Sheer Heart Attack

Who doesn’t love a bit of Queen?! Excellent album full of exactly what you expect! Not their greatest album, but I can see how it would have been fire back in the day!

I liked the album. I see Sheer Heart Attack as a step on the path to greatness. The music that would characterize the band in later albums can be heard to emerge here.

I'll take this over any Guns and Roses or Motley Crue. 7/10 Queen and Bowie are glam at its finest.

A pretty solid album. Killer queen is one of the those songs you hear and say, "oh this must be a queen song" The rest of the tracks sound like pretty standard classic rock. That's a good and bad thing. The songs are pretty good, but none really blow me away

I like Brighton Rock, I like Killer Queen and Brian May goes to work on this album but overall I find myself liking Queen less than I'd like to.

Inklings of things to come.

Stylistically it’s kind of all over the place.

Some good tunes! 3 stars

I didnt hate it... I mean killer queen cmon now nolan

Hey look I've found a Queen album that's kind of OK! Two things I liked: Brian May can sing, and She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes) basically invented the shoegazing genre.

Just ok for the most part. Killer Queen is unreal

There are some great tracks on Sheer Heart Attack, but it’s brought down by the sillier novelty songs. It’s still worth a listen, though. I feel like Queen are at their best on their hard rock cuts.

Overblown bombast, but then it is Queen, so that is exactly what one would expect. I bought this as a teenager a few years after it was released and still have it somewhere, but it doesn't stand either the test of time nor the development of my musical tastes. Still, the good bits are great, and for nostalgia's sake, I've bunged on an extra star!

A somewhat underwhelming entry. The low parts aren't as introspective as Queen can be, and the highs aren't quite as bombastic as they can be.

Classic badass but fun quintessential queen. First track has some wild thrash metal guitar passages. Sometimes the kitchy 50s Americana vibes reminded me of Zappa. There’s a little bit of filler on here but altogether Queen doing what they do best.

Un muy álbum de rock, con teatralidades típicas de la legendaria banda británica. Sin duda, el peak del disco es "Killer Queen", una de las mejores canciones de rock de la historia.

I agree….I like the thick, dripping guitar tracks. Besides Killer Queen, I was not impressed. I’m generous at 3S.

two queen albums in a row. at least this one is slightly more enjoyable. meh highs and profoundly low lows. fav songs: tenement funster, stone cold crazy, misfire, she makes me.

I don't think I listened intentionally enough but queen songs all sound the same

The first half is an easy 4, but it falls off quite a bit in the second half.

LP

Usual queen bombastic approach but none the worse for that. Glorious nonsense.

Top 3 Songs: 1 - Killer Queen (2) 2 - Brighton Rock (1) 3 - Now I'm Here (6)

Good early Queen. The harmonies and guitars are there even if the songs aren’t as memorable. Killer Queen still kills, though.

I like Queen's hits and some of the more popular album tracks. I find their albums to be overly bombastic and overproduced. I know, that is what a lot of people like about them, but it's what I struggle with when hearing an entire album. This isn't bad and probably deserves to be on the list, despite the fact I didn't particularly love it.

Man this song has a strong opening with Brighton Rock and its guitar solos. Baby driver was sure on to something. After that another classic with Killer Queen. However after the two opening songs I felt like the album just fizzled out a bit. It felt like preparation for their next album "A night at the Opera". All of the elements are there, the execution is just so much better on the next album

Ok. I like the songs i liked and that was kind of it for me

Better than Lynyrd Skynyrd

Not really knowing Queen (or how their sound evolved/if it evolved,) this album sounds like a hodgepodge of classic rock, operatic/Broadway musical, and psychedelic music. Brian May's guitar sound is unmistakable but there are some songs where I wonder if it's actually Freddie Mercury singing, or someone else. This must have blown some minds when it first came out.

Toujours rocambolesque et grandiloquent, comme tous les albums de Queen, avec les personnages archétypaux. Un bon moment!

Banco. 7.5 /10

Nos amis du groupe Queen ont tout réussi sur cet album, sauf de faire que je m'en souvienne. Je me joins donc pour cette fois à eltrapeze et à sa critique acerbe.

Queen s'impose vraiment dans ce générateur comme l'une des têtes d'affiches du surcôté rock, genre on le rapelle dominé outrageusement par les Rolling Stones.

Yet another blast from the past!

Not my favorite version of Queens sound

but more rock oriented than they normally are but the best songs of theirs aren't here

”Sheer Heart Attack" is the third studio album by the legendary British rock band Queen, released in 1974. The album opens with the upbeat and infectious "Brighton Rock," which features Brian May's iconic guitar solo. This track is followed by the hard-hitting "Killer Queen," which became one of Queen's biggest hits and remains a staple of classic rock radio. Other standout tracks on the album include the hard-rocking "Stone Cold Crazy," which features frenzied guitar work and pounding drums, as well as the anthemic "Now I'm Here," which boasts a memorable guitar riff and Freddie Mercury's powerful vocals. One thing that Queen have going for them on this album is the variety of musical styles on display. From the glam-rock of "Killer Queen" to the hard-rock of "Stone Cold Crazy" and the theatrical balladry of "Lily of the Valley," Queen proves that they can excel in many genres. The album does features some of Queen's most experimental work, including the avant-garde "Flick of the Wrist" and the progressive rock epic "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited." These tracks showcase the band's willingness to push boundaries and explore new sounds, something that would actually become a hallmark of their later work. Overall its mix of catchy hooks, powerful vocals, and intricate instrumentation that deserves a listen if you like rock music. Close to a 4 this one.

по музыке понятно, что это Queen, но не могу сказать, что это в меня сильно попало я вряд ли вернусь переслушать это возможно, это не самый яркий альбом Queen 3+

Энергетика конечно бешеная, но в остальном либо у меня ожиданий много было, либо ещё что-то, но даже 4 поставить не смогу. 3+. Вроде как всё и вкусно, но прям чего-то не хватило. Надеюсь мне пояснят, что я мог не понять и почему это 4етверо4ка минимум, потому что вроде как и хочется ее поставить, но не можется...

Not bad.

They have got their big joyful sound minted here, and the record’s never less than entertaining, but there are maybe only 2-3 eternal foot-lifters here, KQ included.

Starting to sound like the classic Queen. Killer Queen is great, of course, and you can hear the origins of Bohemian Rhapsody in Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley. The rest is OK

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yeah, some great riffs and stellar vocals Favourite song: Track 2 - Killer Queen

Sounds like queen.

Quite melodic with beautiful sounds - especially from Brian May's screaming guitar and Fredies iconic voice. You know you're listening to early Queen, with their incredible sound and brilliant chord progressions. It's a very good record, but not quite as good, for me, as their next one, "A Night at the Opera".

