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I wish I liked Queen
some were kinda boring but i like Bohemian rhapsody 👅
Incredible.
Revisit
Some bangers but a couple really annoying songs too!
The greatest album from one of the greatest bands of all time. Shocker, it's an end-to-end stunner. Not perfect, but damn near close.
This album is nostalgic to me as it was first introduced to me by a friend (who has since passed) about 25 years ago. I had heard a lot of these songs before and was amazed to find out that they all came from this album. The clincher though is The Prophet’s Song. That epic vocal breakdown chorus of Freddy’s is out of this world! What an incredibly heavy piece! This whole album is great from front to back. Unbelievable songs and arrangements, experimental recording and mixing and great performances captured on tape! It’s one of those albums you should listen to at least once a year, which I try to do!
What a range and great to listen to. Very good album.
Some bangers and some okay songs.
Iconic
I feel bad rating this album as low as I am, but man this is just way too maximalist for me. Every other second there's some random studio sound effect or vocal delay or distortion or harp or chimes or 128-track harmony that it's just exhausting to listen to. At times it feels like listening to a kid fuck around in garageband and I'm begging the album to just stay still for 2 seconds. Because I am a person with ears, I've heard Bohemian Rhapsody about a million times, and it's still a great song, but when almost every song on your album is Bohemian Rhapsody levels of elaborate it gets very tiresome very fast. I'd also argue that the reason Bohemian Rhapsody is so good is that there's some level of restraint to the studio effects. Speaking of, my favorite song on this is actually '39 - I really like it when Queen put away the studio equipment and let the song speak for itself. I realize that telling Freddie Mercury to have some restraint is like telling a bird not to fly, and it completely misses the point of his appeal, but this is just really not my bag. I totally get why people would enjoy this and rate it so highly though.
First 2 songs are great starts. Not a fan of I’m in love with my car. You’re my best friend is a classic. Love the harmonies on the album, throughout most of the songs they have background vocals which add a bit of spice to the tracks. ‘39 is Brian May’s song and it’s a nice vibe. Lots of different styles on this album and you can tell they experimented with a few different instruments on this record. Favourite song on the album is love of my life.
Camp, fun, just like an actual opera
Bohemian Rhapsody and a few more bangers, plus some lighthearted silliness, and we nearly have a 5 star album. But I cannot give 5 stars to an album with whatever the hell is going on in The Prophets Song.
Most of the songs are forgettable, but bohemian rhapsody is so good I don’t even know what rating I should give
An absolute classic. If I'm being extremely picky, I could maybe do without a couple of the more jazzy-throwback tracks ("Seaside Rendezvous", "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon"), but those aren't enough to distract from the brilliance throughout the album.
Epic!
Another album that I have known a very long time. Been a while but like meeting old friends everything after all this time is still just just right. It contains one of my favourite non hit Queen songs, a bloody folk rock song about time dilation of all things. Know every minute of the album well and love every minute, that hasn't diminished upon revisiting today 5 Star
It's a pretty good album. Some songs don't sound like typical Queen songs. Vocals are great and some catchy songs. I'll give it a 4
The droning, dramatic opener ruled. After that, huge swings up and down for me, which is in keeping with my general feeling about Queen. When they want to rock, they can really goddamn rock, and I'm here for it. I find myself a little weary of Freddie's campy-vamping at certain points, but it is also undeniably part of their charm. I get why they were so popular, and I'm generally happy to hear their music come on, but don't know that I'll seek it out.
Amazing
MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA OOOOHOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOH album name makes complete sense with how the album feels and it's actually got a lot of good songs. even the songs that aren't crazy good are still sonically interesting and fun to listen to. i like the instrumentation and freddie mercury's voice is all time goated fav songs: bohemian rhapsody (peak), '39, the prophet's song, death on two legs. SCARAMOUCHE SCARAMOUCHE WILL YOU DO THE FANDANGO 4/5
Have never been a huge Queen listener, but this album woke me up a little. Great guitar work and of course Freddie Mercury does his thing all over this one. Favorite Track: I'm In Love With My Car/The Prophet's Song Least Favorite Track: '39 (Hoot and Holler type music)/Seaside Rendezvous
This album has some mammoth hits so I was interested in the rest of the album. The hits are bangers and rightly so (Bohemian Rhapsody and You're my best friend). The other tracks are OK, nothing in particular stood out but Queens sound is unique.
Hm, it's fine. There's nothing that massively jumps out to me. It's got Bohemian Rhapsody which is a cool song and all but nothing that I'm overly obsessed with. 2/5 stars.
A classic record with a couple mid songs. The album is sleek, operatic, and at times a bit silly. The guitar work is sleek and unmistakably Queen. The Prophet's Song is super underrated.
Queen's best album, no doubt. I will say the more straight forward rock tracks are generally the weak points on this album (I'm In Love With My Car, Sweet Lady, Love of My Life). But then you got the epics like Bohemian Rhapsody and The Phophet's Spmg which are fantastic. Along with those, you got the silly cuts like Seaside Rendezvous and Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon. Special shout to Death on Two Legs though. At one point my favorite Queen song, and one that just goes hard.
One of those cases where the finished product is greater than the sum of its parts. Would I ever listen to Sweet Lady as a standalone track? I would not. I'm In Love With My Car is objectively bad. But once I'm in the album I'm so swept up that the whole thing becomes five stars +++. One of my all time favourites
What can I say. It's A Night At The Opera. Faves: Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, '39, The Prophet's Song, Bohemian Rhapsody
Quintessential Rock. Super fun record. The Prophet's Song is an ethereal experience. Extremely cohesive. 5.1 outta 5
Really fun listen
has to be a 5. I forget how eclectic it is, I love listening/ watching things where you can tell how much fun they were having making it. A classic
i likey
Great album, even if there are a few lulls
I really wanted to love this album but I enjoyed a solid 3 songs.
Would buy.
An easy one!
2 for ‘You’re My Best Friend’ and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
1 punkt abzug für den nervigen Prophet Song
Loved! I love Bohemian Rhapsody and Love of My Life. I really like You’re my Best Friend. I enjoyed the whole album.
Goated album with the most goated song of all time. 5/5
An amazing spread of different styles. But who wants that? But Boh Rap is the best song ever, so a five it is!
Its queen and not even their best album but it has one of the best tunes of all time included.
5/10 mais bon SCARAMOUCH quand même.
I mean Bohemian rhapsody…
Definitely a classic. A lot of songs I’ve heard before but the whole album is well thought out and interesting to listen to.
