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Bohemian Rhapsody. That is all. Well, actually, it’s not, but by God, what a song. I could listen to it all day. It’s raucous, it’s operatic, it’s ridiculous, and it has endured and prospered over many years - more than 50 now!!! May its legacy live on for many more years. Oh, and the rest of the album is pretty great, too.
half of this was good but i found some of it to be kind of boring….
el álbum en su conjunto: 2. pero hay joyitas, no puedo ponerle menos
First full length Queen album I've ever listened to. Was never a big fan growing up... but their singles have grown on me as I've gotten older. This album is great, though. While I simultaneously can't believe I've slept on Queen for so long, I don't know that I would've appreciated them before.
Such a great album. Probably Queen's best album and has one of the greatest rock songs of all time. The album goes together and just seen like every some for in the album.
Is it fair to say this could be a prog album? Or at least Queen's proggiest album? The sheer scale and ambition of the arrangements are just mind-blowing, blending operatic vocals, heavy rock riffs, and theatrical storytelling into a masterpiece. "You're My Best Friend" is such a beautiful love song. Just imagine writing a song like that for your wife and then getting a powerhouse vocalist like Freddie Mercury to sing it to the world. Then you have "'39", which reminds me of some of Paul McCartney's Scottish folk style songs during his Wings era, giving the record a really cool, rustic acoustic texture. The transition from "The Prophet's Song" right into "Love of My Life" is completely flawless. Brian May's work on the harp on "Love of My Life" was absolutely incredible, proving he is just as much of a genius on acoustic strings as he is with an electric guitar. And of course, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the ultimate singalong classic. Adding to that, the way the album balances these massive, over-the-top sonic experiments with genuinely intimate, stripped-back moments is pure genius. They throw everything at the wall...vaudeville jazz, heavy metal, symphonic pop, etc. and somehow make it all feel like one cohesive, legendary theatrical experience. It is a stunning showcase of a band operating at the absolute peak of their creative powers, where even the bizarre deep cuts feel like essential puzzle pieces. Favorite song: "You're My Best Friend"
Amazing album
Мой 4 альбом на этом сайте. Я большой фанат квин по этому был рад увидеть что мне выпал из альбом. Bohemian Rhapsody моя любимая песня по этому я получил большое удовольствие слушая её
Ok, The Prophet's Song drove me a little batty, but otherwise this is a solid album. You're My Best Friend is a favorite, and Bohemian Rhapsody is of course legendary.
This is terrible. Two singles that stick out like sore thumbs, the rest is trash.
Nothing really matters to meeee I have feeling most of the songs were a bit boring. Maybe they’re just wasn’t matching my taste or I didn’t have the right mood for listening to that album When you listen to the whole album in one row, all the songs are mixing together and start sound the same I would say 7.6/10 I’ve really heard better
Death on two legs : 9/10 Lazing on a Sunday afternoon : 8/10 I’m in love with my car : 9/10 You’re my best friend : 7/10 ‘39 : 6/10 Sweet lady : 9/10 Seaside rendezvous: 7/10 The prophet’s song : 6.5/10 Love of my life : 8/10 Good company : 8/10 Bohemian rhapsody : 10/10 God save the queen : 10/10
Maybe I don't love every single song on here- but I love the creativity.
A must listen album. Objectively a bonkers album mixing a wide variety of styles. The title sets you up to expect the dramatic. Death on Two Legs is a fave and mixes operatic vibes with some rockin guitars. Not a seamless album, but a landmark for sure
Dve piesne, čo nemajú chybu a zvyšok je balast. Majú lepšie albumy ako tento.
2 great songs, with a lot of silliness interspersed
An iconic album with a unique sound and approach blending rock with opera shouldn’t work but it does, I remember the scene of them pitching it to the label in bohemian rhapsody. Brilliant album, 39 is one of my favourite songs by them
Some great stuff here, but not consistently so. Like most albums there are some rough spots. The song '39 was frankly, strange and Sweet Lady isn't that great, but Love of My Life and Bohemian Rhapsody are so wonderful as to make up for a couple of the shaky ones.
best one yet
not as great as the hits, i like '39 4/5
5 / 10
This album for me is mostly carried by 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and a few of the other tracks. This is also very obvious when you look at the number of plays for each track where in my dataset most of the tracks on the album average ~10m plays and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' has ~3 billion. Queen has better albums in my opinion, but it's interesting to see how it all really started taking shape on this one Standouts You're My Best Friend Bohemian Rhapsody 4/5
The best queen record there is. And also one of the best rock records.
Interesting that the first three songs on the album didn't chart and the biggest is the second last. Followed by a rendition of God save the Queen. To me it rates very highly for musicianship and tunes. Lots of different directions. Three stand out tracks for me including my favourite Queen hit. 4 or 5 stars for me. Going 5 for the afore hinted at '39.
Listening to this album in one sitting confirmed a couple things for me... -Queen are a singles band. They have a few fantastically great songs, and a lot of...other songs. -Freddie Mercury is, by far, the best thing about this band. The rest of the guys are virtuosic musicians, but also unbelievably dorky and tasteless. -I resent that Queen achieved super-canonic status over the past 15 years or so (when/why did it become normal to refer to "The Beatles and Queen"?). They're definitely a great rock band, but I feel like they've been elevated by chauvinists who believe the best music is the most complex music.
bello, coerente
Best Queen Album Bohemian Rhapsody, Death On Two Legs and You’re My Best Friend are all Queen classics. Rhapsody is arguably the greatest song ever written. But what also impressed me Roger Taylor, John Deacon and Brian May’s songs on here. I’m in Love with my car and ‘39 are also amazing. But You’re My Best Friend might be my favourite on the album. The theatrically packed intro Seaside Rendezvous and Good Company work perfectly too. This album can do no wrong. Not a skip on the record and I will be back forever
My elementary school music teacher made me analyse Bohemian Rhapsody 4 times. Incredibly, there is nothing of worth on this album except for Bohemian Rhapsody, and I hate Bohemian Rhapsody. Pleasant enough to evade a 1 though
Masterpiece
The demographic for Queen is people who were alive to hear them on the radio and band kids who haven’t discovered hip hop yet.
one of my favorite queen records, not only because bohemian rhapsody is on there, but the artistry is so fulfilling and timeless that i struggle myself to catch up with it, even if i'm well aware it has an intention behind it.
Reminded me of Katie, so I texted her, and she happens to have this record on her wall! Bohemian Rhapsody is obviously one of the greatest songs of all time. I enjoyed reading more about the lyrics and structure. Seaside Rendezvous was a vibe, had me bopping at my desk.
I’m in love with my car good actually?
Opera is fucking right! This album is melodramatic, grandiose and sporadic. I think I used this term to describe Bowie's "Station to Station", but there's a certain whirling dervish nature to this record; it sort of spins and spins and spins so far off the stage, diving into the pit, and gnawing at the seats of the auditorium. This album has every right to be on this list, and the influence that has trickled down into modern music is undeniable. 4/5
Definitely worthy of this list, even if it is only for Bohemian Rhapsody. But, there are so many other great songs on this record as well.
Openen met een fuck you track naar de vorige manager waar zelfs Kendrik Lamar van zou blozen om vervolgens uit te pakken met een van de beste, meest gevarieerde, experimentele en tegelijkertijd gemakkelijk luisterbare albums ooit. Faut le faire. Er zijn niet genoeg superlatieven in de wereld om te beschrijven hoe goed deze plaat is. En stiekem past dat wel perfect bij de band.
