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Strong 3, enjoyable development of their style
quite Queen. Sometimes I think it is great, then it just drifts off into too much.
Walking down the street Shooting people that I meet With my rubber Tommy water gun Here come the deputy He's gonna come and get a me I gotta get me get up and run Outstanding album - basically perfect. 5/5
Liked the hits, rest was Meh.
Probably my favourite Queen album, so good
A banger!
Like 3 unbelievably great songs and the rest is only ok.
despite sheer heart attack being an early queen album, it contains that usual queen charm. it also contains the great glam and hard rock sound they were known for! sheer heart attack is their third album but is the first album to contain one of their biggest hits, which happened to be "killer queen". as such, most of this album was new for me. it was incredibly enjoyable, and i had no problem listening to this album multiple times. if i had to pick one instrument from this album, it is undoubtedly the guitar. brian may absolutely KILLS the guitar during multiple tracks. opening the album with "brighton rock" and that guitar, wow! but also, "bring back that leroy brown" is somehow catchy yet weird. the instruments used in that song were an unusual combination but it turned out good. i guess that's queen in a nutshell! freddie mercury is synonymous with queen since he was their frontman, but it's lovely to hear other band mates' voices, too.
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.
Really good album, it's Queen so I don't think it ever could have been bad. Freddie Mercury sounds amazing and the instrumentation is wonderful. I've honestly not heard much Queen outside of the most popular songs, but I am excited to hear more of their discography, as I'm certain that there's going to be far more on this list. Favourite: Stone Cold Crazy
So much to love here. I’d forgotten how great this album is. The riffs! The operatics! It feels like a mad jumble of brightly coloured rags and mirrors and yet the musicianship is unquestionable. Ace.
It's Queen: ballady baroque rock, solid all the way through, not nearly as weird as some of the more progressive outings but still with plenty of well-off-mainstream flourishes.
I've never listened to Queen, but what an album to start with. Such a good glam rock album. 4/5. Favorite Track: Flick Of The Wrist
I'm not a big Queen fan, so this was new to me. They were all pretty solid from the get-go.
This used to be my least favourite of Queen's early albums, but it grows on me every time I listen. Some incredible Brian guitar work on Brighton Rock, beautiful Freddie melodies on Lily of the Valley, and some left-field Roger songwriting on Tenement Funster. John holds it all together with that bass. This album lifted my week!
Best Song: Killer Queen, obvs. Second Place: Brighton Rock - hello, guitar solo, I love you. Best Use of Stereo: Right Here. Honorable Mention because it doesn't fit AT ALL but I love it so so much: Bring Back Leroy Brown. May Jim Croce be remembered with the greats. Least Fave: In the Lap of the Gods Side note: Tenement Funster. Just, yes.
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.
A brilliant and talented band that very rarely makes any songs I like. You can hear very clearly in this album that their showboating, free-wheeling arrangements are nothing new, and they had been doing this thing for quite some time before Bohemian Rhapsody et al. Killer queen is a song where that kind of energy works brilliantly. Something about it focuses in just the right way, with just the right elements, that it’s infectious. It just works. The rest of the album— with a couple exceptions— just doesn’t work for me. The pacing is too frenetic, there’s a lot of quick switch-ups, effects, guitar solos, but behind some fairly lackluster writing. “Bring Back That Leroy Brown” perfectly illustrates this. There’s barely two bars strung together before an insert, effect, banjo strum, bgv, guitar solo, harpsichord solo, etc. Can you imagine recording that live to tape? The musicianship necessary is next level. But it makes me feel nothing except mild anxiety, and some annoyance. I get that it’s the style, it’s this dinner theater style! But it tires my poor ears. And for what? For an okay song. That’s this album for me.
Klassikkokamaa
Remember how the surviving members of Queen made a movie about the band and made themselves look loyal to their families and threw Freddie under the bus.
OK - one Killer tune, and one or two other bangers. The rest of it is pretty standard 70s hard rockin - not bad, not amaze
Well, it's definitely not the best Queen album but this is when Queen became Queen. Herein lie the roots of one of the greatest bands of all time. I mean it. It's all here. Massive, layered vocals, rock-opera-esque lyrics and composition, Brian May melting faces with his insane guitar work, and (of course) Freddy Mercury absolutely murdering the lead vocals. This really is where it all started to coalesce. But they're not all "Killer Queen" are they? No, they're not. It doesn't all hit. But even the misses are near misses. A damn fine album and a great hint of things to come.
Great sound
3.5
Great album. More of a 4.5.
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.
I understand it! It's great. I never LOVED Queen like this. I get the hype now.
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
been listening to this since high school it's one of my favs from them . lily of the valley hits different, also in the lap of the gods revisited
First album where multiple songs made it into my "holy cow" playlist. Easy 5/5. Absolutely stellar example of strong songwriting, production, and playing in one group
Clássico!
Genre: Favorite songs: Killer Queen, Lily of the Valley and Now I'm Here
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Brighton rock, Killer queen, Flick of the wrist, Bring back that Leroy Brown
It's Queen. It's brilliant.
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
I've only really listened to Queen's hits, never a full studio album. So I was surprised to see that I only recognised one song off this, Killer Queen. I enjoyed it for the most part, some of the songs were a tad boring, but the guitar and vocals (when Freddie was singing) were fantastic. I didn't know their early stuff was so Prog. This is somewhere between a 3 and a 4 for me, but I'll round it up.
Queen has 10 songs that everyone knows. And... and tons of other songs that nobody knows. A modern music listener could be forgiven for thinking of Queen as those 10 songs, and wishing, "gosh, wish I had more songs with Queen's sound!" Well... guess what? They're here. This was all... fine. But I've got enough Queen sound already? I guess.
