Clocking in at 1:15, the ballad in the middle of the four song suite acts more like the turning point in a musical. The banishment from love that freddie is singing about could just as easily be the banishing of a prince or princess. It’s not. It’s a love ballad, a sad one and one that doesn’t linger for very long. The harmonies are majestic, far reaching and elegiac, the piano playing sparse and delicate. It’s a lovely little piece, a harbinger (again) of music to come in about two years. It works fine as a sketch, a doodle. It’s s little treacly but I don’t really mind that either. Sweet.
Grade: B+
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