A Night At The Opera

Ehh, very very Queen which felt like too much Queen, not my favorite collection

Overrated. didn't enjoy most songs. Bohemian Rhapsody is amazing obviously. Not bad just decent. 6/10

An rating principal I've settled on is that if there is a song on a record that I genuinely love, then I cannot assign the record one star. This album pushes the limits of that standard, because for as much warmness as I feel for You're My Best Friend, the rest of this is completely unbearable. I only could sit through this one once.

One thing I've learned from this website is that Queen is extremely overrated. Honestly, wtf are songs like "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon", "I'm In Love with My Car" and "Seaside Rendezvous"? Cool to hear some proto-metal chugging in "The Prophet's Song" but that song became to much after a few minutes. 2.33

I really don't like queen. They've made a handful of good songs but even there good songs are annoying as hell. It's just generic 70s glam rock slop that everyone thinks is like the best music ever and tries to copy what it's contemporaries did better. Also Bohemian rhapsody is an ok song I don't hate it 5/10 Favourite: Bohemian Rhapsody Least Favourite: Seaside Rendezvous

Not really my thing I hate super overproduced rock and the songwriting and guitar aren’t anything special other than bohemian rhapsody which is a banger

I know Queen’s music primarily through their most popular songs on the radio and now I realize why. I have only listened to an entire album through the 1001 project. If this record is considered Queen’s finest it only confirms that they are the quintessential greatest hits band. This is a disjointed mix of genres with no flow. Too many campy silly songs mashed up with bloated overblown prog arrangements. Not a fan. Freddie Mercury is obviously a unique vocalist and performer, but also an overactor. If I never hear Bohemian Rhapsody again, that would be fine by me.

I have never really connected with Queen. I feel like there are too many random sound that don't really connect. A little metal, some vaudeville and then a few too many epics thrift and flail wildly but to what end? I just did not care. And listening to this album I have finally understood the foundational issue I have - that damn guitar tone. It pierces through everything. It never sits in the pocket. It like a wolverine waiting to pounce. Even when it's not there you can tell it's just there lurking, biding it's time to come raging and busting up everything in the room. You're My Best Friend is the most palatable (maybe even successful) song precisely because the guitar is kept at bay until the very end where two guitars (probably more) tastefully harmonize to support the song as opposed to taking over the proceedings. Still better than Steely Dan.

Not too bad, actually. But not too good either. Give me Freddie and a piano and lose the rest.

A more delicate Queen Not quite what they seem I liked this more than other This doesn't seem to bother It still gives me an itch Even if his voice so rich It sounds a bit like George Ringo Paul and John They shine through a couple of song

Appreciate the ambition of the album but doesn’t really do it for me. Queen is greatest hits band for me and Bohemian Rhapsody (obviously) and you’re my best friend are the standouts on this album

I dislike the Mercury songs and the other guy's songs are boring. So I cannot win!

solo love of my life e bohemian rhapsody (che sono bellissime!!) si salvano mi spiace

Just not for me. Obviously Bohemian Rhapsody is ridiculous and fun - mainly because of the Wayne's World connection - but the rest of it is annoying.

Um. I can appreciate the musical ability. But I just can’t jam on this

Good

One of the funniest things today is reading the five star reviews dissing the car song while completely ignoring the mental tosh like Seaside Rendezvous. And praising '39? The car song is fine. It's a bit latter pink Floyd and the lyrics are cringe but I've heard a lot worse. Obviously there's Bohemian Rhapsody and Best Friend here which are great songs, I'm not such a Queen hater to be blind to that. But there is a LOT of shit. Besides even the silly music hall stuff. If you want that done properly then go listen to The Kinks. No to The Prophets Song. I like 2 songs and they are 2 excellent songs so I guess it's a 2. I somehow got to album 850 before getting any of the 3 Queen records and here I am at 989 and I still have Sheer Heart Attack to come. Oh well.

Just fine, not a huge queen fan but nothing wrong with it objectively

Overblown pompous pantomime rock. No thanks.

Wildly all over the place.

Bohemian Rhapsody and other songs.