Well, a classic. I'm glad i sat down and gave it a listen, now I can put it away and hop on something else. Not my stuff but I can't give any less than 3. The impact they had is too big to ignore, and one can't deny the quality of the songs and the fantastic instrumentals in this album.
Phenomenal. Wonderful.
sooo fucking good. 4.5 only because i dont care that much for '39 personally.
Beautiful album!
Imagine hearing this for the first time in 1975. Must have been mind-blowing. All building up to Bohemian Rhapsody. I've never actually listened to a Queen album (other than a greatest hits compilation). This was a revelation.
A mix of hard rock and music hall that ends up as over-the-top as that implies. When it works, you get one of the best rock songs ever in "Bohemian Rhapsody." Musically, only the part-doom metal, part-a capella "The Prophet's Song" comes close to matching the creativity there. But another key is that it has a good mix of serious and silly. Too many songs here lean too far in one of those directions and end up sounding like novelty tracks or sappy ballads. The guitar work is good, but often these goofy solos pop up and ruin the flow of the song. "I'm in Love With My Car" is much-maligned but really isn't any sillier than the other songs here, it's just more straightforward. It's hard for me to hate this because Mercury is an incredible vocalist and the playing is impressive. But I do wish there was more of the quality of "Bohemian Rhapsody," which is obviously easier said than done.
Instant classic when it was released, and still is.
This doesn’t gel for me. It’s a bunch of mildly unhinged songs written by some eccentrics (and Roger Taylor) but it’s all over the place). The hits are great though. I’ll stick with the Greatest Hits package
Great band, great singers. Songs that will last forever.
A solid effort. Obviously this has that one song, and the album as a whole sometimes feels like that one song and a collection of some others, but it's more than that. I'm saying it is good, but not my favorite of theirs. 3.5/5
Yup, a song at a time it's a tour de force masterpiece, and I will never get tired of Bohemian Rhapsody and I love Brian Mayes' guitar as another voice. So why a 3? The albums hits are great and you hear them all the time. I get very tired of the soaring choral arrangements on song after song sounding more like an exquisite novelty album than something I want to listen to end to end. Humbug.
Great album, Queen pretty much can't miss. This album is also so much more than just the one with Bohemian Rhapsody! "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon" has such a fun piano intro and the classical influence throughout the song is iconic Queen. "I'm In Love With My Car" made me laugh out loud, especially thinking about many people I know in this city (no offense, but cars aren't all that great). It's also just so anthemic, I'm sure it would feel great to cruise along a highway and blast this song. There truly isn't a single song on this album that doesn't have it's own special reason for being top-tier. "'39" caught me by surprise with its folky, scrubby acoustic guitar and jug-band bass line — and I can't forget about the whimsically sad lyrics based in Brian May's understanding of the theory of general relativity. Song picks for this album are just all of them. Listen to all of them. Also crazy that, at least on YouTube Music, Bohemian Rhapsody currently has 2.7 Billion plays...
Happy “A Night At The Opera” Day for all those who celebrate. I’ve been a fan of Queen for many years and some number of years ago I decided to listen to their discography all the way through to discover what other music they had beyond the tried and true well known bangers. This album is high up there on that list and any list of any music for me to be honest (maybe the top). Bohemian Rhapsody is clearly iconic but I also like Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon and Seaside Rendezvous. The story behind the release of this album is great and I also love that their follow up album was called A Day At The Races.
This is a super fun album! It's cool to listen to Bohemian Rhapsody within its original context - I have heard the song too much in my life to fully enjoy it anymore, but it is objectively great and I appreciate it more amongst the rest of the album. I'm aware that You're My Best Friend and Love of My Life are the other two big hits from this album, but my most-enjoyed songs were actually Death on Two Legs, The Prophets Song, and '39. Freddie Mercury's vocals are excellent, and it was nice to hear Brian May on a couple of tunes too. I appreciate that the songs on the album are quite varied, with several different styles represented. I like inclusion of sillier songs like Lazing On A Sunday, Seaside Rendezvouz, and God Save The Queen. The theatrical quality of this album represents the title of 'A Night At The Opera' well. Worst song is I'm In Love With My Car lol. All in all, this is an 8.5/10 for me.
Coming out of retirement for this one, Queen is my all-time favourite band! Every being on the planet is born with the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody already in their heads (biology is crazy) but this album has so much more to offer! Seaside Rendezvous and Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon are such under rated songs and 39' has a real interesting story to it if you like physics. However, as much as I do love The Prophet's Song, I never understood why Queen fans rave so strongly about this one. Overall, this is a masterpiece of an album. Freddie often steals the spotlight but Brian May's guitar playing on this album is incredible! His style, tone, and harmonies really boost Queen's orchestral sound. All of Queen's musicians do an amazing job complimenting each other and give the songs exactly what it needs. Idk what Roger Taylor is doing to that poor car though... 9.5/10
Kerri has been waiting for this day to come. Hopefully she doesn’t loose interest in this group afterwards. This album is in top 100 of listens before you die imo for a good reason. We own this record because Kerri hunted it down in marketplace. So I picked it up from some random dudes porch and left cash inside. I probably hear it weekly at home at least and I don’t think it will get old that way.
Such a banger album. There is so much more I could say about this album. But front to back this is simply fantastic
Wow, guess I've been sleeping on Queen for all these years, this album was pretty incredible from front to back, with a few luls, but the luls were still nothing to scoff at. Quite the vessel for Bohemian Rhapsody, which I dont even think was my favorite song on the album, but is undeniably one of the most classic songs in existence if you ask me.The prophet song filled the favorite spot for me, as well as Death on Two Legs. Loved the harmonies and melodies on those two. Just a really creative, outgoing, fun album, a handcrafted work of art if you will. A collection of songs definitely worth listening to before you die. 9/10
Such an amazing work of art, bringing the drama of the opera to a rock concept album.
Algún que otro hit, el resto son canciones buenas pero no trascendentales.
almost perfect
Yeah, still good -
Eh.. Forventet litt mer.
Ganske bra egentlig. Den bohemian rhapsody låten var jo litt kul. 3/5
fuck yeah
Some parts of this were great, other parts not so much "You call me sweet like I'm some kind of cheese" ???? Why was The Prophet's Song so long. Found it quite grating unfortunately. I have absolutely no idea how to rate this. Obviously this album was deeply impactful culturally, but I wonder how much of that was down to a few standouts - would this album still be on this list if 8 of the 12 songs were changed? A cynic would say probably Songs added to playlist: - You're My Best Friend - Seaside Rendezvous - Love Of My Life - Good Company - Bohemian Rhapsody
I really like the theatricality of this album. I think I might like Sheer Heart Attack more, though I can see this album being a 5/5 on the right day. 4.4/5
Here we go. Queen I can get behind. This album had a lot of good songs and they work standalone and also within the album. I was surprised hearing the little motifs show up a few times. 4/5
A LITTLE BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, GENTLEMEN???