bangelijk
er worden zoveel nieuwe dingen geprobeerd op dit album, en niet ieder nummer ben ik even grote fan van, maar zelfs de laagtepunten blijven zoals iets dat niemand anders ooit heeft gedaan. En dan heb ik nog niets gezegd over de hoogtepunten, toch minstens 75% van de nummers zijn geweldig, en Bohemian Rhapsody alleen verdient de eerste 4 sterren. Op dat punt is het ondenkbaar om dit album minder dan het meeste te geven
A Night at the Opera is a decent album that went down in history for its great production and a few timeless songs that make most of the tracks this album comprises feel like comparative filler. Freddy Mercury’s voice sounds amazing throughout, which is to be expected, and the vocal layering that this album is so influential for makes many of the otherwise just-alright songs on this much more enjoyable because of the crisp, theatrical production. You're My Best Friend, Seaside Rendezvous, and Good Company are good examples of this—decently fun songs elevated greatly by that delightful production. Unfortunately, the songwriting on many of these songs is fairly lackluster, which is disappointing considering that this album may as well be called “The One Bohemian Rhapsody is From.” Fellow prog-rockish song The Prophet’s Song joins that star penultimate track in embodying the innovative genre-blending this album is known so well for, and softer tracks Love of My Life and even ‘39 feel like perhaps the only tracks on here with it that deserve their place on an album with the legendary Bohemian Rhapsody, a fantastic song that shines as the highlight of this album and probably of Queen’s career. Being preceded by some of the better, more ambitious songs on this album helps makes it a special moment when its vocal intro ushers in this famous many-would-say-masterpiece that epitomizes and transcends everything that this album is known for. It alone made this album difficult to rate and shifted its score up fairly significantly for me. It would’ve made a far more potent ending to this album than the odd choice of God Save the Queen. There's a lot of good stuff on here, and it sounds great throughout, but a lot of the songs are just not that substantial next to the classics this album is remembered for. The inconsistency makes this album a difficult one to rate, but… it’s a low 3 stars overall. Rating: ~5.5/10 ____ Album 6 / 1001+
I do appreciate Queen very much from an objective perspective, they're truly one of the greatest musical groups of all time. But in come my subjective ears. Unfortunately, they don't really care for Queen outside the radio hits that have been drilled into our psyches for so long that it's impossible not to bop along to them out of familiarity. Of course, the famous Rhapsody, Love Of My Life, You're My Best Friend - these are amongst the best of all time - but I just don't get the feels for the car song, the prophet's song, or any other of the non-radio hits. And it's crazy because I can tell they're all fantastic songs - they just don't pull at my heart.
Now I know that this is a pretty good album
This is definitely a classic record.
some generational music on here - love of my life is a personal favourite for me and has been for many years. but groundbreaking work is flanked with songs i’d never choose to come back to and that’s why it can’t be a 5.
Not sure it's for me. Great album and some of the most iconic songs, I mean Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the best songs ever. It felt a bit disjointed at the beginning but I also don't know if that's because I know a lot of songs out of the context of the album so they popped out in quite a stark way.
Bohemian Rhapsody is by far the best track on this album. Just a bit overblown.
Carried by Bohemian Rhapsody, but that's not a bad thing
Growing up I always just heard the Best Of albums. It's nice to listen to an original album all the way through without the cherry picked "best" songs but the entire mix the way the band wanted it. Classic album.
Ymmärrän kyllä, miksi levy on listalla, vaikka Queen ei omiin suosikkeihin ole koskaan kuulunut.
Aikast hieno levy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Loistava albumi, paljon erilaista kamaa kyllä. Välillä jopa vähän outoa menoa.
Bohemian Rhapsody.
it was fine, i did not like the first song on the list but maybe if i listen to it more i’ll like it then. 39’ was so nice
Like many, I had always thought Queen was a singles band. I never knew Queen could make an awesome and unique album. Never, until today.
유명한 노래가 꽤 있던 건 맞지만 내 스타일은 아니었다. It's true that there were quite a few famous songs, but they weren't my style.
I don't like Queen. I thought that biopic was absolute tosh! And it's one of those bands that are overplayed. Way too overplayed. However, I've never actually listened to an album. Just heard the Greatest Hits (and didn't they release a second one?). So, here goes: You've got Bohemian Rhapsody on there, which I have mixed feelings about. But, it's important enough to warrant a place on the list. My Best Friend is alright, I suppose. But otherwise, it's an album packed full of average 70s tropes. Let's begin with the guitar. I like Brian May, I do. But it's still awful. And that God Save the Queen at the end was not necessary. The vocals. You know, that sound... Works well on BR, but gets repetative, a little self indulgent. The songwriting. I had to have a second listen to I'm in Love with my Car to really cringe at how bad it was (and yep, I couldn't handle it). Otherwise, it's a collection of melancholic piano songs (similar to part of BR), and parodies of music (a bit like when Paul McCartney does it, and I'm never a fan of that) in which they are trying to set a mood. I guess it works, I think I've just gone in with an attitude I can't really shake. 3 Stars and that's really only because of one song.
This album is like being a member of your school's musical production and having celebratory drinks because you've just finished your last performance. Normally you don't hang out with anyone in this group, in fact you are usually pretty introverted. But after all the practice, dress rehearsals and performances, the whole group has come together. You're having drinks in the music room, still dressed in your costumes from the show. Everyone is laughing, and having a great time. Joking around about the time Bevan forgot his character's name so missed his line completely, discussing how offputting it was when one of the lights started strobing, and coming up with back stories for the characters which make absolutely no sense. Some of the girls in the production are popular and attractive. Any other day of the week, you would be too shy to make eye contact with them, but here you feel like you're just as popular as them. You jump up and grab Nicola's hand and lead her to a makeshift dancefloor, to re-enact your dance from act two. Everyone is clapping and cheering as you two own the dancefloor. Part of you gets excited at the prospect of this being how your relationship starts, but deep down you know that's probably not going to happen. Oh well, you'll enjoy this moment while it lasts.
Mostly great, with a few misses in there.
4.5
*A Night at The Opera* I know my hot take of Queen is I firmly believe *News of the World* and *Jazz* not not because of the hit songs but in spite of big hits. I'll put "Mustapha", "All Dead, All Dead", "Jealousy", "Spread Your Wings", "Deramer's Ball", "It's Late", "Dead on Time", and "My Melancholy Blues" toe to toe with most of the album tracks from their first five albums. That being said this is my third favorite Queen album. In no small part from the two monster hits "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Your My Best Friend" As well as May's "'39" and Mercury's "Love of My Life". And Freddy's 3 McCartney-esque granny songs are a real fun treat. But the highlight of the album is the miraculous a capella round section of "The Prophet Song" which if you listen to this on a cherry stereo system right in the middle sweet spot, the vocals just absolutely surrounds you. (unfortunately the rest of the song is kinda meh) There's a few tracks most notably "I'm In Love With My Car", "Sweet Lady", and to a lesser extent "Death on Two Legs" that really are not really great examples of Queen at this juncture. (9.6) ★★★★½
Too theatrical, too twee, too overblown. 3.5 stars
I've never been too high on this album. It's good, but I don't really get it's classic status. "Bohemian Rhadsody" and "You're My Best Friend" are great, and you get a couple more solid deep cuts in "'39" and "Sweet Lady", but the rest? I'm not convinced. You get some of Freddie's excursions into granny rock and some mid rockers like "The Prophet's Song" and "I'm In Love With My Car". 3.5 stars.
3.5
Greatest Hits and Greatest Hits II are greatest Queen but this is still also essential. The sound of four genius lads emphatically entering the top of the their musical game. A magical masterpiece all round. Bohemian Rhapsody is a number one single on multiple occasions, general massive bulging epic evergreen cultural phenomenon and everything else ain’t that far behind. ‘I’m Your Best Friend?’ Gee. Thanks, Queen? ‘You’re In Love With Your Car?’ Well, whatever floats your boat… I mean car. ‘Death On Two Legs?’ Aren’t you fierce. Get all that jaunty seaside shizzle on here. Get that George Formby banjolele shizzle on here. Get all of it on here, it’s all utterly fantastic.
J'ai vraiment, mais alors vraiment du mal avec tous ces groupes, et plus particulièrement ceux des années 70, que la bien-pensance nous oblige à leur vouer un culte aveugle. Queen en fait partie, et excepté une poignée de singles qui font le job, aussi loin que je me souvienne, je n'ai jamais mais absolument jamais accroché à leur délire. C'est trop de tout et trop de rien à la fois, et à force de piocher à droite et à gauche, de vouloir faire du cabaret, de l'opéra, du hard rock et de la pop de salon, le groupe s'est lui-même dilué. Ce A Night At The Opera est au final un gros ballon de baudruche qui fait beaucoup de bruit pour pas grand chose. Dès l'ouverture avec "Death on Two Legs", on a compris le délire : c'est théâtral, c'est vindicatif, c'est surchargé de piano et de choeurs qui en font des caisses. Freddie Mercury en fait des tonnes, comme s'il jouait sa vie sur chaque syllabe. On passe d'un morceau de music-hall ringard comme "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" à de la pop gentillette et boursouflée avec "You're My Best Friend". Le cas "Bohemian Rhapsody" est presque fascinant dans sa bêtise grandiloquente. Six minutes d'un patchwork informe où l'opéra de pacotille vient télescoper un riff hard rock lourd et pataud. C'est l'archétype du morceau boursouflé par l'ego de son auteur, une suite de sections qui s'emboîtent mal, un délire de studio qui a vieilli comme un mauvais flan. Les interventions de guitare de Brian May, censées apporter de la fluidité, ne font qu'ajouter une couche de vernis pompière sur un édifice déjà chancelant. C'est du grand spectacle pour stades, du divertissement de masse déguisé en art total. Et que dire du reste ? "The Prophet's Song" s'étire sur plus de huit minutes d'un ennui mortel, avec un canon vocal central qui donne juste envie de couper le courant. Le groupe s'écoute jouer, s'extasie devant ses propres prouesses techniques et oublie l'essentiel : faire de la musique qui touche au coeur, pas seulement aux tympans. Même les morceaux plus courts, comme "Seaside Rendezvous", tournent à la farce de cabaret grotesque. C'est l'antithèse absolue de la pureté brute et de l'économie de moyens qu'on est en droit d'attendre d'un grand album. À force de vouloir plaire à tout le monde, de mélanger le rock progressif, la pop bubblegum et les envolées lyriques, Queen signe un disque qui manque cruellement de ligne directrice. C'est un buffet à volonté où tous les plats se mélangent dans une bouillie indigeste. Ce projet "1001 Albums" m'oblige à me replonger dans ces soi-disant chefs-d'oeuvre, mais là, j'ai vraiment du mal. Un 2 sur 5, soit un tout petit point de plus que Queen II. C'est cher payé pour un disque qui s'écoute parler.
