A Night At The Opera

"David, kill the Queen." I'm not really a fan of them in general but can't argue with Freddie's showmanship.

Not my particular favorite. Although a lot of the songs had a softer sound that traditional queen. The album starts off more mellow before going into Queen "funk" and I like that aspect.

More like a night in Vaudeville. A few songs save this album from being terrible. 39 for one.

Something is off on this album. Desperation to put out an album when they didn't have what it takes and filled in with tracks that should have remained empty.

rock music for a musical

It’s just so twee.

Very operatic indeed. Not my cup of tea but I have to appreciate the craft here.

Not my jam

Nunca había escuchado un álbum de estudio de Queen, asumí que solos sus compilaciones de Greatest Hits valdrían la pena. Tenía razón

It was okay

Respect em but have a hard time getting into they broader repertoire.

the hits carry this album, the filler is not great at all and honestly very disappointing considering what I expect from Queen most of the time.

Ausser Bohemian Rhapsody maximal nervig

Bohemian Rhapsody is worth the price of admission alone, and I also like You’re My Best Friend, but outside those two carrying the album there are not a lot of memorable tracks here. I was taken aback by how boring I found most of the tracks.

Queen is so overrated it’s embarrassing. Everyone gets so wowed by the vocal talent that Freddie Mercury was that they overlook the fact that the band was really just a mediocre singles band. I can’t in good conscience listen to this album in full and say that it is anything more than a combination of Mercury’s talent/charisma and some quirky production techniques. Even the songs I’ve heard before are mediocre. Bohemian Rhapsody is the most obnoxiously bloated rock song of all time. I mean, what the f-ck is this song about, defiance? It’s a bunch of gibberish that idiots like to sing along to at the bar. It’s the 70s equivalent to Don’t Stop Believin’. Bearable songs include Death on Two Legs and You’re My Best Friend.

Such immense talent from Queen. I just wish I enjoyed the music a bit more

1. death on tuuo legz - 1 2. lazing on a zunday afternoon - 1 3. im in love uuith my car - 0 4. youre my bezt friend - 1.5 5. 39 - 1 6. zuueet lady - 1 7. zeazide rendezvouz - 1 8. the prophetz zong - 1.5 9. love of my life - 2 10. good company - 1 11. bohemian rhapzody - 5 12. god zave the queen - 0

Except for Bohemian Rhapsody this record blows.

Would have been a 1 but my baby liked one song so it’s a 2

"Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead" Yeah, it's the bohemian rhapsody album. I was never the biggest Queen fan, and anytime people felt compelled to sing along to that aforementioned song, I would roll my eyes internally. That being said, I was still pretty excited for this album, and hoped it would punish my cynicism with great rock n roll. T1 - "Death on two legs" begun to reward that wish with a great single that uses Mercury's range to compliment a moody guitar/bass melody (playlist). Beyond this track, the album became increasingly tedious to listen to, and reminded me of the reasons that I don't listen to Queen. Through T8 - "Prophet's song" and T10 - "Good company," I was almost forcing myself to continue listening to the album, and then ~the song~ played. enough said. I wouldn't listen again, but I understand it's inclusion on the list. Maybe this is me being petty, but... 2/5

I’m trying not to let the fact that this is the second queen album in almost as many days affect my thoughts on it. I realize now that most of my queen exposure has been on the radio, which means it’s the same dozen or so songs over and over again. Venturing out into some of the deeper cuts has been interesting as it shows much more of the wide not the band was casting as it searched for its own sound. The multi layered vocal tracks and doubled guitars that are so memorable in Bohemian Rhapsody were clearly developed over several years to reach that point. As with Queen II, I can’t help but feel that the band was as heavily influenced by the Beatles as any of their contemporaries. Some of the bouncing, boisterous songs are more reminiscent Mr. Kite and Eleanor Rigby than say D’yer Mak’er.

Just not a fan of rock opera

Pretty decent glam rockers with some oddities. The harmonies are pretty cool. Weird that Freddy doesn't sing every song, like the goofy song about loving your car. It's pretty alright, nothing I'd listen to all the time. Two stars, one for Bohemian Rhapsody and another for You're My Best Friend

Not my favourite from their catalog

As queen goes I didn’t really rate it, they’ve done so much better

39 👍 The Prophet’s Song 👎

Ugh

Too gaudy? I liked the hits and the slower folky songs were the best. Also loses a star for god save the queen. Probably wouldn't listen to the whole album again, but would be good for kids as a first album to get into. Maybe. Ah well.

The best song is Bohemian Rhapsody, the rest are only ok

Not for me

It was very grand

Weird, and then 2 billion streams

The more Queen albums I listen to, the more I realize all you need is the greatest hits. Bohemian Rhapsody overshadows the rest of the album. I just spent the whole album waiting for it to get good.