Another "not the album I would've chosen by this band" selections
Was not expecting the folk song at the end? I’m kinda in the camp that Queen is a greatest hits band over an album band, but this was good.
I love Queen. I say that as a person who has experienced them through a few “greatest hits” albums. This album, “A Night at the Opera” is my first exposure to a complete album from them. From beginning to end. Radio hits mixed in with other experimental album material I’ve never heard. First off, there was no way that this album could be anything “less” than a 3 simply by containing a masterpiece like “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Add in other exceptional gems like “You’re My Best Friend”, “Death on Two Legs”, “I’m in Love with my Car” and “39” and this album moves to a solid 4 territory. The problem is that is where it stalls. Not saying that the rest of the songs are bad. They aren’t. Despite the intentionally weird 1920’s vaudevillian sound of several tracks (which I kinda dig) and a couple of operatic acapella trysts, the “filler” stuff on this album just doesn’t stand out to me. I think it is just too much genre blending going on to pull everything together and push this album over the top.
10/10 album a true classic. One of my favorites of all time
ξαναακουω
I think this album is getting a lot of votes for “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and not the actual album. I’m not trying to be a contrarian but- half of these songs are in that Vaudeville/English music hall/“When I’m 64” style that I will probably never enjoy. “The Prophet’s Song” is an interminable bore. The rock songs are even a little boring by Queen standards. Don’t get me wrong- they’re theatrical and operatic, but they aren’t that interesting. The only strong songs on this record are “You’re My Best Friend,” “Death on Two Legs,” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.” The rest you will forget before the record is over. THREE STARS
Still a fan. "Bohemian Rhapsody" alone would make it a five stars album for me. But beyond that it is a very diversified album and every time a fun listen - especially on headphones.
Eccentric, fun, excellent.
It has one of the greatest songs ever recorded on it. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is undeniable. If you don't like that song, I can't help you. There are some really good songs on this record and there is certainly some filler.
Pretty cool. Standout tracks: You're My Best Friend, Love Of My Life, Bohemian Rhapsody.
I don’t think anyone can deny the influence of Queen, but this really isn’t my vibe. Freddie’s voice is brilliant, and he puts it through different operatic shapes and sounds. I just don’t like the prog aspect of this album. The songs run into each other, which is in danger of being too clever, and the op and the vocal warm-up halfway through the Prophet Song leave me a bit cold. But, I could list worse operas, frankly. Of course this has the incomparable Bohemian Rhapsody on it and for that reason it deserves to be list, and the single thread that morphs and moulds throughout each track is a neat touch. I prefer 80s soft rock Queen to 70s prog posturing Queen, but there is a fair bit to enjoy on this album.
Bekræftede mig i at jeg ikke er Queen fan, men et par gode sange var der da 🦧
Mamaaaaaaaaaa oooooooooooohhhhhh Classic album, never listened to it in full but Queen never misses. ‘39 and I’m in love with my car are the standouts
My favorite song is 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' but other than that, it's 'My Best Friend.' Another random Song I kind of like is 'Lazy on a Sunday Afternoon,' even though it is very short, I also like how it blends into the next song. I'm in love with my car. Brian May's guitar playing is outstanding in this album. Freddie Mercury's vocals are also incredible as always.
Another great record by this great band
Was never on the wagon with Queen. Their iconic songs were always that, but the rest of their stuff always left me a little meh. Mercury’s voice is the star of the show of course.
Obviously some of the biggest and best songs ever on here. It's undeniably a classic, to think this is an actual album is beyond impressive. Quirky and fun, inspiring and incredible musicianship. Has to be a 5 star really doesn't it?
A fun dramatic album! I only added the 2 famous ones that I knew though
started off hot, ended up being decent. worth existing fs
Not my favourite album. Some great songs.
This is a really good album,
Fun fun fun.
Faut que ça te tente.
If you like this youre either still a child, a disney adult, or havent listened to enough music. Grow up If you think Bohemian Rhapsody is the best song ever PLEASE listen to more music. This is like comparing silver to bronze, yeah its better than most music but it aint gold.
Better than the White album. Enjoyrd this.
Solid 7/10. - Awesome concept of an album. - Definitely the foundations of the later Queen Discography. - A stupendous listen!
Pretty meh. Bohemian at the end feels like a reward after listening to the rest of this. God safe the Queen afterwards was a fucking jumpscare as well. Not my thing really
Could be a rogue shout but thought this was pretty mid, no songs gonna make it on the playlist
Was one of my favourite albums and remains there after listening again. Every song is a banger (except maybe god save the queen/good company)
Brilliant album when it came out. A few tracks not stood test of time for me. So I wobbled between four and five stars…but nostalgia won!
Some classics, not my favourite
Amazing album (may be bias due to being a huge Queen fan). I wouldn't listen to 'I'm in love with my car' but 'Love of my life', 'The Prophet's Song' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' are three of my favourite Queen songs. Such a range of genres just in this album itself, shows their talent as musicians.
17/1089 очень понравилось, немного хаотично переходя из одного жанра в другой, но это не минус, а + в разнообразность местами экпресивность зашкаливает, но в целом, в отличии от практически каждого предыдущего альбома, слушать было интересно и не нудно заслуживает ревизита
действительно хороший, и возможно заслуживает оценку повыше, но это не то что я могла бы слушать каждый день
8 / 10
Favourite track: Bohemian Rhapsody
No ok
Rubbish
3 stars I wanted to hate on it, and some parts of it weren’t great. But I was digging it more than I thought. “Bohemia Rhapsody” is a bonafide classic, but the album has to be more than that and it is. But not so much more.
Queen is so ass dude
An album with Bohem Rap can't be any less than 4 stars
I like the Prophet Song. I like the Lazing Sunday song. The Good Company song felt very Beatles to me. Appreciate the use of harp and ukulele and just all the great guitar riffs. And of course Bohemian Rhapsody is truly a classic, beyond iconic song. But I don’t think I can give the album a 5 just because of that. It’s really good. But I don’t think it’s a 5 for me.
