Including The Wildhearts, Saxon, Manic Street Preachers and five other red rockers, purple hazers and golden goddesses ...

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR ROCK ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

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Queen created albums of lasting power and majesty, with a fizzy amalgam of power pop, rock, opera and metal. Then they ...