This album had some songs that I think I genuinely like more than a lot of the big Queen hits, but they're also kind of more generic "classic rock" tracks. All in all I liked it but it was a bit hit-or-miss for me.

Loved the music and all the instruments used in the album. Not necessarily one I could listen to on repeat.

p328. 1974. 3 stars. Classy but arch early 70s rock. Underneath the shiny chrome production there is a decent rock band trying to get out. A couple of stand out tunes, but too much filler to repay repeated listens. Brian May seems like quite a good guitarist.

Hard hitting glam rock from Queen. Personally prefer this to the more progressive albums. Quite ok.

More metal than I was expecting. Honestly, surprisingly annoying, very guitar forward and doesn’t really highlight Freddy’s incredible vocal range.

Always original, but not my favorite from Queen.

Alright, Sheer Heart Attack. Let me just start by saying that this album is no A Day at the Opera or News of the World, but it's definitely worth a listen if you want to understand where Queen found their sound before they became... well Queen. The album kicks off with the track "Brighton Rock," which is like a musical rollercoaster that takes you on a wild ride through Freddie Mercury's incredible vocal range and Brian May's electrifying guitar solos. And let's not forget about "Killer Queen," which is a classic Queen hit that showcases the band's pop sensibilities and Mercury's flamboyant lyrics. But let's be real, not every track on this album is a banger. "Dear Friends" sounds like a lullaby for insomniacs, for instance. However, there are still some hidden gems like "Bring Back That Leroy Brown", which - let's face it - is catchy as hell, and "Stone Cold Crazy," which foreshadows the heavier sound that Queen would explore on later albums. All in all, Sheer Heart Attack may not be Queen's magnum opus, but it's still a solid album that showcases the band's talent and innovation. So, if you're a fan of Queen or just looking to explore some classic rock, give this one a spin. It may not get you to "Bohemian Rhapsody" levels of ecstasy, but it'll definitely, in one way or another, get you there.

Enjoyable.

Decent queen album strong start but declined somewhat. Nearly a 4 but not quite

Strong 3, enjoyable development of their style

quite Queen. Sometimes I think it is great, then it just drifts off into too much.

Liked the hits, rest was Meh.

Like 3 unbelievably great songs and the rest is only ok.

This album is definitely the birthplace of the Queen that everyone knows and loves. They're still not all the way to that "full Queen experience" point, but you can definitely hear the hints of what they would become, especially on the hit track "Killer Queen". I would say they're still playing around heavily with their sound at this point, though. Regardless, this album is definitely the jumping off point, soundwise, for their biggest and most well known songs. Speaking of the album's sound, it's really got a bit of everything: glam music and lyrics, those excellent Freddie vocal harmonies, and some slightly off kilter, fun vocalizations and instrumentations. There's a wide variety of music here, too, but it all sounds unapologetically like Queen. This isn't my favorite Queen album, but it's a great lead in to their iconic sound.

I'm not a big Queen fan, so this was new to me. They were all pretty solid from the get-go.

The entire time I'm listening to this, I'm thinking, "why does this sound like some sort of MetallicaXBoston mashup. Call it pop metal? I do not know what to make of it. I know Queen's hit songs. I had a short period in high school where I really listened to their hits multiple times a day. I think I knew Killer Queen. Back then, my focus was mainly on Freddy Mercury's pipes. Everyone knows he has them. Maybe I either wasn't listening to the right songs, or just wasn't listening at all. Brian May's guitar gave this album a hard rock edge to it that was very much appreciated. The little delay on the first song caught my ear. Now I'm Here and Misfire were a couple other favorites that I thought showed him off. By the end, it felt like everyone in the band was really doing something. It came to me while listening, but my old guitar teacher told me all members of Queen were inducted into the Song Writing Hall of Fame individually, so I shouldn't be surprised by the talent. Some songs were less memorable than others. I thought Bring Back That Leroy Brown was a show tune, and was somewhat telling of them writing a rock opera. I then learned said opera came out a year later. If this was evident on earlier Queen, I apologize for my naivety. May or may not revisit. It's snowing in New York.

Well here's the first Queen album I've ever listened to. Brian May can shred. Freddie Mercury can sing. My favorite part is on "Now I'm Here" when Freddie Says "now I'm here" then switches to the right channel and says "now I'm here" then switches again and says "now I'm there" then switches again and says "now I'm there". A real highlight. In all seriousness I think the reason why I never got into Queen is because it's too much like musical theater, a theme I'm likely to repeat several more times in my reviews. It just feels so dramatized. Rehearsed. Does that make sense? Additionally, I think it's a little too "fun" for my liking. It's like I'm watching clowns throw pies at each other to the tune of screaming guitar solos and epic drum hits. Again, great musicianship from everyone. Just don't really get all of the constant vocal harmonization and modulation. It was very cool hearing proto-Metallica on "Stone Cold Crazy" (which they later covered!) and I enjoyed "She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettos)" because it reminded me of some other band that I can't place at the moment but see that's just it. The only tracks I enjoyed reminded me of something else. Another one that is understandably on this list but one that I personally didn't really vibe with. I didn't NOT like it. It just isn't my go-to sound.

Killer Queen alone is worth three stars, so that’s your starting point. The A Cappella version of Bring Back That Leroy Brown puts their voices and harmonies on full display and was really fun. The rest of the album wasn’t particularly enjoyable listening for me, but my view of their talent sure went up a notch. I guess I never knew how overtly theatrical their sound was; so many of these songs sound like show tunes. Okay, not Stone Cold Crazy, but certainly Now I’m Here. I guess that all makes sense, because their next album would have the all-time quintessential rock opera Bohemian Rhapsody. I’m not a huge Queen fan, but the next two albums after this one were ones that all my friends owned in the 70s and played over and over again. This one is interesting as a prequel. And of course for Killer Queen. By the way it took me about 20 years to realize that the first line of Killer Queen is a reference to a champagne. And only because I saw it in a store and said it out loud.

