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Like this one just ok
Hmpf … aber Rapsody“
as someone who doesnt like queen that much this album didnt change that for me. it wasnt bad, in fact i enjoyed certain parts of it, but its overtheatrical nature is too much for me. 6/10
3 stars. With standout 4 and 5 star tracks. sorry.
I wish I liked Queen's deep cuts better. Never was a fan of Best Friend & the rest had moments but nothing transcendent. That one song about "any way the wind blows" was all over the place ;)
Decent album. Mostly saved by the hit songs, so kind of top heavy. 3/5 Probably won’t listen again
Some classic songs. Some interesting songs. Some stupid songs.
I never quite know where I stand with Queen. On the one hand I enjoy their music very much but on the other I don’t think they’re really any better than their greatest hits. Their big hits are big hits for a reason, they’re absolute bangers. There’s no denying the absolute power that Bohemian Rhapsody has had on our culture. But overall as an album… it’s hard to tell if it’s considered great because of their big hit that elevated it or because it’s an actual great album. It’s a question I’ll keep pondering for a long time.
A couple of bangers but one of the most over rated bands on over rating history
Bohemian Rhapsody and Best Friend, but the rest don't connect with me much.
Fairly average Queen. Another me too album
queen is not really my time of music but I still enjoyed it
I wanted to love this one when I started it. It's Queen. And Freddie. And Bohemian Rhapsody with all its lore. But after one listen I felt dejected. It wasn't a 5. It wasn't even a 4. The non-hits were dragging it down for me. Gave it two more full listens, and even a few individual songs a 4th pass. No matter how much I want it to be a 4, I can't get it over the line. High 3+.
I am going to pretend that Bohemian Rhapsody is not on this album. On that basis: it's their most winning combination of end-of-the-pier show campery (Seaside Rendezvous is literally this) and pop-rock chops. You're My Best Friend is a fine lead single, The Prophet Song the epic prog-rock piece, and a clutch of perfectly ok album tracks. On that basis 3 stars. Can't wait for the album with Bo Rap on as that's get a COMPLETE shoe-ing.
Some classics on this one ! But also some dated tunes
Maybe I don’t really like Queen?
Lots of filler on here. Also, when you have the best vocalist in rock music in your band, why would you insist on singing???
Beatles,showtunes, some hits.
rock opera meets sergeant pepper. harmonizing and kazoos. fun but not my favorite
Theres not enough Queen hate on this platform. I just really dont like Rock Operas but this is probably one of the best ones out there so okaay a 3
Pretty good. 2 of their biggest hits. Some stuff like “Good Company” a bit too whimsical for me. Bear loved “Death on 2 legs”
Theatrical
Also listened to this one in the car with Anthony and Kerri. I think it was a little worse than I thought the whole album was going to be but I still enjoyed it. I don't think I would listen to the album in its entirety again however. Favorite song: BoRap
The Epic song carried the album, the rest was so so
Easy to see why they're goated, bohemian rhapsody. I'm kinda whatever on it, is probably technically higher than 3
Queen is good fun, especially with all the theatrics on this album. Their Greatest Hits was one of the CDs we had on repeat when I was a kid. That certainly included "You're My Best Friend" and "Bohemian Rhapsody," both eternal bangers. However, most of the deep cuts on this album don't live up to the singles. While the more theatrical moments here are fun while they're on, they're not the kind of songs I would seek out these days. Favorite tracks: You're My Best Friend Sweet Lady Bohemian Rhapsody
I'm In Love With My Car is a horrible song. I can appreciate and recognize Queen's greatness, however, the music just isn't for me. Too excessive and glitzy. Relevance to this list: 5 Personal enjoyment: 3
Honestly disappointed in this one. A couple of their best songs ever, brought down by what seems to be an odd obsession with bringing back vaudville. There's a few sleepers like "I'm In Love With My Car, " and '39, but I'll stick with the greatest hits if "A Night at the Opera" is Queen's best album.
опять ухожу со мнением что много пения мало музыки... и как-то это всё на уши приседает, тяжело. хотя конечно я не караокист с носом в воздухе, рапсодия вечный хит
Didnt move me but its not garbage.
3.5 stars
I had to listen to this twice to appreciate it. Didn't like it on first listen. Appreciated it much more on 2nd.
Rock, 1975 -> 3
There are ballads, songs that rock, and then some hurdy-her hokey stuff that felt a bit unnecessary. Bohemian Rhapsody, though…still so good.
Great Classic Songs by an incredible Band. I'm just not a fan
A few great songs, but I'm still not a fan of musicals.
An iconic album that i can appreciate, but doesn't really vibe with me
Es más que todo un álbum representativo de la banda pero no es tan bueno en conjunto que puedo decir
Yer alright, couple of decent queen tracks
Queen are such an essential and iconic group - and their biggest hits hit big - but this album just didn't do it for me. '39 is a great track, as is Bohemian Rhapsody, but the rest didn't grab me in the way I would have wanted to give it a higher rating.
A nice solid album. I've listened to several of these songs but this was the first time I listened to the album all the way through. Stand outs for me are "I'm In Love With My Car", "You're My Best Friend", "'39" and of course "Bohemian Rhapsody".
Do Queen have a classic album? Queen is a band who I really enjoy (wedding song is “Somebody to Love”), who has a countless amount of hits and who still exhibit a great amount of popularity today, arguably more than most of their contemporaries. Yet, I do think the band lacks an album that can be considered a classic. What is their Abbey Road? Their Dark Side of the Moon? Their Tommy? If this album is considered that, then I believe it falls considerably short. While the highs are high (Bohemian Rhapsody, Love of My Life), and I discovered some new greats (The Prophet), a handful of the tracks I find skippable.
Not a really interesting album.
