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Q u e e n II

Charts:

UK: 5th (29 weeks on chart) - Gold

USA: 49 (13 weeks on chart) - Gold

 


 

 

Recorded August 1973 at Trident Studios

UK release: 8 March 1974
USA release: 9 April 1974
Hollywood re-release: 22 October 1991 (digitally remastered by Eddy Schreyer)

 

Produced by Roy Thomas Baker, Robin Geoffrey Cable and Queen
Engineered by Mike Stone
Cover Concept by Mick Rock and Queen

Freddie Mercury: Vocals, Piano, Harpsichord
Brian May: Guitars, Piano, Vocals, Bells
John Deacon: Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Roger Meddows-Taylor: Percussion, Vocals

Virtuoso castanets by Roy Thomas Baker

 

Track listing:
1. Procession [1:12] May
2. Father To Son [6:12] May
3. White Queen (As It Began) [4:33] May
4. Some Day One Day [4:21] May
5. The Loser In The End [4:01] Taylor
6. Ogre Battle [4:08] Mercury
7. The Fairy Fellers Master Stroke [2:39] Mercury
8. Nevermore [1:17] Mercury
9. The March Of The Black Queen [6:03] Mercury
10. Funny How Love Is [3:14] Mercury
11. Seven Seas Of Rhye [2:48] Mercury

Hollywood CD bonus tracks:

See What A Fool I've Been [4:32] May
Ogre Battle (1991 remix, Nicholas Sansano)
Seven Seas Of Rhye (1991 remix, Freddy Bastone)