I had a Queen period around the time Freddie died. I came out of that period with an appreciation of what incredible hit writers they were - and what incredibly mediocre album writers. Which also means: any good Queen song you've probably heard to death, and any deep cut is not really worth your while. This is no exception. Death On Two Legs is almost an exception to the deep cut rule I just mentioned. Besides that... There are more. musichall-esque novelty songs here than I remember. Some of them INCREDIBLY annoying. Plus that car song which even 30-odd years ago I found incredibly stupid and which hasn't gained much since. And a faux country folk stomp song makes as much sense to me today as it ever did. Ie very little. All of that said... Yes, their sort of erratic writing/output is part of what made them create the outstanding stuff they certainly have in their discography. Like Bohemian Rhapsody. And this album definitely was influential in the way it was written and produced (so much better than previous Queen albums!). I still don't really enjoy it an awful lot as an album.

The first of unfortunately three albums on the list from the most overrated, radio-play, bang-average band in history. And it’s very much as expected. One half glam rock that acts as an overexposed photograph in musical form, and another half of what they’re best (worst) at - shitty whimsical ditties. There is false hope in the intro to Death on Two Legs, and reconciliation in the surprise eight-minute long Prophet’s Song, featuring a genuinely good guitar section. I only hope that God can rid me of Bohemian Rhapsody. It’s certainly impressive that I can know all the lyrics to such an (allegedly) complex song without ever willingly listening to it, but the novelty’s worn off, and my Christ. It isn’t anywhere near the ‘best song of all time’. I’m aware this rating is more of a statement against the band rather than this particular record. But I can’t move past the band, so here you are.

This album is OBNOXIOUS. Like "Death on Two Legs" and "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" might be the most grating one-two punch of opening tracks in the 1970s. It's weirdly twee with boring, big guitar riffs punctuated by just enough bizarre vocal harmonies and orchestral flourishes that it demands your attention. This trend just continues through the entire album. "Sweet Lady" is notably terrible and "Seaside Rendezvous" sounds better suited for musical theater than normal human listening. "The Prophet's Song" seems to go for a more proggy style and the first 4 minutes aren't that bad, but the crescendo of a cappella vocals in the round that goes on for two minutes is truly awful. A truly bizarre track that goes nowhere. "Love of My Life" is a comparatively sane track and a nice showcase of Freddie Mercury's undeniable vocal talent. "Good Company" would be a much better track without the banjolele. Then, of course, there is "Bohemian Rhapsody". On its own this is a delightfully strange, dizzying rock opera with such a massive place in pop culture that it's hard to hear for what it is. I think listening to it in its context on this album actually makes me like it less. The first ~half of the song is considerably more enjoyable than anything else on the album, but the operatic interlude in the middle is kind of ruined. The crescendo towards the return of the guitars after this interlude and the outro are, like the first half, still more enjoyable than most of the album. And rounding it out with the contemptible "God Save the Queen". Ugh. Admittedly, Brian May's arrangement isn't in itself offensive. Overall I liked this far less than I anticipated. I knew Queen weren't my favorite band and that they verge on a particular kind of over-the-top that I don't care for, but I guess I had never sit down and listened to a full album of it. Turns out "over-the-top" and "I don't care for [it]" are understatements. 3/10

