QUEEN II

Queen put out a lot of diverse albums spreading a lots of different musical genres. The band often gets associated with their 80´s pop "gaga"- output and stadium anthems of the post ´75 era. But this album - one of their early output is a real gem. This album often gets overlooked in the wide spanning carreer of the band. Queen II (released 1974) is early trademark Queen at its best and the tracks on this album show you, why Queen sometimes get connected with prog rock.

QUEEN II is full of complex tunes, all over with great vocal harmonies and clever guitar work. Very often casual Queen "Greatest Hits - listeners" don´t know any material of this era (including the debut QUEEN I). Probably because it is not accessible enough for op-only listeners. Queen were a singles- band just like they were an album band too. The record is a real great musical journey. Packed with beautiful piano arragements of Freddie Mercury, multi layered vocal harminies and dark and heavy guitar riffs . The album is probably the best of them (bar A NIGHT AT THE OPERA)

The best songs on the Album are:

FATHER TO SON WHITE QUEEN OGRE BATTLE FAIRY FELLERS MASTER STROKE THE MARCH OF THE BLACK QUEEN

So i would say: often overlooked in the Queen catalogue, but this record is an early masterpiece of the band. More than 30 years since it was released, it still sounds fresh. Way ahead of it´s time it was back then. -------------------------------------------

Other albums well worth to listen to are QUEEN I (debutalbum 1973), SHEER HEART ATTACK (1974) and A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1975)