A surprising amount of songs here feel like throat clearing until the show stopper at the 11th hour
Aside from 2-3 all-timers, most of this album is unlistenable.
4 pelos bangers, mas não adoro a primeira metade do album
I found this album, like many of a similar age, via Wayne & Garth. I’m grateful for that introduction. It’s fostered many memories and enlightening conversations. There are a couple of stinkers here, but for the large part, the songs are solid. The production throughout is near perfect.
I liked this okay but it really wore on my by the end. Half a very good album couched in some novelty nonsense.
wow this sounds bad. did it always sound like ass or do the 2011 masters just make it sound exceptionally awful? the production doesn't give any of these songs a chance except for the acoustic one. pretty concrete evidence that talented people can put in so much work and pour their heart and soul into something that's ultimately pretty bad
theater kid music,, wanted to say it’s not for me but then i’m hypocritical bc i love imaginal disk,,, something to think abt. but some are surprisingly unlistenable
I usually don't love music that is this overly theatrical. HOWEVER I'm obsessed with how unapologetically campy and fun this is. There is the the perfect amount of lighter jingly songs sprinkled in that make the power ballads hit so much harder. It borrows from bunch of genres and is kinda all over the place but somehow keeps a consistent sound that is so uniquely Queen. Everything perfectly builds up to Bohemian rhapsody which obviously slaps and is the highlight of the album. I'm so close to giving this a 5 but I'm back in my dickhead critic era :/
It's Queen.
i liked it, i already knew bohemian rhapsody (who doesn't?), an overall, a pretty good and cohesive album
It is Queen. Not as consistently great as A KIND OF MAGIC, THE GAME, or THE WORKS, but it does have "Bohemian Rhapsody" (an all time standard) and one of the best friendship songs of all time in "You're My Best Friend", so it gets at least a 4. My other favorites: "I'm in Love With My Car" and "God Save the Queen" (who doesn't love this rendition of cheeky humor?)
viele delay-effekte (war wohl neu damals). Mit dem Klassiker Bohemian Rhapsody, welches um Längen besser ist als der Rest des Albums.
Interesting but odd. Not sure I ever understood Queen
This was fantastic. It was brazen, outlandish, and flamboyant - exactly what you'd expect and want from Queen. Front to back, just a spectacular spectacle.
We had a plumber out a few times last year. Very nice older gent called Ray, who, as you can imagine, enjoys a bit of a slegging (especially slegging someone like me with no skills), is a bit ornery and gruff, but is really very generous and sweet at heart. The last time he was in, he took some time out to tell me about the first record he ever bought. He was about fifteen. He saved up his money and went into Belfast and picked up the 7 inch of Bohemian Rhapsody. It's hard to believe now that he was considered a little unusual for taking Bohemian Rhapsody to his room and soaking up the grandiosity. But he absolutely loved it. He'd never heard anything like it. And, he assured me, neither had anyone else. I'm pretty sure that I first heard Bohemian Rhapsody in Wayne's World, which I saw in Cineworld with Peter Maddin on release in 1992. While there was certainly the feeling of it being an oldie being dusted off, it still felt remarkable - its distinct acts working perfectly with the choreography of the car scene. I have a faint memory of watching the Freddie Mercury concert with my mother, which was also in 1992, so it is possible that my first introduction to Bohemian Rhapsody was actually as part of a medley performed early in the concert by Extreme. If so, I've forgotten that part. Regardless of which instance was the first, I'm in agreement with Ray. It is a remarkable piece of work: beautifully arranged and cleverly produced, its disparate parts pieced together seamlessly, it builds and pays-off every few minutes without enjambment. Earning its name, it does exactly what opera can do at its best: reaching emotional heights without being serious, maudlin, or melodramatic. It isn't humourous exactly, but it is not to be taken seriously. It is certainly not meant as emotional realism. This is Mercury's perfect mode, where wide scope makes up for lack of depth and the ache of a story will do for an arc of a story. Arch and ache - those are two things that Mercury knows how to do and, on Bohemian Rhapsody, he does both exquisitely. It is also, I think Brian May's most honest, unfettered instance of rocking out: neither overthought nor unthinking pastiche. What a remarkable song. And, rightly, it is established itself as one of the most significant pop songs of the pop era - celebrated for its camp excess, broad appeal, and staying power. It somehow survives, indeed is possibly enhanced, by the very many contexts in which a person may encounter it. Released as a single three weeks earlier, I am quietly confident that nobody was ever introduced to Bohemian Rhapsody as track eleven on A Night at the Opera. And thank goodness. There is nothing more likely to put one off notorious singles band, Queen, than an album by Queen. And the context of A Night at the Opera is positively deleterious to their crowning achievement, Bohemian Rhapsody. The rococo oohs and aahs that sounds so unique on BR, the very quality that sets it apart in every other setting, are all over the place on A Night at the Opera and have long worn out their welcome by the time a listener gets to track eleven (they're on Sheer Heart Attack and Queen II, but the effect is numbing here). The masterful flow of the single is missing from the album itself, which is, like their earlier albums, a jarring hodge-podge of parody, written by four different songwriters who give no impression of being friends, let along kindred artistic spirits. My criticisms of Sheer Heart Attack apply just as well to this record. Mercury's sloppy inexactitude undermines his homages - "sunnydown" on Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon is the worst offender. And the absence of any real humour, despite the posture, remains, perhaps because none of them (three absolute bores and the camp leader who everyone finds amusing because of the force of his will) knows the difference. The last time, I compared them to The Beatles on this front. However, this time Seaside Rendezvous pales in comparison to the similar Postcard by the Bonzo Dog Band: empty camp imitation versus surrealist bricolage and satire. While Queen never set out to be comedy band, there is no doubt that the writer believes that the choice of a few fruity anachronisms and neologisms will charm the listener. But charm is superficial. This is why Bohemian Rhapsody is such an unmitigated success. It capitalises on all Mercury's strengths, while avoid the pitfalls of his weaknesses. The faux operatic mode allows a sort of emotional resonance without him having to open up or be sincere. He can't avoid being arch on the similar March of the Black Queen, but plays with this mode successfully later in his career - not necessarily operatic pastiche, but the overwrought pastiche of emotion of We are the Champions or I Want to Break Free, say, that will allow the subtext to bob almost entirely on the surface during The Show Must Go On. Of course, I haven't mentioned any songs by his bandmates here. It is significant, I suppose, that plumber Ray didn't have a moving story about the single's b-side, I'm In Love With My Car. Your My Best Friend is sweetly mundane. None of Brian May's songs are particularly good. 2 Well I love Bohemian Rhapsody. It was one of the very first pieces of rock music that I ever loved. It is on the radio most days and has become easy to ignore, but when I do sit down and give it my attention it remains fascinating. There are those who criticise it as a ‘bad song’ for its seeming structural arbitrariness and lyrical clumsiness. There may be a kernel of truth in the criticism, but the conclusion is entirely wrong. It’s an exceptional record and all the greater a work of pop music for its uniqueness. Most of the rest of this album is bad. Partly this is down to the tyranny of the big, big hit. Can anyone go in not hamstrung by anticipation of Bohemian Rhapsody as the album’s destination? Not experiencing the titillations of studio trickery and musical eccentricity elsewhere as mere rehearsals for the finale? In any case, the only other decent song is ‘You’re My Best Friend’ - a neat, subdued and conventional pop song that sticks out like a sore thumb amid Freddie’s exhausting mugging and Brian May’s grey earnestness. A Night at the Opera is such a trying listen that Bohemian Rhapsody is nearly at its least enjoyable at the far end. I would not seek to dismiss Queen’s other albums in saying this (they have better albums) but the best way to encounter Bohemian Rhapsody is as the opener of Queen Greatest Hits 1. 2/5
Outstanding. The complex and engaging instrumental arrangements paired with thoughtful and playful lyrics and Queen's iconic vocal harmonies make for one of the all-time greatest albums ever made.
