Yet it never affected their popularity, which was brilliantly proved by Innuendo (1991), another English chart-topper from Queen. In the late 80's, Queen reduced their studio activity and produced new albums rarely.
After releasing several solo albums by the members of the band, Queen made a glorious comeback with the satirical track Radio Gaga and the song I Want To Break Free, promoted by another scandalous video. Mercury himself named it the band's best work ever done. Utilization of synthesizers, this album was loaded with, was a revolutionary move, as it had seemed inadmissible for such kind of music before. It was demonstrated on the 1980 release, The Game. In the early 1980's, Queen finished the creation of their own style. In the States, they prohibited the video for one its songs, while the tracks differed greatly by their style, which made it hard to comprehend the CD as a music unity. Jazz, released in 1978, turned out the most controversial album in the band's discography. After that, Queen started to modify their music making it more aggressive and drawing it closer to hard rock. May justified it by simultaneous writing the material for the two albums. They blamed the musicians for self-copying. A Day At The Races (1976) roused the critical indignation. It was a tuneful album with wide application of piano and started a new epoch in the history of the genre. This CD symbolized the rock music of 70's. The accompanying album, A Night At The Opera (1975), became a bestseller and led the English charts while remaining in the top 5 of the USA. They made a stunning song, which kept the number one position in the British charts for nine weeks. On touring the Far East, the musicians escaped to the studio to record the masterpiece, Bohemian Rhapsody. In 1975, Queen experienced a grand breakthrough.
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