A Night at the Opera is the quintessential Queen record. Jazz and News of the World have a few great singles (We will Rock You, Fat Bottom Girls), but Opera beats it for singles (Bohemian Rhapsody) and capturing the excess that is Queen and most notably Freddie Mercury. Part of the exercise here is rebelling against the iTunes generation who just buy the singles and uncovering the great records that you can listen to start to finish. This is one of those records. It is a lush musical journey with songs as diverse as the piano based, "You're My Best Friend" and the hard rocking, "I am in Love with My Car." So go ahead and download Queen's Greatest Hits, but make sure you add Opera, when you are ready to go a little deeper.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Queen - A Night at the Opera
A Night at the Opera is the quintessential Queen record. Jazz and News of the World have a few great singles (We will Rock You, Fat Bottom Girls), but Opera beats it for singles (Bohemian Rhapsody) and capturing the excess that is Queen and most notably Freddie Mercury. Part of the exercise here is rebelling against the iTunes generation who just buy the singles and uncovering the great records that you can listen to start to finish. This is one of those records. It is a lush musical journey with songs as diverse as the piano based, "You're My Best Friend" and the hard rocking, "I am in Love with My Car." So go ahead and download Queen's Greatest Hits, but make sure you add Opera, when you are ready to go a little deeper.
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