Queen II
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- Side 1:
- Side 2:
1991 Hollywood Records CD
Credits
- Musicians:
- Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano, harpsichord on The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke
- Brian May - guitars, vocals, piano on Father To Son, lead vocals on Some Day, One Day, bells on The March Of The Black Queen
- John Deacon - bass guitar, acoustic guitar on Father To Son and Funny How Love Is
- Roger Meddows-Taylor - drums, percussion, vocals, marimba and lead vocals on The Loser In The End
- Roy Thomas Baker - virtuoso castanets on The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke
- Produced by:
- Queen and Roy Thomas Baker. Nevermore and Funny How Love Is produced by Queen and Robin Geoffrey Cable. The March Of The Black Queen produced by Queen, Roy Thomas Baker, and Robin Geoffrey Cable.
- Recorded:
- August 1973 at Trident Studios, London.
Charts
Country Release date First appearance in charts Peak position Chart run Weeks in chart Additional comments UK - 23 March 1974 5 35-7-5-10-8-11-13-13-36-28-26 11 4 weeks in Top Ten UK - 9 November 1974 (1st re-entry) 30 45-0-30-48 3 14 weeks to date UK - 22 February 1975 (2nd re-entry) 40 40-0-0-46 2 16 weeks to date UK - 17 January 1976 (3rd re-entry) 23 50-48-58-34-25-23-36-37-30-26-44-51-59 13 29 weeks to date USA - 11 May 1974 49 134-90-67-52-50-49-62-85-88-105-113-135-175 13 - Austria - - - - - - Finland - - - - - - Germany - - - - - - Japan - - - - - - Italy - - DNC - - - Netherlands - - DNC - - - Portugal - - - - - - Spain - - - - - - Sweden - - - - - - Switzerland - - - - - -
Information supplied by Fedepeti, 24 August 2004
Singles
Seven Seas Of Rhye, 1974
Queen Talks
- John Deacon - August 1974, Music Star
- "The most important thing to me was the Queen II album going into the charts -- especially satisfying that, since the first one didn't do so well. It's nice to see some recognition for your work though I don't usually worry too much. Roger tends to worry more about what's happening on that side."
- Roger Taylor - May 1975, Record Mirror
- "I hated the title of the second album, Queen II, it was so unimaginative."
Reviews
- Rolling Stone, 1974
- Queen is a reasonably talented band who have chosen their models unwisely. On "Side Black," they venture into a lyrically muddled fairy-tale world with none of Genesis's wit or sophistication. They've also appropriated the most irritating elements of Yes's style — histrionic vocals, abrupt and pointless compositional complexity, and a dearth of melody. "Side White" is quite an improvement, containing many of the same muddled tendencies, but with the saving grace of timely and well-chosen power chords and some rather pretty tunes. But the album remains a floundering and sadly unoriginal affair.
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Promotional Material
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