A Night At The Opera by Queen

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...) 3:44 40,762
2 Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon 1:07 130,106
3 I'm In Love With My Car 3:11 135,225
4 You're My Best Friend 2:51 487,632
5 '39 3:31 129,646
6 Sweet Lady 4:02 103,248
7 Seaside Rendezvous 2:14 107,832
8 The Prophet's Song 8:22 95,463
9 Love of My Life 3:37 205,657
10 Good Company 3:24 96,436
11 Bohemian Rhapsody 5:56 978,671
12 God Save the Queen 1:15 137,914
1 Keep Yourself Alive (Long-Lost Retake, June 1975) 4:04 616
2 Bohemian Rhapsody (Operatic Section Acapella Mix, 2011) 1:03 92
3 You're My Best Friend (Backing Track Mix, 2011) 2:58 172
4 I'm In Love With My Car (Guitar & Vocal Mix, 2011) 3:18 150
5 '39 (Live at Earl's Court, June 1977) 3:47 999
6 Love Of My Life (South American Live Single, June 1979) 3:44 545

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About this album

Hollywood Records (2011) Released: 17 May 2011 18 tracks (62:08)
A Night at the Opera is a 1975 album by English rock band Queen. It was produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, and reportedly was, at the time of its release, the most expensive album ever made. It was originally released by EMI in the UK where it topped the charts for nine weeks, a record at the time, and Elektra Records in the United States where the album peaked at #4 and has been certified Triple Platinum (three million copies sold).

The album takes its name from the Marx Brothers film of the same name, which the band watched one night at the studio complex when recording. The 1976 follow-up album, A Day at the Races, was also named after a Marx brothers film.

At the time the most expensive album ever recorded, Brian May has asserted in subsequent years that the band would have disbanded had it not been successful. Upon release, A Night at the Opera was a commercial and critical success, debuting at #1 in the UK charts and remaining there for nine weeks. In the US, it debuted at #4, the band’s strongest showing at that time. Reviews were generally positive. Rolling Stone wrote: “What sets them apart is their selection of unlikely effects: acoustic piano, harp, acapella vocals, no synthesizers. Coupled with good songs. Queen’s obviously the strongest contender in its field.

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  • BigDennis

    damn it! THE best album, ever! and you know it!

    Sunday evening
  • veyita_88

    Masterpiece inded.

    last month
  • liipeh

    i wish i was born at that time, where music was actually art. queen is the best example of it. i love this album so much ♥

    last month
  • telmiguai

    Una obra maestra

    last month
  • mullein_

    :)

    last month
  • xdymdy

    The best of the best, yeah!

    last month
  • milaaron

    melhor do mundo! *-*

    February 2012
  • carstensen1981

    @AledMCR Stop making fun of Hot Space :-) It has a few very decent tracks on it :-) It's better than Flash Gordon anyway ;-)

    December 2011
  • XXMoonshineXX

    They don't have a BEST album, every fan has a favourite album. All of their albums have some amazing tracks on. This one just happens to have a large amount of amazing tracks, so there is no 'real' or 'not real' fans in my opinion, just fans!

    December 2011
  • kissesneverdie

    It's certainly my favorite and always will be.

    December 2011
  • AledMCR

    @zepelinho How can you say that? This can sometimes be my favourite Queen album, depending on my mood, I tend to prefer the first three and Races more. There are real Queen fans that think Hot Space is the best Queen album.

    November 2011
  • zepelinho

    If you are a real Queen fan you know this is not the best at all

    November 2011
  • me_araujo

    Best Queen Album

    October 2011
  • silverlage

    T&B

    September 2011
  • Leightongreat

    One of my favourite albums of all time! It has absolutely everything, there isn't a dull moment. The songs flow seamlessly into each other, yet work amazingly alone as well. Going from a song like Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...) into Lazing on a Sunday afternoon is the perfect example. Wow, should that work? Queen makes it work. I could go on about how good this album is!

    September 2011
  • Ulubione88

    Arcydzieło:)

    September 2011
  • alvaronigro

    Fuck me! How I fucking love this album and this band!

    August 2011
  • tobsivietle

    RIP Freddie

    August 2011
  • zepelinho

    dying without listening to this album is like dying virgin...just awesome!

    August 2011
  • hommerzero

    the best Queen's Album

    August 2011
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