A Night At The Operaby Blind Guardian

Let me start off by saying I liked Blind Guardian before this album, but A Night at the Opera was where they went from good to great. Before this album, they sounded like a typical German power/speed metal band. Blind Guardian began incorporating so many more elements into their music with this release. The gang shouts being one of the biggest things they began to do that they continue to do to this day. They did the gang shouts prior to this album, but not to this extreme. Some guys are fans of this and some aren't, but I definitely am. I honestly can't think of one bad song on this album. It keeps me interested from beginning to end. It opens with Precious Jerusalem which is an excellent tune. Lots of riffing and gang shouts. It ends with And Then There Was Silence which is over 14 minutes long, yet never gets tiring in my opinion. This album is one of my top two favorites from Blind Guardian and a must for any Blind Guardian fan.