A Night at the Opera is the fourth album by English rock group Queen, released in November 1975. Co-produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, A Night at the Opera was, at the time of its release, the most expensive album ever recorded. A critical and commercial success, A Night at the Opera has been consistently voted by the public and cited by music publications as one of Queen's finest works, and is widely considered as one of the greatest albums...
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A Night at the Opera is the fourth album by English rock group Queen, released in November 1975. Co-produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, A Night at the Opera was, at the time of its release, the most expensive album ever recorded. A critical and commercial success, A Night at the Opera has been consistently voted by the public and cited by music publications as one of Queen's finest works, and is widely considered as one of the greatest albums ever recorded.
The album takes its name from the Marx Brothers film A Night at the Opera, which the band watched one night at the studio complex when recording. It was originally released by EMI in the UK where it topped the charts for four non-consecutive weeks, and Elektra Records in the United States where it peaked at number four.
"Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" could only be referred to as Freddie Mercury's hate letter toward Queen's ex-manager, Norman Sheffield, who is reputed to have mistreated the band and abused his role as...
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