MARAVILHOSO!!
Obviously, you have to have Bohemian Rhapsody on here. It's one of the greatest masterpieces of musical history. That being said, the rest of the album is distinctly mid, especially by Queen standards. '39 was a revelation, but otherwise it was all bland noise.
Far and away Queen's best album. That's mostly because it is their most cohesive statement and contains the most interesting deep cuts. I love the short Music Hall vignettes that pop-up occasionally and how they contrast with the ambitious operatic moments. There's also a very psychedelic folk tune ("'39"), a gorgeous ballad ("Love of My Life"), and chill song about friendship ("You're My Best Friend"), and a strange song about... a car ("I'm in Love With My Car"). The follow-up, A Day at the Races, aimed to reach the same heights as this, but apart from a couple of moments it does not succeed, thus cementing Queen's reputation as a singles band. There are however other Queen albums I do enjoy as a whole, like the hit parade of The Game, or the grand emotionality of Innuendo. And yes, it may sound trite and cliché to say, but "Bohemian Rhapsody" really is one of the best rock songs of all time. Key tracks: Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...) Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon You're My Best Friend '39 Love of My Life Bohemian Rhapsody
Det var da en festligt omgang ind i mellem. også ret sært. men sært er godt hvis man vil skille sig ud fra mændgen.
Et sjovt album der stikker i alle retninger. Kvaliteten svinger også helt vildt. Fra en virkelig lortet country-sang til bangeren over alle bangers Bohemian Rhapsody. Den og Best Friend trækker lige albummet op på en middel karakter.
Początek dobry,
Im going to get booed, but i just think Queen are a singles band. Yes their production and breadth of instrumentation are impressive and yes Freddie is one of the best front men ever and yes Boh Rap is incredible. But this isnt an album with any consistency, its all over the place in terms of genre and songwriting quality and i found it a difficult listen
Some classic Queen songs on that good album, including the outstanding magnus opum Bohemian Rhapsody.
I can imagine anyone who bought this on the basis of hearing Bohemian Rahpsody being perplexed by the George Formby/ Noel Coward style ditties that are peppered around. It sounds like a comedy album at times. As always Brian Mays guitar tone is great and the singles are strong but not much else to see here. 2.4
I like this album. It's got some massive hits on it that were rightly huge. And I even like songs that come across a bit tongue and cheek. There are a couple songs to skip but it comes across adventurous and fun
That is killer Queen taking you out to A Night At The Opera! Over the top, very theatrical, great imagery as they evolved their image. They were already big, but this album vaulted them to stardom. Lots of different musical styles, two smash hits that still get play on classic rock stations, and the balance of the songs are good (if ya like Queen.) Always wondered about Best Friend because the rumors at the time were that all four members were gay. Makes a sweet twofer with 39. Harmonies and piano behind Freddy’s vocals still amaze. Yeah, it’s been overplayed for 50 years, but we did love it back in the day. The album is a fun 45 minute roller coaster. (4.56*s) Any way the wind blows…
A Night at the Opera is a half good. A bit weak overall and lands on the list primarily for "Bohemian Rhapsody." And of course it does. The rest of the songs could have been complete trash and the album would still make it... the song is that important and a must listen by all humans before death. "Your My Best Friend" also carries weight but is totally dwarfed by BR and you almost forget it's even on there. Queen took some notes from Beatles albums and added light hearted tunes like "Good Comapny" and "Lazin' on a Sunday Afternoon" which I quite enjoyed. The boys have better ones but it's still Queen and rocks...2.95 stars.
Queen does it again on the 1001. Despite this album being all over the place (in a good way) every song felt fully realized. I don't feel like they stitched a couple B-sides in to pad the album. You can tell they were dedicated to each and every note whether it was a prog-rock jam, a somewhat hammed up vocal pop song or an operatic masterpiece like Bohemian Rhapsody. There is little to no filler (maybe I'm In Love With My Car) as Queen continued to establish themselves as a unique top of the charts act. Freddy will always be the star of the vocal show, but the rest of the band has always been amazing with supporting harmonies that hugely layer the lyrics and instrument tracks. It was also cool to get some lead vocals from May and Taylor that I never would have expected. The backing tracks on guitar, piano, and whatever else they throw at it always adds to the whole affair. Regardless of how you feel about each individual piece it hard to deny that everything Queen was doing on this one was interesting. The album is diverse and fun from front to back. Always been a fan of Queen's greatest hits but these guys continue to surprise me with their albums. Glad they got three entries on here and I wouldn't be upset if they got another. 3.28 stars
A classic.
Outstanding. One of the greatest
minus 1 for prophet's song/love of my life, where it drags, even if prophet has some cool stuff going on and is still in my head
Despite some other cantankerous reviewers, I actually liked I'm In Love w/ My Car. I mean its about a car -- its gotta be a little cheesy. Just imagine Spinal Tap playing the song and it works. Otherwise, for you young-in's out there, listen to this top to bottom no interruptions because it is like a night at the opera. The rock opera.
What a delightful fruity romp, 5* for the sheer insanity of lazing on a Sunday afternoon into i'm in love with my car. Also keeps the name of Beelzebub in the lexicon!
Funny, I know there are problems with this album. I. Don’t. Care. Sometimes an album has a greater meaning than the sum of its parts. For me, this album is one. People lambast the “Car Song.” I actually dig it. I find I love the whole thing. I’m ONE OF THOSE. Perish the thought, I know. I think that Queen is Killer, not just Freddie Mercury. 5 Boolean: YES BABY
70s pop rock. Established them. Rock opera. Contains THAT song.
5/5
yea whatever, I mean they have their electric guitar sound, but I find myself skipping songs I already know. Will probs be 2 or 3. Like bohemiam rhapsody deserve a higher rating but at the same time it already gets that from everyone. I just feel like all their composition feels jagged to me.
Queen, operatic rock. Bit glammy, mixed with a pub knees-up. Plus the multi-layered vocal harmonies. What's up with 39? Doesn't even sound like Freddie? The Prophet's Song is cool, almost epic metal-y. And then there's a crazy acapella Freddie harmony section. It's really impressive but does break the flow of the song a bit. Best track - Death on Two Legs, Seaside Rendezvous, The Prophet's Song 4 stars - it doesn't blow me away but I'm sure that's just because Queen's style is so so famous that it's hard to appreciate the utter skill and vision it took to make this.
Rating: 4.9/5 Short Review: Ridiculously ambitious and somehow it works. Hard rock, vaudeville, opera, ballads, metal, music hall… Queen throws everything into the pot and comes out with a masterpiece. Confident without being self-serious.
This album demanded my attention from the time I pressed start, and kept it. Exceptional in all forms.
поставить этому альбому меньше тройки, это как зайти в сикстинскую капеллу и начать что-то на неё пиздеть
The Prophet’s Song was surprisingly really good. Never heard it before very rad. Obviously loads of the other ones are also very rad. But surprising off a lot of the ones I had never heard.
Pretty darn good.
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.
Mozart wishes he could’ve came up with this. This shit rocks
Another good Queen album. Probably their masterpiece.
Not my first listen but this cements my feelings that Queen work better as a singles band than an album one for my tastes. When they hit, they hit hard. When they miss, I find them really grating. There’s a reason more than half of these tracks never get active radio play anymore. Would rate it 3.5 if I could.
10 - EXCELLENT
Freddie Mercury's voice and Brian May's lead are worth the price of admission on their own! The creative musicianship are a bonus.
masterpiece, top perfection e todas essas coisas
Love the sound and the energy. Of the new to me songs, enjoyed Seaside the most.
My first five star in a bit. This album is stellar. Epic is a used and abused term these days, but it fits Queen and this album in particular, both in concept and execution. So good, so very influential! '39 all by itself set the blue print for modern Indie folk and you can hear it stamped all over everything from 2010 to present (for better or worse). I also see big influences on bands like Fucking Champs and Ween. I mean, that list go run a long time.
This is the album that made me listen to music.