Obviously Bohemian Rhapsody took on another life and You’re My Best Friend has been used in every mid 2000s movie soundtrack but the album cuts rarely work for me. Queen always have weird interstitial songs threaded between monster hits, and the project suffers from that
I’ve always thought of Queen as one of those bands with absolute bangers but not really any notable albums. But this one proved me wrong. There’s the mega hits, for sure, but the overall album is equally effective. Not quite a 5, but a strong 4. The Prophet’s Song should not have made the final cut, though. Save that for the deluxe edition. 4/5 Highlights: Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon ‘39 Love Of My Life Bohemian Rhapsody God Save The Queen
It's Queen! What more do you need to know
It's got quite the variety of music. The Prophet's Song is quite weird, but I guess so is Bohemian Rhapsody and that has really grown on me. The rest is pretty good with some nice guitar shredding mixed in.
I always forget that Dixieland is about 15% of Queen’s vibe. Somehow they make it work. Speaking of crimes against humanity, in the ever increasing likelihood that aliens will invade our planet and threaten to destroy us unless we convince them otherwise of humanity’s worth, I’d say having the aliens listen to Bohemian Rhapsody has about a good a chance as any other evidence to spare us.
Some really good stuff and some stuff that is just okay.
Legends. The Prophet’s Song is trash, though, and drug this done to a 4.
If it wasn't for Seaside Rendezvous and The Prophet's Song which really irritate me, this would be a perfect album! I will still listen to it on repeat
Already listened to it in the past, very good album, a couple of absolute bangers, but the rest is also amazing and I enjoy the whole lot
The presence of Bohemian Rhapsody makes it start at a 4 because it's too much of a banger. That being said, the rest of the album is not particularly excellent, though there are some other good listens in there. Do I want to listen to the full album again? Probably not. Do I want to listen to Bohemian Rhapsody again? 100%. Without it the album would've probably been a 3.5.
Fascinating, theatrical, occasionally grating, sometimes brilliant.
i hate opera but this wasn;t bad.
A personal favorite
I don't prefer Queen, but this is a decent album. TBH, if it were not for "You're My Best Friend" and Wayne's World's resuscitation of "Bohemian Rhapsody", would this album be on the list?
I do miss Freddie.
I freaking love this weird album. It goes all out. It's a brilliant record. There are so many different sounds and things going on in this one that you can't get bored.
I stand by my hot take that the best Queen record is their Greatest Hits. BUT.. if it weren't the Greatest Hit, it would obviously be A Night At The Opera. Besides the obvious bangers on this one, its fun how they kind of tease Bohemian Rhapsody throughout. It kind of gives it a bit more context than just Wayne's World. Which does make it fun. I got this album in probably 11th Grade, and my favorite song on it is still '39. That song is out of control. Space inspired country??? Wild. Also, The Prophet's Song is so sick. Its fun to hear Queen in the context of them trying to be a Glam Prog Band. Its not really what they're good at. I love the ambition, but they were never going to be David Bowie. But its fun to give context to the undeniable bangers of the rest of their catalogue.
Este álbum me cambio la vida, me formó como ser humano me hizo descubrirme y saber cosas sobre mí. Este álbum ya no es un album es un pedazo de mi alma
3.5 - Good
It’s a 5/5, it has filler, some songs that are actually ‘not good’, but it’s also much more than bohemian rhapsody… Death on two legs is one of the most cutting ‘Diss tracks’ of all time. Freddie screams ‘feel good are you satisfied do you feel like suicide?’ To come back with the cruel… ‘I think you should’. The song is absolutely insane. You’re my best friend is a great single, not a top track but serves its purpose perfectly! 39- Brian May’s weird sci fi skiffle is a grower but one that hits incredibly hard once you know, I love the instrumental especially. Seaside rendezvous- is the best of the 2 ‘vintage’ songs of side 1 it’s just so fun. The prophets song- actually rivals boh rhap. Great heavy long rocker the acapella section is strange but so grate Love of my life is a brilliant tragic ballad , ‘bring it back’ certainly the album’s tearjerker. Good company doesn’t get the discussion it deserves- side 2 of this album is really perfect, ‘all my friends through the years by and by disappear’ tragic but great Then Bohemian rhapsody… come on its so good!!! The ones I haven’t mentioned are filler but it still deserves a 5
Queen is awesome. Did not interest me, though.
Of it's time. Naff. I hadn't realised bohemian rhapsody was on this album and it sounds worse now because it's of this context. Over-written songs, dumbed down music theory and novelty guitar/studio effects are off-putting and Queen's camp music hall rock mixed with the tone of what now appears to be a sincere rendition of god save the queen. Pass the sick bag
It has Bohemian Rhapsody...
Excellent, no notes!
A classic and a lot of fun
Amazing, obviously... Bohemian Rhapsody, I'm in Love with my Car - Which people don't seem to love?-, '39 and the music hall: Seaside Rendezvous and Lazying on a Sunday Afternoon. All amazing tracks
Morsom musikk. Treffer ikke helt, litt for teatralsk for min smak. Men love of my life, bohemian og et par andre perler. 3/6
Pretty good album. It’s got Bohemiam Rhapsody, so it’s already an all-timer. I’ve heard Bohemian Rhapsody before but the rest of the album was all pretty much new to me. A lot of Queen “deep cuts” so to say on here. It’s got some weird moments, but overall it's still pretty good.
I don't know. Obviously it has its moments but it's all a bit silly.
Well arranged sounds with soaring guitars and beautifully layered vocal tracks. Almost a perfect album
One of my first encounters with Queen was, of course, "Bohemian Rhapsody". From a very young age, I took so much pleasure in listening -and with my first tape deck recorder in hand, ready to roll- to the Top 100 Greatest Songs of All Times, that was broadcast on the radio at the end of the year. This list was always dominated by the top three "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin, "Child in Time" by Deep purple and of course "Bohemian Rhapsody". They would swap the top spot every now and then, but these songs are engraved in my memory as the sweetest childhood memories of discovering new music. A few years later, I saw Queen, and in particular Freddie Mercury, broadcasted live on "Live Aid". I was an immediate fan, what a performance, the drilling and playing of this gigantic stadium, Freddie commanding Wembley Stadium like it was his living room, it was immaculate! Subsequently there came their hits and from "A Kind of A magic" to "Innuendo", I bought or copied all of their records. But back to "A Night at the Opera". Although I have listened to this album before, this thorough relisten made it such a great experience. I love it, its eclecticism, campy British vaudeville ("Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon", "Seaside Rendezvous"), but also the sheer hardrock ("Death on Two Legs", "Sweet Lady") and of course the beautifully crafted (pop) songs like "Love of my Life" and "You're My Best Friend" and "39" to the great progrock song "The Prophet's song" culminating in of course "Bohemian Rhapsody". Man, this is an eargasm! 5/5
Stylistically diverse for sure. A few of their big hits on here, and I think Bohemian Rhapsody is pretty inline with the tone of the rest of the album. I think I like some of the deeper cuts a bit more than the hits. Very heavy on the vocal harmonies. Brian May's guitar playing is always solid, and his tone is often very trebly.
