The first album I ever bought was Queen’s Night at the Opera. Bohemian Rhapsody is awesome, especially when you consider that they didn’t use a synthesizer on the entire album.
The downside to Bohemian Rhapsody was when they played it live, the opera part was on tape. I shudder to think how many tracks and studios (they used more than one) it took to produce it.
In fact, that album is sitting on my turntable as I write this. I hate CDs, they sound like breaking glass although they are much better than they were but nothing sounds as good as vinyl with a great cartridge.
Sorry, pretension has a home and it’s with Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody. Nothing gets my hand moving to change the station faster. Nothing.