Ah sweet Jesus. When the words “rock” and “opera” intersect, I feel my blood boil. I feel my DNA scream as if warning me from my primordial past. An ancestral shiver travels my spine as though it’s a sign of strike from a crocodile. My hackles are up as we enter the theatre. May your deity have mercy on my soul and my distaste for theatrical bombast be ever untested. The initial riff rules. Oh boy. This is absolutely a theatre song. It’s a musical. The guitar tone is nice, the vocals are varied and competent (obviously) but they do SCREAM this is a scene set in an office in a community theatre production. Weird Beatles interlude. Kinda funny. Pretty decent musically again. A little nursery rhyme-y, but hey. It’s a silly interlude. This guy is in love with his car. This HAS to be a comment on overly performative masculinity. Or, maybe it’s what I have always said, there is something super weird about car guys and horse girls for the same exact reason. Don’t read too deep into that. Or do, but I won’t explain it. Use your critical thinking. (They want to fuck the thing). Anyway. What the hell is this song? I like the silly critique, but as a song, if I’m supposed to actually listen to this ever again, I will not. Holdin’ hands, sippin’ root beer floats with your honey down at the jukebox diner. Maybe your sweetheart will give you a kiss on the cheek when your chaperone ain’t looking, gee whiz! Man the guy can sing though. Despite my expert takedown of an idealized time in world history that is not necessarily reality, but a misremembering of certain aspects while omitting much of the truth of the era as humans are wont to do, this song is ok. What the hell is going on? This is basically maritime folk tinged now. Can’t keep up with the genre changes, which is really cool. Far too many of these albums pick a lane and occupy it, oftentimes poorly. Listen to me using car analogies. I’ll never beat the car romance allegations. This one was pretty cool. Typical rock song to start with a kind of freakout end to the thing. Lyrics are fairly lame, and by lyrics, I mean the song title and the repetition of that over and over. Nahhhh. I can picture the exact person this is for. Their description eludes me for the most part. Well, let me give it a go, during this odd horn breakdown (which is pretty fun to be fair). The most positive person you’ve ever met, despite having no reason to be positive whatsoever. A deep lover of musical theatre and probably has a pet gecko named Hermione or something like that. This person is also definitely in three to four parasocial relationships and calls YouTubers by their first names in comments. If this is you, oh boy, do I have the song for you!! Good riffs here. While it’s definitely the villains intro song in this ongoing rock opera (shudder), it’s a pretty decent one. Wait. What happens 4 minutes in? Why? Eh. It stays cool at least. Riffs all the way through. Best song so far. Piano ballad. Gearing us up for the rhapsodic ending that we all know is coming. This one is too cheesy for me. The actor is now on his knees in the middle of the stage, periodically stepping into ballet moves. Why do I know so much about musical theatre? I’m telling you, it sticks with me and gnaws at my very soul and provides enough cringe to launch a thousand grimaces. Not the beloved McDonald’s mascot. The facial expression. Although imaging a submarine shaped like Grimace is getting me through this sappy mess of a song. More Beatles worship here. Sgt. Peppers era. Even sounds like Paul McCartney. Meh. The most theatrical song to ever exist. It is so incredibly overplayed and overhyped but when I heard it the first time as a young fella, it crushed me. It still holds a place as an ambitious, artful rock song. Weird English national anthem closer. Alba gu bràth. I feel like I’m grading this on a curve. I feel like I absolutely hate it, yet I feel as though it’s wrong to feel that way. Hate might be a strong word as there are some excellent ideas and singing here. There is also much that just doesn’t appeal to me at this point in my life. This isn’t objective, it’s the subjective thoughts of a weirdo who spent most of this time making fun of theatre kids. 2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: ‘39, Prophet’s Song, Bohemian Rhapsody

Fine. 2/5

meh

Ok

Ei kyllä Queen ole oma juttu. Ihan musiikkia on, mutta ei ole omaan makuun tämä lain.

Didn’t hate it as much as I thought

A Night At the Opera krijgt bijna 4 sterren op dit platform, maar ik laat de hypetrain graag aan mij voorbij gaan. Deze luistersessie was wederom een bevestiging dat ik niet houd van Queen. Het is enorm overgeproduceerd. Ergens hoor je meerdere stukjes Freddie Mercury achter elkaar geplakt. Net als de laag-over-laag gitaarsolo's. En dan natuurlijk de meerstemmige Queen-koortjes. Blegh. Het is gewoon pretentieuze meuk eigenlijk. Gelukkig mocht ook hier -net als bij the Beatles- de drummer ook een nummertje aanleveren. Zijn ode -I'm in Love in My Car- is zo verschrikkelijk dat ik er al snel uit was: ik ga Bohemian Rhapsody niet eens draaien... 4,5/10 Highlights '39 (van Brian May, toch wel geinig)

Giving this a 2 for Bohemian Rhapsody and general musical competency, but this really didn’t do it for me. I like Queen more when they’re just straight rocking out and less being “quirky” or “fun” and this felt like more of the latter. Most of these songs bored me and a few outright annoyed me.

Biggest one hit wonder of all time, most overrated band of all time. One good song and two commercials/movie soundtrack pieces and they get talked about with the greats. Ridiculous. This is a novelty band nothing more, and a flamboyant front man does not change that.

Despite having the most (over)played Queen song on it, the rest of this album is largely unrecognizable as Queen. Some of it sounds like another band entirely, and that's not a band I would go out of my way to listen to. This album feels disjointed, and too experimental for its own good. Maybe I'm missing something, but I didn't really enjoy this one very much. To their credit, though, Bohemian Rapsody has to be the least annoying overplayed major hit from the 60s and 70s. Unlike Stairway, for example, I'm not sick of it. But it can't carry the rest of the album on its back.

