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 Afte...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Reissued on 180 gram vinyl! Heavy, arty, glam - the debut album from Queen burst from the womb in 1973 and established them with their first two hits "Keep Yourself Alive" and Liar". This edition reproduces the rare US original vinyl release, including the gold leaf logo. A platinum smash in its original release, Queen has now been restored to glorious analog 180 gram jet-black vinyl!

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VINYL FORMAT. 180 gram vinyl! In one regard, Queen II does indeed provide more of the same thing offer on the band's debut. Certainly, of all the other albums in Queen's catalog it bears the closest resemblance to its immediate predecessor, particularly in its lean, hard attack and in how it has only one song that is well-known to listeners outside of their hardcore cult: in this case, it's "Seven Seas of Rhye," which is itself more elliptical than "Keep Yourself Alive," the big song from the debut. But th...   [ read more ]

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