Epic in every sense
Good fun! Killer Queen is one of their best, but even the weaker cuts were enjoyable enough. It’s a winning blend of catchy, campy English pop, theatrical anthems and tracks that genuinely rock quite hard. The appeal of Queen in a nutshell, really.
Hm..., Queen hat wenige gute Lieder. Die anderen sind eher Nervensägen. Das Hören des gesamten Albums auf einen Schlag hat diesen Eindruck eher vertieft.
I was not familiar with this album before I listened to it. I was familiar with a couple of the songs though. Killer Queen was the mega hit from this album but the rest of the songs were solid. I listened to this album twice and I would definitely listen to it again.
I thought I would like it more. Killer Queen was the only one I both knew and liked
It was alright, but a little silly. I think it’s the worst Queen album on this list. Favorite song: “Killer Queen”.
A lot of songs that should have been much bigger classics. Pleasantly surprised.
Not bad probably one of their better albums
One of my favorite albums from my teenage years.
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.
Great Album with some very notable tracks.
Killer Queen awesome as always. Lily of the Valley was great Flick of the wrist real cool. In the Lap of God too Gotta listen to the rest
Good
This the third album by Queen. The first two were like the band in embryo. Sheer Heart Attack is like the overture for what they would become.
Killer queen
I am NOT a fan of Queen and this album which I had never heard (well accept for Killer Queen) does nothing to change my opinion. I just think that their forays into campy styles and other explorations just sound pretentious and amateurish. Not my cup of tea. 2 stars
muy buen álbum de rock, es quirky e irreverente. sabe a lo que va y no tiene pretensiones muy elevadas.
First time listening to a Queen album. Previously I was only familiar with a handful of hits (think Bohemian Rhapsody). This album was fun, energetic, and diverse.
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)
Terrific Queen album. Absolutely love the streak of Tenement Funster, Flick of the Wrist and Lily of the Valley. Stone Cold Crazy and Bring Back that Leroy Brown are bangers too. If that wasn't enough, this album also has the best Queen song in Killer Queen.
The meticulous composing of the choirs and pure power of Freddy´s voice make it an ecstatic ..... ok, cutting the crap, one of the best queen albums
Big leap forwards from Queen II. Close to perfection, and one but best Queen album for me: 1. A Night at the Opera 2. Sheer Heart Attack 3. The Game 4. News Of The World 5. A Kind of Magic
Sits in between Queen II and Night at the Opera, both chronologically and qualitatively. Killer Queen is an amazing song, and there are a few other gems, but overall it still feels a bit uneven.
A lot of irritating vocals but overall reasonable music.
For some reason I did not expect Sheer Heart Attack to be my favourite Queen album, but here we are! 'Brighton Rock' into 'Killer Queen' is an exceptional opener and a perfect taste of what to come. On this record, Queen manages to blend their baroque-inspired compositions with a more heavy instrumentation to great results. The listener is still bombarded with sensory impressions, but not to as high degree as on Queen II. 'Tenement Funster' displays a great set of pipes on Roger Taylor, and the transition into 'Flick of the Wrist' is flawless. 'Stone Cold Crazy' is two minutes of pure fun, and 'In the Lap of the Gods' is Freddie at his best. The song lengths are to the shorter side which does cause some genre-related motion sickness at times, especially towards the end with 'Misfire', 'Bring Back That Leeroy Brown' and 'She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes)' being quite weak compared to the first half (May proves on the latter that he by far is the weakest singer in the band). An unfocused but very entertaining record.
I was not looking forward to this. Entire Queen albums generally aren’t my vibe. Then “Brighton Rock” and “Killer Queen” opened up the record - and for a moment I thought to myself: “Huh, I really underestimated Shear Heart Attack!” Spoiler: I didn’t. Most songs from here on feel half finished and Side B is especially horrendous with only Stone Cold Crazy at least trying to do something. “Dear Friends” is plain boring, “Bring Back That Leroy Brown” sounds like a parody and everything finally collapses with the May-led mess, “She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos)”. The production is killer and the vocal harmonies and exceptional understanding of mixing these are par excellent. Enough in itself to deserve at least a couple of stars.
Love queen!
that classic operatic, eclectic Queen sound. some legendary moments, but largely fodder for high school theater types to play at their parties
I had forgotten about this album, listening to it reminded me of what Queen was originally about. There are some great tracks on this album and it’s easy to see this album as the beginning of Queen as they became in the late 70’s
Gets a four from me, first half of the album is entirely excellent but falls away a bit after that.
Queen are a band that I liked more going into this process than I do 300 odd records in (of which I think 2 have been Queen?). I'm getting a similar feel to Bowie - I love a lot of the individual tracks, but there's a lot of dross on the albums. Unlike Bowie, I'm not convinced that I'll like this more with repeated listens. Sheer Heart Attack is a really disjointed record, the transitions between songs are so stark, the pacing is completely varied, it's mad. I love Killer Queen - Queen do big, melodramatic, and either super emotional or (more often) OTT camp glam very well. When they stray from that, they don't offer an awful lot. The more I listen to their albums, the more I feel like they wasted Freddie's incredible talent for showmanship. 2/5 for this, Killer Queen almost drags it up to a 3 but can't quite manage it.
Quite a nice album. A bit fever-dream-ish at times. Easy to get through.
I really liked the album but felt some weaker moments covered up by a good guitar solo.
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?
Una verga
Freddie carries
4.3 Loved this album. Really entertaining throughout, with a bunch of Queen I wasn’t previously familiar with.
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.
