QUEEN A Night At The Opera MFSL 1-067 Half-Speed Mastered AUDIOPHILE pressing
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$ 92
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Jul 26, 2015
Sold Date
Jul 19, 2015
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$ 30
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Description
QUEEN A Night At The Opera MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB MFSL 1-067 Half-Speed Mastered - Pressed by the Victor Company of Japan
Tracklist
A1 Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To ...) Written-By – Freddie Mercury A2 Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon Written-By – Freddie Mercury A3 I'm In Love With My Car Written-By, Vocals – Roger Taylor A4 You're My Best Friend Written-By, Electric Piano – John Deacon A5 '39 Double Bass – John DeaconWritten-By, Vocals – Brian May A6 Sweet Lady Written-By – Brian May A7 Seaside Rendezvous Vocals [Brass Orchestration] – Roger TaylorWritten-By, Vocals [Woodwind Orchestration] – Freddie MercuryB1 The Prophet's Song Written-By, Koto [Toy] – Brian May B2 Love Of My Life Harp – Brian MayWritten-By – Freddie Mercury B3 Good Company Written-By, Vocals, Ukulele [Genuine Aloha Ukelele Made In Japan], Guitar [Jazz Band] – Brian May B4 Bohemian Rhapsody Vocals [Operatic] – Brian May, Roger TaylorWritten-By, Vocals [Operatic] – Freddie Mercury B5 God Save The Queen
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- Recorded At – Sarm East Studios
- Recorded At – Roundhouse Studios
- Recorded At – Olympic Studios
- Recorded At – Rockfield Studios
- Recorded At – Scorpio Studios
- Recorded At – Lansdowne Studios
- Mixed At – Sarm East Studios
- Bass – John Deacon
- Guitar – Brian May
- Percussion – Roger Taylor
- Vocals, Piano [Bechstein Debauchery] – Freddie Mercury
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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.
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