Sell-out tours of Japan and Australia followed and in September, they played a free concert in London’s Hyde Park to over 150,000 ecstatic fans. tour in late February 1976, all four of their albums were in the U.K. By the time Queen hit Chicago during their headlining U.S. Released on November 21, 1975, the album went platinum, becoming the number one album in the U.K. The album also features John’s classic hit single “You’re My Best Friend,” Freddie’s caustic “Death on Two Legs,” his antithetical “Seaside Rendezvous,” “Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon,” Roger’s gritty rocker “I’m in Love With My Car,” Brian’s folksy “39,” vaudevillian “Good Company” and possibly Freddie’s most beautiful ballad ever, “Love of My Life.” charts for nine weeks and honored in 1977 as “The Best Single of the Last 25 Years.” It remains one of British rock’s finest moments. It was a production beyond comparison, residing at the top of the U.K. “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the controversial first single from the album, was greeted like manna from heaven in the dull musical wasteland between glam-rock and punk. New management and the luxury of unhampered time in the recording studio allowed Queen to fulfill their creative ambitions and produce “A Night at the Opera.” But 1975 became the turning point in their career. Added comments from rock stars Ian Hunter and Joe Perry, key music commentators Bob Harris, Mick Rock, Anthony DeCurtis and John Ingham and music industry veterans Jac Holzman and Joe Smith put the album in its rightful place in rock history.Ī deal with EMI and Elektra Records produced three albums that featured a burgeoning Queen sound, a massive single, “Killer Queen” and huge critical success. Interviews, musical demonstrations, acoustic performances, archival footage and multi-track tapes reveal how Queen created the songs and sounds with producer Roy Thomas Baker. Queen’s faultless musicianship, with the “Sonic Volcano” rhythm section of Roger Taylor and John Deacon, Brian May’s guitar virtuosity and the spectacular Freddie Mercury up front led to the crowning of Queen as one of the greatest rock acts of all time. The brilliant mix of hard rock, pop, opera, music hall camp and traditional folk, utilizing multi-layered guitars, crunching riffs, vocal harmonies, piano flourishes, a harp, a ukulele and ‘no synthesizers’ all combine to make what many consider to be a masterpiece. Explore the story behind the conception and recording of “A Night at the Opera,” the fourth Queen album, released in late 1975, and long regarded as a classic.
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