Queen II Album Review
Queen II album released on March 8 1974 was second album by Queen.
album cover by Mick Rock and visual inspiration for the Bohemian Rhapsody music video.
Voted Queen Fans Favourite Album http://www.queenzone.com/favorite-Queen-album.aspx
Still a lesser known Queen album but a favourite among Queen fans. Queen II spawned Queens first top ten hit Seven Seas Of Rhye.
The album is divided into a white side and a black side. The first side is made up of Procession a Brian May instrumental multi guitar track which is quite regal and Elizabethan sets the mood of the Album.
Father and Son follows running into White Queen As It Began Another Brian May written track inspired by Robert Graves mythological book The White Godess.
Some Day One Day is an acoustic track sang by Brian May and features the hairfred guitar with chiselled bridge to give a sitar sound. Loser In The End is the only Roger Taylor track on the album.
The black side kicks off with Ogre Battle a Freddie Mercury written track which is a for runner to thrash and speed metal. Probably Queens heaviest ever song.
The Fairy Fellers Master Stroke inspired by The Richard Dadd painting tellers the story of all the characters in the painting
Nevermore is a beautiful short piano ballad by Freddie before merging into March Of The Black Queen in my opinion the best track on the album and most complex of arrangements.
Funny How Love Is was recorded using the Phil Spectre Wall of Sound technique by Robin Cable who’s also recorded Freddie singing I Can Hear Music
Last but not least in Seven Seas Of Rhye which was Queens first hit.
See What A Fool I’ve Been was a B- Side which didn’t feature on the album but was later included on the bonus disc.
Video by James Rundle of Rock Licks Guitar Tuition in South Shields https://www.rock-licks.com
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