Thought this was going to be a dream but not as many bangers as expected
besides the obvious bangers i find this a little underwhelming
I think the hits put this into 4 territory. Slumps here and there but great vocal and guitar work.
I hadn't ever listened to this full record. Better than I expected
2 big wins and the rest is below meh for me
Great album, hate that i dont like a lot of the songs as they have been played to death
Hard rock masterpiece You're my best friend Bohemian rhapsody The prophet's song
Got that one song you all know, they are fine.
The only Queen album I've heard before and presumably their best.
Two stars for pop. I just really don't like Queen that much and can't fathom driving even pennies in royalties to this.
A few massive hits. Otherwise average. 3.5
Классика. Отличный альбом
ok FINE queen is good it's just soooo dramatic it's a lot to handle but yes it's very good okay leave me alone
Huh, is het alweer oudejaarsavond? Het is wel wennen om eens een album van Queen te horen in plaats van de zoveelste best-of. De variatie is nu wat groter, sommige dingen zijn Beatle-esque flauw (de 'omamuziek' die Paul McCartney placht te maken), andere dingen zijn wel erg experimenteel. Maar als we oneerbiedig die vulling even wegdenken, dan horen we Queen zoals we het kennen: bombastisch, ritmisch, melodieus, lyrisch, virtuoos. Die rapsodie is intussen wel een beetje stukgespeeld, maar ook weer knap dat zo'n merkwaardig stuk zulke hoge ogen heeft gegooid in de muziekgeschiedenis. En door iedereen tussen oliebollen en poedersuiker door woordelijk meegezongen kan worden. (En aanleiding gaf tot zoveel melige parodieën, van 'Kale Leo' tot 'Bohemian rijsttafel', maar dat is weer een ander verhaal...)
Bohemian rhapsodie is een meesterwerk. Nee, ook ik kan het inmiddels niet meer horen. Maar het toont de kwaliteit van zang, instrumenten en compositie én de creativiteit. Het is het nummer dat je laat horen waarom Queen Queen is. Het is de samenvatting van het album. Queen is één van die bands die een volstrekt eigen geluid hebben, zonder dat het een vervelend geluid is. Het album schiet nogal wat kanten op, maar de elementen staan toch met elkaar in verbinding. Het album is enorm theatraal, maar toch toegankelijk. Er staan best delen op waar ik me aan erger (ooeewouw, ooeewouw, ooeewouw, lalala in The Prophet Song), maar vaak worden die elementen wel weer gebruikt om iets bijzonders van te maken. Ga ik puur op mijn luisterbeleving af, zou ik 4 sterren uitdelen. Maar het bovenstaande laat toch al wel doorschemeren, dat ik naast mijn eigen beleving flinke bewondering heb voor deze plaat.
Het is theatraal, aanstellerig en bombastisch. Musicalesque en Beatlesque af en toe ook (Good Company bijv). Vrij veel ingredienten waar we normaal gesproken een hekel aan hebben. En toch staat Bohemian Rhapsody steevast op #1 in veel muzieklijstjes, een nummer dat precies diezelfde dingen heeft waar we eigenlijk een hekel aan horen te hebben. Het wordt wel gedaan op een manier die aanspreekt (zolang we het maar niet te vaak horen). Freddie heeft namelijk een dijk van een stem en Brian May scheurt er op los met zijn gitaar. De rest zorgt voor de harmonie. En dat zijn weer de ingredienten die het geheel smaak geven. Een klassieker van een album, dus dit verdient absoluut zijn plaats in de snoblijst. Als ik Queen opzet, dan zet ik persoonlijk liever een greatest hits aan. Maar ik ga hier toch 4 sterren voor geven.
Some great songs on this LP. Of course the rock anthem Bohemian Rhapsody but also You're My Best Friend and the klitchy I'm in Love With My Car also the lengthy The Prophet's Song. A little too much sniffle type music for me though.
All-time Classic. Maybe Queens greatest album
“You’re My Best Friend” is one of my favorite Queen songs. Also loved Bohemian Rhapsody. #LongLiveFreddieMercury
This is such a strange album. It has Bohemian Rhapsody and Death on Two Legs on the same album as I'm in Love With My Car. Granted, that's just Queen. They really were never album people, more "produce as much varied music as possible until the public picks something up" people. That something was Bohemian Rhapsody, so this album is 4 stars at a minimum by default. I really like most of the songs on this album, though. The Prophet's Song and '39 are incredibly overlooked and the whole album feels very Queen in every way, sometimes for better, and sometimes for I'm in Love With My Car or God Save the Queen.
твердая 4, но только за небольшое количество бенгеров.
Always excellent
יש כמה שירים די פחות טובים אבל סך הכול זה כנראה השיא של קווין וזה שווה 4 כוכבים כל יום
93/1089 Death On Two Legs is a good opener, i really enjoyed that as the way to intro the album. I’m In Love With My Car is… a choice. You’re My Best Friend is nice but it’s been a bit ruined by it being overused in adverts etc i think this album suffers from a case of “single so good, the rest of the album just can’t quite compare” Bohemian Rhapsody is just *too* iconic and interesting that the other songs feel underwhelming by comparison faves: BR of course, The Prophet’s Song, Death On Two Legs least faves: I’m In Love With My Car, Seaside Rendezvous, Sweet Lady 69/100
Queen are the most overrated band that has ever existed and I doubt anyone else will come close.
Having ‘You’re My Best Friend’, ‘Love Of My Life’ & ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ on the same album, you’d expect a 5 star album. Considering the classic sounds of May’s brilliant guitar work & Mercury’s iconic vocals throughout, alongside the undeniable sound of classic Queen hitting all the right notes, there’s no doubt that this is a great album. However, for me there’s one or two songs that don’t fit, and actually jar slightly. I really wanted to give this 5/5 but if I’m being realistic, 4/5 is about right.
4,5
Ptet un classique mais a part bohemian ya plu personne
0 réflexion 10/10 merci freddie je t'aime
Great stuff. I was surprised by Roger Taylor's vocals.
