Queen | Queen II | Sheer Heart Attack | A Night at the Opera | A Day at the Races | News of the World | Jazz
The Game | Hot Space | The Works | A Kind of Magic | The Miracle | Innuendo | Made in Heaven
- Approval of God: Groucho Marx (the only surviving member of the Marx Brothers from the film at the time of the album's release) got in touch with the band to tell them how much he liked it. (They sent him a jacket with the album's coat of arms image embroidered on the back in response.)
- Based on a Dream: "The Prophet's Song" was inspired by a nightmare about a great flood Brian May had while suffering from hepatitis.
- Creator Backlash: Freddie Mercury was not pleased with the sound of the Wurlitzer electric piano, which John Deacon insisted on playing on "You're My Best Friend". Freddie preferred the sound of the acoustic piano. He still loved the song itself, though.
- Magnum Opus Dissonance: While they certainly agree that it's a very important album for them, the members themselves don't think it was their best album ever; Brian May personally believes Queen II was their finest work.
- Referenced by...:
- In Wayne's World, the main characters lip sync to "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the car, headbanging along to the guitar solo.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Bohemian Polka" is a Cover Version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" as a polka song.
- The Cowboy Bebop episode "Bohemian Rhapsody" is titled after the penultimate track on this album.
- In the Doctor Who episode "Turn Left", Donna and her family sing "Bohemian Rhapsody" with the Colasantos.
- In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, Ungalo's Stand is named Bohemian Rhapsody.
- The Gravity Falls episode "Escape from Reality" takes its title from a line in "Bohemian Rhapsody".
- Similarly Named Works: Apart from the album being named after the Marx Brothers film, the track "Love of My Life" shares the same title as a Frank Zappa song from Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (1968), but is otherwise unrelated.
- Streisand Effect: Norman Sheffield, Queen's former band manager and the subject of "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" sued the band for defamation after hearing the song. It ended up backfiring for the man horrifically as the band was smart enough to not specifically mention Sheffield by name in the lyrics, meaning all he did was publicly reveal who the track was actually about.
- Throw It In!: When he was writing "'39", Brian May asked John Deacon to play double bass on the recording. While he meant it as a joke, Deacon actually could play the double bass, and showed up with one at the recording session, so May decided to use it, resulting in a very interesting skiffle feel.
