Queen (Deluxe Edition 2011 Remaster)

★进入摇滚名人堂，20世纪由大英帝国入侵全球市场最卖座的伟大乐团之一 ★造就18张冠军专辑+18首登顶单曲+10枚第一名DVD，总量全球突破3亿门坎 ★原发行于1973年的首张同名专辑，英美皆获金唱片销售认证 具有独一无二的摇滚风貌，不仅是华丽摇滚的先驱之一，更巧妙融合歌剧的演绎方式，无论是舞台效果、个人嗓音魅力、穿着装扮，都紧紧扣住乐迷的目光，同时开启摇滚全新样貌。进入摇滚名人堂的Queen，成为20世纪由大英帝国入侵全球市场最卖座的伟大乐团之一，造就18张冠军专辑+18首登顶单曲+10枚第一名DVD，总量全球突破3亿门坎，无数代表歌曲深具时代意义及内涵，至今仍是传遍大街小巷的经典。 发行于1973年的首张同名专辑【Queen】，经过许多波折，花费近两年时间才录制完成，交付流行/摇滚大师Roy Thomas Baker(Mick Jagger、Ozzy Osbourne)+John Anthony(Genesis、Roxy Music)和Queen团员齐力完成，拿下英国Top24+美国NO.83，皆获金唱片销售认证。由Brian一手撰写的开场“Keep Yourself Alive”，入籍滚石杂志「史上经典百大吉他歌曲」名单；Freddie负责的”Liar”，长达6分26秒，Queen在现场演出时极爱加强Solo部份，Brian杰出表现一再突显此曲的精采度！ Like any patchy but promising debut from a classic rock group, it's often easy to underrate Queen's eponymous 1973 debut, since it has no more than one well-known anthem and plays more like a collection of ideas than a cohesive album. But what ideas! Almost every one of Queen's signatures are already present, from Freddie Mercury's operatic harmonies to Brian May's rich, orchestral guitar overdubs, and the suite-like structures of "Great King Rat." That rich, florid feel could be characterized as glam, but even in these early days that appellation didn't quite fit Queen, since they were at once too heavy and arty to be glam and -- ironically enough, considering their legendary excess -- they were hardly trashy enough to be glam. But that only speaks to the originality of Queen: they may have traded in mystical sword-'n'-sorcerers themes like so many '70s prog bands, and they may have hit as hard as Led Zeppelin (and Jimmy Page's guitar army certainly was a forefather to May's overdubs), but they didn't like sound anybody else, they were too odd in their theatricality to be mistaken for another band. That much was apparent on this debut, but one thing was crucially missing: songs that could coalesce their sound and present it in a memorable fashion. There is an exception to that rule -- the wild, rampaging opener "Keep Yourself Alive," one of their very best songs -- but too often the album plays like a succession of ideas instead of succinct songs, and the group's predilection for suites only highlights this, despite the occasional blast of fury like "Modern Times Rock & Roll." This can be quite appealing as sheer, visceral sound and, in that regard, Queen is kind of irresistible. It showcases the band in all their ornate splendor yet it's strangely lean and hard, revealing just how good the band was in their early days as a hard rock band. That might not quite make it an overlooked gem -- it remains patchy on a song for song basis -- but it sure makes for an interesting debut that provides a rough roadmap to their later work.