May's guitar rips into the first of many searing machine gun like chords that ricochet through this eponymous debut album.
'Keep Yoursef Alive', the band's first single, gets you well into the stride of things. 'Doing all right' takes the pace down a few notches and shows that the band ... Read review
Advantages: Includes the first 'hit' single 'Seven Seas of Rhye' Disadvantages: Honestly cannot think of any!
May's guitar rips into the first of many searing machine gun like chords that ricochet through this eponymous debut album.
'Keep Yoursef Alive', the band's first single, gets you well into the stride of things. 'Doing all right' takes the pace down a few notches and shows that the band have quite a degree of light and shade (a fact which becomes more apparent after the first 3 albums). Freddie penned the last two tracks on side 1 of this ... ...an introspective look at himself from the titles? ('Great King Rat' and 'My Fairy King').
Side 2 opens up with one of their best tracks ever for energy. 'Liar', I would guess, must have been one of their most pleasurable tracks ever to play live as the whole band seem to go at it hammer and tongs. Again, just when you think you have them sussed, the pace drops off for the almost aetherial 'The Night comes Down', but, hold on, it's foot on ... more
May's guitar rips into the first of many searing machine gun like chords that ricochet through this eponymous debut album. 'Keep Yoursef Alive', the band's first single, gets you well into the stride of things. 'Doing all right' takes the pace down a few notches and shows that the band have quite a degree of light and shade (a fact which becomes more apparent after the first 3 albums). Freddie penned the last two tracks on side 1 of this album. I suspect that he may have been having an introspective look at himself from the titles? ('Great King Rat' and 'My Fairy King'). Side 2 opens up with one of their best tracks ever for energy. 'Liar', I would guess, must have been one of their most pleasurable tracks ever to play live as the whole band seem to go at it hammer and tongs. Again, just when you think you have them sussed, the pace drops off for the almost aetherial 'The Night comes Down', but, hold on, it's foot on the pedal time again with 'Modern Times Rock n Roll'. Roger Taylor get's his larynx in order and let's it be known that he's not to bad a singer as well as a drummer!. Brian May get's in on the credit's with his heavy rock influenced 'Son and Daughter...I can picture them now doing this from when they supported 'Mott the Hoople'. Freddie could 'camp-out' better than any Boy Scout'. 'Jesus' passes me by, probably with anticipation of hearing 'Seven Seas of Rhye' again.
Advantages: Amazingly advanced for 1974 and a great range of songs, from hard rock to fantasical progressive rock and everything inbetween! Disadvantages: Queen have not completely developed their talents on this album
This is an incredibly original album, a lot different to Queen's later music in the 80s and early 90s and I definately would recommend it to anybody who is interested in Queen's early music. Also, anybody who is not a Queen fan but would like to hear some amazing music from the early 70s.
Here is a review of each song:
Procession *** - An orchestral guitar piece, completely arranged and played by Brian May and used at the beginning of a lot of Queen's early concerts. A nice track to begin with.
Father to Son ***** - Another Brian May masterpiece about family, love and futures. Great harmonies in the chorus although the verse does seem to become quite competetive towards the end.
White Queen (As It Began) ***** - Quite similar to Father to Son, again written by Brian May, a beautifully mysterious song.
Some Day One Day ...
Remastered Japanese limited edition comes in a vinyl style sleeve. Although QUEEN II borders on heavy metal (it wasn't until their next release, SHEER HEART ATTACK, that they began experimenting with other musical forms), the songwriting and playing is still top-notch. Queen was criticized by some in the press upon the release of QUEEN II, since there was simply nothing to compare it to--it encompassed glam, progressive, and metal, with a healthy dose of studio wizardry. QUEEN II contained the band's first official UK hit--the mystical "Seven Seas of Rhye"--and, as on their debut a year prior, the lesser-known material is just as delightful. Singer Freddie Mercury and guitarist Brian May contribute one lovely ballad each--"White Queen (As It Began)" and "Some Day One Day." The latter does a splendid job of breaking up this otherwise continuously hard-rocking album. Other intriguing titles include "Ogre Battle," "The March of the Black Queen," and a strong bonus b-side--the bluesy "See What a Fool I've Been."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Keep Yourself Alive
2.
Doing Alright
3.
Great King Rat
4.
My Fairy King
5.
Liar
6.
Night Comes Down
7.
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
8.
Son And Daughter
9.
Jesus
10.
Seven Seas Of Rhye
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