Queen – Queen II (180 Gr) (2026 Mix)

The Queen Queen II (180 Gr) (2026 Mix) vinyl is a reissue that gives one of the band’s most ambitious early records a genuine reason to revisit your turntable. Originally released in 1974, Queen II hit number five on the UK Albums Chart and showed a band operating well beyond the expectations of a second release. Where their debut was direct, this album pushed into layered vocal harmonies, elaborate arrangements, and a theatrical scope that would define much of what came after. It remains a key document in understanding how Queen built their sound before the commercial breakthroughs arrived.

Why the Queen Queen II (180 Gr) (2026 Mix) Vinyl Stands Apart

The headline here is the 2026 mix. Every track across the album’s eleven songs has been remixed specifically for this release, meaning this is not a standard repress of a familiar master. You are hearing “Procession,” “Ogre Battle,” “The March of the Black Queen,” and “Seven Seas of Rhye” with fresh sonic decisions applied throughout. For collectors who already own a previous pressing, that distinction matters. This is not a duplicate. The 2026 mix positions the album differently in the speakers, and on 180 gram vinyl, the physical weight of the format gives the playback stability and a noise floor that lighter pressings rarely match.

The Album and Its Tracklist

Queen II is split across two sides that the band themselves labelled White and Black, and that structure still holds on this pressing. Side one opens with the brief orchestral build of “Procession” before moving through “Father to Son,” “White Queen (As It Began),” “Some Day One Day,” and “Loser in the End.” Side two is where the album gets denser, running through “Ogre Battle,” “The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke,” “Nevermore,” “The March of the Black Queen,” “Funny How Love Is,” and closing on “Seven Seas of Rhye,” the band’s first UK top ten single. Each of these appears here in its 2026 mix form, catalogued under DST 7596088 and released through Hollywood Records.

Who Should Pick This Up

If you collect Queen seriously, a remixed pressing of their second album on 180 gram vinyl is a straightforward addition. The 2026 mix gives it a distinct identity separate from any earlier pressing in your collection. If you are coming to the album for the first time, this is a strong entry point: heavy vinyl, a newly approached mix, and an album that shows Queen doing something genuinely strange and committed before the anthems took over. The catalog number is DST 7596088, released on Hollywood Records.

Tracklist

1. PROCESSION (2026 MIX)
2. FATHER TO SON (2026 MIX)
3. WHITE QUEEN (AS IT BEGAN) (2026 MIX
4. SOME DAY ONE DAY (2026 MIX)
5. LOSER IN THE END (2026 MIX)
6. OGRE BATLE (2026 MIX)
7. FAIRY FELLER'S MASTER-STROKE (2026
8. NEVERMORE (2026 MIX)
9. MARCH OF TH EBLACK QUEEN (2026 MIX)
10. FUNNY HOW LOVE IS (2026 MIX)
11. SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE (2026 MIX)