Bizarre album. I don’t think I like a single song on it but it’s overall good? I think the production is really excellent, maybe that’s it

I hate Queen. I think it’s largely because queen is EVERY “OuR gENErTiOns MuSIc sUX” quirky person’s favorite band. Hard for me to separate that from the actual music, especially with Bohemian Rhapsody on the album, which might actually be my least favorite song of all time for the reasons above. Album is cohesive, varied, Freddie mercury has a great voice but I still hate Queen

Who doesn't like a good Queen album... ? I swear I was going to answer 'Me!' to this question a few months ago when I first listened to this album. Brian May, Freddie Mercury, what's there not to like...? Well, the track '39 for starters... Seaside Rendezvous, Love of My Life and Good Company also not my favorites... but Bohemian Rhapsody brings this home. Also, I really enjoyed Sweet Lady. Yeah, a majority of this album sounds like a Victorian circus. It's a little campy and straight-laced, right up to the chin. Even Bohemian Rhapsody is hammy. This evidenced by the famous '76 AMC Pacer scene in Waynes World. It's fun, I've heard it a million time and doesn't get old (Thanks Wayne and Garth) but it carries a lot of baggage with it. That is the balance of this album weighs down the goodness and it's just not for me.

Queen's dead mate

Queen sucks

not for me.

Not a big queen fan, found it a bit of a slog. Love of My Life is always good, but I've heard better versions, I found the album version a bit overproduced.

I don't mind the odd Queen song but a whole album of Freddy showing off was too much

Meh

Too dramatic, not for me.

2.5

🙄

Not my style. Bohemian Rhapsody is obviously very good, but the rest of the album was disappointing.

Not really my thing. Probably blasphemous to say but Mercury’s vocals are obnoxious. Way too over the top. I get that’s his deal but it’s not for me. The guitars on this are cool though.

Feels harsh giving it a 2 as there's a lot of great musicianship there, but I really dislike most of the songs apart from about 3 of them

Starts well but descends into abject nonsense really quickly.

I am not a Queen fan! I generally pretentious and overwrought. I had Queen II earlier and it did nothing to dispell my pre conceptions. Now this is their best known album and I do confess to a certain fi ding a certain charm to Behemian Rhapsody, probably more to do with its ubiquitous presence in modern popular culture. I guess it wore me down. I'm also anxious to hear I'm in Love With My Car after Mine Myers performance in the movie. It's a nice song. I also didn't realize that You're My Best Friend is also on this album...I like its straight ahead pop song aesthetic, but these guys can't help themselves even on a "pop" song ad the drums and bass are overwrought instead of being simple and in service of a beautiful melody. The next song '39 has a charming folk feel but again is done in by an over produced and somewhat weak chorus. Still I like the song. For the rest of the album it goes from songs that are over produced an over wrought to parody songs (Seaside Rendezvous). Overall it's a better album than Queen II but still filled with Queen's portentious theatricality (The Prophet's Son, Love of my Life.... Yech!) 2.5 stars

I knew this was going to come up eventually, perhaps my most controversial musical opinion: I do not like Queen. I'll sing along at karaoke, sure, but actually just listening to them brings me little to no joy. Despite being unfamiliar with most of the tracks on this album none of them came even close to changing my mind. Just not for me.

Meh, it's all bit all over the place and then, you know, Bohemian Rhapsody

TBH, expected better from Queen

I have the same problem with this as I did with 10cc. It’s all over the place. In addition to rag-time piano, we get skiffle music (I was sure Spotify switched to another album for ’39), Dixieland, kazoos etc…not to mention a one-minute rendition of God Save the Queen – all this mixed with commercial rock and hyper-overdubbed vocals, which would make the songs near impossible to perform live. Speaking of which, Bohemian Rhapsody of course is a classic and worth an extra point. And the piano playing is good too.

Je moet dit waarschijnlijk in zijn tijd zien, maar voor mij zit er weinig in wat ik kan waarderen. Goede muziek en geweldige zanger natuurlijk. Dat dan weer wel.

Vloeken in de kerk voor veel mensen, maar ik heb er het briljante nooit van ingezien. En de hele verheerlijking en hype die er omheen gecreeerd is werkt bij mij juist averechts. En zullen we afspreken dat voor zolang de mensheid bestaat, we Bohemian Rhapsody gewoon NOOIT meer draaien?

quello che mi viene da dire è: perchè? mi sembra tutto forzatamente eccessivo ma senza che se ne sentisse il bisogno. Anche gli arrangiamenti che sono sicuramente complessi ma perchè? quale funzione svolgono? a supporto di cosa? Non sono un amante dell'opera e forse non sono il target per questa versione patinata di essa però aspettavo con ansia la fine del disco. A the prophet song dopo 8 minuti di vocalizzi volevo morire.

