April 2010: Kayak and Queen month

Kayak and Queen Month

This month I will review all the albums of Kayak and Queen in chronological order. Let me explain my choices. For newer material from the bands, check this post.

Kayak


I chose Kayak because I am a fan of them ever since I first heard their 1981 album Merlin, when I was 13 years old. Since these Dutch prog-rockers are quite underrated and unknown, it encouraged me to get to know more music of them, which is pretty hard since almost all their albums are out of print. I managed to get legal copies of each album of theirs, but it was a tough journey. These are the albums that I will review:

1970 – High Tide Formation – Fluffy [Single]
1973 – See See the Sun
1974 – Kayak II
1975 – Royal Bed Bouncer
1976 – The Last Encore
1977 – Starlight Dancer
1977 – Starlight Dancer [US]
1978 – Phantom of the Night
1980 – Periscope Life
1981 – Merlin
1981 – Eyewitness

Queen


The British rock quartet was the first band that got me hooked, back in my really young days (primary school). Since I didn’t listen to them ever since I really started listening to music, my rediscovery of their music was rather interesting, since I really only truly hear the music now. This was a quite pleasant experience and of course I would like to write about those albums. These are the albums I’ll review:

1973 – Queen I
1974 – Queen II
1974 – Sheer Heart Attack
1975 – A Night at the Opera
1976 – A Day at the Races
1977 – News of the World
1978 – Jazz
1979 – Live Killers
1980 – The Game
1980 – Flash Gordon
1981 – Greatest Hits I
1982 – Hot Space
1984 – The Works
1986 – A Kind of Magic

Hopefully you’ll like the reviews, and if you have something to say about the reviewed albums than don’t hesitate and please do.

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