March 6, 2019 Playlist

Pledge Drive!
"A Night At The Opera" by Queen (1975)
   
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Queen "A Night At The Opera"  1975 (UK)
Queen has been having a major resurgence in popularity in the last year, with a movie and Oscar award for Rami Malek's portrayal of Freddie Mercury. There really is no arguing about which Queen album was the best: their fourth release A Night At The Opera is an immaculately produced album of incredible diversity that took them from the second rung of British Rock to one of the top bands in the world, and includes two of the group's most classic songs in "My Best Friend" (written by the bassist John Deacon) and of course the band's masterpiece "Bohemian Rhapsody" written by Freddie. It also includes standout deep cuts like Brian May's mystical prog epic "The Prophet" and Mercury's ballad "Love Of My Life", as well as music hall, glam, metal and lots of other stuff, all perfectly arranged and segued into the kind of classic album that defines "classic rock." In terms of visuals, Queen was one of the most innovative bands of their day creating what was arguably the first modern music video for this album (groups as far back as The Beatles had done "promotional clips", but those early "videos" tended to be cheap and not particularly artistic footage of a band miming on their instruments in a park and that sort of thing.)
(N) = New Release
(R) = Listener Request
   
Artist Song Album Year Country
Gang Of FourTo Hell With PovertyAnother Day, Another Dollar EP1982UK
WireStrangePink Flag1977UK
The FallPay Your RatesGrotesque (After The Gramme)1980UK
XTCI Am The AudienceGo 21978UK
The Au PairsSteppin' Out Of LineEqual But Different: The BBC Sessionsrec. 1979-81, rel. 1994UK
StereolabPack Yr Romantic MindTransient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements1993UK/France
 
 
Patti SmithLand: Horses / Land Of A Thousand DancesHorses1975USA
Butthole SurfersAmerican Woman (The Guess Who)Rembrandt Pussyhorse1986USA
Camper Van BeethovenSweetheartsKey Lime Pie1989USA
The Modern LoversOld WorldThe Modern Lovers1976USA
   
 
QueenDeath On Two Legs (Dedicated To . . . )A Night At The Opera
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1975UK
QueenThe Prophet's SongA Night At The Opera
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1975UK
QueenBohemian Rhapsody
   / God Save The Queen (trad.)		A Night At The Opera
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1975UK
Uriah HeepTears In My EyesLook At Yourself1971UK
RushBest I CanFly By Night1975Canada
   
 
DMBQ Blue Bird
   / Alone In The Milky Way
   / Fitzcarraldo!		KEEENLY (N)2018 (Drag City)Japan
SwansOxygenTo Be Kind2014USA
Scott Walker & Sunn O)))BullSoused2014USA/UK
   
 
Masahiko Satoh & Toshiyuki Miyama & His New HerdNi / SanYamatai-Fu1972Japan
Geinoh YamashirogumiOsorezanOsorezan1976Japan
   
 
Kyary Pamyu PamyuSaigo No Ice Cream ("Ice Cream At The Last Moment")Nanda Collection2013Japan
      
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