Album of the day (#5455): Queen II by Queen

BestEverAlbums — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:00:24 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 11/25/2025 21:00

Today's album of the day

Queen II by Queen (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1974.
Country:
Overall rank: 702
Decade rank: 156
Year rank: 12
Discography rank: 3 (out of 52 albums on BEA)
Average rating: 78/100 (from 749 votes).

Tracks:
1. Procession
2. Father To Son
3. White Queen (As It Began)
4. Some Day One Day
5. The Loser In The End
6. Ogre Battle
7. The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke
8. Nevermore
9. The March Of The Black Queen
10. Funny How Love Is
11. Seven Seas Of Rhye

indicates a top-rated track.

Top voted comments:

"This is a very underrated album. This is Queen's second studio album and at the time this was a huge leap from what they did in their first album. The music is written like poetry and to me this album is flawless."
- sheerheartattack
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"This is one of the best Queen albums. It shows that the band was much better when they took risks. The theatrical progressive rock here blows away any tame classic rock sounds this album has to offer.

Procession is a decent intro, but also aids well in allowing the album to flow with how it seamlessly ties into Father & Son. Both Father & Son and White Queen are highlights, the former showing a bit of Queen's heavier side. From there the next two songs are by far the worst for me. Not at all into Brian May's Some Day One Day, and Roger Taylor's The Loser In The End is highly forgettable to me other than the cool percussive intro. This part of the album just suffers from Lack-of-Freddie-itis.

Ogre Battle picks the album right back up again and begins a string of great and eclectic Queen compositions that doesn't let up until the album is over.

Maybe my 2nd favorite Queen album."
- AAL2014
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Album of the day (#5455): Queen II by Queen