Live Killers
by Queen
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Queen bestography
Live Killers is ranked 18th best out of 52 albums by Queen on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Queen is A Night At The Opera which is ranked number 111 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,523.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Live Killers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Live Killers rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 35 Music Albums of 1979 | 6/35 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 39 Music Albums of 1979 | 21/39 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 71/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Queen- So Far... | 7/16 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Best Ever Live Albums | 75/94 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1979 | 32/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 93 Music Albums of 1979 | 10/93 | 5 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 901-1000 | 13/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1979 | 32/70 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 75 Music Albums of 1979 | 38/75 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the ‘70’s (101 - 200) | 19/100 | - |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | MrOlan | Top 15 Music Albums of 1979 | 9/15 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2025 |  nitomano | Live Albums | 42/85 | - |
| 2025 | martintho | Top 86 Music Albums of 1979 | 56/86 | 2 |
| 2025 |  ERadio | Top 90 Music Albums of 1979 | 86/90 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Graeme2 | Live | 46/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Decade 1970s Pt 3 | 81/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 78 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 140 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/25/2026 23:16 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 | |
| 01/20/2026 17:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,809 | 70/100 | |
| 12/24/2025 06:15 | Olli | 6,755 | 63/100 | |
| 06/09/2025 18:28 | MemphisDelft | 116 | 81/100 | |
| 03/20/2025 16:23 | dukeboxkool | 2,111 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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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.
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.
very live queen
Romanelli 03/24/2011 19:46 | #19518
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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