Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed that the band comforted themselves after reading bad reviews of their first album by reading similarly damning critiques of Led Zeppelin albums.
Not all reports were unfavourable. In the US, Rolling Stone wrote that Queen had "all the tools they’ll need to lay claim to the Zep’s abdicated heavy-metal throne, and beyond that to become a truly influential force in the rock world," before going on to describe the album as "superb" and "a monster."
