Albums

Queen

‘Queen’ contains the first single ‘Keep Yourself Alive’, and ‘Liar’, which remained a fan favourite whenever it was performed live by the band. Other highlights include ‘Doing All Right’ a song performed by Brian & Roger’s previous band ‘Smile’. An accomplished debut which is raw and edgy, yet filled with songs rich in imagery, complex arrangements and a hint of what was to follow. An album that demands repeated plays.

Tracks


1. Keep Yourself Alive (May)
2. Doing All Right (May/Staffell)
3. Great King Rat (Mercury)
4. My Fairy King (Mercury)
5. Liar (Mercury)
6. The Night Comes Down (May)
7. Modern Times Rock ‘N’ Roll (Taylor) (Mercury)
8. Son And Daughter (May)
9. Jesus (Mercury)
10. Seven Seas Of Rhye (Mercury)

Queen II

Released in March 1974, the album had “black” and “white” sides as opposed to A & B. The first single from the album was Seven Seas Of Rhye, which entered at number 10, and the album climbed to number 5. Freddie’s love of art surfaced on one track – The Fairy Fellers Masterstroke was inspired by a painting of the same name by Richard Dadd, which can now be seen in the Tate Gallery in London.

Tracks

1. Procession (May)

2. Father To Son (May)

3. White Queen (As It Began) (May)

4. Some Day One Day (May)

5. The Loser In The End (Taylor)

6. Ogre Battle (Mercury)

7. The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke (Mercury)

8. Nevermore (Mercury)

9. The March Of The Black Queen (Mercury)

10. Funny How Love Is (Mercury)

11. Seven Seas Of Rhye (Mercury)