A Night At The Opera [VINYL]

Queen is one of those bands that everybody knows. Whether it's the hairy rockers head banging to "Tie Your Mother down" or the everyday, low IQ individual who only knows their greatest hits, Queen is one of the most well known bands to come out of England. The one thing that a lot of people do not realize about Queen is their extreme musical diversity. They do not just play the catchy rockers you get in the bargain bin greatest hits collections. The band have a habit of mixing things between heavy rock, pop, folk and even jazz. The overly talented foursome were not only great musicians but all had unique vocal abilities that benefited when the group sang together in strange, mesmerizing harmonies. All these weird and wonderful talents were used to their greatest of abilities over the years, however they never topped the fantastic, overly bombastic and quite charming " A Night At The Opera". "A Night At The Opera" is known for giving us two fantastic singles. The sweet, charming Deacon classic "You're My Best Friend" and the now Wayne's World favourite"Bohemian Rhapsody". These two songs aside, no one ever talks about the other songs on the album. For example, the eight minute epic "The Prophet's Song". Rumoured to be about The Great Flood, this song is Queen's longest track and easily their most progressive. It is a dreamy bit of work with some of Brian May's best guitar playing. How about the great folkish "Good Company?" The point is that taking any song off this album as a single is just blasphemy. The album runs from one track to another like it was a concept album and the variety of the music itself is just immense. Unlike a lot of bands at the time, this record is not straight electric guitar, bass and drums. There are many assorted instruments featured like Ukulele, harp and the ever faithful piano. The album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen themselves. They did a splendid job of giving the music a wonderful warm feeling. The album is full of life, the music is superbly written and it has the words "timeless" written all over it. This version I am reviewing is the 2011 remaster album. In this remaster the sound has had a fair kick in the backside. "A Night At The Opera" has been given some fantastic treatment and like the rest of the remastered albums, it is easily the best I have ever heard it. "A Night At The Opera" is a Hard Rock classic that very little people every speak about. Considering how much the album sold, it is amazing how many people never mention this album as a direct influence. Though there are moments when you can hear what could be rock band The Darkness in Queen. A band that has had a lot of comparisons with Queens 70's material and rightfully so. "A Night At The Opera" is a fantastic album that must be owned by pretty much everybody. There is such a wide range of musical diversity that there is not much to complain about. The only people that would not buy into this album are the kind that don't buy into hype or the simple narrowed minded types that want an array of hits. How many times can someone listen to "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Don't Stop Me Now" without their accompanying albums... seriously?!

Love the CD (of course one of Queen's best)....and Amazon were quick to dispatch Dislike that Australia Post sent the CD to the wrong addres in a neighbouring suburb Thankfully the people there phoned me and delivered it personally to my doorstep

Die Platte ist gut in der Pressung und im Klang. Dazu noch günstiger als andere Anbieter. Was aber gar nicht geht ist, daß Amazon eine riesige Umverpackung für eine Schallplatte benutzt. Da gibt es kleine Verpackungen extra für Vinyl. So könnte man auch Ressourcen schonen. Darüber sollte Amazon einmal nachdenken.

Bij de eerste keer afspelen spring de plaat om de paar seconden over, dit geldt zowel voor de voor al achterkant. Er waren vreemd genoeg nergens krassen te zien, dus dat betekent dat het aan de plaat zelf ligt. Ik vind het echt heel erg jammer dat het zo geleverd is.. en zou eigenlijk ook het liefst een refund willen krijgen of een onbeschadigd exemplaar..

Qué decir de este disco?? Es legendario, cada canción es un viaje por un género y un experimento musical y sonoro que sigue increíblemente vigente todavía hoy. El vinilo llegó en perfectas condiciones y suena muy bien. Muy contento...