I know it's vogue to love Queen, with the popularity of the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody." I love their hit songs very much, but so much of their music is trite and without vision. "Radio GaGa" is an excellent example. Never having listened through this album before, I was actually looking forward to it. The first song, "Death on Two Legs," came on as flamboyant as one might expect from Queen. For my tastes, it was over the top. Skip to track 3, the infamous "I'm in Love with my Car." Yeah, it really is that bad. The standard "You're My Best Friend" saves this side of the record. Side B shows more cohesion and resembles an opera, perhaps, not that I'm an expert on what an opera should be like. The songs seem to flow together better and be less eclectic, of course, leading all the while to Queen's magnum opus, "Bohemian Rhapsody." I doubt I will ever listen to this album from start to finish again. There are a couple of lesser known songs that I might come back to someday, such as "The Prophet's Song." But in the end, I will stick with Queen's greatest hits. They are fulfilling.
3.5
bohemian rhapsody and you’re my best friend are certified classics. i also really loved death on two legs (it rips) and love of my life. everything else was okay, didn’t love it but didn’t dislike it either.
this album is what happenes when a theatre kid joins a rock band... I know its good but just dont really like it that much. Like when I see a gymnast shoot an arrow using her feet while doing a handstand, wow its great and I respect that it must have taken years of training and all that jazz, but do I want to watch an hour of it? nah
What a fun album! Bohemian Rhapsody is Bohemian Rhapsody of course, but I found many of the other songs very interesting and enjoyable to listen to as well. Musically the record is very creative and jumps all over the place in a good way. Lyrically the album has good storytelling. There seems to be little to no connection between the songs, but by themselves they work well. While I'm not going to add much of any of these songs to my library, I would definitely give the album a few more listens. Favorite song: '39.
I’m very conflicted with this one. I love Queen in general. I love how this album totally flipped rock songwriting on its head. I genuinely believe that two songs on this album are two of the best songs of all time. But, in the end, I never find myself coming back to the full album. I appreciate what they did, and I appreciate the musicianship, but ultimately as an album, it doesn’t do it for me. And, if I’m being honest, I think that’s true of every Queen album.
eh? good i guess but i've heard bohemian rhapsody too many times in my life. weird in a good way.
This album had high highs and low lows and did not match my high expectations. I know Queen can be inconsistent at times but I hoped such a famous album would have fewer duds. Stand-out: You're My Best Friend
Liked some songs, loved all the instrumentuls but not a memorable album for me. Thoughts on each track : 1. So much fun. Love the giture, Love the singing. 3.5/5 2.cute 2/5 3.funny. the contrast of taylor serious voice and the lyrics, very funny. 4/5 4.sappy. 2.5/5 5.too singy-songy for me.the harmonieous were annoying. 6.amazing giture. amazing production. I don't realy like his singing style on it tho, whis it was more rocky. 3/5 7.why dose he sing like bee-boop-bo-beep whatever her name is. C'mone man. I liked it for some strange reason but then he said JOLLIEFICATION and that's where i draw the line. 3/5 8.finally everyone are as dramatic as mercury. hauntingly beautiful at times. comeletly ridicolous at times. still, everything fits togather. 4/5 9.too sappy. Instrumental was good. 10.this just feels so out of place with the whole thing. It's not a coherent album by any means, but this just dosn't feel right. 2.5/5 11. Mercury at his best. Sad, crazy, dramatic and charming. Just a fucking classic. 5/5 12. I don't get it. Maybe it's a british thing??
Before anything else, Bohemian Rhapsody deserves its status and no one will ever convince me otherwise. For the rest of the record, I think it's important to remember that Queen was never an album band. The two songs that stick with me, BR and You're my Best Friend, are the songs EVERYONE comes back to, and while there's nothing wrong with just pumping out banger singles, it does make the record feel like a bit of a waste. Most of this is just typical classic rock with some slight elements of the Queen songs you know and love. The only "deep cuts" I dig are the opener, Death On Two Legs, and The Prophet's Song, and the former gets a lot of its power from me knowing the backstory due to Mic the Snare's Deep Discog Dive series. Besides those two, I'm kinda disappointed. Bohemian Rhapsody's presence makes it so I can't hate this record, but I really think we could have gotten something more.
used to listen to this a lot in my 20s but quite a few of the songs on this album have not aged well.
Infelizmente não gostei muito... Mas a voz do Freddie!!!! Amazing.
A gente pausou em algum ponto e nem lembramos de colocar de novo, invadidos por uma sensação de paz. Estava em um momento barulhento. Mas é legal, talvez melhor ouvido com fones. Não prestei muita atenção nas letras.
Queen halt - nicht meins
Few classics, it's just queen
Pretty good - production is great and the moodier songs balance the occasional silliness. Standouts are 39 and Love of my Life
The more I listen to Queen the less I like it? It's weird. Not loving anything beyond their commercial hits.
I like almost All Queen albums equally but this one has most of my favourite Queen songs
Tiene unos arreglos fenomenales pero para mi, sobrevalorado. Un rejunte de hits y mucho relleno. No es el mejor disco de Queen.
I don't get the hype. Apart from Bohemian Rhapsody there aren't many good songs on this record. It feels like a mix of songs with no clear theme
Ok
This sounds too much like its a musical. Bohemian Rhapsody rips, though...
I have to confess, I kinda hate Queen. I will reluctantly admit this is one of their better albums. But I'll take bad Dylan over good Queen anyway.
It’s ok, maybe just a mood I wasn’t vibing with
A few outstanding songs (Bohemian Rhapsody, You're My Best Friend) along with a banger of a national anthem, but the rest was just so so.
Rock, folk, beat, opera, male, polyphonic, mid/fast, good melodies, nice rhythms, solid, varied rock album, but partly challenging. Not bad, but not catchy enough - average
Good but not their best, in my opinion. Although, Bohemian Rapsody is on here so we can't ignore that we are in the presence of one of the greatest songs of all time. Overall, in 2024, a rather underwhelming listen that feels a little self indulgent. However, beautifully performed, recorded and uniquely Queen.
I appreciate the eccentric nature and performance, its just not a sound that I truly love
One really great song.
Queen is Queen. Good music, though I'm not always in a mood to listen to them.
There were a few stand out songs and then there were songs that were kind of obnoxious and didn’t fit with the other songs.
