Queen At The Opera[mp3 320][ICM369]
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Though they began their career practicing an artier, more theatrical
variant on Led Zeppelins heavy rock sound, Queen was always capable
of much more.
Ultimately, Freddie and the boys were popsters at heart, and capable
ones to boot.
The album title is probably a reference to the FM rock anthem
Bohemian Rhapsody, which begins as an existential ballad before
moving into a mock-operatic section featuring scores of overdubbed
Freddie Mercurys.
Rhapsody is just the tip of the iceberg here. Lazing on a Sunday
Afternoon is a music-hall ditty that owes a debt to the Kinks. '39
is a surprisingly poignant folk-rocker written and sung y Brian May.
Youre My Best Friend is pure 70s AM melodic pop.
Queen even ventures into vaudeville territory (given Mercurys show-
biz leanings, not as much of a stretch as one might think) on the
fatalistic, old-timey "Good Company."
There are several souped-up rockers here as well, but its A NIGHT AT
THE OPERAs winning stylistic experimentation that makes it a milestone
in Queen history.
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, pop. campy British music hall
eventually bringing it all together on the pseudo-operatic Bohemian Rhapsody.
In short, its a lot like Queens 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 -- pf A Night at the Opera is in its detailed, meticulous productions.
Its prog rock with a sense of humor as well as dynamics, and Queen never
bettered their approach anywhere else.
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1. Death On Two Legs
2. Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
3. Killer Queen
4. Under Pressure
5. Who Wants To Live Forever
6. Another One Bites The Dust
7. Innuendo
8. We Will Rock You
9. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy
10. Play The Game
11. Seaside Rendezvous
12. Love Of My Life
13. Radio Ga Ga
14. Bohemian Rhapsody
15. Barcelona
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Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 7.53 MiB
Duration : 3mn 17s
Overall bit rate : 320 Kbps
Album : The Ultimate Tribute To Queen - Killer Queen
Track name : Death On Two Legs
Track name/Position : 1
Performer : Queen
Writing library : LAME3.98.2
Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Format_Settings_Mode : Joint stereo
Duration : 3mn 17s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 7.53 MiB (100%)
Writing library : LAME3.98.2
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