I have never—with the exception of some greatest hits compilations my childhood friend Brendan Vinnicombe used to play incessantly in his Mom’s SUV—listened to a Queen record. This might have something to do with my upbringing. My Dad—never the prog rock fan—used to decry the band as being “too theatrical” and “operatic.” He preferred his Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and the likes. I followed suit. Never to listen to Queen outside of Brendan’s Mom’s SUV or otherwise in the public sphere of film, radio, and advertising. Before today I couldn’t have told you what years the band was even active or how many albums their wealth of hit songs were spread across. I was quite surprised to discover Queen was experiencing success this early in the 1970s, and that they would become one of the few 1970s acts that would find success in the 1980s. What strikes me most about Sheer Heart Attack is the musicianship. This is just excellent. Weird. Powerful. Maybe it reminds me of the Doors the way they seamlessly incorporate non-rock elements into a pure rock sound, but in an entirely different way. I’m blown away by May’s extended guitar soloing in “Brighton Rock” and by the experimental recording techniques used on Mercury’s voice and all instruments throughout. I’m also surprised and impressed to find songwriting credits here given to each of the four band members, together and individually and to read that often they switched instruments in the studio. This is a very solid album, with some essential cuts and, as I’m reading, was the first Queen album to really cement the band’s direction going forward. But, as a cohesive album, I’m not sure it totally succeeds. It just doesn’t do enough to be that weird or break new ground. It may be a step forward for Queen but, with the exception of “Killer Queen,” the step feels small. In spite of its strengths, I find the album’s eccentric allure to be not that unique in a year (1974) that also saw the release of King Crimson’s Red, Bowie’s Diamond Dogs, Eno’s Here Come the Warm Jets, Supertramp’s Crime of the Century, and so on. I think this album fits quite neatly into the weird theatricalities of British Glam Rock of the day. Irregardless of the timeless, larger-than-life phenomenon Queen would someday grow into, in 1974, Sheer Heart Attack just fills out the margins of an already vibrant scene. And with the exception of a few cuts off this Queen record (namely, the first two, “Now I’m Here,” and “Stone Cold Crazy”), there isn’t much calling me back to listen to this record in full. Of course Queen is a hugely influential, important act with incredible musicians/songwriters and quite possibly the greatest front person of all time in Mercury. But otherwise, I kind of agree with my Dad. I don’t think this is all that’s cracked up to be as far as albums go and if I’m listening to a Glam/Prog rock band from England who released an influential album in 1974, I’m listening to Supertramp 6 times out of 10. 3 times out of 10, I’m listening to Eno. And I’ll save that last time for King Crimson. But I’d certainly save a shout out for “Killer Queen.” And I look forward to uncovering some other Queen albums elsewhere in this list.

OK - one Killer tune, and one or two other bangers. The rest of it is pretty standard 70s hard rockin - not bad, not amaze

I really don't like to listen to Queen. That is, their greatest hits (that's all I really know). I acknowledge they've got talent, but their sound/style irks me most of the time. Sometimes a band's greatest hits don't tell the whole story, so I was hoping this early Queen album might reveal another side of Queen that I could enjoy. I had high hopes hearing Brighton Rocks and Killer Queen doesn't bother me quite like some of their other songs. But it didn't take long for me to realize that Queen leaves a pretty honest first impression. No surprises here for me really. I did like a couple of tracks (Stone Cold Crazy, She Makes Me), but I'm not going to listen to this again. It's pretty much the same Queen I already know with less catchy, less memorable tunes. And they're always going to sound like Queen.

Queen’s best songs are among the best I’ve ever heard from any band. But I’m still waiting to hear an album that’s solid all the way through. This one charges out of the gate and the first five songs are fantastic. No one else has a sound like Killer Queen and Flick of the Wrist. Two songs I could hear at any time in any mood. The second half of the album doesn’t hang with the first, unfortunately. Stone Cold Crazy is great, but the rest are unremarkable. The album definitely belongs on the list. Just wish it were more consistent all the way through. 1 = bad 2 = average 3 = good 4 = great 5 = outstanding

Queen's third record is a pretty solid one. Has some very strong songs, but also some of their weakest songs. They can definitely write impressive compositions, their vocals taking the spotlight most often. And Brian May's guitar playing is fantastic. Key tracks: Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Tenement Funster, Flick Of The Wrist, Lily Of The Valley, Now I'm Here, Stone Cold Crazy, In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited 7 out of 10

It was alright, but a little silly. I think it’s the worst Queen album on this list. Favorite song: “Killer Queen”.

Not bad probably one of their better albums

Levy ei ole aivan tasalaatuinen - mukana pari tylsempää tai ärsyttävämpää biisiä - mutta kyllähän tätä ihan mielellään kuuntelee. Äidilläni oli useita Queenin levyjä lapsuudenkodissani, ja niitä paljon kuuntelin. Eli nostalgia-arvoa bändillä, joskaan ei tällä levyllä.

Several very fun and dramatic songs on a not-so-cohesive album with quite a few filler/so-so songs. In other words, a Queen album! They were more of a singles/best-of band on the whole. But, you have to appreciate their flare for drama and of course, the fact that they achieved mainstream success as LGBTQ artists when that wasn't the norm. Overall, I would not go out of my way to listen to this an album, but it has some banging tracks.

Killer queen

Really proves that Queen are an amazing ‘Greatest Hits’ band, especially as this album falls apart at the end.

Queen are such a unique band. I liked this album, though really not many hits on it. The standouts are solid songs but aside from that I don't think I'd spend much time listening to the other tracks, so I don't think I'd come back to this one as a record to listen to all the way through. Still solid though. Standout Tracks: Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Now I'm Here, Stone Cold Crazy, Misfire, She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos)

A lot of irritating vocals but overall reasonable music.

that classic operatic, eclectic Queen sound. some legendary moments, but largely fodder for high school theater types to play at their parties

Glorious glam solos and echoing glam vocals. Multi-sectional, opera-like, theatrical rock. So beautiful, sometimes soaring, sometimes playful. The common metaphor employed is that we're in the hands of God (the gods), but not with Queen. It's the lap, not the hands.

Ok so it's Queen and I love Queen but I've not really concentrated on their early stuff much apart from the hits. It's flamboyant and Glam and theatrical paving the way for A Night at the Opera but there's not much cohesion- it's a bit bitty if you know what I mean?

Freddie carries

Listens: 2 Enjoyed: yeah Starts better than it ends. Some great tracks but not a particularly great album Woulda been a 3.5

Yeah, good. Better than the Beatles, that’s for sure.

good but the opener and closer we’re kinda meh which are like the most important. highlights: Killer Queen and in the lap of the gods (og not reprise)

Muutama oikein hyvä biisi ja osa ei jaksanut suuremmin kovettaa. Silti perushyvä ja helppo heittää soimaan vielä uudestaan.

Kyllä Queen on enemmän ns. hittibändi ja paljon biiseistä tuntuu täytteeltä levyltä toiselle. Mieluummin greatest hitsit pyörimään ja niiden ansiosta bändi onkin top tieriä kaikesta huolimatta. Tää levy kuitenkin kokonaisuudessaan kuunneltava ja sekä Killer Queen että Stone Cold Crazy varsinkin nostaa levyn tason kolmoseen

Starting to sound like the classic Queen. Killer Queen is great, of course, and you can hear the origins of Bohemian Rhapsody in Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley. The rest is OK

Good, but not great album. Dabbling with different songwriters brings a bit of diversity but perhaps at the expense of quality.