Personally not a Queen fan but this is a classic. Death on Two Legs is my favorite, the rest sounds the same in my ears.
3.5
The songs on this album are big nostalgia from my teen years. I love it! That being said - it's been a while since I listened to the whole album all at once, and I didn't realize how... samey it sounds? Like it sounds like maybe two really long songs. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but I actually am finding I wasn't necessarily blown away by the album as a whole. Still a great listen though, and it made me remember what it was like to be a kid and wish I was a hacker.
Epic. Felt like I just came out of a Broadway show. But not sure if I would listen to this on the regular. A bit much for 9am and work.
queen is cool, but you already knew that
Overall not the best album. A few BIG hits that I love but for me doesn’t work as a total album.
yes, yes. i see the genius. and i see, they have good songs. but: they also have trash.
Som helhet är albumet rörigt. Känns som att det var kul att leka med stereo funktionen i mixen. Innehåller dock guldkorn
The band is amazing but some of Freddy’s moments sound very arch now. He obviously was very creative and very talented, but the little show tune segments of his now sound of dated. The band still sounds terrific, powerful and tight other than the classic song featured. The rest of the album really does not hold up as far as songwriting goes.
Enjoyable, quirky, spritely. Not something I would listen to repeatedly.
Sehr unterschiedlich Songs, teils gewöhnungsbedürftig, teils großartig
A couple eternal classics surrounded by remarkable amounts of meaningless filler a classic album does not make.
First half was pretty great. Too much cabaret though
The prophets song had way too many repeating lines it snapped me out of working lol. It’s queen.
my new album is a mix of opera und rock, it’s called McQueen: let’s get silly. It cost eighty million dollars
Bortsett fra Bohemian Rhapsody synes jeg ikke det var altfor mange bangers
Ridiculous at times.
A few great songs (Best Friend, Love of my life) and one arguably G.O.A.T. However the vaudeville songs grate. It works for Old Fashioned Lover Boy, but once is enough. Let's face it, Queen are almost universally adored, but we all may as well just own Greatest Hits I and II.
3/5
Most overrated band in history do an OK album.
Queen er gott stöff. Þessi plata var fín en mér fannst hún samt ekkert best í heimi. Hefði mögulega mátt velja betri Queen plötu
Re-listen. This is definitely the best Queen album. I know that seems like kind of an insult because I’m still giving it a 3, but it’s pretty close to a 4 and I give a 3 or a 2 to most albums.
Bra album. Trodde att det var Bohemian Rhapsody-albumet och inte mer, men hade fel. Flera bra låtar jag inte hört förut. '39 är väldigt unik och intressant.
3.5
Bohemian Rhapsody? Instant 5 Car Song? Instant 1. I'll give it a 3 and be done with it.
I love Queen for the memories of my little kids scream-singing Bohemian Rhapsody on road trips, courtesy of my husband. But do I love this album or Queen the band? Not really. I like a lot of their individual songs, though, and I recognize Freddie Mercury’s genius, but I’m not going to put an album on just for fun. Apart from the aforementioned Bohemian Rhapsody, I also really like ‘39 from this album.
Not much I can put here that hasn't been said before, so i'll just say all the things everyone's already said. It's obviously a classic, as are the band, and deserves to be on the list of 1001 albums to hear before you die (i'd argue there aren't that many artists more worth putting on such a list in terms of sheer magnitude), but to my own tastes it's definitely not my favourite Queen album. That is very much just me being more of an early metal fan and loving some of the faster pre-nwobhm cuts on their self-titled album and Sheer Heart Attack, though. To my shame i'm pretty sure i'd never heard this album in full before today, so I was surprised to hear how much of it was music hall influenced. Very odd going between some of the bigger hits i've heard a hundred times to a band doing their best impression of George Formby or Arthur Askey, but a very welcome odd surprise to me. Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the biggest songs ever and more than likely the best song here (though Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon and Good Company did a lot for me personally), but there is that bit between the slower, piano-led acceptance of misery and the higher-pace rebellion against it that just feels disjointed in throwing random moments and words together that has always baffled or put me off. Again, probably something that has been noted before, just how it's always come across to me. At the end of the day it's a great album and deserves to be here, just for me I'd take an album of sillier old british music hall inspired tracks than 8 minute odysseys of call and response la la la's about doomsday prophets.
Great album. Great band. It was cool to listen to the non-greatest hits. Would relisten.
Fun, high quality stuff. I think I just prefer the earlier, "rawer" version of Queen a bit more.
Not a huge Queen fan, there are some good songs on here but some forgettable ones too.
Solid. 3.6.
Didn't love it when I first heard it years ago. Still not a big fan. Too many campy show-tune-ish songs.
3.5/5
It was OK
It’s queen i enjoy some of the album but not all of it - was a solid album I still don’t get the hype around Bohemian Rhapsody.
Bohemian Rhapsody was obviously lightning in a bottle. It’s so impressive that they were bold enough to go out there and do this operatic rock. I am a bit meh about some of the non hits here.
You're My Best Friend '39 (about going off to war) Bohemian Rhapsody God Save The Queen The rest are very strange.
You're my best friend! Bohemian Rhapsody!
No hay canciones malas, bastante entretenido en general, pero hay varias canciones que ni me van ni me vienen. Favoritas: "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Love Of My Life", "You're my best friend".
Pari hittiä ja paljon hömppää. Ei tämäkään mitään isoa vaikutusta tee.
Good
7/10, VERY BOMBASTIC
Bohemian Rhapsody
A few favorites but also some annoying tunes. I prefer their greatest hits.
Always an amazing album
Some great songs like Best friend, love of my love, and of course bohemian rhapsody. All the other songs are not very good though and I have no desire to hear them again.
Ok, but not really into this music.
Includes a couple of the radio classics
I feel weird giving Queen such a low rating, but they continue to be a singles band for me. This record is fucking all over the place, hitting Yes-style prog rock within one or two songs of something that sounds vaguely like a country standard. The arrangements, especially vocally, are something to behold, and of course the evergreen "Bohemian Rhapsody" is on here, which nails a freefall landing. Favorite tracks: "Bohemian Rhapsody", "The Prophet's Song"
Definitely a couple of bangers on this album
An album full of energy and emotion. Queen's music sometimes seems beyond my ability to appreciate properly, with odd bits and harmonies that seem out of place yet sound in delivery. The epic Bohemian Rhapsody pushes this album into the 3.5 range.
