Queen II
by Queen

Queen II by Queen
Year: 1974
Release date: 1974-03-08
Overall rank: 715th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 763 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1974 (12th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (158th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (715th)

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Queen bestography

Queen II is ranked 3rd best out of 52 albums by Queen on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Queen is A Night At The Opera which is ranked number 109 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,612.

Queen album bestography « Higher ranked (628th)
Sheer Heart Attack
This album (715th)
Queen II
Lower ranked (932nd) »
A Day At The Races

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 715th | 1970s rank: 158th | 1974 rank: 12th

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 763 votes)
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65/100
 
04/10/2026 13:40 ornot27  Ratings distribution  16974/100
 
70/100
 
04/05/2026 09:04 Garyf1972  Ratings distribution  75568/100
 
90/100
 
03/25/2026 16:33 Menelao  Ratings distribution  18371/100
 
80/100
 
03/18/2026 04:53 lanadeleswift  Ratings distribution  3,61086/100
 
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03/11/2026 19:53 Jantje  Ratings distribution  65975/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.

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75/100
From 12/31/2023 10:49 | #300785
Great Queen album which is overshadowed by the famous albums which delivered the hits. I have a copy which is a disc of black vinyl and disc of white vinyl which correlates with the 'chess theme'.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 03/10/2023 12:04 | #294880
Queen já lapidava sua assinatura.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 01/13/2023 00:49 | #292775
I think this album goes largely under rated due to the huge rock anthems the group would go on to create in the future. There is so much quality on this record with the performances being one of the major driving forces of this. All 4 members of the group are brilliant on here but the show is stolen primarily by Brian May on guitar and Mercury's vocal. The two of them are a true powerhouse of rock music and I don't think the have sounded more raw or grittier than on this release. The power they put into this just seems so passionate and full of love for the art of making music. This leads to some progressive masterpieces but also some absolutely beautiful and delicate moments such as on Nevermore which is simply sensational. Some of the solos we get from May are brilliant as well with Ogre Battle and The March Of The Black Queen being the standouts for me. I can definitely see the argument that the first half is a little weaker than the second especially with the song The Loser In The End which really does not fit on this album at all. Overall, I think this is Queen's most consistent album in terms of style and quality with it displaying the range of the whole group while keeping the music focused and also making it a lot of fun to listen to.
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85/100
From 09/06/2022 17:20 | #289406
Prog Queen is great
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65/100
From 03/27/2022 10:27 | #283463
It ends much better than it starts, but overall it's still quite underwhelming for me. Mix is bad, singing very good as always with Freddie, and guitar work is maybe the best thing about it.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 12/10/2021 12:12 | #277322
This album is largely forgotten in the media and radio. An album of many sides and genres mixed well.
The Dr. May guitar sound is already there.
White Queen is damn rear prog.
Recommended.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 08/03/2021 12:15 | #272169
pretty incredible hard-driving sing along rock and roll
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40/100
From 06/22/2021 21:14 | #270915
The cover is great but everything goes downhill from there. Some excellent playing, interesting production but it's all a prog/metal over the top mess with weak to no songs. What exactly is Father to Son about? The lyrics are the worst! A very dated combination of Tolkein gibberish and cole's notes Shakesepeare.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 12/03/2020 11:06 | #261861
The whole idea with white and black side doesn't really work, the album is so unbalanced. There are some great moments in the black side, but I would skip the white side without much hesitation. Overall, 70/100.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 11/27/2020 20:41 | #261516
Fantastic album from Queen Nevermore is incredible!!
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