Originally Posted by
chaim
I'm a Queen fan. They were the second band I "found" when I was a teenager. I still adore them. So don't get me wrong here...
Whenever (and that is often) I see A Night At The Opera on these lists - or praised anywhere else as one of the greatest albums ever - the following comes to my mind:
Could this by any chance have anything to do with the fact that "Bohemian rhapsody" is on this album? If I gave the following list of songs to all the people who praise this as one of the greatest albums ever, how many of these people would recognize all the songs - and love them?
Death on two legs
Lazing on a Sunday afternoon
I'm in love of my car
You're my best friend
'39
Sweet lady
Seaside rendezvous
The prophet's song
Love of my life
Good company
God save the queen
It's a fine album, but A Day At The Races is a fine album too. Yet nobody ever mentions it.
To me it's like (and I'm a 10cc fan too!) calling Original Soundtrack one of the greatest rock/pop albums ever because "I'm not in love" is on it.