É Queen, não é mau, mas não estou entusiasmado para voltar a ouvir.
I like Queen and this album definitely has some massive hits on it, most importantly 'Bohemian Rhapsody' but overall it felt like kind of a weak album to me. I didn't dislike anything too much on here but I also didn't find many surprising standouts. A lot of it just played in the background without really piquing my interest. That said, those big standouts do bump this one up a full star in the rating. Standout Tracks: You're My Best Friend, '39, Sweet Lady, Bohemian Rhapsody
Favorite song- Keep Yourself Alive Weakest song- Good company Skips: 1 Likes: 6/13
This was kind of fun in place, a bit grating in others. A peculiar mash up of progressive rock, early heavy metal, vocal harmonies, all in one album. I guess it was interesting, although I wouldn't hurry back to listen to this ever again. Queen were often seen as the final nail in the coffin for progressive rock, a bridge between pomposity and popular music. This is definitely on evidence here, even within Bohemian Rhapsody itself, which varies from operatic prog-rock styling to proto-metal. It's difficult to rate this album, probably a 4 in places and a 2 in many others. I'm going to give it 3 stars, as there's some really bad songs here among the better ones.
Too theatrical for me now
Way too much. The worst of this is awful and outweighs the best of this, which is considerable (including "Best Friend" and "'39" and "Bohemian Rhapsody"). Just more trouble than its tunefulness is ultimately worth.
Quite a lot of filler,some of it pretty weak
Enjoyed the album tracks more than I thought I would, bohemian rhapsody annoying as ever though
When it's good it's good, but when it's bad it's painfully annoying.
maybe this is my age showing (and as open-minded as i’d like to claim to be about the arts, my tastes are of course still a product of time and place), but the overt theatricality and glamorous flamboyance of Queen’s A Night at The Opera did not speak to me at all. it’s all at once extravagant and melodramatic, the consequence of classically trained musicians flexing their creative muscle in making music so technically precise even in its seeming compositional spontaneity (they leap-frog through genres and make stylistic decisions that confound and allure at the same time), but the emotions don’t overcome the flare. “Bohemian Rhapsody” is undeniably a shape shifting masterwork, one of such overwhelming influence it is awe-inspiring, and it contains within itself the kind of brilliance to shoulder the extravagance. but everything else just sounds too big for its own good, and the theatricality feels unearned. maybe the record is one that’ll click on future listens, but for now i’m left just a tad underwhelmed.
Ah, Queen. Most notable for the amazing voice of Freddy Mercury. Man, did they put on a great live show. I would love to go back in time to see them. As for their studio output, I really feel as though it doesn't compare to the live energy that they brought at their peak. This record in particular was pretty good. A bit too theatric for me maybe, but hey, that's basically one of the main drawing points of the band. I did enjoy this listen though. If I were to recommend a Queen album to someone, it would probably be this one.
Queen has 2 sides, the classic rock side that is amazing to listen to, and the unorthodox experimental side that pushed forward a new generation of music. This is the latter, and not my favorite part of Queen. 3.5
troll songs
I love half of this album and loathe the other half, so I guess 3 is about right. I don’t think I like the very over the top performances, but the more relaxed songs are beautiful and really showcase the powerhouse vocals.
I'm not really a fan of Queen, but this was pretty cool.
Great production on the intro. Bass is wide as hell. Love it Can be slow at some points, would need to give more listens. Bohemian Rhapsody is obviously a classic. You’re my best friend is great too.
6/7/23 Fave Track: death on two legs
Eclectic departure from other albums. Has some absolute standout hits (Bohemian Rhapsody, You're My Best Friend), but a lot just seems campy.
some of the songs were great, others were not!
I have no idea why, but I just can't get into Queen. There's so much that I should like, but it just never grabs me. They have classics, and yeah, bohemian is on here, but there just isn't a pull to want to listen, and it just doesn't resonate with me.
Queen’s music has very complicated form and sometimes harmony. It’s beautiful but hard to sing along or do anything else at the same time. So my attention is always on this structure and complicity, it’s more like studying than just enjoying good music.
Queen is cool, love the biggest hits. I don’t play the records front to back
Ok, but not quite what I expected and doesn't strike me as Queen at their best. Some songs I wouldn't recognise as theirs.
nisam baš fan queena. okej su mi bend i poštujem, ali to je to. tako je sa ovim albumom.
So theatrical! I can see a world where I really love it, but it’s not this world and I can’t quite place why.
Too eclectic
So much filler... too bad I can't give queen less than 3 stars.
First time I have ever listened to that album. The hits from it are fine. I was never into their music so after hearing it I would not rush out to purchase it.
Still not liking the 80s.
This one started slow for me, but it got awesome about 4-5 tracks in and stayed pretty consistently awesome. Obviously, people should hear Bohemian Rhapsody before they die, but I'm not sure they should have to sit through I'm in Love with My Car to do it.
No niin
I like a lot of Queen but his one not as much, apparently I'm one of the few people who absolutely distastes Bohemian Rhapsody. Best friend is pretty awful too. I'll give them credit for bring in different genres of music like '39 and Seaside Rendezvous but there not great songs. Now Death on Two Legs and I'm in love with my Car are great tunes, yeah they said like classic Queen which is what I like I guess.
While it’s sonically rich, I only care about the rock music on the record. I just don’t care about any parts of this that are “show tune-y” or novelty songs. You’re my Best Friend is just nice 70’s sunshine pop. Yes, Bohemian Rhapsody is a classic for a reason.
It's a Queen album. Which means there are 2-4 great songs that fit on a Greatest Hits album and the rest of the album is tough to get through. Some sonically interesting things on this album that made listening on headphone interesting. But interesting doesn't always equal fun or good.
