The List of Roger Taylor Albums in Order of Release Date

Few drummers have a second act as interesting as Roger Taylor’s. The world knows him as the thump and the falsetto in Queen, but he’d been quietly making records under his own name long before most people noticed. Born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, in 1949, he released his first solo single, “I Wanna Testify,” in 1977 and his debut rock album, Fun in Space, in 1981. Work through the Roger Taylor Albums in Order and you get synth-heavy sci-fi rock, Springsteen and Dylan covers, a single that British radio refused to play, and a 2026 return with a South African youth choir.

The Queen résumé does plenty of the talking, of course. His official bio credits the band with more than 300 million albums sold, and Taylor wrote “Radio Ga Ga,” “A Kind of Magic” and “These Are the Days of Our Lives.” Queen went into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Still, the solo catalog deserves to be heard on its own terms, whether you came for Brian May’s guitar or caught Roger on the road with Queen + Adam Lambert. This guide covers every record in the Roger Taylor Albums in Order story, oldest to newest.

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Also See: Queen Albums in Order

How Many Albums Does Roger Taylor Have?

Roger Taylor has released seven solo studio albums, from Fun in Space (1981) to Violence Insane in a Beautiful World (2026). Beyond those there are two live albums (Live at the Cyberbarn, 1998, and The Outsider Tour Live, 2022), the box set The Lot (2013), the compilation Best (2014), and more than 20 solo singles. I couldn’t confirm any solo EPs. His three albums with The Cross are a separate band project and aren’t counted here.

The List of Roger Taylor Albums in Order of Release Date

Here’s the complete list of Roger Taylor albums in order of release.

1. Fun in Space — 6 April 1981
2. Strange Frontier — 25 June 1984
3. Happiness? — 5 September 1994
4. Electric Fire — 28 September 1998
5. Fun on Earth — 11 November 2013
6. Outsider — 1 October 2021
7. Violence Insane in a Beautiful World — 18 September 2026

All Roger Taylor Albums List in Order

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1. Fun in Space (1981)

Tracks:

1. No Violins
2. Laugh or Cry
3. Future Management
4. Let’s Get Crazy
5. My Country I & II
6. Good Times Are Now
7. Magic Is Loose
8. Interlude in Constantinople
9. Airheads
10. Fun in Space

Taylor squeezed this one in between legs of the Queen tours for The Game and Flash Gordon, and he did almost everything himself: vocals, drums, guitars, bass and a good share of the keyboards. Engineer David Richards covered roughly half of those keys. The sleeve famously credits “157 synthesizers,” a cheeky wink at Queen’s old no-synths disclaimer. EMI and Parlophone put it out on 6 April 1981, and it climbed to No. 18 in the UK but did poorly in America. “Future Management” reached No. 49 as a single, while “Let’s Get Crazy” went out in the US. The cover art started life as a piece Alex Nino drew for Creepy magazine. It’s jittery, odd and a lot of fun.

2. Strange Frontier (1984)

Tracks:

1. Strange Frontier
2. Beautiful Dreams
3. Man on Fire
4. Racing in the Street
5. Masters of War
6. Killing Time
7. Abandonfire
8. Young Love
9. It’s an Illusion
10. I Cry for You (Love, Hope and Confusion)

Heavier and more guitar-driven than its predecessor, Strange Frontier landed on 25 June 1984 through Parlophone and EMI. Taylor co-produced with David Richards and Reinhold Mack, and the album sits close to Queen’s The Works, since several songs were first tried out during those sessions. Two covers stand out: Bruce Springsteen’s “Racing in the Street” and Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War.” Friends dropped in as well. Status Quo’s Rick Parfitt plays on “It’s an Illusion,” John Deacon adds bass to that track, Brian May plays rhythm guitar on “Man on Fire,” and Freddie Mercury sings backing vocals on “Killing Time.” The record peaked at No. 30 in the UK, and “Man on Fire” reached No. 66.