Queen fucking rules. Elaborate, fun, technical, almost absurdly dramatic. Awesome guitar work from Brian May as always. And Freddie just goes without saying.
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
Lovely
probably the best Queen album I’ve heard
Good, but not great album. Dabbling with different songwriters brings a bit of diversity but perhaps at the expense of quality.
I love Queen and have listened to this album many times. It's not their best but I feel like it's the album where they really started to find their stride and it's a sign of what was to come. Killer Queen is obviously the track most will know but I've always like Queen best when they get into the heavier stuff. Stone Cold Crazy is the jam (and I loved the Metallica cover) and the solo in Brighton Rock is outstanding.
Yeah this album rocks, lots of great songs, still has that fun faerie flair of the early Queen stuff but also some absolutely banging soaring guitar riffs and lots of variety in terms of song energy.
This album sees Queen emerge out of their hard rock beginnings and step towards their unique sound. Though some tracks are still very much steeped in 70s rock, they begin to introduce new sounds gleaned from a wide array of genres including vaudeville, opera, rockabilly, and skiffle. The result is a the suite like theatrical music that would define Queen’s sound. It is a huge step forward from them, and shows their willingness to experiment and try something that at the time, they were unsure was going to sell records.
I specifically liked the guitar in Brighton Rock, but everything else was either great or at least fun to listen to.
Even minor Queen is great stuff
Some excellent songs on here, and some meh ones.
My favorite Queen album and I fucking love Queen.
Bought this album when it first came out, I was about 10. Hard rocking for its day. Brighton rock opens with breakneck guitar like a machine gun and the high pitched singing brings a level of angst and anticipation to the song.
Ok this is straight up the best rock I have ever heard on this list. No other band can compare to the energy Queen has! 5!
Queen's best album. It's got the band's best guitar work, and probably their best drum work too. There are still a few silly Queen songs, but there's so many hard rock moments throughout. I love diverse albums like this one. Their vocals sound so tight, as always. Brighton Rock is awesome, my favorite Queen guitar solo for sure. In the Lap of the Gods is just crazy and magnificent. Flick of the Wrist is a favorite of mine too. Queen was basically my gateway into both hard rock and prog rock, so I'll always have a soft spot for this album and for Queen II. I'm convinced the only people who hate Queen have just been severely overexposed to their music, or hate Queen's annoying fanbase.
Wow, most of these songs are completely unfamiliar to me. Very enjoyable!
I'm not very familiar with Queen this early in their catalog - "Killer Queen" was the only song title that I recognized. Fun to hear them playing straight ahead hard rock, before they became a detached self contained universe in their own right... Fave track - "Now I'm Here", maybe, or "Stone Cold Crazy". "Killer Queen" obviously slaps too.
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.
5/10
Before listening, favourite queen album
No way the first one is one of my favourite albums of all time?? That's so funny oml. Brighton Rock - Remains one of my favourite songs ever and definitely my favourite Queen song. LOVE the instrumental in between the lyrics. This song is mostly instrumental and oh my Lord I love it so much - 10/10. Killer Queen - What an iconic song. Freddie perfectly pains a picture of this woman and her habits. Almost to the point that we know her. I remember listening to this song so much in 2019 (2018?) when I was in Lanzarote. The opening finger snapping makes me excited every time I hear it, as I know what iconic song is about to come - 10/10 Tenement Funster - The only Roger song from this album, sadly. I’ve always loved Roger’s songs. From this song to ‘Fun It’ to songs about fucking cars.. his songs are brilliant - 9/10 Flick of the Wrist - What a beautiful transition from the last song. I love this one too. I can’t pretend I know what they’re on about but it’s a great song. Like that’s a lot of big words, Freddie - 9/10 Lily of the Valley - Another beautiful transition. The soft ‘Baby you’ve been had’ is amazing, as the phrase was used already in the previous song, signalling a tonal shift. The harmonies are beautiful and I appreciate the reference to ‘Seven Seas of Rhye’ - 10/10 Now I’m Here - The tonal shift quickly changes back to the rock epics that came before. ‘Now I’m Here’ is one of the most Rock-n-roll songs of this album (‘Flick of the Wrist’ and ‘Stone Cold Crazy’ being another two). The song was written about Mott the Hoople, who Queen toured with early in their career. An altogether great song! - 9/10 In The Lap of the Gods - Roger’s falsetto cuts like a goddamn knife oh my God. The first ‘Lap of the Gods’ song on the album and.. it’s not my favourite of the two, but I still love it to pieces. The start is very all over the place but I can’t pretend like that’s a bad thing at all. The revisited version is even better but this one is really fucking good too. You know what? - 10/10 Stone Cold Crazy - Here comes some more Rock-n-roll! This is an amazing song too. It’s high and beautiful and I think it really shows what kind of an album this is. I love Freddie’s fast-paced vocals, they really add to the beauty of this song. The chorus is brilliant, basically just being the title said twice with the ‘y’know?’ at the end of the second one. Simple. Amazing - 10/10 Dear Friends - That more sombre mood is brough back again. ‘Dear Friends’ is a strange transition from the previous song. It’s never been my favourite song on the album. In fact, it may be my least favourite. It’s still an elegant song though - 9/10 Misfire - John wasn’t really hiding what this song is about, was he? I’m not even gonna talk about the lyrics too much because… I know what it’s about John I see you. Wonderful song anyway - 10/10 Bring Back That Leroy Brown - Oh my God I used to listen to this RELIGIOUSLY back in the day.. like 2 years ago. I love this song. Who’s Leroy Brown? The baddest man in the whole damn town? Some sort of President? I don’t know but he has at least 2 great songs about it - 10/10 She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos) - What a Freddie title! Although this is a Brian song. A nice little track with wonderful vocals - 9/10 In The Lap Of The Gods (Revisited) - Oh what a beautiful song to end the album on. I don’t have much to say about the revisited track, but it’s one of my favourites from the album. You can practically hear the stadiums full of adoring fans singing along - 10/10 Coming in at 9.6153844, Sheer Heart Attack is an easy 10/10. The band really came together to make a classic for the decades. Their next album is often regarded as their magnum opus, but I think this one might be even better…
Certainly an iconic band and sound
Okay
"Brighton Rock"......THAT'S how you start off an album. God save Queen.
rock-tastic!