I’m not a huge Queen fan so wasn’t sure what to expect here. In the end it’s a pretty good listen, but not one that’s persuaded me to do a deep dive into their back catalogue. The songs everyone will know are You’re My Best Friend and Bohemian Rhapsody (I can’t fully decide if it’s overrated or not, but still a highlight). The early songs are probably the best of the rest, with the quality lessening a bit as it goes on- I can’t say I’d join anything The Prophet’s Song tried to convert me to. A good listen, but didn’t blow me away.
The name 'A Night At The Opera' is certainly fitting. It has all the drama and bombast of an opera, but reminds me the most of a variety show. There's something here for everyone, from prog rock epics, to more straightforward pop, to quirky music hall-inspired ditties. Standouts are the terrific opener 'Death on Two Legs', '39', 'You're My Best Friend', 'Prophet's Song' and the perhaps overplayed but not overrated 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' I genuinely enjoyed all of the songs, however. As someone who isn't a big listener of Queen, I wasn't expecting to give this a 5, but the strength of the album just about warrants it.
Queen’s real strength was their singles, but this is probably their best and most consistent album. The stylistic variety is fantastic; we have great rockers (the best being ‘Death on Two Legs’), multi-part epics (‘The Prophet’s Song’ as well as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, of course), music hall ditties (‘Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon’, ‘Seaside Rendezvous’), and brilliant pop love songs (‘You’re My Best Friend’, ‘Love of My Life’), among others. People often slate ‘I’m in Love with My Car’, but I think it’s unfairly maligned! For me, ‘Sweet Lady’ is probably the most skippable track here. Just about worth 5 stars.
Yay!!! Thank you!!! Album generator you have saved me from despair! This is a 5. I love Queen. I have secretly loved this album even when I thought it was terribly uncool to do so. Now I know I will love this till the day I die. What a joy. Boolean: Yes, enough said
Forever a 5 - there’s nothing that can ever change my mind.
O álbum foi muito bom maravilhoso eu gostei bastante do álbum e estava muito Claro estava muito divertido.
I had never listened to this album before, but obviously the iconic Bohemian Rhapsody was not mystery to me, it was interesting to hear it in its original context
The greatest song of all time, 2 great tunes, and a lot of mid
I got respect for Queen just off of a lot of their hits, but this album in particular just aint fully hooking me. Yeah its got 2 of their biggest hits but I just can't lock in with half the songs here regardless if they have a solo here or a cool idea there. I've listened to a couple albums of their in the past (Sheer Heart Attack, News of the World) that I remember enjoying a lot more overall. 6.5, maybe a 7/10.
Kind of meanders a bit between genres and it's not all inspired. I'm In Love With My Car is definitely a song with lyrics. Favourite track: Bohemian Rhapsody of course
7.5/10 I like how much it sounds like a mix of musical theater with rock music, but the quality of the songs is a bit inconsistent.
First album selected is a re-listen, but one I haven’t heard in two decades, so I was due another look. Never a personal favorite band, but at their peak, they were undeniably capable of delivering transcendental moments of operatic hard rock excess, which this album achieves often. Standout moment: the unexpected gentle pastoral folk of ‘39. Not a mode I associate with Queen, but it comes at the right point in the album as a breather between the more bombastic tracks.
Always a surprise on a Queen album. Maybe it’s my musical theater background, but even the weirder tracks I just find delightful. Then the next song often ends up being a rock classic with a huge sound. Admittedly, there’s more whimsy than rock on this one. I’m not disappointed. You’re My Best Friend Bohemian Rhapsody
genuinely delicious album
Controversial: Queen have some of the best singles of all time but absolutely no good albums. Disclaimer: I love Queen, but I think they are the one band where it's acceptable to say your favourite album is their Greatest Hits.
I needed two listens of this to really start to appreciate it. '39 was really good and I'd never heard it before
Not quite 5 stars for me, but the hits are so big on this one that they are worth 4 almost on their own. That said there are some other great moments - the opener actually shreds, and '39 was a great songs that I'd maybe heard but never really listened to before (the choral aaaaahs? time dilation?!). The jaunty little British cabaret numbers are so fun (Lazing, Seaside Rendezvous, and Good Company). Not much more to say about Bohemian Rhapsody honestly but there really isn't anything like it in the rock canon that I know of, and it has its place there for a reason. The Prophet's Song I'm positive I'd never heard before (somehow) and is pretty great with the stacked acapella harmony section. Overall a really fun listen.
Probably the only Queen album I like??? Not sure but I think its a fine enough listen and made very well considering its a concept album/rock opera. Also has the most popular rock song of all time on it, so.
Bohemian Rhapsody still gives me the chills. When a song does that, it makes an impression. I’ve noted before that I’m not much of a Queen fan, but this is a good album. Would I listen again? Probably not. 4 for the shivers.
Very bad
i love queen
A mostly fine album, but the band begins to feel too theatrical in the worst way on the second half. This also has the only song I've skipped so far listening to all of these albums, with "Bohemian Rhapsody" being maybe the worst song that I've ever heard in my entire life. I've always found Queen to be one of the most overrated bands of all time, and this album cemented that opinion for me.
RATING: 9.5/10 HIGHLIGHT: You’re My Best Friend LOWLIGHT: God Save the Queen
When you need her most, bohemian rhapsody will come to you.
How am I meant to rate the album that is home to Bohemian Rhapsody, this feels like a trap. The thing is, Bohemian Rhapsody, Love of My Life, and You’re My Best Friend are just SO good and I feel like I gotta reward that even if the rest of the album was much of a muchness. I think this is a begrudging 5.
so the important background context is that I hate bohemian rhapsody. A lot of this I think is due to the fact that the “glebe crew” (a bunch of people in my grade at school) would always reach a point in the night when they were having parties where they would do a singalong of this, wonderwall and nosebleed section, which was normally a sign for me to leave, and that has stayed with me. There’s about 30 seconds towards the end of the song that I quite like, and I always forget about that, but can’t stand the rest. As for the rest of the album, I appreciate that there’s a lot of variety and a few songs I enjoyed. Favourite was I’m In Love With My Car and unexpectedly ‘39. there are more queen songs I think I like elsewhere in the catalogue
When Queen are good, they’re good. Unfortunately, they’re mainly just naff. The hits are hits for a reason. The rest is skippable.
Really quite impressive and just never has been my thing
Very fun crazy emotional roller coaster
Would listen again.
This is good. But i guess im not all that huge on queen i guess. Freddy's voice is iconic and powerful to the nth degree but im not all that into it. And this is supposedly the best they got right? And dont get me wrong there are absolute classic tracks here. Bohemian rhapsody? Come on, thats one of the most popular songs of all time. And I think its good too. Im just less into the performance aspect of it. The themeing is great, it does feel like a night at the opera. Nails it. But im not sure thats my vibe. Too showy and theatrical for me. Like sweet lady is the most overtly rock track here and it might be my favorite. Maybe i like other more rock centric albums from these guys, I dont know but I know this isnt my favorite. I did like it. I promise. As much as it sounds like I had a bad time no way. I liked it pretty well. Just there are alot of things here that dont go over that well. The guitars and drums all feel kinda burried in the mix. They just lack the punch they deserve. But anyway its a good record that is above average, for me it might bot be that much above that bar.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ett bra album men med lite mycket "tivoli-musik" bitvis. Just "tivoli-biten" har jag lite svårt för. Dock slås jag varje gång jag lyssnar på det här albumet vilket modigt album för Queen det här måste varit när det släptes. För min del består albumet av bra spår med ett antal ploj/trams låtar emellan. Men det gör också albumet kul, intressant och lite udda, men även lite irriterande så det får bli en en 4a. Bäst You're my best friend, 39, The prophet's song, Love of my life, Bohemian Rhapsody
I've never been a Queen 'fan', but I can't think of anything I've heard by them that I didn't like. Even the corporate commerciality blueprint that is "We Will Rock You" has something about it. But I've never listened to a full Queen album before today. Yeah it's true! But this is their absolute best. Quintessentially British. Pop, metal, music hall, seaside postcard rock. And Bohemian Rhapsody is just a rite pf passage for anyone who grew up in the 70s. (And 80s. And 90s).
Hmm the first part of the album is very much like the Beatles. Never realised how much Queen started out inspired by the Beatles. Bohemian Rhapsody sounds otherwordly in comparison 4/5
Obviamente que es un sólido 5/5. Es Queen, se escucha bárbaro, tiene temazos y suena impecable. Literalmente no podes morirte sin escuchar este álbum.
Surprise opening song. I like the concept of Lazing on a Sunday afternoon - looks like they have a great week with many activities - life's good! Love of My Life, Bohemian Rhapsody Hype vibe, but not too hit me.