I have tried at least 5 times to get into Queen. It's just not my thing. I like the hits though.
How do you rate an album that has one incredibly great song and a series of painfully cheesy deep cuts emulating some sort of Vaudeville style that was never not a misstep?
J'ai pas autant aimé que l'autre album de Queen que j'ai eu, mais quand même solide. J'aurais mis un 3.5
This album is a lot. It has true genius and forever classics. But it also has songs that are simply not good. It's overly dramatic and a roulette of genres. The classics are classics for a reason, but I also really liked '39 and will revisit in the future. The rest, I hope not.
Massively overrated album. Much prefer Sheer Heart Attack. '39 is an underrated track that I always forget about though. McCartney-esque. Doesn't need the national anthem at the end ffs.
Mercury's voice is a gift alongside the screamin' guitars. There were several songs on this one that I had not heard and was fascinated with. Also, there were a couple of tracks that were in a completely different style sort of like when Fleetwood Mac does that other thing. Overall, an entertaining album.
I’ve enjoyed the ”theatricality” of Queen’s music before, but on this album it devolves into excess. The songs tend to get derailed (most egregiously in the indulgent middle section of “The Prophet’s Song”) and good songs like “Love Of My Life” are at a threat of being drowned out by the myriad extra flourishes. Still, there are great moments: The previously mentioned “Love Of My Life” is a personal favourite. “‘39” is a nice tune. “I’m In Love With My Car” is amusing. “Bohemian Rhapsody” is Bohemian Rhapsody. It all balances out to a fairly enjoyable listen
Cool
Queen was so good so much of the time, but I always found this album to be tiresome.
Tuneful, camp, vaudevillian, better than I remembered, but on the whole, not my thing. Wasn't at the time, won't ever be. Standout - 'You're my best friend'. I am so so bored with Bohemian Rhapsody.
Its just fine
It was neat. not really a fan of glam rock but this had some decent tunes. it was weird hearing bohemian rhapsody in album context.
All the motifs are there but despite the biguns it just doesn't hit the mark consistently.
It was fine. I still don’t love Queen beyond just a handful of songs, mostly from this album.
alright, it's gotta be said: queen is corny. i'm sorry, it's just a fact. freddie mercury is obviously a legitimate talent, as is the rest of the band. but, somehow, there's still a bunch of corny-ass dad rock in their catalogue. there are some legitimately amazing songs on this album - you're my best friend is a personal favorite, and obviously bo-rhap will stay in the pop culture lexicon forever. queen hits when they hit, and really miss when they miss. this is true of a night at the opera, and the rest of their discography. they are a "greatest hits" band, and the world will see that one day.
Fine. Besides the few bangers on it, I was kind of underwhelmed.
A largely pedantic album that happens to hold two notable commercial successes ("Bohemian Rhapsody" & "You're My Best Friend"), leaving the story behind the album's creation to be one of the more interesting pieces. Emerging from their lawsuit and with new managment, Queen shows the musicianship and creativity in this album that would ensure their future place among iconic groups. While a half-hearted concept album, it is truly elevated by Rhapsody and otherwise is largely forgettable.
Overlong and melodramatic, but bohemian rhapsody is as good a track as any. nothing else really stood out though
A few hits but pretty boring
A Night At The Opera is a solid album that showcases Queen's unique and iconic sound. The standout tracks, such as "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "I’m In Love With My Car," demonstrate the band's ability to blend diverse musical influences into a cohesive and epic sound. However, other tracks like "Seaside Rendezvous" feel less inspired and detract from the album's overall impact. While this album may not be their best, it still has its moments of greatness, and fans of Queen will enjoy the classic rock sound on tracks like "The Prophet’s Song."
Pomp and circumstance pop/rock. For me they were always a singles band and this album doesn't do anything to change my opinion. Best Tracks: You're My Best Tracks; The Propeht's Song; Bohemian Rhapsody
It is an interesting hodge podge. Not every song works for me. And the overall concept is not clear on one listen anyway. The best songs are the hits but really who ever needs to hear Bohemian Rhapsody again?
I've never heard Bohemian within the context of this album, so I was surprised to find its orchestral trappings fall right in line with the rest of Queen's output here. It's definitely a novel place to take a rock-oriented album, and while not all of the ideas here work, most are catchy enough to make me glad that Freddy and Co. gave it a try.
Catchy baroque rock Fav- BoRap Fav new - death on 2 legs
Queen innit 👌
Some iconic tracks but didn't enjoy the album stuff as much as I thought I would
It's Queen.
Fine, I suppose.
Bändin levyille tyypillisesti epätasainen eikä ihan mun tyyliä. Harkitsin jopa vain 2/5 mutta Bohemian Rhapsodyn takia pitää antaa kolme.
Queen - a night at the opera (1975) Notes: - What a crazy layered and complex album - Not just bohemian rhapsody but the whole album is so dense - Similar to fragile by yes bc each band member contributes songs and sections of songs, so you can really hear how the different styles come together - the song 39 was a really interesting change of pace - The acapella layered delay section in the middle of the prophets song was wild Fav: - Bohemian rhapsody - This is another one to add to the list of 10/10 iconic songs - Even though its massively overplayed its still great Least fav: - Seaside rendezvous - Funny interlude-y song but I can’t see myself going back to listen to it 3.5/5
Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To…), Lazing On a Sunday Afternoon, ‘39, Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody is a five, album is a begrudging three
ok 3.5
Listened to most of it. Didn’t blow me away. Not really a huge Queen fan to begin with.
many songs i've not heard before :O queen is good, but not what i'm currently listening to bohemian rhapsody still 5/7 though, but only because i've been brainwashed by the lizard elite
Excess on a grand – and mostly annoying – scale. The album seems composed to bring together the worst impulses of all the many genres it touches -- from classical leider to music hall/vaudeville to hair metal and glam. It's mostly bouffant nonsense (perhaps its intentino) -- clear evidence of why less is more. \"Best Friend\" is a terrific pop song, but doesn't come close to redeeming the rest. \"'39\" sounds wonderful – probably because it's a realitvely straightfoward, you know, pop song, rather than an overwrought song cycle. It all comes together in \"Bohemian Rhapsody,\" which is briliiant but also enocouraged further excess in the future. Whle there's much to admire, it works out to be just too much – much too much, in fact.