I'm not a huge fan of Queen though I do like some stuff. This album wasn't bad in any way but sounded a bit generic to me. Maybe it just didn't age interestingly. I don't think I'd ever really seek it out again.
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.
Not their best. Felt exhausting to listen to.
Its ok.
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.
haven’t listened to any of their albums before this, only their popular songs and i was not disappointed :)
Didn’t move it.
This should be a good one! I saw Queen live a few years ago (with Adam Lambert singing) and really enjoyed them. They have written so many extremely catchy songs that stay in your head for days, but this will be my first time listening to one of their albums from front to back. Songs I already knew: Killer Queen, Stone Cold Crazy Favourite after listening: Killer Queen, Lily Of The Valley Overall: 8/10 There are some truly amazing songs on here such as Killer Queen, but then also some filler. I found Tenement Funster frankly a little boring but the rest was enjoyable. Brian May is an excellent guitarist, but limits any showing off to Brighton Rock, otherwise playing only what benefits the songs. Freddie Mercury’s vocals are as pristine as we would expect. Despite the few filler songs, the level of excellency from the others certainly brings up the album. Also, after all these years, there are still no other bands that have been able to emulate Queen’s sound, with is certainly remarkable.
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
Not my favorite Queen album, but amazing nonetheless.
B+
great sound and very much of it's time.
3.8
Speed metal meets Gilbert and Sullivan.
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.
Great album. You can tell they realized the direction of their sound early on.
It’s Queen.
It's alright, probably not their best album but interesting to see an early one
Filler, Queen.
sweaty cover, sweaty record
Queen. Afraid the ubiquity of Queen records have diminished their value a little, but it's still a cracking good album.
solid but like night at the opera more
Freddie Mercury is awesome. I liked Brighton Rock, Killer Queen and She Makes Me.
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
Too many of those songs are gratuitously meandering. In other words, they're a little self-indulgent, either because of the guitars or the vocals. And yes, I'm including "Killer Queen" here. Sure, you can't deny how inventive the music is, it never stays in one place for long. But "inventive" doesn't necessarily mean "interesting" or "well-thought out". And you can't also deny the reason why Queen's later hits were more effective and direct than any tune on this record, as cheesy as some of those later hits were. It has to do with one little thing: good, catchy choruses. They're conspicuously absent on this particular LP, and without them, the whole thing doesn't hold water, really. Apart from one or two exceptions, maybe, this band was a singles band anyway (as well as a killer live act). There was a good reason rock critics panned all their albums. Sometimes it's the audience who get it right, and the critics who get it all wrong. But I think that here, for once, it's the opposite. Queen can be both boring AND irritating in the long run, which is hard to pull off, in a way. Many people felt it at the time, and all nostalgia aside, a lot of people are still feeling it today. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: more than 800, I've temporarily lost count here Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: approximately a half so far Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: a quarter Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): the last quarter (including this one)
Early Queen, gott rokk.Killer Queen og Now I'm here það eina sem hefur lifað af
It’s dated. Sounds a bit like it’s from the 60s.
Amazing classic rock
really liked it, some songs I knew, others I didn't. Very diverse
Decent because it’s queen
Sheer Heart Attack was definitely moved more into the hard/glam rock sound that they were most famous for. There was some great guitar work by May and fantastic as usual vocals from Mercury. Best: Killer Queen Worst: She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettos) 3.5 Stars
Way better than I thought it was going to be.
Imma just go ahead and say it, Queen for all of their gifts and habilities could not make one consistent album. I love Killer queen tho.
Killer queen!
May be my favorite Queen album. Brighton Rock is amazing. Killer Queen too of course. Great and widely varied tunes all the way through.
Amazing. Queen has perfect harmonies, their use of dynamics, mix of guitar and choral quartet is iconic. Freddie died too young.
Fantastic album. Plays so well all the way through and has a few bangers like Killer Queen. Wish more music was made like this
Legends even if I don’t know all these songs
I’m a simple man, I hear queen I vote five stars
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.
Queen.
I just don't like Queen, they grate on me. I appreciate the talent, I admire Freddie's chutzpah and attitude, but I just can't stand the music
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
With Queen 1 easily my favorite Queen album. More diverse and original than than the later albums, the other (than Freddy mercury) band members are of more influence to the music.
Aight
Killer queen... ¡Vinilo!
Bien.
Love Queen. Only a couple hits but good music
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
powerful when it needs to be, intimate touches by Freddie´s voice Queen´s albums are normally underrated, there is cohesion in the sound ad themes shown in every one of their first projects. Still, better as a whole than as singles, except obviously Killer Queen and to a lesser extent, Brighton Rock
Although it has no major hit it might actually be the best Queen album
good queeen
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.
