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Album artwork for A Night At The Opera by Queen

Using the multi-layered guitars of its predecessor as a foundation, A Night at the Opera encompasses metal ("Death on Two Legs," "Sweet Lady"), pop (the lovely, shimmering "You're My Best Friend"), campy British music hall ("Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon," "Seaside Rendezvous"), and mystical prog rock ("'39," "The Prophet's Song"), eventually bringing it all together on the pseudo-operatic "Bohemian Rhapsody." In short, it's a lot like Queen's own version of Led Zeppelin IV, but where Zep find dark menace in bombast, Queen celebrate their own pomposity. No one in the band takes anything too seriously, otherwise the arrangements wouldn't be as ludicrously exaggerated as they are. But the appeal — and the influence — of A Night at the Opera is in its detailed, meticulous productions. It's prog rock with a sense of humor as well as dynamics, and Queen never bettered their approach anywhere else."

Queen

A Night At The Opera

Hollywood
Album artwork for A Night At The Opera by Queen
LP

$39.99

U.K. Import

Black
Released 04/30/2018Catalogue Number

4720269

Usually dispatched in 5-10 days

Album artwork for A Night At The Opera by Queen
LP

$26.99

Black
Released 09/23/2022Catalogue Number

D004075901

Queen

A Night At The Opera

Hollywood
Album artwork for A Night At The Opera by Queen
LP

$39.99

U.K. Import

Black
Released 04/30/2018Catalogue Number

4720269

Usually dispatched in 5-10 days

Album artwork for A Night At The Opera by Queen
LP

$26.99

Black
Released 09/23/2022Catalogue Number

D004075901

Using the multi-layered guitars of its predecessor as a foundation, A Night at the Opera encompasses metal ("Death on Two Legs," "Sweet Lady"), pop (the lovely, shimmering "You're My Best Friend"), campy British music hall ("Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon," "Seaside Rendezvous"), and mystical prog rock ("'39," "The Prophet's Song"), eventually bringing it all together on the pseudo-operatic "Bohemian Rhapsody." In short, it's a lot like Queen's own version of Led Zeppelin IV, but where Zep find dark menace in bombast, Queen celebrate their own pomposity. No one in the band takes anything too seriously, otherwise the arrangements wouldn't be as ludicrously exaggerated as they are. But the appeal — and the influence — of A Night at the Opera is in its detailed, meticulous productions. It's prog rock with a sense of humor as well as dynamics, and Queen never bettered their approach anywhere else."