queen is A Night At The Opera which is ranked number 101 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 13,358.

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.

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From 07/08/2016 19:55
Queen's classic live album. It's not available as part of the band's 40 year anniversary remaster editions. I suppose in this day and age of full gigs plus DVD makes albums like this obsolete. Still, it's an enjoyable record, with some fine performances. I especially like the acoustic part of the LP, with, '39, in particular a highlight, as well as, dreamers ball, and, love of my life. It's a rollicking live album, although certainly not a great live record, but for long term Queen fans there is always a certain amount of affection for this release. A live CD/DVD edition of a live killers era gig would be more than welcome.
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From 02/27/2016 02:57
It's a shame this live album was produced just a little after this bands prime. Poorly recorded and mixed this is a pail reflection of the greatness that was.
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From 03/28/2015 16:45
very live queen
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From 03/24/2011 19:46
Live Killers was the first live album by Queen. Released after the Jazz album, it's a time for the band when they were about to go through a serious change...from the adventurous and risk taking music they had made throughout the 70's to a more conventional sound and the use of synthesizers. This 2 disc album plays like a greatest hits set, with everything you could have hoped for from Queen in 1979. The mix is bad, the sound is not great, but it does accomplish what a live album should. It makes you wish you were there.

Queen's live albums also showed the limitations of Freddie Mercury's voice, but he still gives it his all. Most of the songs stay close to the studio versions ("Brighton Rock" does not, as Brian May goes off for about 9 minutes). Overall, it's a good document of the band at their height putting on a pretty good show. You'd never know that they were about to release Flash Gordon....
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Best Albums of 1979
1. London Calling by The Clash
2. The Wall by Pink Floyd
3. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
4. Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
5. Entertainment! by Gang Of Four
6. Breakfast In America by Supertramp
7. Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
8. Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
9. Highway To Hell by AC/DC
10. Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
11. Reggatta De Blanc by The Police
12. Damn The Torpedoes by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
13. Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.
14. The B-52's by The B-52's
15. Specials by The Specials
16. Armed Forces by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
17. Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks
18. 154 by Wire
19. Setting Sons by The Jam
20. Y by The Pop Group
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