This is just Hamilton for boomers. Boo, go back into the Def Leppard / Journey / Foreigner bin, you are not one of the big boys, and I won't let Hollywood execs gaslight me into thinking that. Anyways, "Death on Two Legs" is a better song than "Bohemian Rhapsody".

Like seemingly all of queen's albums, shite when they go operatic/soft, good when they actually go heavy. I'm in love with my car the only new addition to songs by them I actually like, which are seemingly few and far between. Reminds me a bit of the Beatles when they'd go off-piste, with the main difference being it was a novelty with the Beatles so acceptable, but for Queen it's seemingly 3 in every 4 songs. Really drags. 2.5*

- i can recite the entirety of bohemian rhapsody but i can’t get myself to rate this album more than 2 stars - just not something i’d enjoy listening to casually

I mean, it's queen. couple of tracks I liked, nothing that blew my mind. 2.5

doesn't do it for me

I feel like I have to ostracize myself, but having now listened to this album for the first time, I think a few parts are better than the whole sum. I'll continue to listen to the parts I like and skip the rest.

I love me some Queen, and actually have never listened to a full album of there’s before, so I was excited to listen in it’s entirety. Unfortunately not as great as I had hoped. Of course the hits like Bohemian Rhapsody and You’re My Best Friend are on there, but the weird songs in between are almost too eclectic for me. Definitely ties into the album name though-I can hear and feel the drama and novelty of the songs and how they would be portrayed at an actual opera. Listen again: maybe Purchase for my collection: if I found it super cheap-it’s Queen after all! Favourite Song: Bohemian Rhapsody, so cliche.

I hate Queen, and my greatest fear on doing this project was that I would be proved wrong and have to either revise my opinion or double down while knowing I was wrong. Luckily, I still hate Queen. What an absolutely dreadful joke of an album this is. Is it meant to be funny? Is singing about how much you love your car cool now? Not even the appearance of Bohemian Rhapsody, which I guess even I have to concede is not without merit, fails to elevate this boring old nonsense. Why do people like them so much?

One banger one OK rest so so

Progressive Avant Pop. Most well known song is "Bohemian Rhapsody".

queen are pants

I love them and have seen them live, with Freddie, a couple of times but I think Queen are a Greatest Hits band rather than an album band.

This album wouldn't be on here if it didn't contain Bohemian Rhapsody.

"David, kill the Queen." I'm not really a fan of them in general but can't argue with Freddie's showmanship.

Not my particular favorite. Although a lot of the songs had a softer sound that traditional queen. The album starts off more mellow before going into Queen "funk" and I like that aspect.

More like a night in Vaudeville. A few songs save this album from being terrible. 39 for one.

Something is off on this album. Desperation to put out an album when they didn't have what it takes and filled in with tracks that should have remained empty.

rock music for a musical

It’s just so twee.

Very operatic indeed. Not my cup of tea but I have to appreciate the craft here.

Not my jam

Nunca había escuchado un álbum de estudio de Queen, asumí que solos sus compilaciones de Greatest Hits valdrían la pena. Tenía razón

It was okay

Respect em but have a hard time getting into they broader repertoire.

the hits carry this album, the filler is not great at all and honestly very disappointing considering what I expect from Queen most of the time.

Ausser Bohemian Rhapsody maximal nervig

Bohemian Rhapsody is worth the price of admission alone, and I also like You’re My Best Friend, but outside those two carrying the album there are not a lot of memorable tracks here. I was taken aback by how boring I found most of the tracks.

Queen is so overrated it’s embarrassing. Everyone gets so wowed by the vocal talent that Freddie Mercury was that they overlook the fact that the band was really just a mediocre singles band. I can’t in good conscience listen to this album in full and say that it is anything more than a combination of Mercury’s talent/charisma and some quirky production techniques. Even the songs I’ve heard before are mediocre. Bohemian Rhapsody is the most obnoxiously bloated rock song of all time. I mean, what the f-ck is this song about, defiance? It’s a bunch of gibberish that idiots like to sing along to at the bar. It’s the 70s equivalent to Don’t Stop Believin’. Bearable songs include Death on Two Legs and You’re My Best Friend.

