UPC: 602527642505
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Mar 14, 2011
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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."
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."
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Procession
2 - Father to Son
3 - White Queen (As It Began)
4 - Some Day One Day
5 - Loser in the End
6 - Ogre Battle
7 - Fairy Feller's Master Stroke
8 - Nevermore
9 - March of the Black Queen
10 - Funny How Love Is
11 - Seven Seas of Rhye
Disc 2:
1 - See What a Fool I've Been [BBC Session, July 1973: 2011 Remix]
2 - White Queen [Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 1975]
3 - Seven Seas of Rhye [Instrumental Mix 2011]
4 - Nevermore [BBC Session, April 1974]
5 - See What a Fool I've Been [B-Side Version, February 1974]
1 - Procession
2 - Father to Son
3 - White Queen (As It Began)
4 - Some Day One Day
5 - Loser in the End
6 - Ogre Battle
7 - Fairy Feller's Master Stroke
8 - Nevermore
9 - March of the Black Queen
10 - Funny How Love Is
11 - Seven Seas of Rhye
Disc 2:
1 - See What a Fool I've Been [BBC Session, July 1973: 2011 Remix]
2 - White Queen [Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 1975]
3 - Seven Seas of Rhye [Instrumental Mix 2011]
4 - Nevermore [BBC Session, April 1974]
5 - See What a Fool I've Been [B-Side Version, February 1974]