Wow, most of these songs are completely unfamiliar to me. Very enjoyable!

Killer Queen is great, and Stone Cold Crazy stands out. However, the album is just pretty good. It's not as good as Night At The Opera.

Okay

This was a fun one! Brighton Rock was a good little noodle. The flow between the albums was great and the range was awesome, but glam rock isn't really my cup of tea.

fairly good.

While Queen has a great sound going on this album, I don't think they ever got beyond the impressive 1-2 punch that was "Brighton Rock" and "Killer Queen". "In the Lap of the Gods" and "Misfire" were other stand out tracks for me, but the album lacked cohesion and anything as memorable as "Killer Queen". If I could give half stars, this would be a 3.5 for me.

Somewhat over-the-top, like the coked-out orgy in the cover photo.

Didn’t move it.

4/13, 31%

3 Don’t want to listen on a headphone.

Playing was great so I wanted to like more. Songs just felt like (good!) incomplete snippets so I didn’t know when one ended and the next started…a bit too incomplete feeling.

Me encanta escuchar discos de mi año de nacimiento! Es un disco que cambia bastante de estilos, mucho del rock lírico característico de ellos, algunos coritos al mejor estilo The Beach Boys, momentos muy heavies y hasta un ragtime en "Bring Back that Leroy Brown". Pero este disco por algo los consagra al estrellato, y seguramente el punto principal sea "Killer Queen".

12 - 09 - 2022 3½

great sound and very much of it's time.

3.8

If I listened to this without knowing the artist, I’d say it was someone making a parody of a Queen album. Still not bad though.

It’s Queen.

It's alright, probably not their best album but interesting to see an early one

Filler, Queen.

sweaty cover, sweaty record

Good album, but much of it seemed very forgettable. Aside from songs like, Killer Queen and In the Lap of the Gods, I don't think I could name a single tune from this album. Best Songs: Killer Queen, In the Lap of the Gods Worst Songs: Bring Back that Leroy Brown

It’s dated. Sounds a bit like it’s from the 60s.

Decent because it’s queen

Sounds like Queen, but not the ‘best’ Queen

I'm a republican, in terms of anti-monarchistic sensibilities and not Trumpian nutjobbery about George Soros putting microchips in vaccines so as to make everyone Mexican. As a poor, grubby British kid, I couldn't fathom the logic of such ridiculous privilege falling onto such inadequates, and if anything my contempt for the monarchy has strengthened, has become as rigid as bone. Somewhere right now, Prince Edward is sitting down, thinking he's inevitably better than you. With that thought, you're seething. As a 2000-era teenager into 70s punk, I didn't rate Queen either. Not to the same extent, but more a surly resentment at the overarching position Queen had across the airwaves: lazy sound editors plomping Don't Stop Me Now or We Are the Champions over footage of sport I cared naught about only reduced the band to the level of soundbite. I couldn't tell if it were possible to like Queen unironically, and I still can't. Can anyone really have Bohemian Rhapsody as their favourite song? Isn't it just buried under the baggage of a million impressions? Anyway, Bohemian Rhapsody is not on this. But what is on this? Some stuff of interest, some stuff not. Stone Cold Crazy successfully presages thrash metal, but any such premonition of thrash metal really would just be a curio. And it's that word "curio" that encapsulates my wariness for Queen. We have here an album comprised entirely of novelty songs, an odd result for such a bunch of noted brainboxes (that said, it is rather in keeping with Freddie's theatricality). Now, you may defend Queen as the Fortnum and Mason of novelty bands, but that's a highly loaded superlative, like tallest dwarf or most literate policeman. Yes, if you want a tribute band at a student ball, a Queen sort is clearly the best option, but who would kick back of an evening and unwind to this with a glass of claret? There are three Queen albums on the list, so I'll save some of my Queen musings for later. But if you want the worst example of a band soldiering on after the lead singer's death, it's not the Doors. After Freddie's passing, the rest of the band recruited Paul Rodgers as Freddie's replacement. It's akin to following Queen Elizabeth with Prince Andrew.

Queen's a great band, but we don't need to put all of their albums on this list. This one is okay in the grand scheme of things.

Killer Queen a classic probably the only stand out tune on this album for me

Decent sound. Unique and creative. Just personally not a huge fan of Queen. But an objectively good sound

Aight

Bien.

Never listened myself before. Rick anthem opera.

Está "Killer Queen" y tiene bastante ritmo, pero los discos de Queen así al completo no me suelen convencer.

6/10 Best Song - Killer Queen

Classic rock is classic, and though Killer Queen is a great song, the rest of the album seems to not yet be as regal as this band would become. Musicality is amazing, however.

Liked it but wasn’t blown away or anything

More glam and heavy than I was expecting. I'd only listened to Queen's later albums in full before and had only heard a few tracks off this previously. I don't think that they hit their stride until the next album but this lays down so pretty nice groundwork for what was to come

Queen always grabs you with the melody and vocals, then a secret earthquake comes rumbles through Brian May’s guitar. This was ok, I only knew Killer Queen and I’d need another listen for anything else to stick

The popular conception of this band over time has become more 'Freddie Mercury and the Queens' than just 'Queen.' This album is a good reminder of how integral Brian May and co. were to making the band's catchy formula work, supporting Freddie's sky-high vocal range with solid backing instrumentals that excel in their own regard. Not every track here is a winner (outside of 'We Are the Champions,' I don't think this band has done well at downtempo tracks, with most being snoozers), but those that shine do so brightly and are memorable to a fault. I will die on the hill that 'Killer Queen' is the best track this band has made, the subtle touch of phaser on the chorus vox is a sign of a band that knows exactly how to make interesting, fun music.

rocking and a rolling

This record continues the overall musical motif for which Queen had become known. Orchestral arrangements, falsetto singing, “royal” subject matter. Not every song is a hit, but the hits do hit well. I am giving this one an extra star exclusively for Brian May’s guitar work, which is once again masterful.

Mixture of Glam Rock and Hard Rock. Lap of the Gods sounds like a Beach Boys song on acid.

Tout un band qui sait jouer ensemble. Heureuse découverte pour moi, hors des sentiers habituels de ce groupe classique.

A significant departure as far as Queen's sound goes, and yet it presents a wholy uninspired and unremarkable collection of tracks. Nothing much to say about it, not great not terrible, the definition of average

High 3. Certainly top 5 Queen album but, maybe not top 3.

i thought i had listened to a lot of queen, but literally had not heard any songs on this album but one. it's okay, not their best. definitely early work.

A couple rock gems with the tight harmonies that define Queen and (now) classic Brian May guitar sonics. But overall too many songs that sound like show tunes or novelties.