Some of Queen’s best work. I love theatrics and Queen was one of the most theatrical bands of their time. I would say it goes without saying that Freddie’s vocals are magnificent, but I would like to give some appreciation to the harmonies, whether they be from multiple members or just Freddie’s overdubbed vocals, as they have this grand quality that I haven’t heard replicated much. I will say, despite the incredible quality that these songs can reach, some of the songs that don’t quite reach that height feel sort of overshadowed by the rest of the album. In particular, I don’t care much for Sweet Lady and Good Company. I can’t really say why for Sweet Lady, but it just doesn’t click, maybe it will on relistens. For Good Company, it feels a bit out of place on side 2 when side 1 had all the whimsical British stuff, and it also comes right Bohemian Rhapsody. Speaking of which, I feel that songs impact diminished for me a bit because I’ve heard it so many times, but it’s still great. It also helped me find one of my favorite genres, prog rock. What did surprise me was The Prophet’s Song because I had assumed BR would be the most far out song on the album, but this song was amazing. 4/5
A really good album that I own and have listened to yet don’t really recognize.
More prog rock that I remember
Setting aside I love my car, this is a fantastic album that I bought on vinyl upon release when i was ten, cassette at 16 and later on cd. Still happily have the vinyl and cd. 5 out of 5 stars
All my homies hate Norman Sheffield.
Some good songs, some weird songs. I liked the sound of the majority of the album, but I realized that it’s probably a familiarity thing. If I had never heard Queen before in my life, I don’t know if I really would’ve liked it. Also the first song scared Baker
Appropriate title. Didn’t understand what was going on most of the time, but it sure was dramatic.
Harmonies, Whimsy, Rock...this album has everything! I love imagining my mom in the room as "Bohemian Rhapsody" is plaid live in the US for the first time. what an incredible experience...
Classic
Good album but not enough A list songs to push it to a 5
The hits are great and there was a lot more musical variety that I assumed. Very much a product of the time, Led Zepplin, Rush, Sgt Peppers etc heard in there. But also a little cheesy in places
Queen is so weird. Sometimes their songs are just so weird and irritating, but people love them. Sometimes their songs totally rock out and I also love them. All the respect, but I just found out this impossibly irritating.
I don't know that I've ever listened to an entire Queen album, and this was a pleasant surprise. It was not the slog I expected. There's just so much going on, and I appreciate the bold choices they made. While decades in the rock canon has worn down the edges of "Bohemian Rhapsody," it remains probably the weirdest hit rock song out there. I don't know that Queen will ever be a go-to for me, but I enjoyed giving this a listen.
Of course I’ve heard Bohemian Rhapsody, but never the full album - I didn’t even know this was the album it was on. That colossus of a song alone would merit a high score, but even before it popped up at the end, I thought this was one of the stronger Queen albums. Just a good time all around.
I haven’t heard this record since I was a kid. A lot weirder than I remembered. Hurts the album a bit that Bohemian Rhapsody is so over played as it takes away the highlight
Queen - what else to say...
Who wouldn't like this?
I really thought Queen was a singles band, but damn! This was great through and through. And I don’t think I’ve ever actually listened to Bohemian Rhapsody, despite knowing every word somehow, and oh my gosh … did you know how amazing that song is?
The album did feel like you were attending a show/opera/classical concert at times. Good cohesion and flow throughout the album.
Honestly without bohemian rhapsody and you're my best friend, this is a two star album, little too indulgent. I'm in love with my car and prophets song are straight up dumb songs.
Queen at their best….you have to live in their world to get into it.
One hit song does not an album make. I think that they would have done better getting more of this on the radio, because there's genius on here that's undersung. There's a variety of styles and moods, but none of it cohesive. My Rating: 4/5
I had more fun with this one than Sheer Heart Attack, but I still just don’t like Queen. If I never hear Bohemian Rhapsody it’ll be too soon.
I like this album. It reminds me of the renaissance festival. Your my best friend is a great song so is Lazing on a Sunday afternoon, not to be confused with Small Faces Lazy Sunday. Which is a great song too.
Upon my first listen the album seemed a bit too theatrical, but after re-listening I like this a lot more. Best songs: Death on Two Legs, '39, Bho Rap, I'm In Love With My Car
Fun variety, I've realized over time that I find Queen consistently enjoyable but rarely find them mindblowingly amazing
So good
Kolejna dobra płyta Queen. Zaskakujące są te country naleciałości, nie znałam ich od tej strony. No ale błagam na tej płycie jest Bohemian Rhapsody! Musi wejść 9/10
It was on as a kid so I know it well, but haven't listened in a while. Not quite a 5* IMO and while I appreciate Queen I wouldn't say I'm the biggest fan
Predictably adore it
The seamless, shimmering production and stylistic menagerie mash together into some kind of glorious, proggy-pop pipe bomb. I still find my attention wandering elsewhere, though, and I still think that’s because in the furious blitz of forms and techniques, the unifier is Mercury’s voice. I respect the band’s democratic approach to songwriting, but it leaves a mildly unsatisfying sense of semi-coherence. Still, I think this is about as good as that approach would ever get for them.
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.
Stupendous. Of course I already know and love many songs on this album, and it's really a treat to hear them in the original context of the album. Listening to the Deluxe version includes some great live performances at the end, and truly warmed my heart. This little story from the Wikipedia page put it over the top for me: "The album title was inspired by the Marx Brothers film of the same name, which the band had watched during recording sessions. Subsequently, they became good friends with the film's star Groucho Marx, to the point where Marx sent the band a letter praising their 1976 album A Day at the Races. Marx also invited Queen to visit him at his Los Angeles home in March 1977 (five months before he died). The band thanked him, and performed [the song] '39 a cappella."
This fucks especially the first track but why is there a country/folk number in the middle of it that never gets called back
The album is weird mixture of prog, hard rock and music hall numbers and The Queen as a band has a really unique sound that cant be mistaken as any other. Not my playlist stuff, but have to give some respect to such ambitious record.
Like many other albums from Queen, A Night At The Opera is a rather uneven whole. A more accurate term might be mixed in a positive way. The songs drift from one side to the other and at times it feels like the album is a collection rather than a coherent album. Despite this, it's hard for me not to like this.
I don't like Queen. There are tracks I've learnt to tolerate and understand the complexity, but mostly they just rub me the wrong way.