'I'm in love with my Car' is such dreadful hot garbage that I can't even review the rest of the album. Is there a great track on it towards the end? I can't stand to make it through.
Fantastic!
Exactly the kind of fancy boy dramatic rock music I live for
Muy bueno, es para escuchar como disco, en conjunto, porque se vuelve más coherente, entiendo perfectamente por qué tuvo que ser rompedor para la época, muy experimental.
Cracking nonsense. Possibly not their best overall, but still excellent.
Додаткова зірка чисто за “Рапсодію“.
Yeah BR is a fantastic song but this entire album is great. Like really great. You're My Best Friend, '39, Seaside Rendezvous, and Good Company are incredibly fun to listen to. Even the songs I don't care for are fun and unique. I give this a solid 4.5/5, only reason it's less than a 5 is because I won't be returning to this as an album as much as I do on a per-song basis.
What a great album. Love the tone on Brian May's guitar
'39 is excellent, not to mention favorites like You'Re My Best Friend, I'm In Love With My Car, Prophet's Song, Love of My Life, and of course, Bohemian Rhapsody.
I mean it’s got Bohemian Rhapsody on it, but other than that it’s underwhelming
Rahhhh I love this album so much, I obviously knew it already queen is one of my favourite bands and I own this album as a CD :)
Bra album! Första halvan speciellt var mycket rockigare än jag trodde det skulle vara. Man hör definitivt att det är Queen i alla fall
i own this album on vinyl. it's pretty solid, and bohemian rhapsody's on it, so it's automatically a 3.5. it's not a great album album, but it's pretty good.
Perfection!
songs I enjoyed: you're my best friend '39 bohemian rhapsody
overrated af in my opinion. 4.0
Exactly what it says on the tin. It’s goofy, it’s drama, it’s Freddie putting his whole entire thrussy in it. I really like how the guitar maintains its distinct sound while integrating with the more musically theatrical pieces, but also I think the piano is perhaps a bit underrated when talking about Queen. Especially when it gets classical, it absolutely would not be the same album without it. A delight from start to finish that flies by.
An absolutely perfect album to explore in full. What a great complete work of art. Bohemian Rhapsody might be my favorite song ever. It's so good.
"Best Friend" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" are the obvious stars of this record, but there is a non-single worth mentioning - "39" is a pretty ditty composed and sung by Brian May. The rest are either prog/rock songs or ballads or skiffle/music hall toss-offs. Kind off disappointing really, only buoyed by their original production sound and style.
Even without Bohemian Rhapsody, this is just one of the best rock albums. Every song is a masterpiece. Including the slightly silly ones (give us a kiss)
such a fun and theatrical listen! favourite song you're my best friend.
queen is good
Brian May’s transcendent and underrated guitar… Vocals bigger than the band… Such a unique sound for the time…
There's some forgettable songs on here of course, but it's such a classic album. The harmonies, production quality, and musicianship are top notch.
Rock on, Garth! 5 "the easiest 5" stars I've given. And I am NOT a Queen fan.
There was some recent discourse on Twitter about how some bands (like the Cure or Smiths) are "singles bands" which is a totally ridiculous notion. Mainly because Queen is the real singles band. There's like 3 good songs here surrounded by a bunch of middling to bad ones
For sure it had more of an impact 50-something years ago. It's still a fun album with some classic singles on it.
It's Queen, some GOAT songs, but there's a reason I've never heard some of these before
Classic
I've never listened to a full queen album before, only the greatest hits (1,2,3) compilations I had as a kid. Felt very coherent (which I had imagined would be hard with bohemian rhapsody on there) but definitely a couple of flops that were pretty clowny (but isn't queen anyway). I can excuse it (again because it's queen) but the national anthem at the end was kind of funny.
muuuuy innovador, combina ópera y rock. tiene temones como bohemian rhapsody y love of my life, que ya conocía. temas nuevos a destacar: - ‘39 - seaside rendezvous (muy loco)
One of the best sounding albums of all times with one of the best songs ever composed by a music group ("I'm in love with my car"). The definitive album everyone should listen to at least once in their lifetime.
There are some songs I’m not crazy about, but the highlights are among my favorite Queen songs up to this point in their catalog. The two big hits deserve all the praise they get, in my opinion. “You’re My Best Friend” is an absolutely perfect pop song, and “Bohemian Rhapsody” is nothing short of brilliant. I know that overexposure and hype has probably ruined it for some people, but for me, it’s like “Stairway to Heaven” and “Like a Rolling Stone”: if I take time away from it and go back to it when I’m ready, its excellence is irrefutable. As for new discoveries, I really like the melody and Freddie’s vocal performance on “Sweet Lady”, I think Brian sounds awesome on “‘39”, and “The Prophet’s Song”, particularly the vocal breakdown, is nothing short of legendary. 4/5
Not a queen fan
9/10 - I appreciate this album so much more during the 1001 challenge than when I listened to it before. The album is so varied and incredibly well crafted. I usually find most albums fall short during their slowest songs, but Queen's slow points are so rich that there's still a bunch to be listening too (eg: Love Of My Life). Its weird too - the acapella on The Prophet's Song?? I see why its one of the lesser played songs, but I've never heard anything like it, nor I ever will I can see bumping this up to a 10/10 in the coming weeks as I come back to it Fav Tracks: Bohemian Rhapsody, I'm In Love With My Car, '39, The Prophet's Song Heard before? ---–- ✅ Saved a Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? --–-- ✅ Will Listen Again? -- ✅
wacky
Fun album – there are a few well-known tracks on it too, haha. Three stars...
This album is overflowing with ideas, but somehow it still holds together. 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 is pure pop perfection and also a reminder that John Deacon could write genuinely great songs. ’𝟯𝟵 gives Brian May one of the warmest moments on the record, and 𝗜’𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿 is oddly entertaining in a way only Queen could pull off, especially with Roger Taylor singing it. And then there’s 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗱𝘆, which still sounds completely absurd and completely brilliant at the same time. What makes 𝘈 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢 special is how naturally it moves between styles. Hard rock, piano ballads, music hall theatrics — it all flows together without losing its identity. A lot of that comes down to Freddie Mercury. No matter how dramatic or over-the-top the album gets, he keeps everything believable through sheer charisma and presence. It’s definitely excessive, sometimes almost ridiculously so, but that’s also part of the charm. The album feels like a band realizing they can do almost anything and actually pulling most of it off.
Bangers on bangers!
I wanted to like this album more than I did. I adore a lot of Queen's songs. The hits are amazing and the harmonies are second to none. I guess there's a reason I haven't heard many of the other tracks on this album. But the two hits on this album are so iconic that it really boosts the entire album, but not enough for a 5 star rating.
Très bon album
nada mas que decir, 4/5
god
Do I just not like Queen?
Does anybody know a person who claims Queen is their favorite band? For a band this good you would think they are somebody's favorite band but I have never heard anyone say it. This album is great.
It was a bit of a struggle to get through this. Immediately identifiable as Queen on the tracks with Freddie Mercury doing the vocals (why on earth was he not doing all the singing) and of course Brian May's guitar sound. Piano was well used along with the occasional other instrument ike the banjo. What was surprising was the sense that many tracks were ditties. It seems to give us very impoverished versions of the Bohemian rhapsody approach. Overall, not Queen at their best but you can see how they were evolving. Surprising to find Bohemian rhapsody here really, which of course is an amazing track. It sure stands out.
A while back, we had Queen’s preceding album to this, Sheer Heart Attack. I gave that 4 stars, and I stand by that rating. I’m also giving this 4 stars, but for a different reason. They’re both good albums, and the fact they were released back to back is a creative accomplishment in itself. This album does have some amazing songs, but also some fluff. And, in the case of I’m in Love With My Car, a really bad song too. This album lacks the consistency of Sheer Heart Attack, but the standout tracks, Bohemian Rhapsody and You’re My Best Friend, are so unbelievably fantastic that it merits a rating higher than 3 stars.
1st song, Death On Two Legs, this guitar FUCKS. this chorus, just the "death on two legs," fucks. 2, and then into this song, this album is brilliant 3 making sure I'm In Love With My Car is on the Truck playlist 5 very folk, it sounds like something specific but i can't put finger on it 7 this album has a lot of personality (thats a weird way to say it) is it ragtime? is this ragtime? i LOVE Seaside Rendezvous
kind of weird that all of the songs i liked from this were either written by or sung by someone in queen that wasn’t freddie mercery. i will this album suffers from one song being leagues above the rest in quality (bohemian rhapsody) (this happens a lot)
Favourite: ‘39, sooo close to 5 stars
This is my second Queen listen of the list, and it's also probably their best-known album. I mean, it has "Bohemian Rhapsody" on it. However, it's not just that song; it's actually a very sonically varied album that tries a lot of different things and manages to land most of them. It takes hard rock, opera, folk, and blues and manages to blend them all into an iconic piece of 1970s AOR. Lyrics vary in quality, with "I'm In Love With My Car" being a low point and "Death on Two Legs" being a high point. The album has strong hooks backed up with great musicianship, making it a classic. It rightfully deserves its place as Queen's breakthrough album.