Such immense talent from Queen. I just wish I enjoyed the music a bit more

1. death on tuuo legz - 1 2. lazing on a zunday afternoon - 1 3. im in love uuith my car - 0 4. youre my bezt friend - 1.5 5. 39 - 1 6. zuueet lady - 1 7. zeazide rendezvouz - 1 8. the prophetz zong - 1.5 9. love of my life - 2 10. good company - 1 11. bohemian rhapzody - 5 12. god zave the queen - 0

Except for Bohemian Rhapsody this record blows.

Would have been a 1 but my baby liked one song so it’s a 2

"Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead" Yeah, it's the bohemian rhapsody album. I was never the biggest Queen fan, and anytime people felt compelled to sing along to that aforementioned song, I would roll my eyes internally. That being said, I was still pretty excited for this album, and hoped it would punish my cynicism with great rock n roll. T1 - "Death on two legs" begun to reward that wish with a great single that uses Mercury's range to compliment a moody guitar/bass melody (playlist). Beyond this track, the album became increasingly tedious to listen to, and reminded me of the reasons that I don't listen to Queen. Through T8 - "Prophet's song" and T10 - "Good company," I was almost forcing myself to continue listening to the album, and then ~the song~ played. enough said. I wouldn't listen again, but I understand it's inclusion on the list. Maybe this is me being petty, but... 2/5

I’m trying not to let the fact that this is the second queen album in almost as many days affect my thoughts on it. I realize now that most of my queen exposure has been on the radio, which means it’s the same dozen or so songs over and over again. Venturing out into some of the deeper cuts has been interesting as it shows much more of the wide not the band was casting as it searched for its own sound. The multi layered vocal tracks and doubled guitars that are so memorable in Bohemian Rhapsody were clearly developed over several years to reach that point. As with Queen II, I can’t help but feel that the band was as heavily influenced by the Beatles as any of their contemporaries. Some of the bouncing, boisterous songs are more reminiscent Mr. Kite and Eleanor Rigby than say D’yer Mak’er.

Just not a fan of rock opera

Pretty decent glam rockers with some oddities. The harmonies are pretty cool. Weird that Freddy doesn't sing every song, like the goofy song about loving your car. It's pretty alright, nothing I'd listen to all the time. Two stars, one for Bohemian Rhapsody and another for You're My Best Friend

Not my favourite from their catalog

As queen goes I didn’t really rate it, they’ve done so much better

39 👍 The Prophet’s Song 👎

Ugh

Too gaudy? I liked the hits and the slower folky songs were the best. Also loses a star for god save the queen. Probably wouldn't listen to the whole album again, but would be good for kids as a first album to get into. Maybe. Ah well.

The best song is Bohemian Rhapsody, the rest are only ok

Not for me

It was very grand

Weird, and then 2 billion streams

The more Queen albums I listen to, the more I realize all you need is the greatest hits. Bohemian Rhapsody overshadows the rest of the album. I just spent the whole album waiting for it to get good.

Bizarre album. I don’t think I like a single song on it but it’s overall good? I think the production is really excellent, maybe that’s it

I hate Queen. I think it’s largely because queen is EVERY “OuR gENErTiOns MuSIc sUX” quirky person’s favorite band. Hard for me to separate that from the actual music, especially with Bohemian Rhapsody on the album, which might actually be my least favorite song of all time for the reasons above. Album is cohesive, varied, Freddie mercury has a great voice but I still hate Queen

Who doesn't like a good Queen album... ? I swear I was going to answer 'Me!' to this question a few months ago when I first listened to this album. Brian May, Freddie Mercury, what's there not to like...? Well, the track '39 for starters... Seaside Rendezvous, Love of My Life and Good Company also not my favorites... but Bohemian Rhapsody brings this home. Also, I really enjoyed Sweet Lady. Yeah, a majority of this album sounds like a Victorian circus. It's a little campy and straight-laced, right up to the chin. Even Bohemian Rhapsody is hammy. This evidenced by the famous '76 AMC Pacer scene in Waynes World. It's fun, I've heard it a million time and doesn't get old (Thanks Wayne and Garth) but it carries a lot of baggage with it. That is the balance of this album weighs down the goodness and it's just not for me.

Queen's dead mate

Queen sucks

not for me.

Not a big queen fan, found it a bit of a slog. Love of My Life is always good, but I've heard better versions, I found the album version a bit overproduced.

