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RS: 2.5of 5 Stars Average User Rating: 4.5of 5 Stars

1994

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Queen is a reasonably talented band who have chosen their models unwisely. On "Side Black," they venture into a lyrically muddled fairy-tale world with none of Genesis's wit or sophistication. They've also appropriated the most irritating elements of Yes's style — histrionic vocals, abrupt and pointless compositional complexity, and a dearth of melody. "Side White" is quite an improvement, containing many of the same muddled tendencies, but with the saving grace of timely and well-chosen power chords and some rather pretty tunes. But the album remains a floundering and sadly unoriginal affair.

KEN BARNES

(Posted: Jun 20, 1974)

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Review 1 of 6

luvvlee writes:

5of 5 Stars


This album is gold. How could you give anyone give it below 5 stars? RS is retarded.Period. Mercury's voice is like listening to an angel. Seriously. The lyrics are also amazing.

Aug 29, 2008 16:36:22

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Review 2 of 6

bet writes:

4of 5 Stars


You "rolling stone magazine" are a joke.
Stop bashing people like queen, bon jovi, etc.
I bet you are afraid those bands become bigger than the rolling stone, isn't it?

Feb 20, 2008 07:29:44

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Review 3 of 6

lanceandnade writes:

5of 5 Stars


All I can say is Queen rules, and these critics are full of shit.

Oct 27, 2007 22:17:16

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Review 4 of 6

AAtheCritic writes:

4of 5 Stars


WHat is this?!
Rolling Stone bashes Queen, Nirvana, The Beatles...then once they do well and make equally good music they get 3-5 stars....tsk tsk.

Oct 26, 2007 23:29:13

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Meelah2011 writes:

5of 5 Stars


I haven't yet listened to all of the songs, but what I have heard is great. My favorite on the album is probaby "The March of the Black Queen" probably because it seems like there's so much going on in one song. "Ogre Battle" is epic, and I like it when Queen tells a story with their songs... which is basically what they do with this whole album!

Jul 17, 2007 12:54:36

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Review 6 of 6

queenrocksbbc writes:

3of 5 Stars


I will be the first to tell you, I'm a HUGE Queen fan, but this album really disapointed me. There are a FEW good songs on it that I think are pretty good. Seven Seas of Rhye is a good Queen song. It has strange chorus at the end but, its still a 4 star song. Father to Son is a May song that is typically May's style of writing. Its a GREAT song, probally the best off the album. Roger Taylor comes out with a good song on this album, Fool In The End. This has a GREAT drum beat at the beginning of the song and the song hold itself up unlike most of the other songs on this album. And about the Final good song on the album is Funny How Love is. But trust me, by the time your done hearing the song, you'll never want to hear the word "funny" again.

May 16, 2006 16:17:20

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