Overblown and silly, but seems to be knowingly so. Still more likely to put on 'Greatest Hits' than any single Queen album if I ever listen to them. As an album experience a Night At The Opera is patchy and all over the place despite the obvious talent and hits.
No me gusta este estilo de rock
I mean... it's queen... it was fine
funky, fun, you know queen
It was definitely what would be expected from Queen. Didn’t know most of the songs. They were fine but I wasn’t super into any of them except the classics.
Good listen, but nothing that'll keep me coming back for more, found myself kinda phasing in and out in the latter half. 'cept for that song right at the end, what's it called again? man it was real good, I think I've heard it before, just gimme a sec, it's on the tip of my tongue. favorite song: bohemian rhapsody.
Interesting without being great
ANATO isn't my favourite Queen album, far from it, thought it's good and does what it set out to do. Just lacks in outstanding tracks that I love from them, except for Bohemian Rhapsody, and even that despite being something of a masterpiece isn't in my top 5 Queen songs. Probably gonna sit in the middle with a 3 rating for me.
Mixed on this - it flows together beautifully, it shows off Freddie's voice beautifully, and it's a really fun concept. But, it's so overblown (probably at least a bit deliberately?) that it takes some of the shine off, and there are some bits that don't work very well (I'm In Love With My Car is not great, and The Prophet's Song is a bit too prog-rocky in a bad way). Doesn't quite make a 4, even with Bohemian Rhapsody in it.
Queen is altijd goed. Als je een typische album luisteraar bent dan kun je misschien de opbouw van dit album wel erg waarderen. Voor mij is het niet het beste album van Queen, maar zeker wel leuk om te luisteren. ***
it at the top of the queen totem pole for me. however, my queen totem pole isn't very tall. i love this album in the scope of queen albums, as far as how i place it amongst all music, it's merely above average. don't know why, but queen always had one trick (freddy) and they used it all the time. i like magic, but if i see you make the same card disappear over and over again, eventually i grown tired of it and look for a magician that can to more and better tricks.
Heard a couple songs before, decent album. Unique.
3.9 - Another Queen album that's completely over-the-top. Mostly the maximalist approach works but it can also be quite annoying. "You're My Best Friend" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" are obvious classics, and still sound amazing despite Queen's recent resurgence in pop culture. I also like a few of the deeper cuts. "The Prophet's Song" is an opus of several movements with an interesting a cappella breakdown in the middle. "Love of My Life" is a lushly orchestrated ballad. But "Death On Two Legs" hits like whiplash and I don't enjoy it as an album opener. "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon" is similarly campy and theatrical.
Not their best, over produced
Not the first Queen album I would pick to listen to
I get the concept, but that doesn't mean I have to love the concept.
Bo rap is a fantastic song takes music some where its never been before. The rest is pants
Bohemian Rhapsody is truly majestic, the rest rather less so.
Difficult to reflect on the album (as a whole) as legendary as it is, Bohemian Rhapsody takes most of the limelight. It's a fun album, but other than You're My Best Friend the rest of the songs are forgetful.
3.5
Bohemian rhapsody adds a whole point, other than that it’s cool I like the one about the car but other than that meh
Classic Queen album, in the better end of their discography - but not their best album though.
Jag fattar varför hitsen är hits. Inte ett fan av det andra tbh
woopidoo
Starkt! inte så tätt med klassiska låtar men uppskattar det, känns nytt och fräscht!
Plutôt cool mais sans plus
Sympathique, mais pas transcendant. On ne retient que très peu de morceaux…
Quelques passages exceptionnels impulsés par un Freddy Mercury totalement déchaîné. Légère inquiétude cependant vers le milieu de l'album lorsqu'on aperçoit celui-ci les mains posées sur les hanches et le front couvert de sueur. Plusieurs minutes s'écoulent alors pendant lesquelles on lui demande s'il a assez de force pour terminer l'album. L'intéressé se montre rassurant et reprend (heureusement) sa place pour enregistrer le classique Bohemian Rhapsody. Il s'écroule au début de la piste suivante et se voit contraint de céder sa place sous une ovation.
Barely scrapping a 3
On second listen the opening is too poor to give it a 4 star review. Second half is great fun though.
I hadn’t heard most of the tracks on this album since 1975 or 1976 when one of my classmates (I can’t remember who) brought it into school, to Mr Jones’ music appreciation lesson. The standout track is of course Bohemian Rhapsody, which stayed at number one on the UK singles chart for nine weeks and was universally loved by everyone I knew. I have a very clear memory of being fourteen years old and trying to remember all the lyrics to that song while trudging the dark cold streets of Freckleton on my morning paper round. Listening to A Night at the Opera now, some 26 years later, my overall feelings about it are much the same as they were back then; although the musicianship and songwriting are obviously second to none, much of the actual music leaves me a bit cold. Many of the songs are a little too experimental for my taste, a little too avant-garde. That’s not to say that there aren’t highlights; Besides Bohemian Rhapsody, You’re My Best Friend, Love of My Life and ’39 (a cautionary tale about the dangers of Einsteinian time dilation) stand out to my ear. Overall I would give A Night at the Opera three stars out of five, mainly for the inclusion of the wonderful Bohemian Rhapsody, but also for the inevitable sense of nostalgia for my long-lost misspent youth that comes with revisiting an album I haven’t heard in so many years. Perhaps I won’t wait another quarter of a century before listening to it again.
An album I’ve known and owned (on cassette) for a long time. Not my favourite Queen album but still very good. You’re My Best Friend is one of Deacons best and Love of My Life is as good a singalong anthem as Queen ever wrote
Best Song: '39. Topic is unexpected for what I know of Queen. Worst Song: The Prophet's Song. The layered vocals/canon thing that takes up the entire middle of the song is horrible. Overall: I could never listen to Bohemian Rhapsody again and die happy.
big big.