Amazing
I mean it’s fucking queen it’s gotta be a positive review… The album opens with Brighton rock one of the most rocking songs on the album, I love how it builds up from the fairground noises and then Brian May’s guitar solo just shows his power as a guitarist that we’ve never seen before ( even if it is very long). Then is the most popular song off the album and that is killer queen and it’s honestly my 2nd favourite off the really big queen hits ( favourite is obviously bohemian rhapsody) but yeah killer queen is just perfect! < three song medley time> Starting with Tenement Funster this one is a great spiralling builder of a track with one of one the most kick arse explosive choruses of all time. But flick of the wrist is my favourite one of the medley being a very quirky for the sake of it type song ( especially the verses) but I love it! Lilly of the valley is okay just feels like a coda to flick of the wrist. < end of medley> Now I’am here is a standard issue rock banger, something that is really essential in a good queen album, it’s one of those queen songs that work perfectly with stereo speakers, but honestly it’s not a favourite on this album for me but that’s probably because there are so many brilliant songs. In the lap of the gods is a bit odd for the sake of it kinda music but like flick of the wrist earlier this is executed perfectly so it doesn’t matter. Stone cold crazy is the heaviest queen has ever went in their career and honestly great song can’t fault! Dear friends is a short heavenly sounding piano track yeah it’s okay just short. Same thing with misfire but this song is guitar based and just a better song. Bring back that Leroy brown is a slightly dumb but fun little piano skiffle but still really enjoyable. Now for queens most under appreciated song she makes me ( stormtrooper in stilettos) it’s a song that grows as it develops from a slow happy clappy acoustic song to an anthemic rocker with the coolest coda on any song off the album. Now for the closer in the lap of the gods ( revisited) well it’s not really revisited as it’s a completely different song in general with this one being a more straightforward anthem apparently meant to be a sing along song live before we will rock you existed. This album slaps there isn’t anything bad and all of the less interesting moments are tiny blips so it’s obviously a 5/5.
Brian May shines on this album, for me his best work. Killer Queen is the perfect single. Favorite Songs: Killer Queen and Lily of the Valley.
I really love Stone Cold Crazy. Great rock album. Hard to separate Queen from their greatest hits. I'm giving this four stars: five stars for queer rock, knocking one down because I can't say the whole album was amazing.
Some times the guitar sounds amazing, some of the vocals are fantastic however, most of the songs on this album are pretty are poor. Greatest Hits autoplayed after this album and made me realize how much better their song writing could be.
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
Good album. Not all hits but all solid songs.
4/5
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
4.5
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.
Queen is a band I’ve mostly heard on best of albums. Hadn’t heard this one before. I thought it was a exceptional album. A lot of interest throughout.
facilmente um dos meus albuns favoritos do queen. a guitarra do brian may nesse album é unica, nenhum outro album deles tem isso, pra mim a estrela desse album é ele. tem o solo de brighton rock, a loucura em stone cold crazy, as passagens estrondosas que ele faz no meio das musicas, os riffs. a transição de uma musica pra outra que eles põem no meio do album é muito boa tambem, mesmo depois de ter escutado isso mais de 10 vezes eu ainda acabo não percebendo quando algumas musicas acabam
Classic queen, pretty good listen
Probably the most "hard" rocking Queen album. It's very good but once again it's nowhere near my favourite from that band.
Damn I hella enjoyed this one. So many of the songs are so much fun and theatrical and in your face. Love the faster cuts and even the silly bits are great still. 8/10
Pretty neat.
God, Queen were a phenomenal band.
loved this album!
Revolutionary rock.
Good stuff!
Algjör klassík með nokkrum gullmolum.
rocking and a rolling
Good album. Particularly enjoyed 'Killer Queen' and 'Now I'm Here', however some of the songs do just feel like filler and just feel like a let down after the hits.
The 1970s were the golden age of rock ‘n roll debauchery, and no band leaned into the pageantry quite as unabashedly as Queen. Largely abandoning the progressive, fantasy-themed nature of their prior records, in favor of a harder, glam-like sound, the band’s vaudevillian prowess rears its head at last on Sheer Heart Attack. Standout Tracks: Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Now I’m Here, Stone Cold Crazy
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Not a big fan of the album cover, but I like the music a lot! The sound of a band coming into their own. 4 stars.
Really Great! 4.5 / 5 Classics: Killer Queen, Brighton Rock Others: Lilly of the Valley, Now, I'm Here, Bring Back Leroy Brown, In the Lap of the Gods, Stone Cold Crazy
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.
Queen is the only band that sounds like this. The guitars are out of this world. Too much of it is overkill for me but the talent level is incredible.
Good
One of Queen's best with a lot of songs that I think should have been bigger hits than they were. The big standouts were 'Brighton Rock,' 'Killer Queen' obviously, and 'Stone Cold Crazy.' Amazing that Queen could put together such an astounding album with great lyrics, vocals, instrumentals, and production and it's not really one of their most talked about.
It’s queen. I mean c’mon now
There are parts I like, but in general i just don't care for this band.
Tout un band qui sait jouer ensemble. Heureuse découverte pour moi, hors des sentiers habituels de ce groupe classique.
Some good solid rock tracks.
Ok I'm not a huge Queen fan, but only because I've heard the hits to death. But this only Killer Queen, my fave on, and loads I havn't heard. And it's great, polished glam rock. Joyful.
This album is all over the place, much like the members of the band in the fairly weird cover photo. Which can we take a moment to appreciate Freddie's one nail polished hand, unbuttoned pants, Brian's weird silver bolo/neck tassel and the wildly different expressions. Anger, amazement, amusement and ... Freddie. Anyway, I appreciate the momentum carried throughout. I might even call this a "fun romp". I don't love every single song (I'm looking at you, Tenement Funster), but most of them are fantastic and a few are transcendent. I hope these guys keep making music!
