September 20, 2013 Playlist

"II" by Queen (1974)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Queen  "Queen II"  1974 (UK)
Queen is one of Britain's most iconic bands, right up there with the Beatles, Stones, Who & Zeppelin. While their first album is an interesting pseudo-glam hard rock record, on their second the group grew into their classic sound: baroque prog-pop of the most splendiferously regal and pompous variety. Plus operatic vocal parts requiring elaborate overdubbing, a hallmark of their sound that reached its peak on their masterpiece "Bohemian Rhapsody" a year and two albums later. They had the chops to pull it off: Freddy Mercury (born Farrokh Balsura) is widely hailed as one of rock's greatest vocalists and "front men", and guitarist Brian May is one of the founding fathers of the noodly-shreddy style of guitar that leads straight to Eddie Van Halen.  Queen II is a semi-concept album, or at least it is organized into a "White Queen" side featuring May's songs and a "Black Queen" side featuring Mercury's tunes.
(N) = New Release
 
Artist Song Album Year Country
Meat Puppets
Scum
No Joke! 1995
USA
Pond
Hobo Rocket
Hobo Rocket (N)2013 (Modular)Australia
Grooms Sometimes SometimesInfinity Caller (N)2013 (Western Vinyl)USA
Crocodiles Teardrop GuitarCrimes Of Passion (N)2013 (French Kiss)USA
King Tuff Ruthie RuthieWas Dead (N)2013 (Gaga Digi)USA
Wolf People
AnswerFain (N)2013 (Jagjaguwar)UK
 
 
Queen
Procession / Father To Son
Queen II
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1974
UK
Queen
White Queen (As It Began)
Queen II
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1974
UK
Queen
The March Of The Black Queen
Queen II
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1974
UK
Styx
The Message / Lords Of The Ring
Pieces Of Eight 1978
USA
Uriah Heep
Bird Of Prey
Uriah Heep 1970
UK
   
 
Shuggie Otis
Strawberry Letter 23
Freedom Flight 1971
USA
The Orb
Blue Room
U. F. Orb 1992
UK
Fuck Buttons StalkerSlow Focus (N)2013 (ATP)UK
Daphni Springs
Jiaolong (N)2013 (Merge)Canada
   
 
La Machine Find The Way
Phases And Repetition (N)2013 (Castleface)France
Bosnian Rainbows Turtle Neck
Bosnian Rainbows (N)2013 (Sargent House)USA
Gila
Kommunikation
Gila 1971
Germany
Cave
Hot Bricks
Pure Moods EP 2010
USA
Area
Arbeit Macht Frei Arbeit Macht Frei 1973
Italy
 
 
The Stark Reality Red Yellow Moonbeams (first version)
Acting, Thinking, Feeling (N - reissue box set)rec. 1968 (2013 Now Again)USA
Chester Thompson Speak No Evil (Wayne Shorter)Mixology (N)2013 (Doodlin')USA
Larry Coryell Going Up
The Lift (N)2013 (Wide Hive)USA
Mörglbl Wig Of ChangeBrutal Romance (N)2013 (Drag City)France
 
  
Meat Puppets
Backwater
Too High To Die 1994
USA
Meat Puppets DownRat Farm (N)2013 (Megaforce)USA
Meat Puppets
Nursery Rhyme
Sewn Together 2009
USA
      
   
   
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