Audio CD review:
Queen - A Night at the Opera (30th Anniversary Coll. Ed) [CD/DVD Combo]

Queen - A Night at the Opera (30th Anniversary Coll. Ed) [CD/DVD Combo]

Band: Queen Title: A Night at the Opera (30th Anniversary Coll. Ed) [CD/DVD Combo] Rating: Release Date: 22 November, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Death On Two Legs 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

Editoral Review On one level, the title is a reference to the band's operatic pretensions, best in evidence here on the classic "Bohemian Rhapsody," which was championed by headbangers a generation before being revived by the Wayne's World set. Nothing succeeds like excess--at least that's the case with Queen's breakthrough classic, A Night at the Opera. Of course, A Night at the Opera was also the title of a Marx Brothers movie, and the reference isn't lost on Queen, who seldom scaled the heights of pomprock without a knowing wink. The album is remembered for its meticulously produced bombast, but the truth is that there's a wide variety of material here, from the gorgeous piano-based "You're My Best Friend" and the McCartneyesque "39" to the music-hall-style "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" and the pedal-to-the-metal rockers "Death on Two Legs" and "I'm in Love with My Car. " A Night at the Opera is viewed by most as the quintessential Queen album, and justifiably so. --Daniel Durchholz .. You can see a complete list of all Queen discography, or go back to the Queen tabs