Class.
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
Sheer Heart Attack is a delightful record. There's something about Queen that I cannot resist, most likely one of the most beautiful voices in music history. Before listening to it I knew nothing but Killer Queen, however, all other tracks felt familiar - in a good way. I never felt any boredom during listening and was excited to see what else might surprise me in following songs. A work of beauty. Highlight: In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited
Fajnie posłuchać utworów Queen, których wcześniej nie miałem okazji poznać - między innymi In The Lap of Gods w dwóch wersjach w stylu opery rockowej, co było zapowiedzią późniejszego "A Night At The Opera". Zespół postarał się o wszystko - przedstawienie uniwersalnego wokalu Freddiego, wysokiej skali Taylora, niesamowicie rytmicznej perkusjii świetnych solówek gitarowych. Na płycie numerem jeden oczywiście Killer Queen, moim zdaniem jeden z trzech najlepszych utworów zespołu. Większe wrażenie robi jednak otwarcie albumu Brighton Rock, które swoją drugą młodość przeżyło dzięki filmowi "Baby Driver". Mimo wszystko album bardzo eksperymentalny, warto odciąć się na pół godziny i przesłuchać go na dobrej jakości słuchawkach, dość głośno - postprodukcja i mastering płyty są wtedy najlepiej odczuwalne, a Queen poukrywało kilka smaczków. Zdecydowanie nie jest to najlepszy ich album, w skali wyrównanej pod Queen dostaliby 3.5/5 - ale w tym challenge'u mogę na spokojnie dać 5, bo płytka jest ponadczasowa i po 50 latach nadal brzmi nowocześnie.
Gdyby puścić ten album komuś nie mówiąc czego słucha i z pominiętym Killer Queen to ciężko było by mu odgadnąć zespół. Nie ma tu jeszcze tego stylu znanego z greatest hitsów, widać że wciąż szukali, bo album jest dość różnorodny, jednocześnie ciekawy i angażujący.
More like an album of demos
High 3. Certainly top 5 Queen album but, maybe not top 3.
Yeah I agree Queen is grossly overrated most of the time and the idea of them as a “Greatest Hits” artists is pretty common, but god damn theirs a good reason for it. They’re good, really good. And this album is by far my favorite (and their best) in my humble opinion.
Never listened to this one from start to finish. Forgot Stone Cold Crazy was a Queen song that Metallica then covered.
I rather enjoy Queen, but feel this album is a bit on the overrated side. Killer Queen is a banger, but the rest I could potentially pass on. 3/5
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.
Queen is very good. This album is heavier than other queen I have heard. And I like that. Favorite tracks: Flick of the Wrist, Lilly of the Valley
Yeah, this rocks. A couple mediocre songs in the mix here keep it from a five star
So Stone Cold Crazy is a five song and metal fans know how influential that song is. Brighton Rock is another gem. The rest of the album is so so. They did through a bunch of styles out there but it still had that glam rock tinge. It's getting a high rating based on really just one song.
Awesome! Short, but catchy and a few classic songs. Glad I was able to give it a few listens through; it meant even the "lesser" songs were able to shine
As much as I enjoy the first 2 albums of Queen, here is where they really develop their sound. Going from metal (Brighton Rock) to glam (Killer Queen), they can really do it all. Even the songs that don't clunk resonate on this album. Yes, "Killer Queen" is overplayed on the radio, but it's still a damn good song. As great as Mercury's voice is, I think it's May's guitar work that really shines here. "Brighton Rock" and "Stone Cold Crazy" are real statements as to what he can do. Definitely one of my favorite Queen albums.
I am embarrassed at how much I profess to be a Queen fan and yet I don't own a single album that isn't greatest hits. Oh well, making up for lost time. So many different styles on this album. They don't all fit seamlessly but like Led Zeppelin III it shows a band who can play whatever the hell you want. Brighton Rock - classic hard rock and damn does Brian May heat up around the 2:40 mark. What. A. Solo. It just keeps going. Killer Queen - quintessential glam rock. Tenement Funster - a mix between the Who and LA Rock (nice acoustic work from John Deacon and wow can Roger Taylor sing), which turns a bit progy when considered alongside Flick of the Wrist and Lily of the Valley. I love how these three fit together and Freddie Mercury's vocals on the latter two are as entrancing as any of his most notable performances. In the Lap of the Gods - not my favorite but it does have a rock opera feel (and it's Taylor hitting the high notes). Stone Cold Crazy - frenetic pace (almost Sabbath-esque). Dear Friends - soft and sweet, piano and vocal harmony only. Bring Back that Leroy Brown - almost ragtime. In the Lap of the Gods Revisited - a soaring rock opus (that's how you close out an album). Other notes - I've always loved Now I'm Here, especially the effect that makes the acoustics sound like its jumping from one side of you to the other (also used at the end of Misfire). So much to like, so little to dislike.
It's a stone cold classic and a ton of fun. So many great tracks, including classics like Killer Queen (Queen's breakthrough, with all the elements that make Queen great), Now I'm Here (Queen goes full glam, even mentioning Mott the Hoople in the song), and Stone Cold Crazy (proto-thrash). Songs I was less familiar with but enjoyed: Tenement Funster - in any other band Roger Taylor would be an impressive lead singer, but hard to beat Freddie! Flick of the Wrist - a cross between Queen and Black Sabbath. Lily of the Valley - sounds like it would fit well on A Night at the Opera. Bring Back that Leroy Brown - fun track. Weakest tracks: Misfire and She Makes Me. Misfire has seriously cheesy lyrics - literally a misfire. She Makes Me sounds like it was recorded in a large room with two small mics. Also, when you have singers like Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor in the band, maybe Brian May shouldn't sing. Not to insult Brian May - he's the very definition of a guitar god. The guitar solo on Brighton Rock proves it right from the start. In fact, Brian May is outstanding across the entire album. Finally (literally), In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited is a great album closer. Easy 5.
