open 12 to 7 today ! on this date in 1975 ! Night at the Opera is the fourth studio alb** by British rock group Queen, released in November 1975. Co-produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, it was the most expensive alb** ever recorded at the time of its release. A commercial success, A Night at the Opera has been voted by the public and cited by music publications as one of Queen's finest works. The alb** takes its name from the Marx Brothers film A Night at the Opera, which the band watched one night at the studio complex when recording. The alb** was originally released by EMI in the United Kingdom, where it topped the UK Alb**s Chart for four non-consecutive weeks, and Elektra Records in the United States, where it peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and became the band's first platinum selling alb** in the US.!