The vocal harmonies and iconic guitar make Queen what it is, and it's clearly inspired so many musicians that have come after. That said, I can only really take Queen for a couple of songs at a time and their music dances on that balance of making me hop along an making me feel extremely anxious. This album contains pretty much all of their bangers but I still don't love it and can't give it more than a very very strong 3
Jenny tycker om Queen och jag tycker om Jenny
such a pleasure to have a break from the constant Greatest Hits that one is normally exposed to, even though there are a few on this album. A few songs that really caught my off guard in a positive way. Sick of Bohemian Rhapsody though
While it is obvlously a classic, I find it a bit overwrought - not really to my taste. I'm not a fan of Opera either.
Liked this a bit more than Queen II. Bo Rap helps of course
Eh. Queen's still mostly a singles band to me. But the singles are excellent. 6/10
Ambitious? Yes. Is it well produced? Maybe for the 70s, but overall I tend to agree with the guy who told them that's a poorly-made collage-like record. Although there are two great songs (Love of my life and Bohemian rhapsody), other songs are plain stupid. The only good in them is Freddy's vocal that sounds angry, energetic and transparent at the same time, that's badass.
It's been a long time since I've heard this, and I'm amazed by how well it holds up. Even the music hall and dixieland bits are better than I remember. Probably more like 3 1/2 stars, but I prefer to round down.
Enjoyed a few new songs, but overall not my style. Somewhat distracting. I would not put this on for a dinner party
Good, weird to discover that queen had a sound besides epic rock opera - a few of the tracks were surprising
Too much self indulgence and pomp at times for me.
Some queen classics and some rather psychedelic tracks
More mixed than I remember
Light 6-7, felt like a musical, had some interesting musical moments but didn’t feel a real connection to it
A singles band that couldn't put it together for a full album. Decent lead single tbf!
Не моё
Good album some misses. Prefer to stick with their hits.
2nd half stronger than the first. Feel like it had a ratings bump from having Bohemian Rhapsody at the end. Some of it didn't work for me, but it sounds like they were having fun.
Beetje teveel Queen op dit moment. Hoewel ik dit wel echt een goed album vind. Niet alles is even interessant, maar toch zeker een paar pareltjes. Zoals bijv. Love of my Life.
Heb het niet helemaal kunnen luisteren (zo’n actieve vakantie :)), maar wat ik heb gehoord vond ik best leuk en gevarieerd.
I know it is a classic…but it does not amaze me…
Feels pretty middle of the road to me honestly. Like to to be honest, I don't think it's bad. It's just a decent album. But then, it also has bohemian rhapsody. Which is a certified classic.
Saved Prior: Bohemian Rhapsody Off Rip: Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...), '39, Sweet Lady, Seaside Rendezvous Cutting Edge: Love Of My Life Overall Notes: I know very few people who don't know Bohemian Rhapsody, and I know even fewer people who don't like Bohemian Rhapsody. The variety of this album surprised me, and it was a lot more campy than I expected. Crazy that Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, Death on Two Legs, You're My Best Friend, Love Of My Life and Bohemian Rhapsody are all on the same album and it doesn't completely not work. That being said, I didn't really like some of these songs, so it goes down as a 3.5 rounded down.
This album sounded sing songy, like a Broadway play. Probably what they were going for, with the title and all, but I didn't think it was their best stuff. Nick's wedding song and bohemian rhapsody both featured though.
Sapevo che prima o poi sarebbe arrivato questo momento. Non ci sono molte parole da spendere, il fatto che i Queen ci sappiano fare sia tecnicamente che a livello compositivo è indiscusso, questo album è anche molto vario e sicuramente personale e originale. Se poi mi arriva/mi piace la visione artistica è un altro discorso. Questo disco mi proietta automaticamente in un'ipotetica cena con Brian May e Freddy Mercury e me li immagino parlare solo loro di quanto sono superiori agli altri gruppi di quanto artisticamente stiano facendo la differenza e gli altri non osano e te vorresti parlare di cazzate ma poi ti senti stupido. Diciamo che si sente che hanno un'alta considerazione di loro stessi ecco. Il risultato per me e più di una volta tendente al cringe nonostante tutti i lati positivi. Per me musicalmente se vogliamo sarebbe pure un 4, artisticamente è un 2, famo un 3 e passa la paura. (Sono consapevole che queste note susciteranno l'odio di tutti)
Went in thinking I’d preheat a hot giant 5 stars. Was a bit disappointed that between the hits, there were numerous misses
man, i was really hoping God Save the Queen was going to be a Sex Pistols cover. i do realize that would've required a time machine, but honestly, i think it would've been worth the effort.
3
good not great
Too theatrical
I mean it's queen.
Obviously bohemian rhapsody was groundbreaking but I'm in love with my car? 39?
I really wish that I liked this album more than I did. It's 3/5 and barely so. 3 really good songs (already known and popular) a few mediocre songs and then some filler
Some really cool riffs and amazing vocals, but there's something about Queen that I just don't like.
Au début de l’album j’ai été charmé, du rock innovateur et des chansons de Queen que je ne connaissait pas, Tout indiquait un 4. Par contre, à mis parcours je me suis rappeler pourquoi je ne suis pas un fan de Queen, trop d’harmonie de voix interminable et irritante. Je comprends que c’est la signature, Mais j’aime pas Je l’évite love of my life et good compagny ainsi que tous les harmonies de voix en deuxième partie de l’album Je lévite les 5 premières chansons du rock solide
I really loved the basement level of the Hangge Uppe, but it never got me laid, and that will cost Queen two stars.
Queen is really more of a singles band than an album band
Not in love with the idea that my Spotify is now like 'Here are some fleet foxes, queen, phoebe bridgers, mroe queen, the strokes, and even more queen' but I liked this album significantly more than the previous one we listened to
Queen is OK. The highlight of this is you-know-what. Within the week, I just saw that scene from Wayne's World for the first time in 20 years.
Odd collection of songs that sound more like an opening act to a vaudeville act than a 70s rock band.