I like Queen's greatest hits a lot. But their other stuff just doesn't do it for me. Killer Queen is good enough to bump up the album for me.

3.5

Standout tracks: Brighton Rock Killer Queen Stone Cold Crazy

Faster-paced songs are very good, struggles to be consistent with the slower ballads.

I own this already but had forgotten that it is far more rockin' than their later work. Far better in my opinion.

First song on the album was p good

I thought it was ok. Not their best album by a long shot.

pretty good, like his voice and the energy, album doesn't flow well but each song is good.

Great fun! Not full of smash hits, but plenty to enjoy.

Le lien spoty est un remaster 2011 et j'ai fait le saut qque fois, c'est très bright ou c'est moi? J'ai pas pu m'empêcher de penser à Guy a lepage dans in the lap of the gods😅 C'est Queen, je connaisais que 2 tounes au plus sur cet album. Ça a le mérite de bouger pas mal harmoniquement mais ça va souvent aux même places. Ya plein de bonnes affaires et plein d'affaires qui me gosse😂 Mention spéciale au boutte de contrebasse!

C’est la première fois que j’écoute ce disque en entier. C’est pas mal ce que Queen a fait de plus rock. Stone cold crazy a toujours été ma toune favorite de Queen. Brian May est vraiment solide sur cet album.

Fun, lots of guitar.

This is a very mediocre album to me. I just am not much of a Queen fan. It is certainly a listenable album but not necessarily one I'll come back to. It didn't have any bad tracks but certainly some mid tracks. Killer Queen is a fantastic song and obviously the best one on the album.

Great lyrics and guitar solos.

Honestly, Killer Queen is a great song but I wasn't crazy about the rest of the album. It wasn't bad by any means but there are plenty of other Queen albums I'd go back to before this one.

Really good, but not their best.

Queen is notable for being a singles band. The singles, Killer Queen, Brighton Rock, and the album's namesake are fantastic spectacles of songwriting that stand on their own for years to come. For the rest of the album, it's pretty good! Not nearly as great but I enjoyed the listen for the most part. It's a fun, hard-rockin' album that's simply here for a good time.

Die erste hälfte war sogar ganz in ordnung, aber spätestens in der mitte fing es dann an, dass diese bestimmte energie, die queen mitbringt, sehr nervtötend wird. Spätestens die reihe an kürzeren songs mit den ständigen sprach harmonien gaben mir dann etwas den rest zur bestätigung meiner vorurteile. Einzelne songs machen aber schon durchaus was her. 6/10

Wenn sie dieses verspielte Queen-Ding machen klingen sie schnell ziemlich kindisch und affig. Die besten Stellen sind hier die, die sich in richtung Prog und Thrash Metal (?) bewegen, vielleicht gerade weil sie *nicht* nach Radio-Queen klingen. Ich würde lügen wenn ich sagen würde ich hatte überhaupt keinen Spaß mit dem Teil.

also folgendes ich hab wirklich versucht unvoreingenommen ranzugehen und ich muss sagen es ist "ok" also ne 3 (hehe). Ich war überrascht wie vielfältig das album so ist und teilweise auch wie rough. es hat ja mitunter wirklich schon sehr geile heavy riffs - wie zb der anfang von stone cold crazy. Aber sobald die galileo figaro stimme dann kommt gehts mir wieder aufn sack, vorallem die hohen gitarren soli sind einfach für mich generell nicht gut gealtert in >rock musik<. Diese quietsche nummer "bring back that leroy brown" auch komplette musical scheiße. Dann aber wieder "she makes me" was ne richtig schöne ruhige nummer ist, wo ich auch nicht direkt auf queen getippt hätte, das ist ja fast schon velvet underground style. Unterm strich viele coole, viele egale und viele nervige momente deswegen ne 3. (so wie ich gelesen hab ist das aber auch so das roughste von denen was mir jetzt eher bedingt bock auf den rest der diskografie macht)

1974. Killer Queen, Flick of The Wrist

6/10

3/5 good album but not enough to buy.

A bit of a mixed bag. Queen has always been a singles band to me, not meaning that as any shade (cos their singles are great). A few hits, but the songs that flow together do so in such a jumpy, weird way that it's somewhere between glam camp and a poorly-run stage show. Also, if Freddie Mercury is your lead vocalist, you let Freddie Mercury do lead vocals. No one else. Favorite tracks: "Stone Cold Crazy", "Dear Friends", "Killer Queen", "In The Lap Of the Gods (Revisited)"

Good music.

Truly the only not-totally-positive Queen experience I can remember. It just doesn't feel fully realized? Like the musicality is there and some songs are great (Killer Queen most notably), but I can't get behind the whole thing.

Hyvää queeniä. En ollu aiemmin kuullu tältä levyltä varmaan yhtään biisiä aiemmin, mutta menee kyllä jatkoon.

Muutama tykki biisi ja salee Queenin paras levy

Expected to like this more than I did. Granted it all was fine and I didn't dislike anything, but a lot of the tracks were just ok to me. Killer Queen rules though.

Solid Queen album. Already has that rock-opera sound. Not incredibly outstanding compared to other Queen records.

Yup. That was Queen.

Not my favorite Queen album, but still good.

As innovative and quirky Queen is, nothing beyond the hits caught my attention on this one. Killer Queen and Stone Cold Crazy are awesome but some of the others got a little too whispy for my taste when I listen to Queen I'm more on the rock side than the roll side but again, doesn't make it a bad album, just not one of my favs.

This is pretty decent, has some really good songs on it too Now I’m Here and Stone Cold Crazy are brilliant rock songs in themselves An easy and fair ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cool hard rock with some psych elements (swear those Freddie screams were inspiration for Pink Floyd's The Wall) but nothing that blew me out the water Already Saved: Killer Queen Saved After Listening: Flick Of The Wrist*, Now I'm Here

I like Queen but probably wouldnt listen again.

Quuen

3.5 | Creo que mi opinión no va a ser la más popular, pero durante mucho tiempo intenté adentrarme en Queen como discografía y siempre siempre caigo en el mismo tope... Sus discos completos como albumes en general no me cuadran. Jamás quitaría la importancia o calidad de muchísima de su música, pero siempre se me ha hecho una banda de éxitos y sencillos (muchísimos y excelentes) y muchas canciones que se sienten medio de paja; quizá por esa democracia de terminar con canciones que son escritas por cada miembro y terminando con albumes que se sienten un poco sin cohesión. Killer Queen, Stone Cold Crazy, Flick of the Wrist... Excelentes canciones, pero el disco completo sigue sin agarrarme completo como para decir que con gusto lo vuelvo a poner todo. ¿Es un álbum que deberían escuchar todos? No estoy seguro... Estoy seguro que todos DEBEN escuchar mucho Queen y entender su importancia. Mi problema es que quizá no se DEBA escuchar la discografía de Queen, sino un disco (o varios) de éxitos.

