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A Night At The Opera

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Queen excellent as always. A bit of a different style but very enjoyable. I'm sure any Queen fan would enjoy this one.

It's been well over thirty years since this album came out and I finally bought it. I've been missing out on a lot of fantastic music. This album is extraordinary in its own merit, and I finally understand what "Queen" really was all about - the entire experience! Sure, "You're My Best Friend" was a really nice song and "Bohemian Rhapsody" defined an entire generation, but hearing it as it was pieced together in one collage of a musical experience and you'll understand what the big fuss is all about. Freddie Mercury's vocals are astounding. There simply is no `best' song on this album. Every song is its own masterpiece, but I am partial to the anthemic, "'39". God Save the Queen!

From start to finish, this is one of those all-time classics in rock history. Most people will know at least "Bohemian Rhapsody" but there is so much more to Queen than that song. "Death on Two Legs" has to be their angriest song of all time .. yet still contains the trademark Queen melodies and vocals. Immediately following is the old-time flavourings of "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon". You can almost imagine Freddie prancing around in tux, tails, and top hat while performing. It also contains the hit "You're My Best Friend", and the sci-fi folk song "'39". "The Prophet" is a long song (I believe it is their longest ever), containing a rather long a cappella section with many echo effects and multi-layered vocals. Of course the classic "Bohemian Rhapsody" is there in all its splendour. The album closes with Brian May's excellent guitar work on "God Save the Queen" (which they used to close their concerts from '76 onwards). A great album, and one that you should add to your collection!

(The sound quality of the 2011 remastered version definitely adds to your enjoyment!)

Great audio dynamics! Hearing it on DVD-A is like hearing it again for the first time. Mercury's voice is clear and close, and reminds you of what a great loss his passing is.

This is it, folks! Rock has seen no finer! "A Night at The Opera" is an event, not the release of more "product". It showcased exactly what Queen could do with the best of their abilities. Ask yourself what other CD you can get "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "The Prophet's Song" on? Each song on this CD is special in its own way. If you are a serious music fan, this is a must! You're definately NOT a Queen fan if you do not own this. God Save The Queen!

A lot of people are familiar with this one due to "Bohemian Rhapsody", but that's not the only good track to be found here! Just about every song on this album is very good, and the different songwriting styles of the band members are represented here. Queen is an "album band", not a "single band" -- each song is very different than the next, but they all have something to offer. Great album.

This is Queen's best career album.It is excellent from DEATH ON TWO LEGS all the way through GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.It is a must for any rock music fan collection.My favorites are the ballad LOVE OF MY LIFE(that should've been an American single),YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND(which was),'39 and the epic masterpiece BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY.Another wonderful gem is the PROPHET's SONG which features some of the most amazing lyrics and enchanting vocals I've ever heard on a record.An A plus for the boys!

Queen's fourth album A Night at the Opera was released in December of 1975. The album was the band's sink or swim album, if it flopped it would have been the end of Queen. Here is a track-by-track summary of the album. Death on Two Legs(Dedicated to...) kicks off the album in a hard rocking manner which was frontman Freddie Mercury's ode to an ex-management company whom treated the band like dirt. The vaudevillian sounding Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon follows and is great with its 1930s-ish sound and harmonized heavy metal guitar solo at the end is amazing. Drummer Roger Taylor's ode to the automobile I'm In Love With My Car follows and is a kick-ass rocker sung by Roger. The ballad You're My Best Friend follows and is a nice song written by bassist John Deacon for his wife Veronica(whom he is still married to today) and was a US Top 20 hit in the summer of 1976 peaking at #16. I love the melodies and harmony parts. Guitarist Brian May's '39 is a great skiffle (folk) song with Brian singing. The song is Queen's sci-fi song about a man who goes time travelling for a hundred years but comes back one year older. Musically sounds like an outtake from either The Beatles' Rubber Soul or a Kingston Trio album. Brian writes the next track, the rocker Sweet Lady which is a great hard rock track. Freddie's vaudevillian sounding Seaside Rendezvous ends the first half. Got to love those voice orhestrations from Roger and Freddie imitating horns. Brian's epic The Prophet's Song kicks off the second half in epic style and all I can say is WOW! The song was written while Brian was sick with the curable form of hepatitis and an ulcer. It's a great epic, superb vocals. Especially with Freddie's vocal solo which was pure genius. Freddie's Love of My Life follows and is a great song about a breakup. Brian's Good Company is next with Brian's jazz guitar orchestra, ukulele and vocals on this track kicking ass. Next is the album's biggest hit Bohemian Rhapsody. The song is Freddie's 6 minute magnum opus and a song unlike any in rock history. This song reached #9 in 1976 in the US but reached #2 in 1992 in the US when re-released because of Wayne's World. Brian's classic rendition of the British anthem God Save the Queen closes this masterpiece. When this album was released, it went to #4 in the US and became Queen's first million seller and has sold up to 3 million copies to date in the US alone. Highly recommended!

This is by far the best Queen album ever!!!
If your only into the hardest rock, this is not the album for you (check out Queen's later albums) but if your like classic rock this is a great album.
It took me a little while to get used to this album, but after listening to it a few times i loved it. it has short songs like Good Company, I'm in Love with My Car, and Lazin On a Sunday Afternoon, which are funny when you listen to the lyrics. and great acustic sounding songs like "39". not to mention the forever classic "Bohemian Rhapsody". Put all that togather and you have one hell of an album.
If you are a Queen fan, then this album is an absulute must!

Queen's fourth album A Night at the Opera was released in December of 1975. The album was the band's sink or swim album, if it flopped it would have been the end of Queen. Here is a track-by-track summary of the album. Death on Two Legs(Dedicated to...) kicks off the album in a hard rocking manner which was frontman Freddie Mercury's ode to an ex-management company whom treated the band like dirt. The vaudevillian sounding Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon follows and is great with its 1930s-ish sound and harmonized heavy metal guitar solo at the end is amazing. Drummer Roger Taylor's ode to the automobile I'm In Love With My Car follows and is a kick-ass rocker sung by Roger. The ballad You're My Best Friend follows and is a nice song written by bassist John Deacon for his wife Veronica(whom he is still married to today) and was a US Top 20 hit in the summer of 1976 peaking at #16. I love the melodies and harmony parts. Guitarist Brian May's '39 is a great skiffle (folk) song with Brian singing. The song is Queen's sci-fi song about a man who goes time travelling for a hundred years but comes back one year older. Musically sounds like an outtake from either The Beatles' Rubber Soul or a Kingston Trio album. Brian writes the next track, the rocker Sweet Lady which is a great hard rock track. Freddie's vaudevillian sounding Seaside Rendezvous ends the first half. Got to love those voice orhestrations from Roger and Freddie imitating horns. Brian's epic The Prophet's Song kicks off the second half in epic style and all I can say is WOW! The song was written while Brian was sick with the curable form of hepatitis and an ulcer. It's a great epic, superb vocals. Especially with Freddie's vocal solo which was pure genius. Freddie's Love of My Life follows and is a great song about a breakup. Brian's Good Company is next with Brian's jazz guitar orchestra, ukulele and vocals on this track kicking ass. Next is the album's biggest hit Bohemian Rhapsody. The song is Freddie's 6 minute magnum opus and a song unlike any in rock history. This song reached #9 in 1976 in the US but reached #2 in 1992 in the US when re-released because of Wayne's World. Brian's classic rendition of the British anthem God Save the Queen closes this masterpiece. When this album was released, it went to #4 in the US and became Queen's first million seller and has sold up to 3 million copies to date in the US alone. Highly recommended!