A good album, but not the masterpiece I was expecting. Obviously Bohemian Rhapsody is incredible, You're My Best Friend is a great song also, otherwise nothing really stood out for me. 3 stars.
This is fine, but I'm guessing it was chosen exclusively because of Bohemian Rhapsody.
Why does Paul McCartney get lambasted for Maxwell’s Silver Hammer and O Bla Di when this is an entire album of that shizz?
I don’t believe that I have ever listened to a queen album all the way through. I loved this. There is a part of me that feels like if the Beatles had continued and been more odd that this is an album they could have made.
3.5 - Prophet's Song and Bohemian Rhapsody are immense. Extraordinary composition, arrangement and production. john deacon is a groove machine with You're my Best Friend and Love of My life is one of the best ballads ever. Still, a few songs don't really do it for me: Sweet Lady, Seaside Rendezvous, Good Company, In Love with my Car, 39 . They're ok but I wouldn't come back to them.
Erghhhh, was like a 47 minute version of bohemian rhapsody. I couldn’t wait for this to finish. Two good songs and a bunch of weird crap.
Queen has been so overplayed by this point in my life, it's hard to really get into this. I cannot listen to bohemian rhapsody any more. Maybe I wasn't in the right headspace. I wish I could listen to it for the first time on a record player in the mid 70s. But I was one years old at the time. I understand the history and importance of this.
Hét album van Queen. "Death on Two Legs" is een stevige opener, meteen al die oh zo bekende Queen sound. Qua productie, mix en geluid waanzinnig goed. Roy Thomas Baker heeft daar zijn sporen nagelaten. "Lazy on a Sunday Afternoon" laat je meteen weten waarom het album a night at the opera heet. Dit wordt een pastiche van muziekstijlen. Loopt vloeiend over in het nummer gezongen door Roger Taylor "I'm in love with my car". De gitaarklanken van Brian May geven dit standaard rocknummer nét dat beetje extra . En dan de Wurlitzer klanken op "You're my best friend", pure reclame voor dit instrument. "'39", gezongen door May, een van de mindere tracks op het album maar met een bijzondere tekst over tijddilatie. Toch mooi dat May gepromoveerd is in astrofysica. Lekkere rocker "Sweet Lady" volgt erop. "Seaside rendevouz" is dan weer zo'n maf nummer dat er tussen zit. Niet mijn ding, wel muzikaal enorm knap. "The prophet's song", met ruim 8 minuten een zwaar nummer dat een stuk lichter wordt gemaakt door de harmonieën van Mercury. De vocale delayeffecten halverwege het nummer zijn dikke voorlopers van de resultaten die muzikanten nu krijgen wanneer ze een looppedaal gebruiken. Een naadloze overgang naar het bekende "Love of my life". Pracht ballad uit de koker van Mercury. "Good company", weer een May liedje, die zich lekker uitleeft op ukelele en gitaar. "Bohemian Rhapsody" daar valt weinig over te zeggen. Het album sluit af met een interpretatie van "God Save The Queen" zoals dat alleen door Queen gedaan kan worden: Episch. Herspeelbaarheid: 3 van de 5 sterren
Varmaan Queenin ensimmäinen studiolevy jota kuuntelen. Aika vähän megahittejä löytyy, ja meno on muutenkin melkoisen poukkoilevaa. Jossain vaiheessa ensimmäistä kuuntelua jopa unohdin mikä bändi on kyseessä ja piti hieman mietiskellä että mitäs levyä listalta olinkaan kuuntelemassa. Yllättävän kylmäksi jätti vaikka odotukset oli korkealla. Levyn kohokohtana oli kenties etäisesti tuttu Seaside Rendezvous.
Some killer tracks on this album and others more pretentious and meh. Probably a low 3.5
Just not as good as I hoped
A few really good songs, but for the most part, uninteresting. Most of the songs sounded good but made me feel nothing.
Good album but goes into why Queen has many albums but very few hits.
Queenia monipuolisimmillaan, mut kokonaisuuteen nähden liikaa ”oopperaa”.
Eigenlijk 2,5, maar 3 is teveel dus toch maar 2
made my day at work more irritating
Ok
I guess I am not that big of a Queen fan after all, at least this particular offering. And first record I ever paid money for was a Queen 45 with We Will Rock You/Champions LOL. There are several objectively poor songs on this album (God Save the Queen and I'm in Love with My Car stand out as two cringy tunes, the latter with it's innuendos) and the Prophet's Song is grating especially between minutes 4 and 6 that go on and on with nothing to add. It veers too much towards campy musical theater with barbershop and vaudeville, and annoying tin whistle techniques throughout i.e. Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, Good Company and Seaside Rendezvous are at best sappy showtunes good for zesty tap dancing. Not rock, not prog rock and hard rock. You're My Best Friend is good. '39 is ok. BR is classic for sure. Would I want this in my record collection? Heck no. A couple of classics on an otherwise limp album.
A Fart at the Toilet
not my vibe
Not for me. Bohemian rasody good though
Not the best Queen album.
Bohemian rhapsody is magic
its shit. i dont enjoy the noise. what the hell is that? nothings caught my attention yet. ugh
just get the Greatest Of CD
Not very good apart from BR.
Tonight on Queen's "A Night at the Opera": Freddie makes it impossible for anybody to think he's straight with songs like "Seaside Rendezvous"... Brian sings a sad song about astronauts... John continues to be the underdog of the group... And Roger wants to do unspeakable things to his car...
I enjoyed this, my personal dwarf with the tray of cocaine on his head, not so much.
I really do not like Bohemian Rhapsody. It's the most holds up spork arena rock song ever made. I'd give it a 3/5 though. That being said, most of the rest of this album was just kinda worse than that and some (looking at you, Good Company and Seaside Rendezvous) were awful.
Bohemian Rhapsody is obviously a classic, and I think I enjoyed '39 if I am remembering correctly (could be +- one song). Overall though not really my cup of tea, very all over the place and just not very satisfying to listen to.
I had never seen this cover before! Fun! Album is not my thing but Bohemian Rhapsody is canon