- hard rock, rock, art rock, glam rock
- 41 min
- 11 tracks
- EMI
Queen II is the second studio album by the British rock band Queen. It was released on 8 March 1974 by EMI Records in the UK and on 9 April 1974 by Elektra Records in the US. It was recorded at Trident Studios and Langham 1 Studios, London, in August 1973 with co-producers Roy Thomas Baker and Robin Geoffrey Cable, and engineered by Mike Stone.
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Epic, grave, open-ended and character-led.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune2/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideC−
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock2/5
- Pitchfork7.9/10
- PopMatters7/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Record Collector4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Procession1:13
- A2Father to Son6:16
- A3White Queen (As It Began)4:36
- A4Some Day One Day4:25
- A5The Loser in the End4:03
- B1Ogre Battle4:07
- B2The Fairy Feller’s Master‐Stroke2:42
- B3Nevermore1:19
- B4The March of the Black Queen6:08
- B5Funny How Love Is3:15
- B6Seven Seas of Rhye2:51
11 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Queen
- Label
- EMI
- Released
- 1974
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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