Queen is one of those bands you either love or you hate. This album, like most of theirs, feels like a rock opera from start to finish. Most songs sung by Brian May suck, as per the usual… this one had a few less radio hits, which could be why I enjoy it so much. It’s no Night at the Opera, but still a worthwhile listen.
It's Queen. It's not the best Queen album, but it's rock!
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.
Not my thing. I like Killer Queen but the rest felt like filler.
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.
good album
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
"Sheer Heart Attack" is a crossroads of Queen at their most theatrical, their most rip-roaring, and their most heart-achingly sweet. To some that may sound like a nightmare, but for every snooty critic who hates "Radio Gaga", there's a die-hard "Sheer Heart Attack" fan ready to champion a bucketload of songs the detractors have never heard. "Killer Queen" is of course the most recognisable name here and is wonderfully weird for a hit single. It's a bells-and-whistles number moving effortlessly through numerous modulations and vocal flourishes with such conviction and panache. It showcases a playful side that the band never quite lost, for better or worse, but when it's paired with such great musicianship and a strong ear for melody it's hard to complain. "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" is another novelty track which has always been a favourite for just how much is going on from one line to the next: Brian May even brings in a banjolele, for god's sake! On the more solemn side, "Lily of the Valley" and "Dear Friends" are miniature masterpieces: perfectly formed ballads. Despite each being well under two minutes, they're absolutely gorgeous and do more with their time than many full songs manage (including a lot of Queen's own). And when they want to go all-out blistering rock, they really do: "Stone Cold Crazy" and "Now I'm Here" should forever be used as counter-arguments for those who say Queen were just soft poppy sell-outs. All four members contributed sublime material throughout Queen's run, but John Deacon and Roger Taylor are still warming up as writers here: "Tenement Funster" and "Misfire" are the weakest offerings, lacking the punch or the drama of May and Mercury's material. As instrumentalists, though, all of the band are on great form throughout. "Brighton Rock" kicks things off with a virtuoso showcase from May's instantly distinctive guitar style, all boxy Vox and tape delay. The vocal harmonies are also reliably exquisite. From the first taste of stadium singalong in the stunning "Lap of the Gods… Revisited", to the choral backing in "Dear Friends", to Taylor's impossibly high falsetto in "Lap of the Gods", the band's multi-tracked vocals really come into their own on this album, elevating already great songs to something really special. The only reason this one doesn't get the full five stars is that I prefer the two albums either side of it, "Queen II" and "A Night at the Opera". "Sheer Heart Attack" presents Queen in transition from their heavy rock roots to the perfect blend of theatrics, eclecticism and theatri-pop of their next album.
Brilliant at the time and still sounds spectacular.
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.
listened to before an absolute classic
Great fun! Not full of smash hits, but plenty to enjoy.
Very cool. Only complaint is it's tendency to track heat and explode when near warm objects or people.
OK this was v good, exactly like I imagined a queen album would be. It did slow down a bit, and nothing else could hit the height of killer queen, but tbf that's a high bar and the album was a lot of fun.
Killer Queen is such a powerhouse of a song that it elevates this whole album to top notch even tho it is still a solid bop factory.
I've always loved Queen as a singles band but don't think they have a perfect album- this one might be their closest, along with A Night at the Opera, and the vast majority is great The diversity of styles on this album is great, but it does feel a bit scattered especially in the second half as the songs just don't flow as nicely as they should. The two songs without Freddie on lead vocals are really lacking as well and are just quite boring, which is a shame because otherwise there's some truly wonderful stuff here (both versions of In the Lap of the Gods are incredible, and Lily of the Valley and Dear Friends are two gorgeous shorter cuts)
Really good album interesting mix of music and some good classic rock songs
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.
Je n’avais jamais entendu cet album en entier. On sent qu’ils se cherchent encore. Pièces préférées: Killer Queen et Stone Cold Crazy
Vrhunski!! Sami instrumental je maestralan, a tek sve ukupno. Baš san zadivljena. Par pisama me podsjeća na one sountrackove iz crtića pa budi nostalgiju. Sviđa mi se šta su raznolike pisme. Obozavan!! 🥰
Zanimljivo mi je šta nema njihovih hitova. Dosta različitih pisama. Sviđa mi se
Amazing album! Love queen, but never listened to this one before. Freddy his voice is just amazing. Favourite songs: - Killer queen - Dear friends - Bring back that Leroy Brown
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.
Pas mauvais
It's a fucking musical! In my opinion, this album feels like an improvement of Queen II bc its narrative is not just complete but more complex than the previous one. It has more feelings involved, and we can hear that. We go from glory to misery, epic to heroic in a way that only Queen does it. It's not easy to go everywhere and still kill it.
drulluflott
Great lyrics and guitar solos.
It’s not as good as Queen 2 but it’s still catchy and fun to listen to. I like the vibes of Leroy brown and killer Queen is still solid
A little rough going at first (some sections of Brighton Rock) but eventually the album finds its swing with hard rocking familiarity (Killer Queen, Now I'm Here, Stone Cold Crazy) and unexpected gems (Flick of the Wrist, In the Lap of the Gods, Stormtrooper in Stilettos). A pivotal step forward for Queen as they get closer to legendary status. Favorites: Killer Queen, Flick of the Wrist, Now I'm Here, In the Lap of the Gods, Stone Cold Crazy).