De este disco sólo conocía Stone Cold Crazy y Killer Queen, que en mi opinión es una canción que representa muy bien la esencia de Queen. Fue interesante escuchar estas canciones que son muy del principio de la carrera del grupo, pero no fui tan fa del álbum en sí.

Good album great theatrics

she makes me is really nice. freddie is such a good singer.

Although I have heard many tracks from Queen, "Killer Queen" might be the only track I was familiar with prior to listening to this album. This album is a reminder that Brian May (lead guitar) is worth listening to. With some of the vocals given to others besides Mercury and allowing for solo work from May, this album has music that is not easily identified as music from Queen (e.g. "Tenement Funster"). I would be tempted to skip the last two tracks of this album, but they don't reduce my rating below 3 stars. No new favorites from this album, but I enjoyed listening.

Leuke band, en ook leuke liedjes zoals Killer Queen. Maar de rest ging toch wat aan me voorbij.

Hier en daar vliegen de heren een beetje uit de bocht, maar over all vind ik dit best leuk.

Hier wird groß gedacht: Rock Oper ist das Stichwort. Die Songs gehen nach „Killer Queen“ für eine Weile nahtlos ineinander über und dieser Part ist auch die große herausragende Stärke des Albums, was unter anderem daran liegen kann, dass hier der Gesang nicht ausschließlich von Mercury sondern auch von Taylor („Tenement Funster“) sowie später in „She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos)“ von May beigesteuert wird. Ganz klar wird hier eine Menge Potenzial angedeutet, aber ehe sie ihre Grenzen zu sprengen beginnen, sind Queen ein recht mitreißendes, aber doch eindimensionales Rock Outfit. Gimme a good guitar and I‘ll give 3.3

Joah, Queen: bin ich jetzt kein Experte für, aber auf dem Album haben sie langsam ihren Sound gefunden, kann das sein? Satter Hardrock, Freddies Powermoves, endlich auch in Richtung schrill und Operette (ich bin von sowas ja eigentlich gar kein Fan, aber …) Werd ich mir wahrscheinlich nicht mehr so oft anhören, aber: gefällt schon. Favourite Song: In The Lap Of The Gods. 3.4

One of my favourite Queen songs on this album - Brighton Rock and I am a Queen fan to. Great album. 3 stars

Un bon albu. Rock avecdes classiquemais qui ne m’a pas jeter par terre. 3.75

fun

Bit of it all, got the slow ballads, the fast rock, a lullaby, Leroy Brown is a ragtime tune, and some rock jams; Stone Cold Crazy is a great high-tempo tune which is then followed by a lullaby. Album really bounces back and forth with the styles and they have a lot of different ideas going on. Still it's all Queen so it works.

Fun listen. Queen never quite hits home perfectly with me, but you can't deny that this is a solid album with some really fun tracks.

Brighton Rock is a guitar masterpiece

Not much in typical Queen music I’m familiar with so I only enjoyed a few songs. Bring back Leroy brown and tenement funster were my favorite.

Enjoyed it, nice queen album you can instantly hear it’s them

Certainly not the greatest album by Queen, in my opinion, but a solid guitar-heavy record that brought the band to popularity in the USA. You can really tell the band stretched themselves to make this a very "in your face" and technically complex album. Mercury's range really stays in the upper register throughout the majority of this record, but most the studio tracks will never hold up sonically to the live renditions.

Some ok songs, musical theater, Proto punk drug infused rambling

Eh

Super fun. Sexy. Sassy. Pumping guitar solos. Some weaker tracks in there let’s it down but it sure passes the time eh???

Good songs, though they tend to overdo the theatrics.

Queen para empezar, casi nada.

This record is the most consistent fun I've had with a Queen record. They've always been a bit of a singles band for me, so Sheer Heart Attack is a nice surprise. The arrangements are more complex and explosive than their older material, and doesn't suffer from some of the more egregious experimentation of their 80s material. Fav Tracks: Brighton Rock, Killer Queen and Bring Back That Leroy Brown.

This was a really varied and fun album that bridges Queen's glam rock/live band chops and some inventive studio trickery. I was taken aback when someone other than Freddie Mercury started singing on "Tenement Funster"! Some of the transitions are pretty remarkable. While a few songs are a little indulgent, I enjoyed the overall experience of this record. Rating 3.5/5 Favourite tracks: "Killer Queen", "Now I'm Here", "She Makes Me"

It’s Queen, it’s pop/rock, it’s non offensive & pleasantly welcoming...but it’s safe and run o’the mill. In other words a bit boring. You can drive around in your car listening to it and by the time the last track finishes you could be fooled into believing you just listened to one very long song instead of the full 13 or so on the album. They all kinda sound alike and none really stand out. I’m giving it a rather bland 3 stars.

Never heard this one but seems like a transitional album for them, moving on from their prog roots (e.g. "Ogre Battle" from their previous record) to big arena rock and their anthemic destiny. The vocal harmonies really do it for me. Four voices in concise, majestic arrangements, fit into a compressed metal tube. The Queen sound is born. Brian May seems to be enjoying playing around with heavy delay, and the guitar solos sound rad repeating onto itself and creating percussion. For the first time realizing Queen probably had a big influence on 80s glam rock. I bet Eddie Van Halen loved Brian May. Bigger picture question - when is arrogance welcome in music? People like Freddie Mercury and Mick Jagger (and even Boston bad boy Steven Tyler) can strut and pomp all over a stage and I love it. Their inflated egos can blow up a stadium and it's fantastic. But why is it such a turn off when a Johnny Rotten or a Bono put their arrogance on display? Maybe it's an authenticity thing. Anyhow, in the end, this album is the soundtrack to a Broadway musical about an elf queen (chaotic good) and a lightning dragon. B

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Not bad.

I thought I had listened to this album. Guess not! Knew only the two hit singles (Killer Queen, Now I'm Here).

I know it was Queen but I only really liked the commercial tracks. Consequently ***

Too complex for me, I just like Killer Queen

Not classic queen yet

Enjoyed it. It was fun.

Bang average

Gives a really good feel of them right on the edge of superstardom... but not my favorite.

Queen was my favourite group when I was in High School. They certainly had style and flair, plus some pretty darned good musicmanship and of course the inimitable Freddie.

Misfire was a track I never heard before that I liked. But please no more Queen.