3. Happiness? (1994)

Tracks:

1. Nazis 1994
2. Happiness
3. Revelations
4. Touch the Sky
5. Foreign Sand
6. Freedom Train
7. You Had to Be There
8. The Key
9. Everybody Hurts Sometimes
10. Loneliness…
11. Dear Mr. Murdoch
12. Old Friends

Nothing got people talking like “Nazis 1994,” a blunt attack on neo-Nazism that UK commercial radio wouldn’t touch. Plenty of record shops refused to stock the single too, and the noise probably helped, because the album reached No. 22 in the UK. Taylor recorded Happiness? at Cosford Mill and produced it with Josh Macrae. Parlophone and EMI released it on 5 September 1994, his first non-Queen record since The Cross’s Blue Rock in 1991. The standout is “Foreign Sand,” co-written with Japanese musician Yoshiki, which hit No. 26 in the UK and No. 13 in Japan. Reviews were rough in places, and NME was brutal, but the record still has loyal defenders.

4. Electric Fire (1998)

Tracks:

1. Pressure On
2. A Nation of Haircuts
3. Believe in Yourself
4. Surrender
5. People on Streets
6. The Whisperers
7. Is It Me?
8. No More Fun
9. Tonight
10. Where Are You Now?
11. Working Class Hero
12. London Town – C’mon Down

This is the sound of Roger shaking off the gloom of Happiness?, though it’s hardly sunshine. EMI and Parlophone released it on 28 September 1998, and Taylor and Josh Macrae produced it at Cosford Mill in Surrey. It stalled at No. 53 on the main UK albums chart but sat at the top of the UK Rock & Metal chart. “Pressure On” reached No. 45 as a single and “Surrender” got to No. 38. A regular crew fills out the sound, including Keith Prior on drums and Jason Falloon on guitars. There’s a cover of John Lennon’s “Working Class Hero,” and “The Whisperers” was co-written with Nicholas Evans. His Cyberbarn show that same year was the live companion.

5. Fun on Earth (2013)

Tracks:

1. One Night Stand!
2. Fight Club
3. Be with You
4. Quality Street
5. I Don’t Care
6. Sunny Day
7. Be My Gal (My Brightest Spark)
8. I Am the Drummer (In a Rock n’ Roll Band)
9. Small
10. Say It’s Not True (feat. Jeff Beck)
11. The Unblinking Eye (abridged version)
12. Up
13. Smile

(The Lot edition adds “Dear Mr. Murdoch (Nude Mix)” and “Whole House Rockin’.”)

Fifteen years separated Electric Fire from this one, and the gap shows in how much Taylor had to say. He worked on it between 2008 and 2013 at The Priory in Surrey, and it arrived on 11 November 2013 through Virgin EMI in the UK and Hollywood in the US, the same day as the career box set The Lot. The lead single, “The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken),” was a grumpy protest song first heard back in 2009. Jeff Beck plays guitar on “Say It’s Not True,” and Roger’s son Rufus co-wrote “Be with You.” It only reached No. 69 in the UK, which undersells how loose and funny it is.

6. Outsider (2021)

Tracks:

1. Tides
2. I Know, I Know, I Know
3. More Kicks (Long Day’s Journey into Night… Life)
4. Absolutely Anything
5. Gangsters Are Running This World
6. We’re All Just Trying to Get By (feat. KT Tunstall)
7. Gangsters Are Running This World (purple version)
8. Isolation
9. The Clapping Song
10. Outsider
11. Foreign Sand (English mix)
12. Journey’s End (2021 mix)

Lockdown shaped Outsider, and you can hear it in “Isolation” and “We’re All Just Trying to Get By,” the latter featuring KT Tunstall. Released on 1 October 2021 through Nightjar and EMI, and produced by Taylor and Joshua J. Macrae, it became his highest-charting solo album at No. 3 in the UK, also reaching No. 3 in Scotland and No. 24 in Germany. Several tracks are revisits: a new English mix of “Foreign Sand,” a 2021 mix of “Journey’s End,” and a version of “Absolutely Anything.” “Gangsters Are Running This World” appears twice, the second time as a harder “purple version.” Metacritic lands on 64/100. A 14-date UK tour kicked off the very next day.