I don't mind the odd Queen song but a whole album of Freddy showing off was too much

Meh

Too dramatic, not for me.

2.5

🙄

Not my style. Bohemian Rhapsody is obviously very good, but the rest of the album was disappointing.

Not really my thing. Probably blasphemous to say but Mercury’s vocals are obnoxious. Way too over the top. I get that’s his deal but it’s not for me. The guitars on this are cool though.

Feels harsh giving it a 2 as there's a lot of great musicianship there, but I really dislike most of the songs apart from about 3 of them

Starts well but descends into abject nonsense really quickly.

I am not a Queen fan! I generally pretentious and overwrought. I had Queen II earlier and it did nothing to dispell my pre conceptions. Now this is their best known album and I do confess to a certain fi ding a certain charm to Behemian Rhapsody, probably more to do with its ubiquitous presence in modern popular culture. I guess it wore me down. I'm also anxious to hear I'm in Love With My Car after Mine Myers performance in the movie. It's a nice song. I also didn't realize that You're My Best Friend is also on this album...I like its straight ahead pop song aesthetic, but these guys can't help themselves even on a "pop" song ad the drums and bass are overwrought instead of being simple and in service of a beautiful melody. The next song '39 has a charming folk feel but again is done in by an over produced and somewhat weak chorus. Still I like the song. For the rest of the album it goes from songs that are over produced an over wrought to parody songs (Seaside Rendezvous). Overall it's a better album than Queen II but still filled with Queen's portentious theatricality (The Prophet's Son, Love of my Life.... Yech!) 2.5 stars

I knew this was going to come up eventually, perhaps my most controversial musical opinion: I do not like Queen. I'll sing along at karaoke, sure, but actually just listening to them brings me little to no joy. Despite being unfamiliar with most of the tracks on this album none of them came even close to changing my mind. Just not for me.

Meh, it's all bit all over the place and then, you know, Bohemian Rhapsody

TBH, expected better from Queen

I have the same problem with this as I did with 10cc. It’s all over the place. In addition to rag-time piano, we get skiffle music (I was sure Spotify switched to another album for ’39), Dixieland, kazoos etc…not to mention a one-minute rendition of God Save the Queen – all this mixed with commercial rock and hyper-overdubbed vocals, which would make the songs near impossible to perform live. Speaking of which, Bohemian Rhapsody of course is a classic and worth an extra point. And the piano playing is good too.

Je moet dit waarschijnlijk in zijn tijd zien, maar voor mij zit er weinig in wat ik kan waarderen. Goede muziek en geweldige zanger natuurlijk. Dat dan weer wel.

Vloeken in de kerk voor veel mensen, maar ik heb er het briljante nooit van ingezien. En de hele verheerlijking en hype die er omheen gecreeerd is werkt bij mij juist averechts. En zullen we afspreken dat voor zolang de mensheid bestaat, we Bohemian Rhapsody gewoon NOOIT meer draaien?

quello che mi viene da dire è: perchè? mi sembra tutto forzatamente eccessivo ma senza che se ne sentisse il bisogno. Anche gli arrangiamenti che sono sicuramente complessi ma perchè? quale funzione svolgono? a supporto di cosa? Non sono un amante dell'opera e forse non sono il target per questa versione patinata di essa però aspettavo con ansia la fine del disco. A the prophet song dopo 8 minuti di vocalizzi volevo morire.

Couple good songs but my god Freddie Mercury is gay

Queen was never a favorite of mine and I just couldnt find myself getting into it

first impression: off the cuff, sounds like goofy amusement park & clown music.

I didn't love all of the songs but it was totally worth it just to hear Bohemian Rhapsody again!

Mix of tawdry pop songs and novelty songs

Yeah I have it two!

The production is really really good, the instrumentation is amazing but that's about all there is to it for me. The album is built around moments and building up to these moments rather than melodies and I can understand why this would be a 5/5 album to someone who appreciates that aesthetic.

Was expecting a lot more from this

disappointing

Sounds like a musical

I feel like I'll never really get Queen because I heard their music a million times at sporting events, in Waynes World etc. before I ever really cared about it, so it's all become this pop cultural cliche. That movie a couple years ago didnt help. I guess this is okay?

encore une fois un choix de disque décevant pour un tel groupe

Not a queen fan

Too bad because the beginning of the album is really good.

