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A Night at the Opera Pt. 2

Frederick Baptist | Singapore | 10/06/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This album was clearly intended to match its illustrious predecessor (even the cover design is almost the same save one was white while the other black) but alas, very few albums now or in the future would ever come close to matching "A Night at the Opera", a true rock classic and quite possibly one of the best albums ever made and "A Day at the Races" is one of them.



The album is patchy at best and doesn't flow as well. Not one of Queen's best or even among their top 5 albums but still worth a listen. Some of their greatest songs are here to spice up the album but unfortunately these are also accompanied by other quite forgettable tunes as well. "Somebody to Love" and "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy" are all-time Queen great songs and together with "Tie Your Mother Down" are good enough to earn 4 stars for this disc but the other tracks are like the aptly named track "Drowse" and will put you to sleep.



Still, this Japanese version is very well packaged in a mini-lp replica sleeve and has been very recently remastered and so sounds very good indeed. If you are looking for the best sounding version of this cd that's out there, this one is it.



Recommended."