7. Violence Insane in a Beautiful World (2026)

Tracks:

1. A Beautiful World (feat. the Ndlovu Youth Choir)
2. Violence Insane
3. What Really Matters
4. Don’t Photograph Food
5. I See You Now
6. Chump
7. Spit In His Eye
8. Jealous Guy
9. Come On Summer (It’s Party Time) (feat. the Ndlovu Youth Choir)
10. A Great Big Beautiful World (Reprise) (feat. the Ndlovu Youth Choir)

The newest chapter arrived on 18 September 2026 through Nightjar Productions and Columbia, his first solo album in five years. Taylor and Joshua J. Macrae produced it, and Roger says he wrote, sang and played everything himself, with help from Macrae and members of his live band, apart from the Lennon cover “Jealous Guy.” South Africa’s Ndlovu Youth Choir joins on three tracks, including the lead single “Come On Summer (It’s Party Time).” The theme is simple enough: it’s a beautiful world, so be kind. Official Charts data shows a UK peak of No. 6, and the album runs a tidy 41 minutes. “I See You Now” was the second single.

All Roger Taylor Tours in Order by Year

Taylor’s solo touring has always come in short, sharp bursts around Queen commitments. The Happiness Tour ran across 1994 and 1995 and covered roughly 31 dates, mostly in the UK and Italy, with stops in Japan, Germany, France and Malta. In 1998 he played the Cyberbarn in Surrey and London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire. The Outsider Tour followed in October 2021 with 14 UK shows. Most recently, six UK dates in September 2026 promoted his newest album, and he says they’re his only UK shows this year.

1. Happiness Tour, 1994–1995
2. Electric Fire live shows (Cyberbarn and Shepherd’s Bush Empire), 1998
3. Outsider Tour, 2021
4. Violence Insane in a Beautiful World Tour, 2026

Conclusion

Follow the Roger Taylor Albums in Order and you can trace a restless musician who never settled into one lane. The 1981 and 1984 records are synth-flecked and rowdy, the 1990s albums turn angrier and more political, and Fun on Earth is a late burst of humor. Outsider then proved fans were still listening by landing at No. 3. Now Violence Insane in a Beautiful World, with its choir and its message of kindness, shows a 77-year-old still curious about what a song can do. With a fresh album out and the Queen machine still rolling, there’s every reason to keep an ear open for what comes next.

Roger Taylor FAQs

How many solo albums does Roger Taylor have?
Seven studio albums, starting with Fun in Space in 1981 and most recently Violence Insane in a Beautiful World in 2026.

What was Roger Taylor’s first solo album?
Fun in Space, released on 6 April 1981. His first solo single, “I Wanna Testify,” came earlier, in 1977.

What is Roger Taylor’s newest album?
Violence Insane in a Beautiful World, released on 18 September 2026. It’s his first solo album since Outsider in 2021.

What is Roger Taylor’s highest-charting solo album?
Outsider (2021), which reached No. 3 on the UK albums chart. His 2026 album reportedly peaked at No. 6.

Did Roger Taylor write “Radio Ga Ga”?
Yes. His official bio credits him with writing “Radio Ga Ga,” “A Kind of Magic” and “These Are the Days of Our Lives.”

Did Roger Taylor have a band outside Queen?
Yes, The Cross, which released three albums: Shove It (1988), Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (1990) and Blue Rock (1991).

Who is on Roger Taylor’s 2026 album?
South Africa’s Ndlovu Youth Choir appears on three tracks. Roger wrote the songs himself apart from the John Lennon cover “Jealous Guy.”

Is Roger Taylor touring in 2026?
He played six UK dates between 21 and 29 September 2026, billed as his only UK shows this year. I didn’t find further dates, so check his official site.

Which Roger Taylor album should I start with?
Outsider is the easiest way in, and Fun in Space is the better pick if you like his 1980s synth-rock side.