I thought Bohemian Rhapsody would be the oddest thing on here, but this is odd all the way through. Loved it!
Me gusta pero Queen los tiene mejores en mi opinión
their best album i’ve heard so far, you’re my best friend is my favourite queen song
i really like i’m in love with my car, definitely fav song off of first listen and ‘39 is good i’ve never really gotten into queen other than the basics so i like that im expanding solid 7/10
queen is klassiek!! super goed maar niet een van m’n favs dus 4
Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the greatest tracks ever made
The first three Queen albums are pretty damn good, their 4th is the moment I find myself no longer a fan. There are undoubtedly some high moments, but there's also too much ragtime musical filler nonsense. I understand that the innovation and the revolutionary production techniques are what forms this albums reputation, and Bohemian Rhapsody certainly underpins this, but the metal and hard rock edge of earlier releases are largely missing from the rest of the album. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit 🫳 ★★★☆☆ (6/10) Total reviewed : 310 Already owned : 69 Purchased : 15 To buy : 4 Nope : 222
Going into this album with my long-held belief that Queen are nonsense. This album isn't doing much to disavow me of that, though maybe it's more interesting than I had anticipated.
Yes, this album has Bohemian Rhapsody but the rest of the album is a mess. I have a feeling that a lot of their album are all over the place.
Wow, a great listen all the way through, with the vocals, guitar, and theatrics one would expect, plus some surprises.
Wonderful album. How could an album that gave us Bohemian Rhapsody be anything but fantastic?
Oh this was excellent. I loved Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon.
It was great! I love cabaret and dramatic esc music. I felt like i was listening to a barbershop quartet my favorite was the isolated vocals from The Prophets Song. I was levitating
Pompous, pretentious, bombastic, perfection. This is one of those albums that I've loved since I was a kid and it's just never been terrible. The band just interweaves genre and style on all its songs, as though their first few records were just prelude and practice for this moment. To be fair, it was a pivotal moment, and the penultimate song and single launched them to superstardom. But the whole album just feels like an absolute announcement of royalty in a way only Freddie could give.
Queen had been hinting at the direction they would eventually take with A Night at the Opera for their last three LPs, but this was when they truly went full-tilt into being the grandiose, quasi-symphonic rock quartet we now think of them as. "Death on Two Legs" wastes no time in pulling out all of the band's stops; it's immediately apparent just why this was the most expensive album ever made at the time. don't be fooled by the numbers, though; just bask in the glory of their compositions. even the simpler ones, like "You're My Best Friend" or "'39", are full of so many exquisite details: the choirs (both of voices and of Brian May's guitars), the unpredictable metric structures, the occasional hints of orchestral instruments. I even like Queen's diversions into the dancehall stuff that I usually hate whenever it comes up on a British rock record! but, of course, there's no topping the borderline-progressive showmanship of songs like the epic 8-minute "Prophet's Song" or, obviously, "Bohemian Rhapsody", a song I will never tire of no matter how much it gets played on the radio. light 9/10.
Perfect stunning flawless a delight
Fantastiskt album! Bohemian Rhapsody, You're my best friend och Love of my life. Behöver man ens säga mer? Freddies röst är magisk, texterna underbara och musiken likaså. Älskar detta så mycket!
I don't know how many times I listened to this back in the day and it's been decades since I last listened. Death On Two Legs made me think of Alice Cooper right off the bat as did the theatrical nature of other songs. Mercury and May were channeling cutesy Paul McCartney on Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Seaside Rendezvous and Good Company. Queen was much more infatuated with their voices in The Prophets Song than I was. I'm not much of a Queen fan but this was pretty solid and brought me back to my high school days.
The first four songs are a breeze and a masterpiece in production and fluidity.
What an album! Every song a hit and listen worthy. If I want some inspo for pop I can go there.
An amazing experience and such a banger
Non li sopporto
Definitely operatic rock
A wildly inventive night of vaudeville, opera, and American song created by a British rock band. Breaks all expectations and achieves something coherent and sublime.
Absolute masterpiece For the full experience, this should immediately be followed by a day at the races, just to bask in the glory
A band that can do anything - and (mostly) decides to goof around
Considering I was raised on Queen, I very guiltily admit they are not really one of my favourite bands. I went into this with an open mind as it has been years since I'd listened to a Queen album in full but I fear this isn't one of the best ones?? Despite being one of the famous ones. It's camp and fun which you would expect with queen, but it's pretty meandering and there's quite a few duds. Obvs Bohemian Rhapsody isn't one of the duds - not a controversial opinion there.
There's a reason that Queen are best known for their singles. This is a mess! I thought that The Prophet's Song would never end! That said, it's kind of a fun mess. So completely all over the shop that I almost enjoyed seeing what the hell they were gonna come out with next. Weird faux-prog-folk? Spinal Tap-esque prehistoric silliness? A vaudeville picture postcard jaunt? I dunno how you can review a song like You're My Best Friend' that's been so tainted by Magic FM that it's ceased to be music, but against all odds this was sorta fun.
Iconic, remastered version brings great music quality
there are some really high highs on this album. Death on Two Legs is a fucking banger of an opener. '39 is a proto-stomp-clap-hey song with some tact, subtlety, and music hall flourish. crazy that i'd never heard it before now, because it rocks. conversely, i don't really like Bohemian Rhapsody and think that The Prophet's Song is a better introduction to prog rock. i'd even go so far as to say that i like Seaside Rendezvous and Good Company more. deserves to be one of the 1001? yes and you know what. you can cut the other two Queen picks. they don't offer anything on the level of this
Classic
Espectacular. Oyendo todo el disco disfruté más los éxitos. Muy rock teatral
Pfff de puta madre, voy a destacar la ecualizacion y el juego que hacen con los sonidos eñ stereo. Simplemente obra de arte. Voy a poner 4 pero para dejar margen. Es un 5
Espectacular. Uno se olvida a veces lo zarpado de las cosas que hace Queen de tanto que se escuchan siempre las mismas 10 canciones.
Not exactly my thing, but i see why people like it
Well, bohemian rhapsody is one of the greatest songs of all time, but the rest of the album is much weaker compared to it
FINALLY I GOT QUEEN!
Review - not quite the case where it's only the songs I know that are good, but I was surprised how many truly naff songs were on this album. However, I now know that The Prophets Song is the thinking man's Bohemian Rhapsody. Rating - 5/10 Need to hear? YES
It is a masterpiece and no wonder many consider it their best (I'm still a proponent of the more progy Queen II). I don't think there is much to say about the songwriting and performances here that hasn't been said a billion times. This is an incredible album by a band at the height of their power. 5/5
ICONIC!!!!
Excellent. Of course a classic. Might be a 5 if it wasn’t for the fluff.
Great album - if you think of the whole album as a larger version of Bohemian Rhapsody it's even better. Almost a 5 but not quite.
Awesome
aquí tienen disco señores. qué bueno que era queen, por una buena razón se mantienen hasta el día de hoy en la conciencia colectiva. desde el primer tema me abroche el cinturón por que se venía una travesía importante. para no dar tantas vueltas, dejémoslo en que este disco tiene una personalidad, una identidad y un propósito. lo que hace que esto sea más que escuchar musica, sino que hacerte vivenciar un momento, un sentir. una opera. gracias por tanto
I love Queen! Unfortunately, Bohemian Rhapsody carried this album. I love the history of this experimental album, but it didn't quite work for me.
Amazing
I've never actually sat down and listened to a full Queen album front to back. This was pretty much what I expected from Queen. The hits are great and the deep cuts ain't half bad either.