I mean it's queen man. It's not favorite Queen, but it's some of their best work.
Really enjoyed this. New album for me.
Energetic album
Queen is a whole lot of fun musically, and this album is right there, too. Yes, of course, Freddie Mercury's incredible pipes, histrionics, theatrics, yep, they're there as always, but the rest of the band is so good and worth attention. Brian May is such a dynamic and expressive guitarist, and Roger Taylor on drums and John Deacon on bass are so locked in. Even though I don't love all their songs and can listen to this band only in bursts -- just a bit too much for me when it's more than a few songs -- they belong on this list.
Queen hefur alltaf verið "Greatest hits" hljómsveit fyrir mér, og fyrsta platan þeirra þótti mér lítið merkileg. En þessi... þessi er hress. Margt mjög fínt hér.
Loved the smooth transition from song to song and the fun mix of short songs and longer ones!
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.
The first minute of this album was super chaotic and I was worried the rest of the album was going to have the vibe. I’m glad that wasn’t the case. Love how you can hear their solid harmonies through the classic rock of the album! Not my favorite from Queen but still great.
Killer
Really good, but not their best.
Meh
A really solid Queen album. I definitely prefer the following 2 albums, but there are some belters here. It lacks cohesion and feels like a collection of songs rather than an album.
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.
Sheer Heart Attack is one of the rare albums on this list that gets better, as I've said, retroactively. And that's without particularly obvious sonic contrast: This record is pure Queen from opening to closing chord and one's expectations have to be tuned to that fact. The A side is clearly a transitional period for the band. There are fantastic elements, but the songs are pretty tight. Side B is where Queen starts to throw a bunch of arrangement styles at the wall. It's a technique I adore on A Night at the Opera, and it elevates this record.
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
was passieren würde, wenn musicalmacher ziggy stardust nachmachen würden. hätte hier schon bessere songs erwartet. sehr wenig bleibt hier bei mir hängen. die songs fließen zu einer art brei zusammen. zementiert meine meinung, dass queen eine der am meisten overrated bands aller zeiten sind
Musikalisches Äquivalent zu dem Theater Typ in der Schule der zwar extrem viel Pathos in die Performance gesteckt hat aber nicht wirklich schauspielern konnte
NEIN ey Welcher Gigaboomer hat diese Liste erstellt das ist ja unerträglich
Herzattacke bekommen davon wie sehr ich Queen hasse aber schon noch hörbarer als andere Alben von diesen br*ts
Größtenteils mittelmäßig geschriebene und nicht sonderlich interessante hard und glam rock songs die durch das ab und zu durchscheinende Virtuosentum eher noch vermiest werden, da es komplett fehl am Platz wirkt. Besonders die unzähligen Gitarrensoli wurden nach der Zeit echt ätzend. Nichtsdestotrotz gab es auch einige kleine Lichtblicke wie die Ballade Lilly of the valley oder die Hit single Killer queen, die schon eine Vorahnung auf die Zukunft der Band geben. Insgesamt muss ich sagen, dass ich zwar ohnehin kein Fan von Queen war, ich sie aber von anderen Songs als deutlich talentiertere Band kenne, die auf diesem sehr holprigen Album nicht anzutreffen ist.
Würde dem eig auch eine 3 geben im vakuum aber will die ratings bisschen mehr spreaden damit spannender ist fands ganz unterhaltsam
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)
Queen ist mir relativ egal und dieses Album hat auch nichts daran geändert. Einen guten Song haben sie aber: https://open.spotify.com/track/2IglrWprYTOnkFG8Lyk3Fe?si=4e75576335dc4cdf
This album has some diversity and is exactly what you would expect from a Queen album. Fun to listen to. Let it repeat 3 times so I think I liked it.
Queen goes from hard rock to their recognizable pop rock with this album. Great listen.
Good queen album. Several bangers. Not the most cohesive
Queen kan voor mij weinig mis doen. Ook dit album is een topper
third queen album, killer queen, cool first song, great guitar by Brian may. their first glam rock sound album.
i don’t think it is possible for queen to have lower than a 5 for me. I love this album and was unfamiliar with a lot of the songs but they were very fun to listen and learn to
This is where Queen started to become "Queen" - drenched in layers of sound, melody, those harmonies... the undisputed classic here is "Killer Queen" which you can't go a few hours without hearing on any classic rock radio station. It's easy to dismiss it from familiarity but honestly who else ever had the talent and brains to pull off an amazingly complex harmonic song like this and in 3 minutes? Slight negative takes on this album might be that it can trend bit boring at times, e.g. I'm not wild about "Stone Cold Crazy" although it seems to be a fan favourite; I don't think they were great at metal overall) and "She Makes Me" is too plodding. But every time they lapse they come right back to their best work which is heavily melodic songs, utilizing tens of vocal harmonies at once, multiple instruments (either adding piano/keys or ~821 guitars to create a quasi-orchestra), and even giving a nod to 30s big band sounds ("Bring Back Leroy Brown"). Queen's follow-up to this ("A Night At the Opera") started a run of 6-7 albums that to me were a little more consistently excellent but this is a really good album (side 1 is the better half) and really brings a lot of their theatrical side to most of these songs. 7/10 4 stars for good variety.
This a good album. Very operary. I liked the singing of it and the change in speed and tone. I can see that in music today.