So this is mixed really well and has super high-production values, I also really love Freddy Mercury's voice. But! Most of this isn't my jam, as it feels all over the place and lacking cohesion. Fave tracks "You're my best friend" and "Bohemian Rhapsody".
didn’t expect to discover those sounds in queen discography, been impressed
100/1001 Queen - A Night At The Opera Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ❓ Having an album that contains Bohemian Rhapsody, You're My Best Friend and Love of My Life in theory should be an all timer, however the album tracks on here are plain old woeful - Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, I'm In Love with My Car, Seaside Rendezvous. I'm sure that my tolerance for the woeful tracks have worsened since listening to this regularly as a teenager, but yeah an album of real highs and real lows. Mid.
A *purposely* ridiculous sound is still ridiculous, y’know? What is there to say when the best song on an album (“Bohemian Rhapsody,” naturally) is essentially a (fun, good) novelty song? A little bit goes a long, long way.
So many great tunes!!!
I have heard the hits of this album on classic rock radio. Apart from those 3 or 4 songs I had never heard the rest of this album. I love the production and enjoy that the band was going for it so much on this album.
Batshit crazy. Have to admire the ambition and what they were able to achieve with the tech available to them, but some of the more novelty stuff I don't think I'd want to hear again. Bits of it are great, though.
Never trust anyone who doesn't like Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen is not a band I've every real cared or thought much about. Their brand of theatrical, over the top, operatic, rock never appealed to me much. I like my rock music more sleezy and unpolished. Add to that that I tend to ignore overplayed "classic hits" that I tend to hear all the time whether I want to or not and this is a band I've ignored. All of that said, there are some bangers on this album. The best song here is '39, which is stripped down and doesn't even really sound like Queen. I'll give it 3/5 stars. Not my favorite, but solid.
I just don’t really like Queen. 39 is good though, best song on the album.
Not Queen's best but some good bangers here
Awesome
Queen brought the weird to the party and it was perfect every time. The compositions never failed to be interesting and complex. Freddie was a true showman. A Night at the Opera isn’t hit after hit, but it’s excellent start to finish.
8.6
I’m generally not a big Queen fan (their fans are obnoxious and act like Queen invented music itself and just compete for who can be a bigger try hard for them) but they’re objectively good and successful. Most of this album wasn’t my taste but I can’t give an album with bohemian rhapsody anything less than a 4. It’d just be disrespectful
First time hearing this album in its whole. A good few of the songs exist in popular culture (and Bohemian Rhapsody probably elevates above this) but hearing the variety of this album really brings everything together. Freddie's voice shines. Fantastic.
Peak Queen
Haven't listened through the whole album before, it was simply great. A range of genres and not really any filler. Outside of Bohemian Rhapsody, The Prophet Song and Love of My Life as favourites from the album.
Quite the rollercoaster. In isolation you hear BoRhap and think it is all over the place in terms of genres, and then you hear it in this album and it makes more sense. Overall I enjoyed this
I like Queen for its originality but I don’t love to listen to it
Nunca consigo gostar de um disco inteiro deles
Every individual member of Queen was great but I never want to listen to what they did together, except for a small number of tracks. One of which, I'm In Love With My Car, is on ANATO. However, here we have one of the greatest live bands of all time, reaching a plateau they would sustain for 20 years. So what do I know?
A really solid album. Enjoyed it
Obvi fire it’s queen I didn’t know the best friend song was queen I feel like queen was the charli xcx of their time
Strong 4. There were a few songs though that I was happy when they ended.
Always loved Freddy Mercury, huge respect goes to Queen as well.
I honestly wish I could give this album more than 3 stars, and honestly, I probably just wasn't feeling it at the time. But, what I've realized about Queen in two albums now is that their hits are top-of-the-chart near perfection good. Obviously this album has "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "You're My Best Friend" which the former alone puts this one in the 'worthy' category in terms of cultural impact and musical quality/influence. I mean we have Freddie Mercury vocals and Brian May on guitar. What's not to love? Yet, I just couldn't get into most of this. It was the same with the other Queen album I've been assigned. It's just a bit too weird, too all over the place to really find it's footing for me. I did enjoy about half of it, but some other tracks I couldn't wait to end.
Um dos melhores alguns já feito. Amo queen, amo as músicas e amo a composição do album
It feels like the whole album is a build up to Bohemian Rhapsody. 5 stars or A.
Bohemian Rhapsody is on this album. I have no choice but to give this a 5 star rating.
dani and david don't like, but I enjoyed!
It's mostly "the Bohemian Rhapsody album", the other songs didn't really have the same spark, they sort of felt like I should like them more than I did but the playful Queen rock-operaticness wasn't enough for real captivation, '39 is a nice song, though Still nice, still interesting and varied, it's on the 4/5 borderline
It’s got to be 5
this is an extremely generous three
Absolutely bonkers. This album is all over the place. I can't believe it's as revered amongst the mainstream as it is. The hits are fantastic but vastly different to the rest of the album. Not a negative take but not what I was expecting!
Easy 5
obv
I'm pretty hot and cold on this album tbh... I don't think of Brian May often, but his guitar tone has a distinctiveness to it. Unmistakable out of the gate on Death on Two Legs. Extremely solid intro track. I'm In Love With My Car feels a bit out of place -- more like a Poison song in tone, though May's guitar play is solid enough. You're My Best Friend is a great track in isolation. Sweet Lady is a solid muscular jam. Love Of My Life is also a fantastic display of their virtuouso abilities -- beautiful. An obviously, Bohemian Rhapsody is the show stealer and an all time classic. But while this album has some rippers, it is incredibly inconsistent IMO. So for that I give this a 3 / 5.
This album had a lot more hits than the other Queen album we had. Definitely proggy and opera-y (no surprise). Just a good old fashioned rock out!
The queeniest of Queen albums I can imagine. This just sounded exactly like I expected it to compared to Sheer Heart Attack. Definitely did not like it as much. I saw a list the other day that said Bohemian Rhapsody is the greatest rock song of all time, I disagree.
This was all pretty solid. Only knew the 2 hits from it but enjoyed everything else enough. Good Company sounded like Paul McCartney. Not much to say about You're My Best Friend and obviously Bohemian Rhapsody which is one of the greatest songs of all time. Love that it's pretty much 3 songs mashed into one ala Band on the Run and A Day in the Life.
Couple of absolute classics! Few also rans but great listen
No real standout songs aside from the obvious. Always a joy to listen to Freddie Mercury sing, scrapes a 4
39, best friend made this even prior to bohemian rhapsody. Lost it self a bit mid album but a cracker
Queen is a great singles band that also made albums. But this one comes closest to greatness. Of course, Bohemian Rhapsody and You’re My Best Friend and Love of My Life. Death on Two Legs and ‘39 are also great. I’m in Love With My Car otoh is truly awful. This one feels heavily influenced by Sgt Pepper in the sense of smashing together a bunch of disparate British music styles, which works and doesn’t at the same time. It’s probably a 3.5 but I’ll round up because the best stuff here is truly excellent
Queeny
I absolutely love Queen, so this was an easy 5 for me. Very fun, very lively, just in a league of their own.
