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Brian May
real name Brian Harold May
Brian May is credited on 5,822 releases across 946 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
5,822
Credits
946
Albums
7
Decades active
2,471
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Biography
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Sir Brian Harold May CBE. Best known as lead guitar player for the rock group Queen.
Born 19 July 1947 in Hampton, Middlesex, UK.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
5,822 releases · 946 albums · active 1969–2026
- Performance · 16,863
- Other credits · 1,274
- Production · 798
- Engineering · 11
Studios: Trident Studios · Rockfield Studios · Olympic Studios · Roundhouse Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Metallica
1991

A Night At The Opera
1975

Let's Dance
1983

Greatest Hits
1981

Pyromania
1983

The Game
1980

Badmotorfinger
1991

News Of The World
1977

Use Your Illusion II
1991

Jazz
1978

A Day At The Races
1976

Sheer Heart Attack
1974

Reload
1997

Garage Inc.
1998

One By One
2002

Greatest Hits II
1991

Queen II
1974

Queen
1973

Born This Way
2011

The Works
1984

Flash Gordon (Original Soundtrack Music)
1980

Live Killers
1979

Hot Space
1982

A Kind Of Magic
1986
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