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Queen - The Crown Jewels: 25th Anniversary Boxed Set (1998) REPOST Music

Posted by v3122 at Sept. 18, 2010

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Queen - Queen II (1974) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2011] PS3 ISO + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at May 30, 2019

Queen II is the second studio album by the British rock band Queen. It was released on 8 March 1974 by EMI Records at midnight in the UK and by Elektra Records in the US. It was recorded at Trident Studios and Langham 1 Studios, London, in August 1973 with co-producers Roy Thomas Baker and Robin Geoffrey Cable, and engineered by Mike Stone. Described as "arguably the heaviest Queen album", Queen II is notable for its combination of a heavy rock sound with an art rock sensibility and has been called "a pillar of grandiose, assaultive hard rock" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Queen - Queen II (1974/2015) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at June 30, 2023

Queen - Queen II (1974/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 40:49 minutes | 932 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover
features 2011's Digital Remastering

Released only eight months after Queen's debut, Queen II consolidated the band's pioneering sound and continued to build momentum for the group, charting significantly higher than the first album on both sides of the Atlantic. The band even enjoyed its first hit, Seven Seas Of Rhye, a British top 10 single. Thought by many critics to have been highly underrated, Queen II has come to be considered not only one of the group's most inspired, but a classic of 70s rock included on many "best of" and essential album lists.

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Queen - Queen II (1974) {2018, Japanese MQA-CD UHQCD, Remastered} Music

Posted by popsakov at Jan. 17, 2025

Queen - Queen II (1974) {2018, Japanese MQA-CD UHQCD, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 312 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 142 Mb
Full Scans | 0:40:52 | RAR 5% Recovery
Glam Rock, Art Rock, Hard Rock | Island Records / Universal Music #UICY-40252

In one regard, Queen II does indeed provide more of the same thing as on the band's debut. Certainly, of all the other albums in Queen's catalog it bears the closest resemblance to its immediate predecessor, particularly in its lean, hard attack and in how it has only one song that is well-known to listeners outside of their hardcore cult: in this case, it's "Seven Seas of Rhye," which is itself more elliptical than "Keep Yourself Alive," the big song from the debut. But these similarities are superficial and Queen II is a very different beast than its predecessor, an album that is richer, darker, and weirder, an album that finds Queen growing as a band by leaps and bounds.

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Queen - Live At the Rainbow (Deluxe Edition) 2CD (2014) Music

Posted by SERTiL at Sept. 8, 2014

"Queen dazzled their audiences in 1974 with an unforgettable show at legendary London venue The Rainbow, delivered with a skill and confidence which belied their youth. The tape machines were rolling, capturing the highly electric performances. Now, to mark the 40th anniversary of these legendary shows, here, finally, is Queen: Live at the Rainbow ’74 - lovingly restored, edited, mixed and digitally mastered, and including much footage never previously seen."

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Queen - Queen II (1974) Re-up Music

Posted by v3122 at Feb. 6, 2021

n one regard, Queen II does indeed provide more of the same thing as on the band's debut. Certainly, of all the other albums in Queen's catalog it bears the closest resemblance to its immediate predecessor, particularly in its lean, hard attack and in how it has only one song that is well-known to listeners outside of their hardcore cult: in this case, it's "Seven Seas of Rhye," which is itself more elliptical than "Keep Yourself Alive," the big song from the debut…

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Queen - Queen II (1974) {1986, EU Press} Music

Posted by popsakov at Aug. 29, 2025

Queen - Queen II (1974) {1986, EU Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 249 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 114 Mb
Full Scans | 00:40:37 | RAR 5% Recovery
Glam Rock, Art Rock, Hard Rock | EMI Records #CDP 7 46205 2 / UK-CD-FA 3099 | Holland

In one regard, Queen II does indeed provide more of the same thing as on the band's debut. Certainly, of all the other albums in Queen's catalog it bears the closest resemblance to its immediate predecessor, particularly in its lean, hard attack and in how it has only one song that is well-known to listeners outside of their hardcore cult: in this case, it's "Seven Seas of Rhye," which is itself more elliptical than "Keep Yourself Alive," the big song from the debut. But these similarities are superficial and Queen II is a very different beast than its predecessor, an album that is richer, darker, and weirder, an album that finds Queen growing as a band by leaps and bounds.

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Queen - Queen II (1974) Music

Posted by Oksana_m at Dec. 10, 2016

n one regard, Queen II does indeed provide more of the same thing as on the band's debut. Certainly, of all the other albums in Queen's catalog it bears the closest resemblance to its immediate predecessor, particularly in its lean, hard attack and in how it has only one song that is well-known to listeners outside of their hardcore cult: in this case, it's "Seven Seas of Rhye," which is itself more elliptical than "Keep Yourself Alive," the big song from the debut…

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Queen - Queen II (1974) [Japanese Platinum SHM-CD] Music

Posted by v3122 at March 29, 2021

Queen - Queen II (1974)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Island / Universal Music Japan, UICY-40040 | ~ 257 or 97 Mb | Artwork(png) -> 237 Mb
Progressive Hard Rock / Classic Rock / Pop Rock

In one regard, Queen II does indeed provide more of the same thing as on the band's debut. Certainly, of all the other albums in Queen's catalog it bears the closest resemblance to its immediate predecessor, particularly in its lean, hard attack and in how it has only one song that is well-known to listeners outside of their hardcore cult: in this case, it's "Seven Seas of Rhye," which is itself more elliptical than "Keep Yourself Alive," the big song from the debut…

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Queen - Queen II (1974) [Toshiba-EMI TOCP-65102, Japan] Music

Posted by v3122 at March 13, 2016

Queen - Queen II (1974)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
1998 | Toshiba-EMI TOCP-65102 | ~ 274 or 116 Mb | Scans Included
Progressive Hard Rock

In one regard, Queen II does indeed provide more of the same thing as on the band's debut. Certainly, of all the other albums in Queen's catalog it bears the closest resemblance to its immediate predecessor, particularly in its lean, hard attack and in how it has only one song that is well-known to listeners outside of their hardcore cult: in this case, it's "Seven Seas of Rhye," which is itself more elliptical than "Keep Yourself Alive," the big song from the debut…

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