Never been the biggest fan of Queen, but it was interesting to hear how their operatic influences developed in the early years. top 3 Killer Queen, Flick of the Wrist, Lily of the Valley

Classic Queen

Didn't enjoy this as much as I expected to. Quite a few samey ones.. and weird ones that I wasn't into. Was a bit much at times - but I know that is Queen

Decent.

Pretty good. One of the better Queen albums as a whole. 7/10

Killer Queen is clearly the standout, but the album has enough interesting bites to keep it interesting.

Pretty good, not something I’d likely play again other than the hits. 3,5

not the best Queen album but still good

Obviously everyone knows the classic Queen songs, but the songs on this album surprised me quite a bit. Queen with Guitar solos and constant drumming was a pleasant change from Bohemian Rhapsody.

I don’t think I’ve heard this album before. The radio plays Queen way to much but was good to hear some different Queen songs

great sound but definitely not queen's best outside killer queen

Pretty good, but later Queen albums are better

Eh s' kay

7/10 склоняющееся к 6

A bit uneven. Some Killer and some filler. A thirteen track album shouldn't have three sub-2 minute tracks. Best track: Killer Queen

Solid but still feels like they’re finding their footing. Killer Queen is a top 10 track tho

Definitely some of the rawest Queen tracks I've ever heard and prob the best moments of this style of glam rock. Still can't get as enthusiastic about the record's theatrical flourishes as it sounds like the band is performing them but there are some great riffs and I love riffs. Also "Stone Cold Crazy" is thrash as hell and goes extremely hard.

Queen is like always repeating one line of lyrics, then a guitar solo and then some more repeating.

The best parts of this album are at the faster-paced, lyrically and sonically fun songs. The slower songs here didn't really land for me. Layered vocals help break up the flatness of the lyric-following piano. Generally enjoyable, but I wouldn't listen to any songs on their own, probably because I don't like Queen's style much. Queen's a classic. Definitely good music but ultimately not for me. Favourite song: She's a killer.

I don't think I've listened to a Queen album all the way through before (it's possible that I've heard a Greatest Hits on a childhood bus trip). Disappointed. I'm fond of Queen, and the album has a few great songs on it -- but it's a listening experience I don't particularly wish to repeat: it was too homogeneous for me, and made a good case for Queen being a Greatest Hits band. Maybe it caught me on the wrong day, maybe I'll give it a second chance, but for the moment it's **

The first queen album that didn't make me cringe

non la mia tazza di caffè,non ascoltato per intero Da riascoltare

Complex (good), melodramatic and lyrically weak. Good performances of mostly banal songs.

Thank Christ this is the last Queen album

I only liked killer queen Don't get me wrong, these weren't bad but I wouldn't listen to them on a daily basis Mmmmm 2

So, after a couple albums on here, Queen aren't my thing. I can respect them, and appreciate all they have done. But overall, I just felt meh throughout.

Always thought of Queen as singles band and this didn’t change that thought. It’s decent enough but not for me 2.5 ( light 3 at its peak) Song I disliked most was “Stone Cold Crazy”. Not into that style of rock I Enjoyed “Killer Queen” and even though it was kind of goofy “Bring Back That Leroy Brown” had some charm to it . The rest was fine and had its moments

Enjoyed this more than expected. A bit more understated than I expected from a Queen album. Killer Queen slaps.

I loved "Killer Queen". The rest, meh. Spotify had difficulty playing the album for me.

One of my favourite songs is Killer Queen. The other songs on this album are not the same quality.

Nice grooves, not my favourite of their work.

не моё опять же, но очень понравилась гитарка, великолепная работа сохранила: 2/13, 15%

I don't like Queen. This record did not change that. I found it mostly awful. Killer Queen is a good song. The rest are not.

No me gustó, no conecté, solo me gustó una canción y el resto aunque musicalmente estaban bien, no fueron de mi gusto. Me gustó flick on the wrist y pues ya me gustaba killer queen

Album sympa mais qui ne pas pas plus marqué que ça. HM : Killer Queen, In the lap of the Gods

4/10

I do not like the genre called rock and roll

Queen on legenda mutta uskallan sanoa, että ei osu makuuni kovinkaan hyvin. Taidokkaasti tehty albumi, jonka tunnistaa Queenin musiikiksi heti. Ja siinä se ongelma ehkä onkin; soundissa ja harmonioissa (kuorolaulu rockbiiseissä) on jotain, joka ei iske vaan se alkaa ärsyttää aika pian. Samoin kuin Mercuryn ääni, vaikka kiistämättä kova laulaja onkin. Ja tämä jatkuu koko albumin läpi. Stone cold crazy on hyvä biisi. Tekotaiteellista paskaa ja yliarvostettua kamaa mielestäni. En pidän. Ammattitaidosta ja pieteetistä 2/5.

7/15/26. Outside of Killer Queen, I thought this album was all over the place and inconsistent. I know this was early in Queen's career so they were not close to their creative peak. I still applaud the risks they took, just didn't hit with me.

Mostly unremarkable unfortunately

Pas client mais ça reste intéressant

It’s fine, just not what I go to music for.

I was surprised at how heavy some of the songs on Queen II were, and I'm still surprised that some of this goes pretty hard, but Sheer Heart Attack is a lot more of the over the top, dramatic, and theatrical Queen sound that I expect from them, and I just don't really like it. I'm just not a fan of Queen. They have my full respect for what they were able to achieve, and Freddie Mercury is a phenomenal singer, but this just isn't for me.

Not for me

Is this a safe space for disliking Queen?

Some good some pretty rough

Far too operatic, dramatic, and vocally pretty for more liking. The music is great (usually) but then Freddy's gotta sing the hell out of the songs or make some ditty thingy. Boring and not to my tastes. Not ABBA/ELO horrid though. 2 "give me more Minor Threat" stars.

Was mid. Didn't hate any part of it and there was a couple of cool guitary bits, but I really wouldn't listen again.

This seems a bit better than other Queen albums I've heard. A little more proggy and they were really into fading the sound between left and right.

killer queen is great but the rest of the album was kinda. not the best. 2 me. even the songs i really really tried to enjoy were just. meh. like idk maybe it’s just bc i have high expectations bc it’s literally queen but it was not what i was expecting or wanting really

first time listening to a full album of Queen. it was nowhere near as bad as i feared. but it was still Queen.

I love queen, but I didn’t know many songs from this album so I was excited !! Fav song is ‘Killer Queen’.

killer queen and lily of the valley were good but the rest were not my cup of tea

boring

Oh wow, a Queen album!