Excellent Queen album!!
I know Queen are a great band but I just can’t get into them it’s like a rock block for me . I have listened to this album a couple of times before think songs go from sublime to ridiculous
Queen to me is like listening to a musical and a secondary school. The school band are all trying to outdo each other and as a result the music turns into bombastic nonsense. This is no different, apart from where Freddy Mercury takes a backseat where the band, understandably, takes a break. It’s hard work being 100% bombastic. The Brian May songs are just odd. A weird homage to country music just doesn’t fit, nor does a song where carburettors are mentioned either.
It's got Bohemian Rhapsody and You're My Best Friend but also a bunch of filler, '39 is underrated though. I'm not a fan of Queen's albums that much.
Wouldn’t listen to this album in its own but I think BR is such an epic piece of music that it carries the album up to a 3.
Songs: You're My Best Friend, Bohemian Rhapsody
This isn't Queen's most consistent record but it definitely has some of their greatest ever songs.
++: '39, Sweet Lady, Seaside Rendezvous, Good Company, Bohemian Rhapsody +: Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, I'm in Love with My Car, You're My Best Friend +-: Death on Two Legs, Love of My Life, God Save the Queen -: The Prophet's Song 4,2/10
Yo también se la hubiera puesto a pelo si me cantaba así freddie al oído
rip freddie mercury but this is just a little too british for me, and i don't mean that in a positive way
you know, i get why people like them but it was just ok for me. i wish i could 2.5 it
I don't think Queen is a particularly album oriented band, it seems to me that they did a better job of writing singles. This album is no exception, there isn't one clear theme or tone - but there are some damn good songs. Bohemian Rhapsody alone easily makes this album a 4. I don't think the rest of the album is strong enough to be a 5, but it is very good.
Great stuff. Already in Library - You're My Best Friend, 39, Love of my Life, Bohemian Rhapsody Added to Library - Death on Two Legs
I've realised that I don't actually like Queen albums. The singles on here are classics, but most of the rest is just novelty songs.
Not gonna lie I went into this thinking it would be cheesy but holy shit man this thing rips. Each song stands out amongst the others, some pick up right where the previous one left off, every one full of ideas. The guitar solos rip, Freddy obviously sings like the legend he is, it's ornate and layered beyond hell but feels lean. The only disappointment I have is that I wrote it off way to early, this would be been on rotation if I wasn't such an idiot.
Toujours pas fan de Queen, même si ça s’écoute très bien!
What a fantastic album. This feels very different from everything else Queen did (at least that I listened to). I really enjoyed it. Feels like Queen's Sgt Peppers for some reason to me. I enjoyed the entire outside of "The Prophet's Song". It went on for wayyyyy too long and just wasn't good lol. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is obviously epic. There are some GREAT hits here. "Seaside Rendezvous" was so much fun! Actual rating... 4.5. Liked Songs: Everything except for "The Prophet's Song"
4.25
Wildes Album mit diesen verschiedenen Musikstilen. "The Prophets Song" war entsetzlich scheisse, aber der Rest......wow
Bohemaian Rhapsody ist schon echt cool. Ansonsten hat es mich nicht vom Hocker gehauen.
Ich weiß nicht. Ich glaub ich find Queen nur "okay" Und ich muss leider sagen, dass ich Bohemian Rhapsody als sehr überbewertet empfinde. Vielleicht wurd es auch einfach zu viel gespielt. The Prophets Song war eine Beleidigung für meine Ohren
ok not my favourite queen mix.
The kings (or queens) of theatrical pop. Dramatic, over the top, ambitious, glorious.
Goed album, maar Queen is toch niet helemaal mijn stijl.
One of the greatest albums of all time. Banger after banger. Classic rock with the classic Queen twist and orchestra. Freddie mercury is amazing.
Stellar. I always thought bohemian rhapsody was the crown gem of this album but there’s sooo many other good songs here.
pop rock
This was marginally better better than Van Halen. Queen struggles to make cohesive songs and struggles even more making cohesive albums.
The theatricality of Queen has always been a bit much, and my longstanding gripes with them aren't something I'll get over quickly. But I'm approaching with an open mind. Fat-Bottomed Girls is good (and kinda funny), after all. Listening notes: -15 seconds in and I already feel like this is "what if theater kids play rock music" (derogatory) -'39 is pleasantly understated. I like that one, but it's nowhere near enough to redeem the album. -Seaside rendezvous is a good illustration of my irritation with Queen: it's like a musical (with the overacting necessary for stage performance), but without any of the story or fun of showtunes! Yeah I hate this. One song I kinda liked, A bunch of theatrical over the top nonsense (so I guess it's well named) with none of the fun of the theater
There are enough fantastic songs to justify this album's existence and a good rating. Not all of the songs are hits and some are just *mid* enough to justify not giving it 5-stars. With that said, it's still the best Queen album that we've had so far in this list and probably one of the best that we're likely to get from the group.
everything about queen rocks honestly, so i struggle to give this any less than a stellar review. The brit pop of lazing on a sunday afternoon is so funny, and of course who can forget "you're my best friend" or "bohemian rhapsody," which is so prevalent everywhere that it's circled into camp just to love it. but most of what makes queen so interesting to me is how a rock band that's this technically joyful and experimental had the whole world in a chokehold, but perhaps i should appreciate the fact that this even happened.
I knew the hits but had never heard the full album.
I'm really enjoying this album so far. I'm kind of surprised at how much I'm enjoying it. I don't think I would go out of my way for it necessarily, but if I was in the mood for some Queen I might reach for this album. Did not realize Bohemian was on this album. This album has some late Beatles vibes - especially Good Company.
Pretty much all over the place production-wise. But great!
I prefer other Queen's albums ('A Day at the races' for example) but this still is a masterful classic.
I really thought this might be the queen album I really enjoy. But no, a few great songs but all over the place in quality.
You know how every Beatles album has some stupid songs but you forgive them because there’s also a stack of genuine masterpieces there…. Take the White Album… 6 stupid tracks (Wild Honey Pie anyone?), 24 bangers. Every Queen album does that too. The difference is that their ratio is 50:50. For every Bohemian Rhapsody you have ‘I’m in love with my car’ I’m going to average it out and give half marks.