Night At The Opera [2008 Lp Reissue]

by Queen

Overview

Queen were straining at the boundaries of hard rock and heavy metal on Sheer Heart Attack, but they broke down all the barricades on A Night at the Opera, a self-consciously ridiculous and overblown hard rock masterpiece. Using the multi-layered guitars of its predecessor as a foundation, A Night at the Opera encompasses metal ("Death on Two Legs," "Sweet Lady"), pop (the lovely, shimmering "You're My Best Friend"), campy British music hall ("Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon," "Seaside Rendezvous"), and mystical prog rock ("'39," "The Prophet's Song"), eventually bringing it all together on the pseudo-operatic "Bohemian Rhapsody." In short, it's a lot like Queen's own version of Led Zeppelin IV, but where Zep find dark menace in bombast, Queen celebrate their own pomposity. No one in the band takes anything too seriously, otherwise the arrangements wouldn't be as ludicrously exaggerated as they are. But the appeal -- and the influence -- of A Night at the Opera is in its detailed, meticulous productions. It's prog rock with a sense of humor as well as dynamics, and Queen never bettered their approach anywhere else. [An LP version was reissued in 2008.]

Product Details

Release Date:	10/28/2008
Label:	UNIVERSAL MUSIC DISTRIBUTION
UPC:	0050087128760
Rank:	1663

Tracks

1. Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)
2. Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon
3. I'm in Love with My Car
4. You're My Best Friend
5. '39
6. Sweet Lady
7. Seaside Rendezvous
8. The Prophet's Song
9. Love of My Life
10. Good Company
11. Bohemian Rhapsody
12. God Save the Queen

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Queen   Primary Artist
Freddie Mercury   Handclapping,Vocals (Background),Piano,Vocals,Tack Piano,Lead Vocals
John Deacon   Double Bass,Handclapping,Guitar (Bass),Bass (Electric),Piano (Electric)
Roger Taylor   Gong,Drums,Vocals,Cymbals,Timpani,Triangle,Percussion,Tambourine,Lead Vocals,Drums (Bass),Handclapping,Vocals (Background)
Brian May   Lead Vocals,Handclapping,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background),Harp,Koto,Guitar,Vocals,Ukulele

Technical Credits

Brian May   Composer,Executive Producer,Arranger
John Etchells   Engineer
John Deacon   Composer
David Richards   Assistant Engineer
Josh MacRae   Mixing
Roger Taylor   Composer,Executive Producer
Justin Shirley-Smith   Mixing,Producer,Audio Supervisor
Roy Thomas Baker   Producer
Traditional   Composer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Freddie Mercury   Composer
David Costa   Art Direction
Dave Richards   Assistant Engineer
Gary Lyons   Engineer
Queen   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Kris Fredriksson   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Audio Supervisor,Audio Restoration
Joshua J. MacRae   Mixing,Producer
Mike Stone   Engineer,Executive Producer