Queen II Vs Physical Graffiti - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Atavachron wrote:

Intruder wrote:

Queen II is a lot of fun, but Graffiti is prime Zeppelin. An iconic album that defined 70s rock.

Couldn't have said it better.

I tried but....

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Queen II

Axel Rose raved about the album in a rock mag interview in the late 80s bringing it out of relative obscurity ("relative" being the key word - could any Queen LP ever really be considered obscure?), the Kurt Cobain did the same a few years later and the popularity of the album rose. I actually checked out Guns n Roses 'cause of that interview.....not my taste, but the acoustic side of GnR Lies ain't bad.

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Intruder wrote:

Not a fair comparison....Queen II is a lot of fun, but Graffiti is prime Zeppelin. An iconic album that defined 70s rock. Queen II spent the mid 70s and 80s in relative obscurity only to be revived when a famous singer revealed that his favorite album of all-time was Queen II. The revival has been interesting considering how overlooked it had always been.

I must have missed that.......who's this famous singer who loves Queen II.

One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin

Both great 70s British heavy rock albums but i voted for Queen II as a sligthly more - as somebody already said - "magical" album as well...

Edited by Komandant Shamal - May 26 2015 at 19:26

It's hard to compare so different albums. But I vote for "Physical Graffiti": Zeppelin is my fav hard rock band.

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richardh wrote:

Other tracks are pretty much standard hard rock.

wut

This night wounds time.

Zep by a mile.

Queen II. I couldn't vote against maybe greatest Queen album. PG are ok but I like other LZ records more... A lot of filleron the PG as somebody here has said before me.

jude111 wrote:

Queen II. Is there any album more over-rated than Physical Graffiti? Especially of late. It's basically a collection of outtakes, songs that were rejected for previous albums. Nor do these songs sit comfortably side-by-side with each other. The best is the new material recorded for that album, especially Custard Pie, The Wanton Song, Trampled Under Foot, and of course the great Kashmir. Those tracks are undeniably great, up there with anything Led Zep ever recorded. Furthermore, those tracks push Led Zep in a new direction. Too bad then that it's surrounded by rejects. There's probably a great single disc lurking in there, if you cut out all the filler and inferior songs that should've been B-sides. How anyone can think it approaches IV, II, I, III or even Houses of the Holy, I've never understood...

"Led Zeppelin IV" outtakes and rejects: Down by the Seaside, Night Flight, Boogie with Stu

--- verdict: not one of these songs can hold a candle to any single song on IV

"Led Zeppelin III" outtakes and rejects: Bron-Yr-Aur

--- verdict: a nice short acoustic instrumental

"Houses of the Holy" outtakes and rejects: The Rover, Black Country Woman, Houses of the Holy

--- verdict: only the track Houses of the Holy is up to the usual Led Zep standards

That's 7 old songs, only one of which is up to par, paired with 8 new songs (including the dreadful In My Time of Dying, which further bogs down the album).

All your opinion of course. In my opinion, even LZ's "rejects" are better than most other band's stuff.

Poll Question: which album you prefer?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Queen II	24	[32.88%]
Physical Graffiti	49	[67.12%]
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