Fun, but not my thing

Tracks to go back to: ‘39

Boring....gave musical and I wasn't in the mood for that

This is terrible. Two singles that stick out like sore thumbs, the rest is trash.

Dve piesne, čo nemajú chybu a zvyšok je balast. Majú lepšie albumy ako tento.

Probably better than their previous effort and it was interesting to hear Bohemian Rhapsody in the context of an album (it didn’t add much)… and I was probably going to give it a middling mark but then that god awful rendition of the god awful British national anthem occurred and it irked me. It had no musical merit, it had no technical merit, it has questionable cultural associations, and I think it only served as a way of the overgrown poodle trying put himself on the same level as Hendrix.

I fucking hate Queen. Obviously familiar with the singles (which I dislike) but by god the rest of the album is shit - how someone can listen to ‘I’m in love with my car’ and ‘seaside rendezvous’ and tell me that this is the pinnacle of music can absolutely do one. The tone of May’s guitar has always grated on me, and the doubling/harmonies of the vocals, whilst something of a hallmark, sounds horrible. What an awful, awful closing track too. A grand finale to a steaming turd of an LP.

wacky

There are people I love who get a lot of pleasure from listening to Queen, so I am grateful for that, but personally I don't even like most of the singles. As for the filler on this... the car song, the seaside song and the prophet song do at least provide a wide variety of different kinds of trash. Remarkably, the ukelele song isn't even the worst. I didn't mind Brian May's '39' but I can't quite push beyond a 'didn't mind'. Then there is the Behemoth Rhapsody. I don't always hate it. There are parts of it I quite like, and then it always ends up with the scaramouche fandango stuff and I am back to hating it again. The album ends with 'God Save the Queen', of all things, but nothing can.

I’m really sad I didn’t enjoy my time with this, I always thought I’d enjoy Queen. But the songs that are “good” I just truly never need to hear again. It also lessened my appreciation for Bohemian Rhapsody as this lighting in a bottle track, they were trying so hard in every track to make a Bohemian Rhapsody. Idk man, bummed me out.

havent even started it but i'm not a fan of queen so yikes fuck bohemian rhapsody is on this help really thought my least favorite would be bo rhap but seaside rendezvous is a strong competitor oh wow the prophet's song is also upsetting my brain. im just thinking of those singing bubbles from shark boy and lava girl shoutout to my phone for glitching 10 seconds into bo rhap and skipping it<3 most tolerable song: god save the queen

Not huge on Queen Albums - only way to listen is the Greatest Hits

Absoluut afgrijselijk

Eindelijk kunnen we afrekenen met dit album van Queen. Veel te over de top, Freddie kan misschien goed zingen maar als het 'choir-zingen' wordt ingezet haak ik meteen af. Bohemian Rhapsody is het meest overrated nummer aller tijden en wat mij betreft kan het weggevaagd worden uit de muziekgeschiedenis. Ik was benieuwd of er nog iets interessants bij zat, maar dat was niet het geval.

This was marginally better better than Van Halen. Queen struggles to make cohesive songs and struggles even more making cohesive albums.

Did not listen.

shit sucked man im sorry

Thought i didnt like bohemian rhapsody, turns out i just dont like queen

Strongly dislike this

I feel like liking Queen is an anachronistic fragment left around from days when people didn't know better, like smoking and casual racism.

you guys are complete liars

Stylistically it was interesting (not really in a good way though), a couple songs had a show tunes feel . I think there were only two stand out tracks: You're my best friend, and bohemian Rhapsody. These songs are fantastic, but nothing else worth listening to.

I have no patience for this bullshit but i do like the song where roger taylor is in love with his car and the best friend song is so nice

Outside of Bohemian Rhapsody this album is incredibly stinky

I feel a little bit of a hypocrite for being annoyed at the swings this album takes - usually I love big swings. Unfortunately this is one of the most annoying albums I've ever heard - nearly every song starts off promising and then becomes irredeemable trite. There is one song that isn't annoying, and sorry, it isn't Bohemian Rhapsody. Best Track: You're My Best Friend Worst Track: The Prophet's Song

