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A Night at the Opera

by Queen

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All Time

of 455,441

161
1970's

of 2,833

31
1975

of 298

4
Genres
- Classic Rock
  - Classic Rock
    
    of 14,245
    
    52
  - Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
    
    of 7,228
    
    40
  - Arena Rock
    
    of 1,856
    
    6
  - Glam
    
    of 1,311
    
    1
  - Supergroups
    
    of 373
    
    14
- Hard Rock & Metal
  - Hard Rock & Metal
    
    of 19,006
    
    23
  - British Metal
    
    of 689
    
    2
  - Hard Rock
    
    of 8,069
    
    22
- International
  - International
    
    of 74,356
    
    31
  - Europe
    
    of 14,363
    
    25
  - British Isles
    
    of 5,393
    
    24
  - Britain
    
    of 4,730
    
    24
- Pop
  - Pop
    
    of 263,782
    
    157
  - Pop Rock
    
    of 64,982
    
    92
- Rock
  - Rock
    
    of 107,693
    
    93
  - Progressive
    
    of 6,500
    
    8
  - Progressive Rock
    
    of 5,014
    
    8

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.6229 A Night at the Opera is ranked overall as 3.6229 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.8667 A Night at the Opera has an avg. critic score of 3.8667 out of 4 stars

A Night at the Opera Rank 4 Reviews

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The Daily Vault Album Reviews

[Editor's note: An earlier version of this review appeared inOn The Townmagazine on January 7, 1997]This is one of those albums that, at the time, absolutely blew me away.I mean, who WERE these guys? On one song they would chord-crunch like ...more

All Music Guide

Queen were straining at the boundaries of hard rock and heavy metal onSheer Heart Attack, but they broke down all the barricades onA Night at the Opera, a self-consciously ridiculous and overblown hard rock masterpiece. Using the multi-layered guitars ...more

Adrian Denning.co.uk

The fourth Queen album 'A Night At The Opera' really broke the band as a serious artistic outfit. Previous albums such as 'Sheer Heart Attack' were entertaining affairs but always with a dash of obvious filler to get in the way of the good songs. ...more

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