41 Years Ago: Queen painstakingly construct a cult classic in “Queen II”

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Queen II photo

ULTIMATE CASSIC ROCK
8 March 2015

Many young bands have to scramble to come up with new material for that all-important second album. Queen, on the other hand, were raring to release their sophomore LP well before their label was ready….

The end result was an 11-song set, divided into a “White Side” (mostly written by guitarist Brian May) and a “Black Side” (composed by Freddie Mercury) with punchy pop melodies to complement the thickly layered arrangements recorded with co-producers Roy Thomas Baker and Robin Geoffrey Cable.

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