The Works
by Queen
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Queen bestography
The Works is ranked 9th 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 107 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,341.
(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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The Works track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Works rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '75 to '84 | 44/100 | - |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 14 Music Albums of 1984 | 13/14 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 22 Music Albums of 1984 | 10/22 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 84 Music Albums of 1984 | 28/84 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1984 | 27/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 75/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 33 Music Albums of 1984 | 14/33 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best of The 80s Pt.2 (101-200) | 97/100 | - |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 46/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | BurndenAce | Top 75 Music Albums of the 1980s | 37/75 | 10 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 232 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,008 | |||
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The Works ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2026 14:01 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 21:49 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.4/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.
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The Works forum mentions
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The Works comments
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Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/15/2018 19:55 | #227201 | TOP COMMENT
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Upped my rating. Been buying their back cat on cd as cheap and reacquainting myself with their albums. this is actually one of their most consistent records. However, these 2011 remasters don't sound great. This one is the worst sounding. shame, still sound better than Spotify but I'd love at some point for someone who knows what they're doing to get in the studio with their stuff and remix it and release them in an audiophile cd version. Money to be made if it happened. (Edited)
This was the first Queen album for me having bought into their singles at that time. It prompted me to get their back catalogue and I found some excellent work back there. They are a top band with songs that everyone sings probably without always knowing who they are. This album gave us Radio GaGa and it's synchronised clapping; Hammer To Fall and I Want To Break Free also feature with the album closing with the delicate and excellent Is This The World We Created? (Edited)
Ok, "Radio Gaga" is wonderful, one of the best songs by them, and "I Want to Break Free" is an anthem, but the rest of It is just meh, "Hammer To Fall" is cool, but, these songs alone can't a hold a full album, the fact is that Queen isn't an album-centered band,they put out good songs, but that is that, allingn with the fact this site is called "bestALBUMSever" this one gets a 50. (Edited)
Great album, should have been the immediate follow up to The Game. I prefer The Game and The Works to the over flamboyant 'We are the Champions' Queen. Recently bought new on red vinyl and the colour fits the album perfectly imo. (Edited)
Queen delivers after the disappointing Hot Space.
Not one bad song on the album. Almost like a sequel to The Game, mixed with good 80s pop!
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