“It says on the record: ‘No synthesizers’. That’s so cool. And I love Ogre Battle – danga-danga, ‘Waaaaah!’”: Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith names his favourite Queen album

A classic black-and-white portrait of Queen: [left to right] Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon.

Queen made so many great albums in the ’70s – Sheer Heart Attack, News Of The World, Jazz, A Day At The Races and, most famous of all, A Night At The Opera. But for Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, the best of them is Queen II.

“I love Queen,” Smith said, “and for some reason I just love that second record.”