Lieve heer wat hebben we U misdaan? Oké, ik heb me voorgenomen altijd naar het positieve te zoeken in een album. Het vale zonnetje, hoe donker de hemel ook is. Queen verbaast me altijd wel met hun veelzijdigheid, van hard- naar pure glam rock, van barok pop naar progressive rock. Ze lijken moeiteloos te switchen, terwijl ze de verschillende smaken kruiden met een variatie aan culturele invloeden. Het enige probleem is wel dat de ene stijl nog walgelijker uit de verf komt dan de ander. De meeste genres die ze coveren voelen aan als een parodie. En wat de weg ook is die ze inslaan, er zit altijd zo'n moddervet musical filter overheen. Zum kotzen. Eigenlijk één song op dit album ontsnapt aan dat zenuwachtige geneuzel, en laat zien dat de groep wel degelijk verrassend uit de hoek kan komen. Dat is '39', een America-esque folk-rock song. Laat dat dan ook direct één van de weinige momenten zijn dat Freddie Mercury niet de microfoon in z'n klauwen heeft. Toeval bestaat niet. Het is geen nummer dat je omverblaast, maar toch best chill. Een ander pluspunt is dat de muziek tijdloos lijkt, en behoorlijk goed 'ge-aged' is: Ik vind het nog steeds net zo kut als toen ik de band voor het eerst leerde kennen. De reeks vanaf het ronduit miserabele 'Seaside Rendezvous' tot en met het einde is mogelijk de fase waarin ik me het minst vermaakt heb met een plaat uit de hoge hoed van de album generator. Ik snap dat er over smaak niet te twisten valt, maar waarom klikt deze band met zóveel mensen? Highlights: '39 4/10

Bof. Nice use of the stereo effects. 1 good song. Rest seems pretentious. 2 stars

God I hate Queen. Everything is either campy as hell or the dullest schlock rock. The a cappella middle of Prophet's Song grates on the ears like a screeching child. Their cheesy lyrics seem to have been written by a non-native English speaker. After listening to this, I had to play two Bob Dylan albums in a row to fully wipe away the blather and remember what adult music sounds like. Obviously Bohemian Rhapsody is excellent but the rest sucks. No more Queen. Please.

I know it says opera in the title so they're intentionally going for this massive sound and songwriting excess, but it just ends up overblown and pompous. Freddie Mercury's vocals are spectacular - what a range and capable of so much stylistic variation. Brian May's guitar sound rules - all squealing barely contained chaos and an amazing combo of technique + melody with creative use of recording tricks for double harmonies. The electric piano(?) sound on Best Friend is funky and fuzzy and the bass is dynamic and lively in a Beatlesy way. '39 is an Irishish folksy jaunt, there are some prog-style tracks, some kind of Elton John piano pop rock. So, lots of interesting elements - but all together its a tedious chore. The songwriting is so maximalist, like just adding more parts, more key changes, more tempo shifts, more tonal breaks is the way to make a song better. The epitome of this, Bohemian Rhapsody, is the most overrated song in the canon - but they also include Love of My Life, a B-grade knock-off of themselves! With a harp fade out followed by a ukelele intro on the next track - stop it. The 70s would be so much better if all these rock dudes had never learned about the existence of opera.

TRASH

Not for me

BOOOO 🍅🍅🍅

Melko yhdentekevää, mutta pakottaa keskittymään omilla jipoillaan. Vähän niin kuin leffassa mukana oleva ärsyttävä kaveri, joka tökkii jatkuvasti kylkeen, kun tapahtuu jotain "hassua".

I really tried with this one. I did. I just could not give less of a fuck about this band

I hate this. Did Paul McCartney arrange this album? You're my Best Friend is a classic, hard not to like it. '39 wasn't bad! Sweet Lady wasn't the worst Queen song, excellent drums! Is this album turning around? Nope! Seaside Rendezvous may be the worst song on this album. If I never hear another Queen song, I'd be a happy man.

This kind of music is not for me. I only knew 1 song “Bohemian Rhapsody”.

blev homofob av att lyssna på detta album han förtjänade att dö i aids

if bohemian rhapsody didn't happen to be on this album it would not be on this list. My suspicions have been confirmed, once you've listened to Sparks you can never go back to early Queen because the Mael brothers did everything they did only better, smarter and funnier. Mercury's voice is absolutely incredible though, and Rhapsody one of the best songs of all time, but the rest of this album really sucks to me.

Some big hits that I liked -such as You're my best friend. Some weird songs too. Such a strange band.