Couple good songs but my god Freddie Mercury is gay

Queen was never a favorite of mine and I just couldnt find myself getting into it

first impression: off the cuff, sounds like goofy amusement park & clown music.

I didn't love all of the songs but it was totally worth it just to hear Bohemian Rhapsody again!

Mix of tawdry pop songs and novelty songs

Yeah I have it two!

The production is really really good, the instrumentation is amazing but that's about all there is to it for me. The album is built around moments and building up to these moments rather than melodies and I can understand why this would be a 5/5 album to someone who appreciates that aesthetic.

Was expecting a lot more from this

disappointing

Sounds like a musical

I feel like I'll never really get Queen because I heard their music a million times at sporting events, in Waynes World etc. before I ever really cared about it, so it's all become this pop cultural cliche. That movie a couple years ago didnt help. I guess this is okay?

encore une fois un choix de disque décevant pour un tel groupe

Not a queen fan

Too bad because the beginning of the album is really good.

Fun, but not my thing

Tracks to go back to: ‘39

This is terrible. Two singles that stick out like sore thumbs, the rest is trash.

Dve piesne, čo nemajú chybu a zvyšok je balast. Majú lepšie albumy ako tento.

Probably better than their previous effort and it was interesting to hear Bohemian Rhapsody in the context of an album (it didn’t add much)… and I was probably going to give it a middling mark but then that god awful rendition of the god awful British national anthem occurred and it irked me. It had no musical merit, it had no technical merit, it has questionable cultural associations, and I think it only served as a way of the overgrown poodle trying put himself on the same level as Hendrix.

I fucking hate Queen. Obviously familiar with the singles (which I dislike) but by god the rest of the album is shit - how someone can listen to ‘I’m in love with my car’ and ‘seaside rendezvous’ and tell me that this is the pinnacle of music can absolutely do one. The tone of May’s guitar has always grated on me, and the doubling/harmonies of the vocals, whilst something of a hallmark, sounds horrible. What an awful, awful closing track too. A grand finale to a steaming turd of an LP.

wacky

There are people I love who get a lot of pleasure from listening to Queen, so I am grateful for that, but personally I don't even like most of the singles. As for the filler on this... the car song, the seaside song and the prophet song do at least provide a wide variety of different kinds of trash. Remarkably, the ukelele song isn't even the worst. I didn't mind Brian May's '39' but I can't quite push beyond a 'didn't mind'. Then there is the Behemoth Rhapsody. I don't always hate it. There are parts of it I quite like, and then it always ends up with the scaramouche fandango stuff and I am back to hating it again. The album ends with 'God Save the Queen', of all things, but nothing can.

I’m really sad I didn’t enjoy my time with this, I always thought I’d enjoy Queen. But the songs that are “good” I just truly never need to hear again. It also lessened my appreciation for Bohemian Rhapsody as this lighting in a bottle track, they were trying so hard in every track to make a Bohemian Rhapsody. Idk man, bummed me out.

havent even started it but i'm not a fan of queen so yikes fuck bohemian rhapsody is on this help really thought my least favorite would be bo rhap but seaside rendezvous is a strong competitor oh wow the prophet's song is also upsetting my brain. im just thinking of those singing bubbles from shark boy and lava girl shoutout to my phone for glitching 10 seconds into bo rhap and skipping it<3 most tolerable song: god save the queen

Not huge on Queen Albums - only way to listen is the Greatest Hits

Absoluut afgrijselijk

Eindelijk kunnen we afrekenen met dit album van Queen. Veel te over de top, Freddie kan misschien goed zingen maar als het 'choir-zingen' wordt ingezet haak ik meteen af. Bohemian Rhapsody is het meest overrated nummer aller tijden en wat mij betreft kan het weggevaagd worden uit de muziekgeschiedenis. Ik was benieuwd of er nog iets interessants bij zat, maar dat was niet het geval.

This was marginally better better than Van Halen. Queen struggles to make cohesive songs and struggles even more making cohesive albums.

Did not listen.

shit sucked man im sorry

Thought i didnt like bohemian rhapsody, turns out i just dont like queen

Strongly dislike this

I feel like liking Queen is an anachronistic fragment left around from days when people didn't know better, like smoking and casual racism.

you guys are complete liars

Stylistically it was interesting (not really in a good way though), a couple songs had a show tunes feel . I think there were only two stand out tracks: You're my best friend, and bohemian Rhapsody. These songs are fantastic, but nothing else worth listening to.