Has a lot of solid tracks as well as the famous Bohemian Rhapsody. 7/10
Listened at Costco. It's Queen so of course it's great, and it's got Bohemian Rhapsody, You're My Best Friend, Love of my Life, but man there are some real stinkers on here too. The production is also weird sometimes. Keeps it from being an all time classic in my opinion.
dont like queen
This is simply a great album! Maybe a couple of duds to keep it from 5 stars. Wish as usual I could do half stars, but in this case I'll round up.
capa ja ta boa,tem um dos melhores finais de todos
3/5
So when this album came up at the beginning, I was convinced it was going to be a 5. It has so many strong points that it was hard to imagine otherwise. * Bohemian Rhapsody * Death on Two Legs * Love of My Life * The Prophet’s Song But even I’m in Love with My Car has its own charm. This album is legendary, innovative, surprising, beautiful, and funny. Still, there have already been albums on this list that I think are better. 9/10
Bohemian Rhapsody is probably the most overrated song of all time. I get it was very innovative and interesting for its time, but people treat it like it's the peak of music and nothing comes close. It's a good song, but best of all time? I don't think so. I think Love Of My Life is the best song on this album.
Despite the obvious hits this album doesn't do it for me!
Queen was the first concert I have ever seen. This album played a big part of my childhood however it has not aged well. Bohemian Rhapsody is an epic song but the rest of the album is all over the place and like a dogs breakfast. “I’m in love with my car” and some of the other songs are super cringe.
SI SI Y SI TODO LO QUE ESTÁ BIEN, AGUANTE QUEEN
Absolute Cinema
me encanta!!
bellino
wasnt planning on listening to this since they are overrated and I dont enjoy listening to the same ten songs on the radio over and over again. now I appreciate them more. I like this album because I prefer them during their early progressive rock era rather than going poppy when they got really popular. I would like to listen to sheer heart attack and news of the world someday though
Very good album. A classic. It contains some songs that get 10 points out of 10 ("Bohemian Rhapsody" or "Death on two legs" come to mind). I also think "You're my best friend" or "I'm in love with my car" are very good. However, I found 3 or 4 songs pretty average ("Lazing on a saturday afternoon", "Seaside rendevouz", "Good company"). For this reason, this ends up getting 4 stars.
Queen might be the best band and biggest band without a five star album. The hits are undeniable, particularly Bohemian Rhapsody, which still wows today. I found a lot of of the songs that I didn’t know to be surprisingly enjoyable, but others were legitimately annoying. 3.5.
al di là dell'ovvio, ossia che io adoro i Queen e per me tutta la loro discografia è un capolavoro, questo album è uno dei miei preferiti. contiene '39, Love of my life e Bohemian Rhapsody. anche solo per Bohemian Rhapsody si meriterebbe cinque stelle.
The album went from downright Fantasia to deep thoughts and feelings like butter, it all felt so right and in tune with freddy
Solid album with some good songs there is a bunch i wont revisit but overall i liked it just not enough to give it a 4 or higher
Everyone hypes up this album I just don’t fw Queen like that tbh.
Theater kid anthems in this. Undeniably some bangers though
Really liked it. I knew a few of the songs, but I never knew how smoothly they all flowed together from song to song.
Classic with some of the most legendary songs ever. Super divers.
Groundbreaking! But leaving the five stars for an album without a so-so song. Some tracks in this one deserve many more than five…
This is definitely a grower of an album. At first I wasn't sure, but I've listened again and yeah it's awesome. Production is so good, composition is packed with so many elements. Musically there is so much texture - light and dark are both on display here. Sure there's a bit of whimsy (mostly from the songs by the other 3 members other than Mercury ) but I think it is a well created and well-balanced album.
Wow, what an absolute banger at the end. I wasn't aware this song was hiding on that album. Altogether, I was confused by the range of songs. While there were some that I really enjoyed, others I found very hard not to skip.
Never was a big Queenfan but this one is just nice to listen to. Especially the Prophet's Song was a real surprise, could have been a song by Rainbow
Was hyped as I saw this coming up because I listened to this a lot when I was a kid. And YES, it lived up to the hype all these years later. It's crazy and over the top, and that is its strength. Great guitar work, sweet vocal harmonies and top tier songwriting with lots of unexpected turns. Every song presents new flavours but it all adds up to a real treat that just makes me feel good. Also, that vocal middle part in Prophet's Song? Just wow. Near perfect 4,5/5
Very cinematic and entertaining - liked it more than the previous Queen album. Not quite a 4*.
Not really my bag, but it was ok
Love it!
Queen is classic. Some good stuff on this album.
For one of the most iconic bands of all time, it’s no question that this album is what launched them into the stratosphere.
5 stars for Bohemian rhapsody alone. What a fun album, especially with the ragtime melodies
Death on Two Legs - 10/10. One HELL of a diss track. Insane keyboards and guitar. Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon - 8/10. Cute and fun little ditty. I'm in Love with My Car - 9/10. Weird lyrics, but insane musicianship. You're My Best Friend - 10/10. Stripped down to the absolute basics. One of the greats. Dr. Brian May kills it on the guitar. '39 - 10/10. Incredible guitar, and lyrics that touch the soul *and* the mind, describing the effects of time dilation. An underrated great. Sweet Lady - 8/10. Lyrics are OK, guitar is insane. Still an outstanding diss track. Seaside Rendezvous - 8/10. Very good, fun, and cute. The Prophet's Song - 10/10. Rich arrangement, excellent and understated guitar, great harmonies, awesome production and mixing, almost a fugue in the middle portion purely done with overdubs of Freddie. Intricate and experimental in the best way. This may be one of the top 25 rock songs of the 1970s, and it's not even the best track on this album. Love of My Life - 10/10. Perfect in its simplicity. Brings me to tears. You forget until you listen to this song just how great a piano player Freddie Mercury was. Good Company - 8/10. Even the throwaway tracks on this album are high quality. Feels like if Queen wrote a Tin Pan Alley tune. Bohemian Rhapsody - 11/10. Insane open harmonies, ethereal opening, awesome piano, operatic lyrics. Every member of the band gets a chance to shine. Dr. May's guitar solos are crazy. This one definitely goes to 11. God Save the Queen - 9/10. A very different take on this traditional song, but very Queen, and excellent. Overall Rating - 4.63/5 (9.25/10). This one album runs through so many different styles. Every member of the band gets to shine, and the whole album is an all-time great.
Wow! This one truly blew me away. I don't even know how to describe what I loved so much about this album. Listening to it just made me so happy
me gusta el sonido de queen pero por mas que tiene bohemian rapsody y love of my life, el resto de canciones son un loco y bajan mucho el puntaje general
Absolutely fantastic artistry from everyone in the band on this album! With a great mix of electrifying, souped up rockers, showtune-esque musical numbers, generous poppy tracks, and the infamous Bohemian Rhapsody, this album’s got it all! I gotta listen to Queen more often!!
Never actually heard a Queen album all the way through, just their best-of compilations, so this'll be interesting. Death on two legs is cool, kind of average hard rock song. Sunday afternoon is a bit of an odd, campy vaudeville little follow up, but cute. Oh okay we're back to hard rock... I'm in love with my car blows, its so lame. You're my best friend is brilliant, a classic. 39 is interesting, it's an interesting story but nothing special. I'm wondering what their rationale was here regarding sequencing this album because we're going from one genre to another wildly. Sweet lady is kind of okay, it's nothing amazing, its like the bare minimum of good. Forgettable. Seaside rendezvous we're back to campy vaudeville, it's fine... okay it's annoying never mind. It's fun at least but wtf is this album it's got multiple personality disorder. The Prophet's song is interesting, we're in prog territory now apparently. It's not bad so far... An now a know an now a know an now a know an now a know and now an know an now a know an now a know an now a know an now a know and now an know an now a know an now a know an now a know an now a know and now an know. La lalalala la lalalala la lalalala la lalalalala. What the fuck is this even? The Prophet's Song wasn't worth its artificially inflated runtime, haha, what an annoying drag. Love of my life next.. this is quite lovely. What a nice song. Very tasteful and sweet. Good company now. Back to vaudeville it appears. It's annoying and goes nowhere. Bohemian Rhapsody. Classic. No notes. Next. And we're ending with the national anthem? That's a.. uh.. choice. Sounds like too triumphant a capstone for such a mid and muddled album. Now I see why I've only heard the singles. Yeah on the whole that kind of sucked. It sacrificed consistency for variety which is a bold strategy when most songs are average or just plain bad. I generally like Queen, I used to be a big fan growing up, but this just isn't it.
An album I owned when young but struggled with and things haven't changed. Sure it has some great songs (BH, you're my best friend) but it has a majority of stinker throwaway romps more akin to pub singalongs. That Rogers car song is probably the 5th best here despite the flak it takes is alarming. A band that suits greatest hit compilations best.
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Amazing album!
Awesome!
Bangers after bangers.
If this ain’t getting 5* what is
Incredible, unfortunately I wasn’t paying attention to song titles so no favs this time
Hard not to give this album 5 stars just for Bohemian Rhapsody.