Jazz
by Queen

Jazz by Queen
Year: 1978
Release date: 1978-11-10
Overall rank: 1,543rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 512 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (24th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (289th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,543rd)

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Queen bestography

Jazz is ranked 8th 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 11,564.

Queen album bestography « Higher ranked (1,116th)
The Game
This album (1,543rd)
Jazz
Lower ranked (1,669th) »
The Works

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Jazz track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Jazz rankings

Jazz rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,543rd | 1970s rank: 289th | 1978 rank: 24th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).

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Jazz ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 512 votes)
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07/02/2026 09:37 LammyTS1  Ratings distribution  1,07159/100
 
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06/23/2026 12:40 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,86877/100
 
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05/20/2026 02:57 Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  1,37797/100
 
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05/17/2026 21:49 CjHubb117  Ratings distribution  29289/100

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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 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.


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Jazz comments

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45/100
From 09/08/2023 18:54 | #299048
Typical Queen album containing a couple of amazing tracks (Fat Bottomed Girls and Don't Stop Me Now) and amongst mostly forgettable tracks (all the rest of them). But it's not a terrible album.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
75/100
From 05/23/2022 19:19 | #285656
This album definitely lacks consistency, but when there is a high point it's really high.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
85/100
From 10/04/2020 17:54 | #258997
Pontos altos incríveis!
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
80/100
From 08/19/2020 12:40 | #257196
Not as consistent as say "The Game" but good enough with some strong tracks. Rating (83.31)
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
60/100
From 05/22/2019 17:34 | #236546
Truly one of the most inconsistent albums of all time, in both regards to quality and style. Don't Stop Me Now and Bicycle Race are two of Queen's finest, and I find Mustapha and More Of That Jazz to be highly underrated. And then there's In Only Seven Days, which is quite honestly awful, plus other forced filler tracks like Let Me Entertain You, Dreamers Ball, and Leaving Home Ain't Easy. Should it be in 1978's top 20 though? Yes.
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Rating:  
65/100
From 01/25/2017 00:01 | #184187
I was holding out high hopes for this album, given that its infamous double A-side of ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ and ‘Bicycle Race’ consists of two of my favourite Queen singles, but the remainder of the album is disappointing in comparison.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (2 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
The obvious highlight is Don't stop me now -wich IMO is one of their best songs ever-. Fat bottomed, Bicycle, Jealousy and Dead are fine too.

2 tracks are lousy IMHO: Fun it and Mustapha wich I think is one of the worst album openers I can think of.

Ups and downs as usual.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (6 helpful | 3 unhelpful)
Rating:  
90/100
From 07/29/2016 14:37 | #171941
This is my favorite Queen album. From start to finish, I like every song, particularly Dead On Time, Jealousy, and Don't Stop Me Now.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (2 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
Rating:  
70/100
Queen's party album. It really is a hoot. As usual with queen album's the strongest songs are the singles. Fat bottomed girls, bicycle race, and the wonderful don't stop me now, are all grade A queen tracks. Other standouts are Freddie's bizarre Mustapha, his beautiful ballad, jealousy, and Brian's overlooked gem, leaving home ain't easy. There's plenty of rocking going on here with, let me entertain you, and John's if you can't beat them. Not all the tracks are great, but there's nothing bad here. It's just good fun.
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From 09/27/2015 02:34 | #150541
Best Track: Fat Bottom Girls
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