I have no patience for this bullshit but i do like the song where roger taylor is in love with his car and the best friend song is so nice

Outside of Bohemian Rhapsody this album is incredibly stinky

I feel a little bit of a hypocrite for being annoyed at the swings this album takes - usually I love big swings. Unfortunately this is one of the most annoying albums I've ever heard - nearly every song starts off promising and then becomes irredeemable trite. There is one song that isn't annoying, and sorry, it isn't Bohemian Rhapsody. Best Track: You're My Best Friend Worst Track: The Prophet's Song

Lieve heer wat hebben we U misdaan? Oké, ik heb me voorgenomen altijd naar het positieve te zoeken in een album. Het vale zonnetje, hoe donker de hemel ook is. Queen verbaast me altijd wel met hun veelzijdigheid, van hard- naar pure glam rock, van barok pop naar progressive rock. Ze lijken moeiteloos te switchen, terwijl ze de verschillende smaken kruiden met een variatie aan culturele invloeden. Het enige probleem is wel dat de ene stijl nog walgelijker uit de verf komt dan de ander. De meeste genres die ze coveren voelen aan als een parodie. En wat de weg ook is die ze inslaan, er zit altijd zo'n moddervet musical filter overheen. Zum kotzen. Eigenlijk één song op dit album ontsnapt aan dat zenuwachtige geneuzel, en laat zien dat de groep wel degelijk verrassend uit de hoek kan komen. Dat is '39', een America-esque folk-rock song. Laat dat dan ook direct één van de weinige momenten zijn dat Freddie Mercury niet de microfoon in z'n klauwen heeft. Toeval bestaat niet. Het is geen nummer dat je omverblaast, maar toch best chill. Een ander pluspunt is dat de muziek tijdloos lijkt, en behoorlijk goed 'ge-aged' is: Ik vind het nog steeds net zo kut als toen ik de band voor het eerst leerde kennen. De reeks vanaf het ronduit miserabele 'Seaside Rendezvous' tot en met het einde is mogelijk de fase waarin ik me het minst vermaakt heb met een plaat uit de hoge hoed van de album generator. Ik snap dat er over smaak niet te twisten valt, maar waarom klikt deze band met zóveel mensen? Highlights: '39 4/10

Bof. Nice use of the stereo effects. 1 good song. Rest seems pretentious. 2 stars

God I hate Queen. Everything is either campy as hell or the dullest schlock rock. The a cappella middle of Prophet's Song grates on the ears like a screeching child. Their cheesy lyrics seem to have been written by a non-native English speaker. After listening to this, I had to play two Bob Dylan albums in a row to fully wipe away the blather and remember what adult music sounds like. Obviously Bohemian Rhapsody is excellent but the rest sucks. No more Queen. Please.

I know it says opera in the title so they're intentionally going for this massive sound and songwriting excess, but it just ends up overblown and pompous. Freddie Mercury's vocals are spectacular - what a range and capable of so much stylistic variation. Brian May's guitar sound rules - all squealing barely contained chaos and an amazing combo of technique + melody with creative use of recording tricks for double harmonies. The electric piano(?) sound on Best Friend is funky and fuzzy and the bass is dynamic and lively in a Beatlesy way. '39 is an Irishish folksy jaunt, there are some prog-style tracks, some kind of Elton John piano pop rock. So, lots of interesting elements - but all together its a tedious chore. The songwriting is so maximalist, like just adding more parts, more key changes, more tempo shifts, more tonal breaks is the way to make a song better. The epitome of this, Bohemian Rhapsody, is the most overrated song in the canon - but they also include Love of My Life, a B-grade knock-off of themselves! With a harp fade out followed by a ukelele intro on the next track - stop it. The 70s would be so much better if all these rock dudes had never learned about the existence of opera.

TRASH

Not for me

BOOOO 🍅🍅🍅

Melko yhdentekevää, mutta pakottaa keskittymään omilla jipoillaan. Vähän niin kuin leffassa mukana oleva ärsyttävä kaveri, joka tökkii jatkuvasti kylkeen, kun tapahtuu jotain "hassua".

I really tried with this one. I did. I just could not give less of a fuck about this band

I hate this. Did Paul McCartney arrange this album? You're my Best Friend is a classic, hard not to like it. '39 wasn't bad! Sweet Lady wasn't the worst Queen song, excellent drums! Is this album turning around? Nope! Seaside Rendezvous may be the worst song on this album. If I never hear another Queen song, I'd be a happy man.

This kind of music is not for me. I only knew 1 song “Bohemian Rhapsody”.

blev homofob av att lyssna på detta album han förtjänade att dö i aids

if bohemian rhapsody didn't happen to be on this album it would not be on this list. My suspicions have been confirmed, once you've listened to Sparks you can never go back to early Queen because the Mael brothers did everything they did only better, smarter and funnier. Mercury's voice is absolutely incredible though, and Rhapsody one of the best songs of all time, but the rest of this album really sucks to me.

Some big hits that I liked -such as You're my best friend. Some weird songs too. Such a strange band.