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Queen Night at the Opera [30th Anniversary CD/DVD] Release Date: 2005 11 22 Label: Hollywood Rating:

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. [In 2005, Hollywood Records released a two-disc, remastered 30th anniversary CD/DVD of A Night at the Opera that included a DVD featuring original and new videos, as well as audio commentary from the band.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Death on Two Legs	Mercury, Queen	3:43
2	Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon	Mercury, Queen	1:07
3	I'm in Love with My Car	Queen, Taylor	3:04
4	You're My Best Friend	Deacon, Queen	2:52
5	'39	May, Queen	3:30
6	Sweet Lady	May, Queen	4:03
7	Seaside Rendezvous	Mercury, Queen	2:14
8	Prophet's Song	May, Queen	8:20
9	Love of My Life	Mercury, Queen	3:38
10	Good Company	May, Queen	3:23
11	Bohemian Rhapsody	Mercury, Queen	5:54
12	God Save the Queen	Queen, Traditional	1:13
13	Bohemian Rhapsody [DTS 5.1 Surround Sound][*]	Queen
14	You're My Best Friend [DTS 5.1 Surround Sound][*]	Queen
15	Videos [DTS 5.1 Surround Sound][*]	Queen

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