Annoyingly unfocused - when they got it together, it sounds great (Killer Queen), otherwise it's a bunch of pompous noise

I don't know what to say, exactly. Sheer Heart Attack is the album that queen released between my two favorite queen albums. Queen 2, my favorite, and a night at the opera, an undisputed classic. This one find them in a bit of a weird place. Feels like they move back to their hard/glam rock origins in the first album, abandoning the prog rock of queen 2, and not yet arriving to the blend of a night at the opera. Well, I don't really like this place. It's a middle ground that doesn't live them with much material, "meat", to this record. I don't want to be to harsh with it, it still has quality in it. Killer Queen of course, the opener is very good, and other than that I particularly loved "She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes)", a great brian may ballad. I was thinking of a 2.8, if it's fine with you.

Could have used a bit more time between Queen albums on this project, to be honest. But I’m also not sure if I would have gelled with this even in the best mindset. It feels like the pieces of this band haven’t quite locked together yet, so it ends up sounding closer to other, more generic hard rock albums from the time. Standout moment: For good reasons, Killer Queen is the one song here that’s lingered in the culture and it still holds up.

It's like if a Led Zeppelin tribute band and Paul McCartney had a gay baby with a learning disability.

Sure, Killer Queen isn't bad. The following 25 minutes are boring Queen stuff before they fuck about, and then it's over. 2.45 so that I can round down.

overrated, poor vocal mixing, good instrumentals, freddie mercury jolly ahh goofy ahh lyrics and rhythms merchant

favs: killer queen lily of the valley in the lap of the gods in the lap of the gods... revisited rating 1.5/5

Not my favorite of Queen, overall good.

This is my third Queen album in this project. The other two were pretty early on, and I was writing shorter comments at the time. When I listened to A Night at the Opera I gushed about how it was one of the first real "rock" albums I ever bought when it came out. When I listened to Queen II I commented about how I thought Night at the Opera might be the only Queen album I really liked. Listening to Sheer Heart Attack today I had that same thought. I think Queen was a band that was in search of itself for the first three albums, and then once they found out who they were they just expanded on the theme, and IMO never as good after that. The only song I truly enjoyed on this album was Killer Queen, which I've heard thousands of times before. The rest was either uninteresting to me, or kinda silly. Songs I thought I might like, and want to save, went places that I ended up not liking and not wanting to save. I do think the production was very good, for what it's worth.

Killer queen on its own makes this at least 2 stars, the rest is very skipable

I think I've been finding that my status as a Queen fan is 'Fairweather fan', as in I enjoy the hits and the rest just kinda miss.

Proud to be a Queen hater. 4/10

Good album. Certainly not their best, but good stuff. This is a the first Queen album on this list which I did not realize until this popped up. That is surprising given the love of British bands by the author.

I never considered Queen something special and this album didn't change my mind. Very mediocre and forgettable.

tbh more boring than the coldplay album; not terrible, but sooo boring

Очень странный альбом Queen. Никогда не был фанатом их оперного рока, но здесь даже ни одного хита нет.

Only 1 good song, Killer Queen

Obvious tracks stand out, stormtrooper in stilettos good, little theatrical to my taste at poibtw

I got bored.

This is my third Queen album on this list. A lot more meat and potatoes than the other two, well executed in every department but still not for me. Hopefully there aren’t any more.

Brought up on Queen. Don’t mind listening but wouldn’t be my go to

👸🏿

1. rock - 1 2. killer - 2 3. fun - 1 4. uurizt - 1 5. lilly - 2 6. here -2 7. lap - 1 8. cold - 2 9. friendz - 0 10. fire - 1 11. brouun - 1 12. makez - 1

By the standards of these absolute cretins, this wasn't that bad I suppose. There was only about six instances of me wanting to pull out my own teeth in frustration at this talented people failing to take themselves or their audience seriously, and there were some good guitar parts and reasonable melodies. It was still a fairly painful listen, but maybe their best yet.

A decent number of Queen classics but overall just kinda blah as an album

Early album with a couple of good songs. You can see where others songs have evolved from this. Also one or two really sound like The Who were an influence.

Dit album vond ik niet heel leuk om te luisteren. Het is me vaak iets te theatraal. Alsof alles met jazz hands word gezongen. Natuurlijk zing freddie fantastisch, maar de muziek word bij elk nummer opgeblazen en de momenten dat de muziek klein en kwetsbaar word is dat alleen maar bedoeld om de muziek later weer uit proportie op te blazen. Now i’m here vind ik wel leuk. Nog een kleine disclaimer: marie antoinette zou nooit gezegd hebben “ let them have cake”

Ongelofelijke zanger, ongelofelijke gitarist, ongelooflijke kutmuziek. Zonde van het talent. Stel je voor dat ze leuke muziek zouden maken. Geloof wel in de muzikaliteit etc maar het is te theatraal en glam voor mij. Als je streng naar het album gaat kijken zitten er ook een hoop matige fillers op. Maar goed, heb niet genoeg passie om er veel over te zeggen.

maybe I am not a queen person 2

Unfortunately, Killer Queen will ALWAYS be a hymn for me. Still, Queen will never be my cup of tea entirely. Definitely more original than some other of their albums (does not mean I think it's good, I said original)

I was disappointed with this album. I was expecting powerful and bombastic music from this band. The album was really boring.

Always been a fan of Queens Greatest Hits so this is my first full album! Pretty forgetful record with nothing really standing out to make me want to listen again!

Man, I like queen but there's a reason only like two of these have survived the cultural zeitgeist

I've only ever really heard nothing but the most overplayed hits from Queen, but people have said their albums as a whole are a lot better. Well, there's a couple of pretty good songs here but otherwise... eh, it's still mostly just what I expected and that's not for me at all.

Ich verteidige ja Queen gerne mal, aber irgendwie ging das wirklich nur schwer rein.

Es schwankt zwischen recht beliebig und unfassbar nervig - Queen halt. Wobei hier beliebig gegenüber nervig überwiegt, weshalb es noch zu soliden zwei Sternen reicht.

Ich habe Schlimmes erwartet und war am Ende positiv überrascht. Nach den ersten 3 Songs dachte ich sogar, dass das hier eine richtig gute Platte werden könnte. Spannendes Songwriting, spannende musikalische Ideen, aber noch nicht zu sehr auf anstrengende Rock-Oper und "Theater Kid"-Attitüde getrimmt. Tja, danach wars auch schon wieder schnell vorbei mit diesem Eindruck, wobei hier und da nochmal okaye Tracks auftauchen ("Stone Cold Crazy" ist ja fast schon lupenreiner Heavy Metal). Ich schwanke zwischen 2 und 3, weil man sich die knappe Hälfte hier schon noch gut geben kann, aber da ich Rest wirklich furchtbar anstrengend finde, wird es dann doch die niedrigere Punktzahl. Aber dennoch: Besser als erwartet.

I’m sorry. I hate Queen. I know I’m wrong but I just cannot STAND them. It’s too theatrical and over-the-top in the same way hair metal is.