Queen QUEEN - ROCKS VOL. 1 CD

Queen QUEEN - ROCKS VOL. 1 CD  compilation--intended, perhaps, to prove that, for all the effete connotations of their name and reputation, this band actually could cut loose when it suited them. But was there ever any doubt? Sceptics should bear in mind that, as well as Dame Freddie, Queen also contained Brian May and Roger Taylor: the former a singularly ambitious lead guitarist, the latter an utterly unreconstructed rocker. And their musical input--together with the calm demeanour of bassist John Deacon--was enough to anchor the occasionally fey leanings of their lead singer. With only a few exceptions, the tracks here fall into one of two categories: either riff-driven slabs of boogie ("Tie Your Mother Down", the proto-speed-metal of "Sheer Heart Attack"), or epic rockers ("Now I'm Here", "Seven Seas Of Rhye", the magnificent "It's Late"). "I Want It All" today sounds more like a manifesto than ever, while claims of their decline are silenced by the inclusion of some later classics--"One Vision" and "Hammer To Fall" (from The Works). It wasn't all moustaches and frilly tutus, you know

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