The Game
by Queen

The Game by Queen
Year: 1980
Release date: 1980-00-00
Overall rank: 1,100th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 510 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (27th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (168th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,100th)

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Queen bestography

The Game is ranked 7th 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 11,602.

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The Game track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Game rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,100th | 1980s rank: 168th | 1980 rank: 27th

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The Game ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 510 votes)
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01/28/2026 13:49 kinginsomniac12   51799/100
 
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12/15/2025 04:28 Exist-en-ciel   7,54270/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.

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The Game comments

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45/100
From 06/25/2024 19:23 | #304085
Typical Queen album with some good tracks and some filler. But this one has a fairly good ratio to be fair. The first 5 tracks are good, then there's a huge lull before Save Me. My favourite track is Another One Bites The Dust, with Need Your Loving Tonight coming second.
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80/100
From 09/06/2022 15:54 | #289328
Solid Queen
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From 07/29/2022 12:24 | #287935
One of their better albums, there are filler tracks but they are tolerable.
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85/100
From 03/31/2022 10:26 | #283637
I think that this is among the top 5 Q albums. 3 bangers and many other decent songs make this a worthwhile listen,
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Average Track Rating = 98.00
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From 05/14/2020 13:33 | #251423
Masterpiece!
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From 05/08/2020 18:19 | #251062
A Masterpiece!!
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90/100
From 11/07/2019 20:53 | #244531
my fav queen album. and one of the best album covers
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From 05/16/2018 22:47 | #214947
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From 03/01/2018 15:21 | #209844
One of the most fun Queen albums. It's short and sweet, and never overstays its welcome. Side A is all quality and side B is considerably weaker with some filler, but ends on a high note with Save Me, one of their most beautiful songs.
Brian May's guitarwork is really great and verstatile here, be it funky Dragon Attack or rockabilly CLTCL, his solos are always tasteful and melodic.
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Best Albums of 1980
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2. Closer by Joy Division
3. Back In Black by AC/DC
4. Scary Monsters by David Bowie
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