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A Night At The Opera, the fourth Queen album released in late 1975, is a mix of hard rock, pop, opera, music hall camp and traditional folk, utilising multi layered guitars, crunching riffs, vocals harmonies, piano flourishes, a harp, a ukulele and no synthesisers.

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