Album of the day (#4778): A Night At The Opera by Queen

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  • Posted: 01/18/2024 21:00
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Today's album of the day

A Night At The Opera by Queen (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1975.
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Overall rank: 99
Average rating: 83/100 (from 1871 votes).



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

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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  • Posted: 01/18/2024 23:12
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There are a good handful of songs that I wish I could hear for the first time again. One of those songs is Bohemian Rhapsody.

Obviously the song has become overplayed to the point of near-absurdity at this point and has become so ingrained in the culture that I'm sure plenty of people are sick of it (I can certainly be in that camp sometimes), but sometimes I think back to being 15 and hearing the song for the first time and how much it absolutely floored me, and I wish I could do that all over again.

My dad actually used to tell me about the first time he heard this album. A friend of his had some friends over and said "oh hey, I've got the new Queen album, check this out," and when they got to Bohemian Rhapsody, my dad said he remembered being stopped in his tracks and thinking "oh...this is something special"

Anyways, obviously this album is way more than just its closing track - You're My Best Friend is such a fun, beautifully sweet love song John Deacon wrote for his wife, which is adorable, while Roger Taylor also wrote a love song...to his car...which is also sweet? I guess?

Also I firmly believe that '39 is one of Queen's best and most underrated songs. It doesn't get the love it deserves.

Side note: part of me wishes they would've kept on naming albums after Marx Brothers movies. Would've been fun to see what Animal Crackers or Duck Soup would've been
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RockyRaccoon wrote:
he remembered being stopped in his tracks and thinking "oh...this is something special"

I love this! I feel like moments like this are rarer nowadays with everyone plugged into the internet at the same time.

While I can't remember the first time I heard Bohemian Rhapsody, I do remember the first time I listened to the full album, which is probably the first time I heard most of the songs.

Death on Two Legs is honestly one of the greatest diss tracks of all time

'39 is an underrated gem as you mentioned

I'm in Love with My Car is awesome and quite frankly a great segue into the more loving You're My Best Friend

Seaside Rendezvous is quite fun

The Prophet's Song is insane (in a good way)

Even though the album isn't necessarily a congruent sound, it somehow still manages to be more than the sum of its parts.
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I remember getting this album an immediately being hugely pleased with the variety it brought. It's so much more than just Bohemian Rhapsody. I'm always happy to groove into the 12 string styling of '39.
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I always love to see love for this record. It’s not underrated at large by any means (just cracked BEA top 100 again for example Laughing ), but Queen is too often dismissed as a singles band. A Night at the Opera is so very much the exception to that for me.
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