A Night at the Opera vs Crime of the Century
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Topic: A Night at the Opera vs Crime of the Century
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: A Night at the Opera vs Crime of the Century
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 12:01
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two of the best and most defining albums of the 70s, both albums are the artistical pinnacle of the underlined band behind hte albums, both are standard albums in audio technologi and production value, which album is most progressive, which album have the strongest songs, which albums gets to you on the most personal level.   -------------  
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Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 12:16
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Crime by just a hair. ------------- 
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 12:22
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Crime is a consistently brilliant album, whereas Night is, IMO, very patchy. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 12:26
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wierd that Supertramp started one year earlier then Queen yet Queen managed 3 albums before A Night at the Opera, while Supertramp had two albums out at the start of the decade, and 2 year shaking of their fethers before getting in studio i 73 and produced Crime of the Century...- ., -------------
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Posted By: beebs
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 12:53
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Supah-tramp! ------------- "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of one's own mind" * Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 12:56
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As an sound engineer and from a technical point of view I have say that the Queen album reins supreme, but as a producer I have to say that Supertramp has some very strong songs and a more consistent album over all. From a prog lovers view my final vote goes to QUEEN by a short curly one. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: silversaw
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 13:37
| I agree on some level that there are a few lesser quality songs on NATO...but stuff like "The Prophet's Song" more than makes up for them and is better than anything on Crime..in my opinion of course. My vote is obvious!!! Long live the Queen. |
Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 13:39
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Easy - I hate Queen......dreadful band, so Supertramp for me!
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Posted By: Warthur
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 13:45
| I'm going to sit on the fence and declare it a dead heat. Not that I'd listen to both of them at once, that'd be weird. (Hide In Your Two Legs? I'm In Love With My School? Crime of the Rhapsody? Too much!) |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 13:49
Nether, even though I think you ment "NEITHER".
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 13:59
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nether as in heather and bether, is how i am
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Posted By: Vera
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 14:13
| Crime of the Century. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 15:17
| Rudy's on a train to nowhere. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 15:49
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A Night at the Opera. I have heard Crime of the Century too often during the mid-70's and I got sort of fed up with it. Nevertheless, both albums are in fact about equally good, with A Night at the Opera having the higher ups and the deeper downs and I prefer it slightly for these ups. ------------- 
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 16:02
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Crime is Supertramp's best album by a fair way, but it's not consistently excellent.
A Night at the Opera isn't Queen's best album (Sheer Heart Attack is) but it just gets my vote. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 16:09
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Crime. Queen means nothing to me. |
Posted By: dedokras
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 16:16
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Queen for me, easily one of the best albums ever, I love its variety, not to mention over half of the songs are classic. Crime is good too, probably the best album by Supertramp but definitely not the same league...
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 17:12
| Queen by far. Not as far as some might think, but far enough to count. It's one of the only Queen albums I'd consider to be wholeheartedly 'great'. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 18:10
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Both excellent albums. Both 5 star albums in my book. But I think Night at the Opera is more multi-faceted and a defining album for the era. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 18:30
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Queen's is a 3 star album for me while Supertramp's is a masterpiece.So no it's not even close. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: glenn_ecko
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 19:00
| I went with Crime of the Century. i would rate Queen 2 higher than Night at the Opera. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 19:31
| Always thought that Night At the Opera was a bit overrated (Day At The Races is better IMO) whereas Crime Of The Century is a consistently great album. |
Posted By: Matthew T
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 19:33
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Crime of the Century but close ------------- Matt |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 19:52
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Crime of the Century. (I can listen to Queen only in small doses...) ------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 20:17
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Crime of the century, but I loooove The Prophet´s Song to pieces. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: August 21 2011 at 07:20
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Crime of the Century.
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Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: August 21 2011 at 14:23
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b o t h ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: August 21 2011 at 15:44
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I must say, it's a close one. Two very good albums for almost the same reasons. But I'm nothin' but a Dreamer ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: August 21 2011 at 20:24
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both
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 22 2011 at 07:44
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A Night at the Opera.
I quite like Crime of the Century. Three stars. It's nothing special imo. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: August 22 2011 at 07:53
| Quite surprised to see Crime move well ahead of Night..., even on this forum, though I did vote for Crime myself. |
Posted By: stewe
Date Posted: August 22 2011 at 10:55
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A Night in Opera is revolutionary album and Crime of the Century is just quite an average imo. I like some of Hodgson's music very much though.
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: August 22 2011 at 18:55
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the Queen at the Opera! I dont like Supertramps. ------------- 
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Posted By: clarkpegasus4001
Date Posted: August 23 2011 at 00:38
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I've gone with Queen on this one
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Posted By: ppl
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 04:59
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Ruby900 wrote:Posted By: FunkyHomoSapien
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 09:41
| A Night at the Opera |
Posted By: kevin4peace
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 11:58
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It's hard for me to vote against ANatO, but Crime of the Century is Crime of the Century. Probably the best two crossover albums ever. ------------- Nothing to say here. Nothing at all. Nothing is easy. |
Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 12:03
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I never got heavily into Supertramp. And despite hating "I'm in love with my Car" I'll go with queen, because the side B of A Night at the Opera is flawless ------------- I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't |
Posted By: Hober Mallow
Date Posted: August 25 2011 at 10:55
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Supertramp is not my favorite, and I love Queen ------------- “When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” John Kennedy Toole |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 24 2016 at 05:24
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both (you made this really easy) had there been no "both" option, Supertramp would have got my vote.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 24 2016 at 08:17
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Update: I've been listening to Crime a lot in the last year, and I've done an about turn and now consider it better than NATO...  Although there are a few songs on NATO that may trump most of COTS, the latter is indeed consistently very good from start to finish. Asylum is brilliant. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: May 24 2016 at 11:21
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Crime of the Century is great but I go with ANATO. Bohemian Rhapsody, 39', Death on two Legs, The Prophet's Song, I'm in Love with my Car, etc. It's one of the greatest albums of all time. That said I prefer Queen II over it. ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: May 24 2016 at 11:29
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Crime for me ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: May 25 2016 at 07:14
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Both. I know Night at the opera more and for longer but both are fine albums with only fine numbers throughout. Unless you don't like either band sitting down to both is just fine. School, Crime, Rhapsody, Prophet's Song.... all good company in the asylum. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: May 26 2016 at 04:53
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: May 26 2016 at 04:56
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Crime ------------- |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: April 01 2018 at 15:40
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Crime ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: April 01 2018 at 23:34
| A Night. |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: April 02 2018 at 01:28
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Supertramp's finest moment ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: April 02 2018 at 04:59
| QUEEN |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: April 02 2018 at 05:06
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: April 02 2018 at 07:07
| two albums that I rate 3 stars, both the best from their respective bands by far. Still, I would not be sad if I never heard them again, so I voted neither |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: April 02 2018 at 07:30
Words Unspoken :) I love Queen and that album, especially "Death on Two Legs" but I have to go with Crime of the Century. |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: April 02 2018 at 08:33
| I prefer earlier works of both bands. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 02 2018 at 08:43
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Two bands that never made much impact on me.....I suppose Crime simply because Freddie Mercury's overly campy theatrics always irritated me. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |