Reviews (page 5 of 14)
Not my favorite queen album but Freddy is still great
I don’t love multiple movements in a song, overproduction, or layered harmonies so this is very much not for me
Killer Queen je z tama nejlepší no, Bring back Leroy brown je fajn, jinak to není od Queen to nejlepší album za mě A night at the Opera (kvůli Bohemian Rhapsody😅)možná The Game, ale i tak je queeni jsou spíš singlová záležitost, takový to, že znáte hodně skladeb od nich, ale album spíš ne...Stejně jako třeba u rolling stones
- Masterpiece - Tror ikke jeg ville give nogen album Queen har lavet mindre end 5 stjerner (mindst 4 i hvert fald) - Det er mit yndlingsband - Freddie Mercury er min roman empire - Killer Queen er en banger (desværre har jeg hørt den lidt for meget) - Der var mange sange på det her album, som jeg aldrig har hørt før og jeg er (ikke overraskende) fan af hver og en - Jeg kunne skrive 20 sider om hvor gode Queen er (det har jeg også gjort i min SRP), men når jeg koger det ned, har de bare en unik lyd, kan mixe alle de genre de vil, og det er bare godt hver gang de gør det - Kunne høre det her album hver dag
If I could give 4.5 stars I would. This is one of Queen's most underrated albums IMHO. Has some great tracks like Brighton Rock and Lily of the Valley. It was one of the first albums to show Queen's diverse sound.
I know it's good but I've heard Queen too much the past few years and I'm kinda sick of it, but it's great
Queen is simply fantastic
Queen … you know, I’ve never really done a deep dive into Queen. I know all the hits (and there are so many of those it makes you feel you know Queen!) and I loved the “It’s A Kind Of Magic” album. Used to listen to that loads when it came out and still throw it on every so often today. Some Queen songs rank up their amongst my favourites… but I’ve only ever owned their Greatest Hits album and It’s A Kind of Magic… possibly the Flash Gordon soundtrack at somepoint too… probably heard some of the others round at friends houses though. Starts off so-so with a bit too much guitar twiddling in Brighton Rock but Killer Queen is a fantastic track. Tenement Funster is a good track but surprised me as it’s not how Queen sound like in my head. More Led Zep overtones than Queen. (Ah, because Roger Taylor is singing it) She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos) sung by Brian May is another of my favourites here… which makes me think I’m enjoying their less sounding non-Freddie Mercury “Queen” tracks over Freddies more “playing to type” tracks here (apart from Killer Queen which is really ace). Is it worth 4 stars because I really liked 3 tracks? Not sure. Guess I’ll find out in the morning when I rate it.
Surprised how much I didn't like this
I actually don't much like Queen. Sorry.
Liked this a little more than queens second album - but glam rock / guitar solos are just not what I’m into on the whole
Queen é a banda mais superestimada da historia, nao consigo gostar. 3,5/10
not my favorite queen album, but i love stone cold crazy
a full range of songs, some loud rock, pop, piano ballad. A journey through the minds of Queen.
Pretty decent album. Killer Queen, Brighton Rock, Now I’m Here, and Stone Cold Crazy go super hard. This album is the definition of “guitar rock.”
Multiple Queen albums here when the Greatest Hits is all you need - and even that has some horrible novelty songs on it.
Insane instrumentation and production. The way the songs flow into each really pants a very clear picture and cinematic story. Everything is very intentional. Energy and intention. Great first listen.
My favorite Queen album. However, I've made peace with the thought that Queen was more of a singles-type band than an albums one. A handful of songs from this record really have that "filler" energy.
I appreciate and recognize the talent and skill that is showed on this album. From the vocals to the instrumentation and the structure of the songs. Mistakenly, I listened to the album on shuffle while I was cleaning. I’m sure I missed an element of the albums structure. However, I don’t think that would change my review much. It’s just not the kind of sound that appeals to me. It sounds like listening to a musical, which I am also not big fan of. I enjoy watching and hearing performances of great skill, but without that sound that appeals to me, it’s not something that can hold my attention for long, or something that I will revisit.
I believe this is the first Queen record I’ve listened to in its entirety outside of compilation albums, and I was pleasantly surprised by the consistency and layered thickness of the sound, which keeps building from the start and never quite loses momentum. It strikes a perfect balance between classic hard rock riffs, experimentation, and glam, while remaining an easy listen that never drags. The absolute standouts for me are the electrifying “Brighton Rock,” the rebellious anthem that is “Tenement Funster,” and the mysterious vulnerability presented in “In the Lap of the Gods.”. It is well worth a full listen.
Great listen
I like this album better than Queen II. Peppier and fun.
It’s amazing to see what a change Queen went through inside if the same year, from Queen II to this album. Clear to see that this is where they came into their own.
I had fun with this one. You can see the growth between this and their 2nd album.
Killer Queen: 5 Album: 3.5 I’m gonna start keeping my Moet & Chandon in a pretty cabinet.
normal
not my thing I like killa queen doe
I’ve always loved Queen, one of my favorite bands from the 70’s. Love me some Freddie Mercury
Amongst the rest of Queen's discography, I wasn't familiar with this particular album, and it's a pretty solid listen! The band's sound is unmistakable, and "Killer Queen" remains the standout track, though other songs such as the opener "Brighton Rock", "Flick of the Wrist", and "Misfire" are great underappreciated tracks. This is an album I would have no problems revisiting later and listening all the way through!
Love Queen but def not my favorite of their albums.
One of the best Queen records I've ever heard. I was very surprised at just how great the deep cuts were. Roger Taylor's vocals on Tenement Funster hold their own in a band with one of the greatest singers of all time. This is hard rock queen at their best. Standout Tracks: Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Stone Cold Crazy
Liked the other one better, but sure.
bring back artists having fun while making good music! unfortunately though i do see how killer queen is the most famous of this album -- the other songs are good but just shy of being as good as
Queen is just one of them ones. So much talent on display here. It grooves and it rocks. The performance is so tight and diverse. The songwriting is awesome. The tones are gorgeous. The classics are classic of course, and for good reason, but the rest of the album is also stunning. The song transitions are tasteful and make the album such an experience. There isn't one song on the entire record that doesn't blow me away for at least a moment. Ridiculous, incredible album. 5.0/5
We love Queeeeen!
Having owned both Greates Hits albums by Queen, I'm ashamed to say that I've never listened to a full album of theirs. I wouldn't say that I'm the greatest fan of Queen, although I clearly enjoy the hits. Overall, I liked this album and will definitely revisit it again. The best track for me is "Now I'm Here", just a great rock song. "Killer Queen" is a classic of course and instantly recognisable as a song that is one of their most played. "Stone Cold Crazy" is one I know well as it's often credited as a big influence on Thrash Metal, a genre I love. "Tenement Funster" is the song that has had the biggest impact on me as I didn't know Roger Taylor had such a great voice, I mean I know he harmonises in a lot of songs, but this blew me away. It made me realise how talented these guys really are and I already knew they were talented. Don't get me wrong, he's no Freddie, but the man can sing. It made me feel a little guilty that I'd not given their albums a try before as I imagine that there are lots of gems to be unearthed amongst their extensive back catalogue. Overall I'd give it 8/10 will listen again. There are just some elements of Queen that mean I'm not always in the mood for them. It's just a little too upbeat and whimsical for me at times, that's why it's an 8.
I LOVE THIS, I love queen. I've listen to this album even before this was recommended. I LOVE QUEEN
It was ok not a queen fan though
goated
ive been trying to get into queen more, and have only listened to their first album so far. im glad i got a chance to listen to this one. it was fun and upbeat. i love all the songs, especially flick of the wrist and killer queen
Є певні хороші пісні, вокал Фреді неймовірний але музика не зачепила
Absolute joy!
To be honest, this was not my favorite album by Queen.
i don’t listen to this type of music still a great album tho 🫰
Gave this a 4 originally for some bizarre reason. Listening to it again at full volume really made me appreciate it a lot more.
Freddie is niet te ontkennen. Ik dacht een heel Queen album wat veel te vinden maar ik ben blij verrast. 8/10
Colorful and powerful.
A bit bitty.
This album is incredible & was ahead of the game at the time. The mixture of songs with in your face driving guitar riffs, fantastic song writing & incredible vocals & production makes this one a complete package.
This is unironically better than most Black Sabbath albums (except Master of Reality.) I find Sabbath albums are a bit bland apart from a couple songs sadly, can't get too much into the hype of Sabbath. Early Queen albums on the other hand, where I thought they'd be bland apart from the singles. But 1001 albums has taught me they aren't! They have an amazing cohesive feel, Queen II more so (which was my first album in general and on this list.) The album songs have this mix of glam, heavy metal/hard rock, and prog rock, and piano-led rock mostly on the interludes. This one along with Queen II is a strong 4. Highlight Song/s: "Killer Queen", "Flick of the Wrist" and "Stone Cold Crazy"
I liked it, I don’t think I would really listen to it again but it had some tracks that stood out for me: Brighton Rock, Flick of the Wrist, Now I’m Here, Stone Cold Crazy, and Bring Back Leroy Brown. Those songs had a faster pace and great energy to them.
Brighton Rock - the guitar is so cool. Is the “lady” singer also Freddie? Or another member of Queen? - “Oh, Rock of Ages, do not crumble/ Love is breathing still” - Long ass song for a 40 min album! I guess we get some shorties later on? Killer queen - Oh! I think I’ve heard this song - His voice is so pretty. The harmonies are lovely. Such clear pronunciation, which is a lost art, it seems - “Caviar and cigarettes, extraordinarily nice” - I wanna be a killer queen!! - Perfume from Paris/ Naturally 😂 - The guitar again! Just marching along. Tenement Funster - fine, but not Freddy. Right? I didn’t know anyone else sang in Queen, aside from harmonizing. Oops. Flick of the Wrist - is this about their label? Lol Lily of the Valley - “But why does everyone tell me ‘no’?” - so pretty and theatrical! - These harmonies! The rises and falls!!! Now I’m Here - around around around! - “What became of you and me/ America’s new bride to be” In the Lap of the Gods - well, they remastered it, so it must be good, right? Let’s see Stone Cold Crazy - this would be so fun live - Energy!! Dear Friends - this feels like Hey Jude for friends - Platonic comfort after heartbreak/ loss - Nice palate cleanser Misfire - cute! Surprisingly pop-y - “Your gun is loaded and pointing my way/ there’s only one bullet, so don’t delay” - Sexualllll Bring Back That Leroy Brown - Jangly! Honky tonk-y! - When did “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” come out? 1973! This album came out 1974. Hm! - Ukelele!! She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos) - this is so… 70’s? It’s like The Smiths. So pretty and dreamy groovy In The Lap of the Gods (Revisited) (Remastered) - nice ok
Queen is tough to put in a genre I think. They're glam rock, but their vocals are more fitting pop and the band is rock. They're just their own thing with their rock and smooth harmonized vocals that no other rock band does. I think i've only heard Killer Queen and Now I'm Here, which of course are awesome songs, but Brighton Rock was great too. This is Queen's breakout album and they blew up from here. I think it's a strong album which has that Queen sound but missing....something...not sure what. Wasn't a fan of the swing song Bring Back That Leroy Brown, but whatever. It's a great album with some great songs that are probably underrated like She Makes Me.
I grew up listening to Queens greatest hits, so I recognized Killer Queen and Now I'm Here from this album. It was great hearing some of their lesser known works. They were/are so talented and had such a unique sound. I wish I could have seen them live! In the Lap of the Gods was awesome! It is so impressive how they layered their voices over and over again to make it sound like they had a whole choir singing along.
You name your band Queen and you better show up with the bombast and swagger. They sure enough do just that. Really goes hard for the first half but kind of loses energy in the last couple songs.
Fun album. Has a few hits, but some of the other songs aren’t quite the same quality. Overall, it’s good. 3/5 Might listen again
1/16 Classic Queen album. Not much more to be said about it. A masterpiece
This album confirmed for me that I like the hits from Queen but I don’t really like Queen….sorry but prob wouldn’t return to this
Probably not my favorite Queen album
Amazing album!
This was a fun window into a moment in their journey.
In general, I don't really vibe with Queen … or so I thought? This was wonderful! I think I enjoyed this differently as a full album with a start and stop time, where I could throw myself into it, rather than a song that pops up here or there.
day six
Killer Queen, Stone Cold Crazy and Tenement Funster drive this album to the finish line. Solid album.
so fucking good
queen……
I love Queen but wasn’t blown away by this album- I think they have better ones. Just okay for me!
Absolutely brilliant, I've listened to it 3 times already!
My favorite Queen album. I've listened to this hundreds of times.
3⭐️/5 01.14.2026
It’s very hard for me to be objective about Queen because it’s all wonderful
My bad, I really disliked their version of prog rock on the first album and never went back to listen to another one. You can see the theatrical, retro, vaudeville seeds of Night at the Opera coming on Sheer Heart Attack, but I love this Queen Uncaged, Brian May Unleashed full on 45 minutes. Such a great surprise, wild epic music by a freaking great rock band instead of wild epic music by a freaking great choral society, all respect due to Opera, this is by far my preferred version.
Not my favourite Queen album but I still love Queen
Somehow I have gone through my life without hearing Killer Queen too much, so I still really enjoy the song and it is definitely my favourite on the album. The three following songs, Tenement Funster, Flick of the Wrist and Lily of the Valley are all standouts too. They have that theatrical sound that Queen does so well. In the Lap of the Gods (and the Revisited version at the end) is another cool tune. The rest of the songs don't stand out to me as much, though the musical skill is obvious.
Solid all the way through, fantastic within the first 5 songs. The way Tenement Fuster links through Flick of the Wrist into Lily of the Valley, is *chefs kiss*. Wish they continued that throughout the album instead of just with these 3 songs. Even though Killer Queen has been overplayed within my life span it still feels fresh and is enjoyable to listen to! Which I find is rare for overplayed rock songs. Each song I did find had its own flavour, however the vocals did not, by the end of the album I was honestly getting a bit tired of the voice effect that always seems to be on Freddies voice, paired with the background harmonies, sometimes I kind of just wished Freddie would sing solo, no voice effects, with changing up his emotional cadence a bit more. I think thats a trap Queen falls into across a lot of the music I've listened to thus far. Each song has a solid idea that differentiates it from the rest but they're pulled back a bit too close together with the operatic vocal patterns. The 2nd half is also not as strong as those first 5 killer songs. I overall enjoyed Night at The Opera more than this one. 8/10
Interesting incorporation of operatic styles in hard rock
it was a really good album. i only knew killer queen before listening to but i really like misfire and stone cold crazy.
Really enjoyed parts of this album, but it feels like they didn’t quite know what they wanted to be when they recorded this album.
Every song sounded unique but also uniquely queen and I love when bands can make good diverse music that can easily be identified as that specific band. Also grew up with so much queen so I have a spot in my heart for queen and wide mouthed Mr. Mercury
I always underestimate just how good Queen is and how much I love their music. I was skeptical since the only one I recognized was Killer Queen, but wow! Will definitely be going back to this one.
I liked it a lot maybe not that much, but it was enjoyable.
Decent. Not a huge fan of the style.
I liked it
It's Queen! For me, not their best Album, but definitely 4 Stars!
Not really my style, but really Intresiting guitar riffs, and interesting production and effects. I can appreciate the intention of the album and the continuity of the songs one after the other.
Sirius Black… 🚬
What a good fucking album The range on brighton rock, the classic Killer Queen, Now I'm here, Stone Cold Crazy, just fantastic.
Fun listen, one of the better Queen albums in my opinion.
I have almost nothing to say. I liked Killer Queen, which I knew before. I’m sure there are other Queen albums I would like more and be more engaged with.
Killer Queen was the only track I knew. Caro has Bowie, I have Queen. On paper they should be one of my favourite bands, but outside of the singles I just don’t get them. Outstanding musicians? Yes. Freddie one of the greatest showmen? Yes. I just don’t love the album tracks :-(
Not my favorite queen music but some parts I kinda liked. I dont think ima add any of the songs tho
I knew Queen played. Still don't understand the cult obsession with Bohemian Rhapsody. Feels like music from theater. This is for fans of hamilton (derogatory).
I assume there will be better queen albums
A couple hits up front carry the album. Overall pretty good
Don't get me wrong, I love Queen, especially their big songs, and their process, but I much rather prefer the music from Hot Space, than Sheer Heart Attack
i understood why the band queen is soo popular. i loved it
Idk it was good. Maybe I should stop writing these cuz I'm not a very good music critic. Favorite Tracks: Killer Queen, Bring Back That Leroy Brown
Better than the last one. Just when they get going they change into something ridiculous.
i'm sooooo sick of queen im skipping through this
i need to stop listening to these albums while doing other tasks and Focus but who has time for that
Amazing
Favorite tracks - Brighton Rock - Killer Queen - Flick of the Wrist - Lily of the Valley - Now I'm Here - Stone Cold Crazy
Putain Queen... Voici en substance ce que j'ai pu dire ce matin quand la lame du bourreau s'est abattue sur ma nuque... À défaut de lame, la putain de liste des "1001 Albums qu'il faut avoir écoutés avant de mourir" a grosso modo le même effet par moment. Surtout quand c'est une veille de weekend, surtout quand il caille, surtout quand c'est Queen... Comment ça je n'aime pas Queen ? Oui, je suis un hérétique, je le sais, on me l'a assez répété. Car au même titre que Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd ou Led Zeppelin... Je chie sur Queen. Voilà, c'est dit, c'est sorti et ça fait du bien. D'ailleurs, entre Queen et Led Zeppelin, on retrouve tellement de similitudes que ça en devient troublant. Aussi bien au niveau de la posture que de l'envergure. Son énorme, image contrôlée, ego surdimensionnés, et j'en passe... Des dinosaures qui écrasent tout sur leur passage, ne laissant aucune place pour les petits mammifères rampants et sales que j'affectionne, ceux qui grattent la terre et vivent la nuit. Alors, "Sheer Heart Attack", 1974, le troisième album. Celui de la consécration, paraît-il. Celui qui fait la bascule entre le hard rock des débuts (que je déteste) et l'opéra-bouffe grandiloquent de la suite (que je hais viscéralement). On me dit dans l'oreillette que c'est un chef-d'œuvre de production, un monument de glam-rock, une pierre angulaire. Laissez-moi rire jaune. Pour situer le contexte, en 1974, j'avais 4 ans. Donc, heureusement, je n'ai pas vécu le traumatisme en direct. Mais j'ai eu tout le loisir de le subir par la suite. J'ai grandi dans les années 80, et Queen était partout. Impossible d'y échapper. C'était la musique des vainqueurs, des stades, des gens qui aiment "la musique bien faite". Moi, j'étais l'ado qui cherchait l'obscurité, le bruit, la dissonance. J'écoutais les Cure en boucle dans ma chambre, je découvrais les premiers émois industriels, je cherchais quelque chose qui me parlait de mes angoisses, pas de "Moët et Chandon" dans une jolie armoire. Cet album, c'est tout ce que je déteste dans le rock "classique". C'est l'anti-punk par excellence. Dès l'ouverture avec "Brighton Rock", on sent que ça va être long... Très long. Ça commence par une fête foraine (au secours), et puis arrive la voix de Freddie Mercury. Alors oui, techniquement, c'est irréprochable. Le mec a un organe, il sait s'en servir, il monte, il descend, il fait des vibratos. C'est de la gymnastique, pas de l'émotion. Et puis, il y a Brian May. Ah, Brian May et sa "Red Special", cette guitare qu'il a fabriquée avec le bois de la cheminée de sa grand-mère ou je ne sais quelle légende urbaine pour guitaristes amateurs de branlette de manche. Sur ce morceau, il nous inflige un solo interminable, avec des effets d'écho qui se répondent. C'est de la démonstration pure. C'est froid, c'est calculé, c'est chiant comme un dimanche après-midi devant un téléfilm allemand. Ensuite, on a "Killer Queen", le tube, le morceau que tout le monde connaît. Ce piano cabaret, ces claquements de doigts, ce côté "music-hall" insupportable. C'est de la musique pour les gens qui n'aiment pas le rock, en fait. C'est poli, c'est propre, ça sent la naphtaline et le velours rouge. Il y a aussi "Tenement Funster", chanté par Roger Taylor. Le batteur qui se prend pour une rock star. C'est lourd, c'est pataud. Et puis enchaîne "Flick of the Wrist" avec toujours cette théâtralité excessive. On n'est pas dans la sincérité, on est dans la représentation permanente. Tout est "too much" avec trop de chœurs, trop de couches de guitares, trop d'effets. C'est un mille-feuille indigeste. On dirait un gâteau à la crème qui a resté trop longtemps au soleil : c'est sucré, ça coule de partout, et ça donne envie de vomir. On va me parler de "Stone Cold Crazy", bien sûr. L'argument massue des défenseurs de Queen : "Oui mais attends, c'est le premier morceau de Thrash Metal de l'histoire, Metallica l'a repris !". Et alors ? C'est pas parce que c'est rapide que c'est bien. C'est juste de l'agitation. Metallica a repris plein de trucs, ça ne valide pas tout. C'est le seul moment de l'album où il y a un peu d'énergie brute, je vous l'accorde, mais c'est noyé dans le reste. C'est une anomalie. Et que dire de "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" ? Du banjo ? De l'ukulélé ? Sérieusement ? On est où là ? Au Muppet Show ? C'est ça le problème avec Queen, et avec cet album en particulier : cette volonté de toucher à tout, de faire du "pastiche", de montrer qu'ils sont capables de jouer tous les styles. C'est juste de l'esbroufe, c'est le premier de la classe qui lève le doigt tout le temps pour montrer qu'il connaît la réponse. "Regardez-moi, je sais faire du hard, je sais faire du jazz, je sais faire du ragtime !". Mais on s'en fout ! Fais juste un truc mais fait le bien, bordel ! Quand je bossais au magasin de disques dans les années 90, j'avais une règle tacite : je ne passais jamais de Queen. Jamais. C'était un sanctuaire. On vendait de l'indé, du post-rock, de l'electronica pointue. Quand un client entrait et demandait du Queen (souvent le Greatest Hits, soyons honnêtes), je le dirigeais vers le bac "Occasions / Variété Internationale" avec un petit sourire méprisant que je n'arrivais pas toujours à réprimer. Je me disais : "Comment peut-on écouter ça quand il existe "Unknown Pleasures" de Joy Division ? Quand il existe "Spiderland" de Slint ? Quand on peut écouter John Zorn hurler dans son saxophone ?". Queen, c'est la musique du consensus. C'est la musique qui ne dérange personne, qui remplit les stades, qui sert d'hymne sportif ("We Are The Champions", pitié...). "Sheer Heart Attack" est l'album qui a posé les bases de cet empire du mauvais goût. C'est l'album où ils ont décidé que la subtilité était une option facultative. Je réécoute "In the Lap of the Gods" pour les besoins de cette chronique (le sacrifice est réel, croyez-moi). C'est grandiloquent, c'est pompeux. Ces chœurs qui montent, cette emphase... J'ai l'impression d'être coincé dans un ascenseur avec une troupe de théâtre amateur qui répète une comédie musicale. J'ai envie d'ouvrir la trappe du plafond et de m'enfuir en grimpant sur les câbles, quitte à me graisser les mains. Alors oui, je sais, Freddie Mercury est une icône, un showman incroyable, bla bla bla. Je respecte le personnage, son destin tragique, ce qu'il a représenté. Mais musicalement ? C'est tout ce que je fuis. C'est l'antithèse de ma discothèque idéale. Ma discothèque, elle est faite de grisaille, de larsen, de boîtes à rythmes froides, de voix murmurées ou hurlées dans la douleur. Pas de collants à paillettes et de moustaches triomphantes. On est en 1974. La même année, Robert Wyatt sort "Rock Bottom" après être tombé de sa fenêtre. Un album d'une fragilité et d'une beauté à pleurer. Kraftwerk sort "Autobahn" et invente le futur. Gene Clark sort "No Other". Neil Young sort "On the Beach". Il y avait tellement de choses incroyables, profondes, novatrices à écouter cette année-là. Pourquoi perdre son temps avec ces pitreries baroques ? Au final, "Sheer Heart Attack" porte bien son nom. C'est une attaque cardiaque, oui. Mais pas celle qui te foudroie de plaisir, c'est celle qui t'arrive parce que tu as mangé trop gras, trop sucré, trop riche. C'est l'indigestion sonore. Je remets le vinyle dans sa pochette (cette photo où ils sont couverts de vaseline, on en parle ? Non, on ne va pas en parler, je vais devenir vulgaire). Au final la note est de 1 sur 5. Et c'est bien payé. C'est pour la pochette qui a au moins le mérite d'être drôle dans son genre "cire fondue". Pour le reste, c'est direction la poubelle de l'histoire, rayon "erreurs de jeunesse de l'humanité". Sur ce, je retourne écouter de la vraie musique.
it was good
"6/10" - baeli "7/10" - robert
An album from queen will always be good! I really liked the song “she makes me”
Non sentivo un album di questo genere da un po’, conoscevo già un paio di canzoni ma a piacermi di più tra le nuove ascoltate ci sono: Lily of the valley e in the laps of the gods.Forse lo definerei un suono più definito e solido rispetto a altri album dei queen (da quanto mi ricordi)
There are signs here of the eclectic band that Queen would become, but the majority of this is hard rock with a bit of a theatrical feel. The first side is the harder side, with the unpredictable "Brighton Rock" and a set of songs that all flow into one another. I like the idea, but each of the songs are so similar that they just all kind of blur together. The second side contains a lot more variety, with a couple slow dramatic songs ("Dear Friends" and "She Makes Me") and a couple quick frantic ones ("Stone Cold Crazy" and "Leroy Brown"). Neither sound works for me; they all lean too far in either direction and just end up sounding boring or silly. There's some enjoyable stuff here, but I don't find it memorable and often find it annoying. The band would do better when they took bigger swings.
Yesterday I got "Queen II" as the album of the day, and it's crazy to think about the differences on their sound from one album to the other. I was way more hooked on "Sheer Heart Attack" and loved to see the evolution. Nice!
Es queen
Who knew they were good??
Queen and Freddy Mercury are incredibly talented but if I never hear this album again it will be way too soon
This was not great, very disjointed and kinda random
I’ve always said Freddie Mercury had the best voice in the biz. Queen is so showy and theatrical, but it really works for them. It never comes across as cheesy or forced. Their harmonies are incredible and their songs entertaining and super fun to listen to. Bring back that Leroy Brown was a hoot 😂
i didn't like it very much. not weird enough for the freaks and not poppy enough for the sugar rush. freddie not yet a true powerhouse vocalist brighton rock unreal tho
My mouth is dry, my legs are weak. You're giving me a heart attack-ack-ack. Saving all your money for a Cadillac-ac-ac-ac. What do Olivia Newton John, Billy Joel and Freddie Mercury have in common? I'll let you think about that for a bit. In the meantime, pop this vinyl masterpiece on your turntable or send the plastic ceedee into its mechanical drawer, drop the needle (or press the button), and suddenly it's 1975. Ingest your Captain Jack and prepare for the ride. I Honestly Love this. Put simply: it's Killer Queen. You're stone cold cray-cray if you don't think so too.
I obviously known Queen but can’t say I ever listened to this album and it’s definitely… unexpected. I expected it to be good. It wasn’t. A couple of very good songs (Stone Cold Crazy and Killer Queen) and a lot of not amazing songwriting. I was actually surprised at how much of it was very heavy metal sounding. It’s just that it felt aimless and the songs didn’t amount to much. It’s actually striking how short Queen’s creative peak was. Maybe 2-3 albums. Anyways let’s say two stars I guess.
Pretty good rock album, we can clearly hear the album A night at the opera in the making. I like Now I'm Here, Killer Queen and Misfire
Muito mais do mesmo de Queen. Não me prendeu a atenção o álbum.
So many great tracks on this album: opening track "Brighton Rock" with it's lengthy guitar solo, the brilliant lyrics (and music) of "Killer Queen", plus the live favourite "Now I'm Here".
1 star alone for killer queen (4.5)
I love queen so muchh Killer Queen and Lilly of the Valley on top
Fun album. Easy listening
J'aime la vibe
352/1089 - I don't like Queen very much but I think this is the one with "Stone Cold Crazy" which is the only song I like from them. I haven't listened in a while so I'm interested to see if I'm gonna re-evaluate them: I still only like Stone Cold Crazy and don't really care about much of their other stuff. I'm not a fan of the theatrical and choral style of Queen's harmony but they're very good at what they do and were pretty influential. Going down a star from a 3 for the police sirens in that one song, I hate listening to that shit when I'm driving.
Sheer Heart Attack - Freddie wrote this after going on one of Len Houmous’ infamous acid trips. 2.3 6/13 Now I’m Here
shite dont care didnt listen
Classic rock, a little harder than I expected from Queen
Queen is like no other band from this era of rock. Dig in and enjoy!
Its Queen, its obviously good. That said, I do not feel blown away by the album in any particular way. This feels very similar in several aspects to other albums by other bands coming out around the same time. Lacking (in my case) historical context to what Freddie may be singing about also tends to leave me feeling nothing strong about the album. I do not know, at the time of typing this, what order any of the other classic rock albums I get reminders of came out so I will not hold this against the album, BUT, I get strong reminders of Boston, early Rush, and Wall era Pink Floyd. Aside from Freddie's voice and some obvious Brian May-ism on the guitar, I wouldn't immediately pick this out as Queen. My review could be utter horseshit, as I stated I lack context for the time this was written and don't know off the top of my head who did what first. Good album overall, just didn't feel blown away.
Meh
Some really good heavy metal which I wasn't expecting. The musicians are on great early form here. The OTT vocals, operatic themes and bombastic production Queen use doesn't do anything for me but it's in the minority here.
I think i prefer greatest hits compilations for Queen...
Liker noe her
There is only one really good song on this album, Killer Queen. Many of the songs are skips, meaning I could not listen to the entire song.
3.75 dad made it seem like it would suck
Cheery and upbeat throwback to start off the new year
This is an INCREDIBLE album, I want to get it on vinyl! The transitions between songs were sick. My fav tracks were Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Tenement Funster, How I'm Here, Stone Cold Crazy, and Misfire. Sooooo freaking good.
I’d only ever listened to Bohemian Rhapsody before this and I wasn’t sure what to expect but I loved it!
Maybe the only other queen album I’ve heard it in entirety aside from night at the opera. Brian and Fred announce their virtuosity right off the bat and I can imagine loving this album if you’re really into what they do. I felt like I was listening to the soundtrack for a play I hadn’t seen interspersed with some generic seventies rockers. A few highlights- killer queen, stone cold crazy- but this generally confirms that I’m not too interested in queen best their (mostly excellent) singles. I never really understood why all the metal bands loved queen so much but stone cold crazy is a metal blueprint. I wasn’t at all surprised to see that Metallica has covered it several times.
not my favorite genre. well it's just hard to get into because it is different than what i'm used to. i am open to getting more into it. one song i liked was tenement funster. despite killer queen having a billion streams, idt i've ever heard of it. anyway im still glad i listened
Killer queen - เพลงฮิต Tenement funster, Flick of the wrist - เฉยๆแต่ก็ถูกจริตกว่าเพลงอื่น Misfire - ความรู้สึกแปลกๆดี เหมือนเวลาฟัง david bowie ผสม daryl hall ผสม america Bring back that leroy town - คล้ายๆ jeeper creeper, 50s-ish
Loved it!
I liked it quite a bit. A few gems, and interesting to see the development of the complex, layered songs.
A couple of good songs don’t make a good album
fave song is dear friend. an objectively good and well-made album, however, I don’t think a lot of the songs I would listen to on the daily.
Queen at their peak. A rich and varied album with incredible musicianship throughout. Arguably some of the best guitar and vocals ever recorded. It's a long time since I listened to the whole album and hearing it now on a half-decent sound system, I'm amazed at how fresh and dynamic it still sounds.
it's got killer queen on it araki loved this album
a really good album, i didn’t expect such a smooth transition between the song and the 8d audio surprised me ngl, if i am gonna listen to it again i would listen to the full album bcuz i don’t think them alone would be that complete like i didn’t realise when the song changed.
Good album, I'd rate it 7.5/10
each track got better and better as i listened holy shit
wowwww so good
Early Queen was quite special. Rock opera specialists. Love this.
Mid Queen
An overblown, pretentious, pompous, annoying, overrated turd of an album which goes on and on and on. And on. Wankstains on the silky sheet of classic rock.
It's okay. I just don't love a full Queen album.
1.Brighton rock so far is extremely fun very stimulating also I love the guitar solo also the part that I think starts at 3:43 and ends 4:24 is extremely interesting to me 2. I already knew killer queen before so this wasn’t new to me but in general I love the vocals in this and the instrumentals too bc they’re as creative as possible also I know this is only the second song but this also has a guitar solo I wonder if that will be ongoing thing 3. I hate the intro so far yeah ts isn’t my type of song but the raspy vocals sound so good I just don’t like the song in general so far and this also has a guitar solo I love the ooh ooh ooh that the other group members are doing in the background and the harmonizing in general 4. the instrumentals in this are fire and the vocals too oh my god this gives me like spooky vibes in the best way possible also love the background vocals in this one I absolutely love this and this also has a guitar solo this is my favorite so far and also the first one that I added to my playlist 5. the transition to this song was so smooth and those vocals are genuinely amazing this song is so ethereal okay wow this is really beautiful this also has a guitar solo if it counts as one I don’t know 6. love the harmonies and the instrumentals are insane I love that one talking line and yes you guessed what I was going to say another guitar solo but I love it I just noticed that this song like switches ears 7. this gave me a jumpscare when it started but it sounds so good so far oh my god this is heaven lowkey kind of creepy I don’t know if that makes sense this is the perfect second song I’m adding end is kind of repetitive also has a guitar solo 8. the start of this is already insane oh my god this is so fun I love it I’m obsessed another guitar solo not that I’m complaining Queen is officially the most genius group I know third song I’m adding 9. oh sounds like a sad song okay it is I have tears in my eyes I mean it’s not really a sad song but I resonate with it 10. love the intro this gives me summer vibes so far it’s fun it’s good but not good enough to add I feel like love how it fades out 11. this also jumpscared me but this is so fun might even be the funnest so far also I’m adding this because it sounds so good with headphones the ending I absolutely love it 12. this will be a sad song oh no it’s a love song I got it wrong so far I need to brutally say it’s boring yeah not a single thing has changed and we’re already two minutes in and I don’t really think anything will very repetitive I don’t hate it I just think it’s very boring compared to the other songs ending is pretty interesting 13. so far it’s the perfect ending song it feels so lightweight I don’t know how to describe it like it’s not dreamy but it’s just sound like being peacefully alive fifth song I’m adding okay the ending scared me
Not my favourite kind of music. I recognised a few and I did enjoy it.
I prefer this era of Queen, sounds raw and the guitar rips. Some of the vaudeville and ballad stuff is a bit dated, doesn’t have the emotional heft of later big hits. Overall a great fun listen.
8/10 Octopus’s Garden and Bring Back That Leroy Brown are cut from the same cloth. Otherwise simply excellent, but dragged down by one bat-shit song.
Barely survivable, just like the albums namesake condition.
Alright but not their best
It's always fun to read a slew of 1-, 2-, and 3-star reviews where the reviewers in question are clearly short of material with which to criticise an obviously great album. Because Sheer Heart Attack is just that – goddamn great – and the most you can do to slam it is assume Flick of the Wrist is about masturbation (it isn't) or say it sounds like they're having way too much fun (they are). One reviewer gave the album 1 star, writing: "For Queen, showcasing a technical guitar solo or vocal gymnastics matters more than writing entertaining or moving songs." Christ. You must be fun at concerts. The audience member always comes first, right? Do you want Freddie Mercury to jump off the stage and kiss you? Another reviewer gave SHA 3 stars (and would've given 2.5 if they could), and had only positive things to say about it. "Gay as fuck rock 'n' roll"? What the heck more do you want? Seriously, though, this is fantastic. One of four Queen albums (the others being Queen, Queen II, and ANATO) that one can claim to be their finest, and also probably the best album of 1974 – with the only real competition being Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic and Mitchell's Court and Spark. But this one absolutely bursts with energy and creativity, giving it the slight edge. Brighton Rock is inarguably one of the coolest, most creative guitar solos in rock – certainly in rock up to that point. The riffs are excellent, the chord progression in the main part of the song is nifty... plus, Taylor's drumming complements the guitarwork perfectly. Love the various vocal styles employed by Mercury too. Then Killer Queen, a slick, glamorous piano-based rock track with another mind-blowingly great solo. It's no surprise this took off as much as it did. The three-track medley contains two of the best song-to-song transitions in all of music (rivalling some of Pink Floyd's best), and the middle song (Flick Of The Wrist) in particular is so, so great. Nearly on par with Death On Two Legs from their follow-up album, which is (in my opinion) their most flawless song. Then there's Now I'm Here, with an adventurous riff and the sick echo-panning of the vocals. Side 2 is even more diverse. Beginning with Taylor's impressive banshee scream, In The Lap Of The Gods showcases a strange vocal filter on Mercury before entering a repeating mantra-like section for the second half. It's impossible to compare a song like this to any other artist, though another reviewer tried (and failed) to compare it to Pink Floyd. Stone Cold Crazy is thrash metal before the genre was invented, and good god, it's fantastic. So, so fast. You blink and it's over. After a short, sweet ballad in Dear Friends and the cheeky upbeat pop track Misfire, we reach perhaps the most impressive song on the record, recording-wise. There must be at least several dozen vocal tracks in Bring Back That Leroy Brown, not to mention the large array of honky-tonk/old-timey instruments and hilarious little musical fills. She Makes Me is initially a slow, earnest love ballad, but its meaning gets a lot more haunting on relistens. The album ends with a refreshing piano track that calls for audience interaction: In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited. Adding an explosion at the end is maybe a little kitschy, but hey, it's Queen. Let the boys have some fun. 5/5 Key tracks: Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Flick Of The Wrist, Stone Cold Crazy, Bring Back That Leroy Brown, In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited
I recently listened to Queen’s Sheer Heart Attack from start to finish for the first time, and it was a real treat. While “Killer Queen” is the familiar highlight, the other tracks hold their own — varied, energetic, and highly listenable. I’ll need to sit with the lyrics more closely; there’s a sense the album is trying to say something deeper beneath the surface. Overall it’s an adventurous record that rewards repeat listens.
After loving Queen II, this one was a bit disappointing. It has some good songs, but never hooked me like the other. 3/5
Highlights: Brighton Rock, Now I'm Here, Stone Cold Crazy
very very good i like
i love it, definitely deserves its own listening
Just can’t stand this band, singer or guitar tone. Not my thing.
I don't know what to think. It was pretty fun but also repeatable at the same time. After Brighton Rock I expected more to be honest. It's so hard to rank because i don't know many Queen songs and it's just not my cup of tea but i'm still open to other albums from the band My fav songs: Brighton Rock, Flick Of The Wirst, In The Lap Of The Gods
liked it. lily of the valley
13 Songs 38 minutes. Killer Queen is an absolute banger and classic. Stone Cold Crazy is another great. The rest is meh it’s varied but it is 70’s glam rock. A genre I like but this seems to be too much of a good thing. The vocals are muddy and the guitar blends together. 3/5
Catchy, campy, not quite as good as “A Night at the Opera”
Not super familiar with this queen album, such a fun sound, really enjoyed!
Queen albums cover to cover are torturous. This is a greatest hits band
Another Queen album I've never heard before. Not bad but not too many songs that stand out for me. Really maybe 3 songs that really stood out and only one hit.
Really enjoyed this one. Killer Queen was the only track I knew prior to my listen, but the album was joyous and engaging.
Hmm ça reste queen et merci pour certains sons mais la y’a vraiment rien qui m’a fouetté les prods sont cool je dirais l’intro est cool de mémoire mais honnêtement c’est 2,5/5 et encore je suis gentil c’est queen
Absolute classic
This was pretty solid, definite preference for the A side. Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, and Flick of the Wrist were th standouts to me.
i’ve heard this before but i had to re-listen and it was even better
Strong start, a little bit self indulgent
Sounds like a Darkness tribute bad to me….. Proof that Queen weren’t just great single writers but could also put to get her a compelling album. Brighton Rock and Stone Cold Crazy hint at their ability to play heavier rock and I’m sure they influenced metal bands to come (Metallica even covered the latter) but their (let’s be fair, Freddie’s) operatic theatrical side also comes through on this album. Proof that early Queen were great before the stadium filling rock to come in the next decade. And they all look superb on the album cover.
Enjoyable pre Bohemian Rhapsody Queen showing an interesting range of work, some of which is quite unlike what you would expect if you only know them as the mega stars. Lily of the Valley is a good example.
You can't go wrong with Queen. Great performances, great production, and great tunes.
Fabulous 👌
Few decent songs ig
Love Queen but never heard this album before - it's great.
I’ve listened to Sheer Heart Attack plenty of times. Yet every listen leaves me feeling like a flustered contestant on The Generation Game. The conveyor belt has introduced and spirited away plenty of shiny consumer novelties, but I struggle to remember any of them. Thus, I never win the big prize. The shininess recalls nothing less than the Beatles’ Red Album singles. George Martin’s background in comedy and novelty records shaped the Beatles’ early work in a way that went beyond polish: he understood how glitz and clarity could turn raw talent into irresistible seven-inch singles. The band's earliest advantage may not have been talent, but the capacity to be funny - quick, performative, radiating charm on radio and in photographs. That humour bought them time. Singles became albums, and albums became arenas for collective artistic development. Sheer Heart Attack shows Queen arriving at a superficially similar place by very different means. Roy Thomas Baker’s production gives the record a uniform brightness, a sense that everything must register immediately. Where Martin gradually allowed the Beatles’ records to deepen, darken, and roughen, Baker keeps Queen on a permanent high gloss. Nothing is allowed to linger; every track feels engineered to function independently, as though already extracted from its context, prepped for a Greatest Hits. The album does not unfold: it presents itself in pieces. Like the Beatles, Queen is a band of writers, and this plurality initially suggests dialogue. On Sheer Heart Attack, however, the effect is the opposite. The variety of voices does not accumulate into a shared language; it fragments into a sequence of impeccably realised impressions. Everything sounds like pastiche. Bring Back That Leroy Brown is music hall, Killer Queen baroque camp. Even when they are creating heavy metal in its infancy, as on Brighton Rock, it - somehow - isn’t heavy. At the same time, Now I’m Here nods toward Elton John; Misfire toward Steely Dan. Of course, Queen make no claim of ownership over what they play. Nor of sincerity. Even Taylor’s lead vocal Tenement Funster reads as a parody of a Mercury performance, so that, when it morphs into the Mercury-sung Flick of the Wrist, the transition is almost imperceptible. The Beatles’ stylistic range, by contrast, always felt inhabited. Their pastiches - vaudeville, Indian classical, psychedelia - were absorbed into a developing group sensibility, conveying wit, humour, and character. Queen resist that absorption. On Sheer Heart Attack, they are always imitating rather than inhabiting, treating musical styles as costumes. Mercury’s voice and May’s guitar unify the surfaces, a brand logo stamped across a diverse portfolio of products. The album is less a band discovering itself than a machine demonstrating its range or a company branching into different markets. It may sound dismissive to call Queen mechanistic, but there is definitely something absent in their process. For one, unlike the Beatles, Queen isn’t funny. Three-quarters of the group are engineers, astronomers, and dentists. Mercury carries almost all theatrical responsibility: charismatic, fluent, fearless, sure, but not funny in the way the Beatles’ were. They engaged with banter, they were witty and surreal, humour that plays with meaning. His humour is camp, operating on surface, image, and reference, with little depth or dynamic. His lyrics often aim for wit but settle for accumulation. Killer Queen illustrates this clearly. Its musical excess is charming, but the lyric diffuses. Rhyming “address” with “baroness” is neat, but hardly witty. Lines trail off into fragments, as in "Then again incidentally if you’re that way inclined," which offer no clear referent and resist interpretation. It is a pastiche of Cole Porter that believes it can work less hard than the original to get the details right. But that is the crucial element of the thing being pastiched: precision. But Mercury is too big for that. Because Queen lack the Beatles’ internal balance, Mercury’s excess carries disproportionate weight. When it coheres, it produces spectacle; when it does not, it exposes a shallowness that Baker’s surface brilliance only accentuates. Sheer Heart Attack, for all its energy, never becomes a complete album in the way mid-period Beatles records do. It showcases a set of possibilities rather than a collective voice. In retrospect, Bohemian Rhapsody, which comes later, feels like Queen’s attempt to compress Beatles-style album logic into a single track: multiple modes, dramatic contrasts, and, crucially, cohesion imposed by Mercury rather than the cohesion of the group. This difference helps explain Queen’s peculiar longevity. The Beatles function as an organism, their catalogue rewarding immersion and historical listening. But the group dynamic and the business broke them up. Queen function as a generator of moments, a singles machine that never breaks up. In a streaming era that rewards instant recognition over narrative depth, Queen’s model proves remarkably adaptive. Their catalogue eclipses the Beatles not just in monthly streaming listeners but in sheer longevity: after Mercury’s death and Deacon’s withdrawal, the machine continued. Like a monopolistic conglomerate, Queen stamped their brand across genres, claiming none except in the sense of gathering dividends from all of them. 2.5 I like Sheer Heart Attack well enough but it’s not an album I have paid any great attention to. I don’t know that it supports much attention. It is both less ridiculous and less interesting than its predecessor. It is the sound of Queen as we all enjoy them from their greatest hits - genre diversity, spectacularly overwrought vocals and guitars, endearingly frivolous songs. They would do this album again, slightly better. I do like the cover though, and the fact that I can’t type the title of the album without first automatically typing ‘Christ’ as the middle word. 2.5/5
Better than I was expecting but still not something I would go out of my way to listen to again. Freddy Mercury’s voice is a little too whiny for my taste in a few of the songs and a couple songs sound like circus music but there were several that had awesome guitar riffs that really rocked.
it’s classic queen what can i say
Very silly melodramatic nonsense. Not really to be taken seriously. If you are taken by this tripe then its amazing. For my ears I would rather listen to polystyrene being broken
nice classic
I was between 3 and 4 for this album. I think I’ll go four because there are some classic Queen tracks.
Has that unique queen sound. Songs quite easy to forget, some being a little boring (She Makes Me). Best song on the album in my opinion is Killer Queen.
Nog nooit eerder een volledig album van Queen geluisterd. Dit was een erg leuk album. Killer Queen natuurlijk als topper
It’s a mix of a few perfect amazing songs like stone cold crazy, Brighton rock, killer queen and flick of the rust with a bunch of kinda trash songs.
I don't love Queen but this was a great album in terms of musicianship and production quality
Slaps
A rock album more solid than gold. 4/5
I see Queen, I like. It is that simple. Fave track: Killer Queen
Decent album offering from a band I thought was more of a Greatest Hits specialist. 3.5/5
So, that’s where Van Halen got their rock/showtunes approach
this was fun
Better than Coldplay
Aside from Killer Queen which feels a little out of place, this was quite good. Queen is clearly talented and when they bill themselves as a diet Black Sabbath the music is pretty good.
Pretty great, like I’ve discovered that so many queen albums are. This is great hard, loud, and yet incredibly full of feeling. The flow of the album is great, and it’s a full work as opposed to a mishmash of singles. Lyrically it’s not quite as good as the other queen albums we’ve had but I still liked it. Excellent.
I love the transition they're going through here from harder rock to something more palatable. Not that it was bad before, but Freddie's influence is finally starting to shine through here.
Was ok
Bring back Leroy brown - 👐 emoji Usually like Queen but this was a bit noisy for me
nota: 75
7.5/10
Beser geits nid
favourite - lily of the valley
Contains some of their last classic heavy metal level songs. A mix stylistically. Has two songs from their Greatest Hits in Killer Queen and Now I'm Here. Has a last song that you'll be singing for hours after, and is a sure fire guarantee to get an arena singing along to.
It's amazing how Queen always sounds like Queen while having so many different sounds.
Classic
1. Brighton Rock - Fun! Very elaborate instrumental breaks are not usually so much "my thing" so I preferred the first half with the singing, although the instrumental part had enough change-ups and interesting stuff to keep me engaged. 2. Killer Queen - Have heard before. Obviously an amazing track. The playful vocals are my favorite part. 3. Tenement Funster - Absolutely love the instrumental at the beginning. 4. Flick of the Wrist - Almost didn't catch the song changing. But this has very cool vibes. Maybe favorite so far..? Added to a playlist 5. Lily of the Valley - Again, the change between songs was so smooth (+ a lot of these songs have so much variation within them) that I almost didn't catch the change. Anyway, sounds very nice. 6. Now I'm Here - Maybe my favorite instrumental, can't really explain why though.. Feel this even stronger in the last half where it ramps up more. Another fun one. 7. In the lap of the gods - Now that's a start of a song that cannot be missed. So far (1st. min.) very different from the rest of the album, but I love the theatrical vibes. Reminiscent of Bohemian Rhapsody. Another fave contender. Except I liked the beginning more than the latter half that gets a bit repetetive. Except x2 the instrumental at the very end is vary fun to me. 8. Stone Cold Crazy - Admittedly the type of rock song that I don't usually enjoy *that much*. Still a nice song. 9. Dear Friends - A very different vibe from the last one. Though at least at the beginning not really my vibe either. Oh, a short one.. 10. Misfire - And again, for a very different vibe, much more upbeat now. Another short one, pretty fun but not that memorable. 11. Bring back that Leroy Brown - Okay, this is the type of unserious type of song that I enjoy quite a lot. Get's a bit repetitive. 12. She makes me - Really liking the sound of this at the beginning. While the sort of high energy rock music heavy on electric guitars and such is fun and impressive and what not, I can see myself listening to this on a more casual basis. Going into fave considerations and added to playlists. 13. In the lap of the gods... revisited - I don't have much to say about this, definitely has the vibes of an end of an album song. Overall thoughts: Very nice to finally listen to a Queen album all the way through. There's a very clear sense of cohesiveness (although some songs still stand out strongly) that I feel like is not that present in a lot of contemporary albums. It makes a nice album listening experience, but it is perhaps a bit harder to distinguish all songs from each other and pick out stand-outs. I think I'll settle on track 12 (she makes me) as my favorite. All in all, an enjoyable listening experience, but I feel like Queen will still remain the kind of band that I'll happily listen to when it's on, but don't go out of my way to seek it out or add to my rotation.
-rock album, dont really enjoy rock -dont really have any stand out tracks that i’d go back to except “killer queen” and “she makes me”
Very good album, love Queen now! Not on my beloved ones tho.. I liked Killer Queen enough to put in my playlist I made for this!
Hands, Anyway, Killer Queen is a fun song and the rest of the album has a general boogy vibe to it, but they don't leave me with any solid impression. Most of the songs are forgettable.
A few bangers as with every Queen album. The rest didn't particularly stand out, but it wasn't bad either because it was still Queen doing Queen stuff
Queen were my favourite band in my teenage years, and I still like them a lot, but I haven’t listened to this album in full in what must be a decade. It was really fun to revisit this one, and I’m glad to say this holds up great. It’s not my favourite album of theirs, nor is it without flaws, but it’s still very good, and I can’t tell if it’s just the nostalgia or my tastes changing as I’ve grown older, but I think I like this even more than I did when I was younger. 4.5/5
No skips
Back in the days, this wasn't one of my favorite Queen albums, although I had all of them. Killer Queen and Now I'm Here were always some of my favorite songs. Now, after decades of not listening to this album, I can appreciate it much more for its spectrum of styles and genres.
W sumie bardzo fajne. Nie takie bombastic jak inna płyta, której słuchałem, ale dobry rock, którego można często słuchac. 4
first few songs are pretty boring, except for killer queen. album starts actually picking up at lily of the valley, but doesn't really get much higher the next couple songs. in the lap of the gods so far is pretty good, but only being on track 9 this album isn't really for me. Peak of this album was lily of the valley or killer queen, but other than that it was not for me. I can't really see people liking it either, probably like 4.5 to 5 out of 10.
I really like one song from this album but the rest I didn’t love them ..
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Very solid rock record! Not my fav from them but still vibe. 3.5 for me
never really listened to queen, enjoyable
not my fave queen album but still quite good
Slightly biased as Queen was played a bunch by my dad growing up. Not my top album from them, but still love it.
Definitely a well above average rock record, Freddie Mercury is singular, but Brian May is the hero here for me. So much cool guitar stuff going in, pre-Van Halen stylings, guitarmonies, all that good stuff. A fun trip, not a lot of standout tracks for me but I enjoyed it!
It's queen, 5/5 every time.
Some high highs. The lows aren't too low but there aren't many highs.
I mean…it’s Queen.
Great album, on e of Queen's classics
3.5
Fun rock opera on its A Side. Sluggish on it's B side. Favorite tracks Killer Queen Flick of The Wrist Now I'm Here Stone Cold Crazy
Smashed this up loud for my morning commute. Listened to Brighton Rock as I drove through Brighton. Perfect.
Overall pretty solid 4 star album, I really liked the first 1/2, but I've never been a huge fan of Killer Queen before. I'll probably revisit this as I've enjoyed being reintroduced to Queen for the album challenge.
A mix of known "best of" songs, so hidden gems, and some real dogs. 4 stars.
I didn't actually get to listen to this one as closely as I would've liked, just had a busier day, but it was really enjoyable with relatable and powerful vocals in addition to having plenty of fun songs
Surprised by some parts of this, some really nice jams. Queen just arnt really for me still
I'm not a big fan of Queen but I enjoyed this one
Pretty good but not Queen’s best. “Killer queen” is their standout hit on this album and my favorite track.
Fantastic rock pop album. The people saying Queen is the most overrated band or that they have no soul must be hoping someone will pay attention and give them the hug they have been longing for.
Standout Tracks: Brighton Rock Killer Queen Stone Cold Crazy Flick of the Wrist Theatrical and bombastic. A few stand out tracks caught my attention. Tracks flowed well together. Last track dragged on a bit (but did get stuck in my head) and some tracks I wish stayed on a little longer.
Moving away from the progessive sound towards the Quen sound,
2 Stars (5/15)
Brighton Rock is horrible. The chorus gimmick is overdone. The rock parts range from mid to decent. The soft vocal sections are lame.
2nd album with group. Good Songs - Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Misfire, Bring Back that Leroy Brown, and In the Lap of the Gods…Revisited. Bad Songs - Tenement Funster, Flick of the Wrist, Lily of the Valley, Now I’m Here, In the Lap of the Gods, Stone Cold Crazy, Dear Friends, and She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos). Unlike some other people I can respect great songs like Killer Queen even if this might not be the greatest album.
Well ive been listening to this album for more than 40 years and there are some top so far on here and ii love the transition from Tenement Funster to Flick of the wrist which us a great song. It narrowly misses a five and we do t round up 3’s and 4’s.
Heard previously 08-29-22
Interesting vocals. Fun drum rolls. Riffs with personality
Queen's first two records, 'Queen' and 'Queen II' were largely adventurous, if somewhat unfocused affairs, but 'Sheer Heart Attack' is the first time the flamboyant foursome from western London sounded tight, focused and determined to take popular music by storm. He's not quite going full opera (yet), but Freddie Mercury's vocals and piano soar over the mix like a cygnet ready to grow into an elegant swan, and he's backed by the genius guitar riffs of Brian May, the quiet-yet-commanding bass of John Deacon and the ever-fun drumming of Roger Taylor. Through the one-two punch opener of 'Brighton Rock' and 'Killer Queen', to the soaring 'Now I'm Here', the proto-metal of 'Stone Cold Crazy' and the tenderness of 'Dear Friends', Queen are very much coming into their own on 'Sheer Heart Attack', which supports the claim of many that this is Queen's first truly great album. One thing I've always felt about Queen is that they're one of the rare bands where every member was quite capable of being a front man in their own right, it's just that one of their members, Freddie Mercury, was a once-in-a-generation entertainer few were able to match in terms of vocal chops, charisma, stage presence and the ability to make stadiums full of people feel heard and appreciated. I say this because both Roger Taylor and Brian May both have a go on lead vocals on 'Tenement Funster' and 'She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes)' respectively, and both Taylor and May have perfectly serviceable voices that could front any other band. Another thing I have also felt about Queen, which has always been somewhat of a letdown for me, is that they don't have too many albums of consistently good music. There's the smash hits which any rock band would be proud of, but there's also the filler tracks that are largely forgettable. 'Sheer Heart Attack' is more consistent than some of their other albums to be sure, but there's unfortunately still a select few songs here that kinda march on by without anything really grabbing you. But those songs that grab you REALLY grab you, and 'Sheer Heart Attack' is certainly the calm before the storm that was 'A Night At The Opera', where they would completely change the rock landscape with 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. A highly influential record for both rock and metal music. Best songs: Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Now I'm Here, Stone Cold Crazy, Dear Friends
I was expecting to recognise more than one song...
Oh wow this takes me back - loved this, haven’t listened for years. Stands up pretty well
#17 Has "Killer Queen" but all the songs here start to blend and sound the same
Favorite track(s): Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Stone Cold Crazy Heard before Previous rating: 7/10
The musicianship is very impressive but there’s so much going on
It's Queen. It's great.
Couple of classics, but mostly meh.
It’s never a bad time for Queen
It was fine
There are a lot of early-70s rock band clichés here: heavy glam, guitar for the sake of guitar, some bloat. And the lyrics are so insubstantial. I might like “Flick of the Wrist” most? But even it won’t be going on heavy rotation in my life.
Really trying to find something about it Queen to like, but they just sound so boring. I really don’t get why they got massive.
Не фанат такой музыки, но слушать было крайне приятно. Лучшая песня: Killer Queen
Queen is great as usual.
One of my favorite albums by one of my favorite bands
When people ask what my favorite Queen album is, I usually tell them Sheer Heart Attack. A Night at the Opera seems a little too obvious, and A Day at the Races just doesn't hit the same. That being said, revisiting this I was surprised by just how weak the B-side is. Stone Cold Crazy remains incredible, but almost all of the other tracks on that side are incredibly forgettable. The A-side makes up for it at least, being comprised of some great glammy tracks like Flick of the Wrist, Now I'm Here, and of course Killer Queen. I still think I would say the sound they are going for here is my favorite of any of their albums, but after Stone Cold Crazy I almost feel inclined to just leave the rest be and move on.
I like their experiments. There are some jazz vibes. Nice. And of course, the famous Killer Queen
8.4
of course
queen? more like mid
Why Queen so good?
6/10 Queen’s third album. Can they disabuse me of the notion that they are a singles band, rather than an album band? Lets see. From the opening track, this kind of feels like there are some fantastic raw ingredients in the mix, but that they haven’t quite harnessed them into a completely satisfying and coherent whole just yet. The fact that we then jump into the album’s one true classic kind of reaffirms that opinion. When they find their stride and swagger, they can really pack a punch, but those moments are a little too thin on the ground on this album. I feel like Queen are kind of finding their feet here, and there are little touches of compositional and production techniques that would define their sound in the years to come, but are not necessarily the most refined at this point. As we progress through the rest of the album, it feels stylistically, a bit all over the place. A pop song here, a heavier rocker there and a dip into prog up next. There’s nothing wrong with experimentation and variety of course, but it does make for a slightly disjointed listen. There are some sections that flow nicely though. Tenement Funster through to Lily Of The Valley flow really nicely together and hint that there is potential for the band to develop their sound and production techniques into a more rewarding album band. Perhaps that comes with albums that follow this one? Freddie’s voice is absolute magic as always, and even when they’re drifting off piste a little, they undeniably sound like Queen. There are some moments of exquisite quality, moments of almost ridiculous lunacy, but also a few too many moments of wayward idea throwing and the occasional dip into drudgery. When they get it right, they get it oh so right, but they’re a band that seems happy to experiment, have some fun and then, when the stars align, produce some of the greatest songs ever written. Unfortunately, there was a little too much of the former and not enough of the latter to really keep me connected to this one. It was good, it just wasn’t great. Brighton Rock - This is a decent opener. It’s got some solid, heavy moments and some great riffs. It perhaps loses its way a little bit when it gets a bit too noodly, Freddie’s part is fairly limited here, but that riff at the end is quality. Killer Queen - An absolute classic. From an album point of view, it’s quite the change in tone. But besides that, this is chock full of hooks, that very specific Freddie Mercury swagger in the vocal delivery and that unique Brian May guitar work. The well positioned backing vocals and harmonisations are fantastic, and there’s a lot going on here production wise too. It’s got that edge of weirdness despite being , at its core, a brilliant pop song. Tenement Funster - This is great. It’s got more quality riffs and the vocal has a great bit of edge and bite to it from Roger Taylor. The delivery of ‘gimme a good guitar’ is perfect. There’s some proggy edge to this one too and some interesting use of effects. It’s also got a really solid, driving groove to it. Flick Of The Wrist - And we transition beautifully out of the last one into a Freddie led work. It’s definitely got its quirky moments and it transitions between almost 70s metal, via prog to some quite poppy moments in places. It’s wacky, interesting and sounds great. There’s just so much going on! Lily Of The Valley - Another seamless transition into more of a ballad. Freddie’s vocal is great (quelle surprise). It builds and falls, has solid harmonies and still allows Brian May to do his little bit of characteristic guitar work too. Nice. Now I'm Here - A nice build into this, with some cool little panning and delay effects. And then we kick into a nice driven groove of a track. Some elements of this are great. There are some great riffs, particularly in the non vocal sections, and some solid drumming, but it doesn’t really grab hold of me the whole way through. In The Lap Of The Gods - You can hear elements of Bohemian Rhapsody in here, with the dynamic changes, piano led parts, vocal harmonisations and more. It’s obviously a lot more raw and not as fully developed, but you can hear this kind of work developing into something more later down the line. It’s decent enough, and there are some really nice sections, but there are bits that get a bit repetitive, and others where it drifts a little too much. Stone Cold Crazy - Ah, what a solid riff. This is pretty much an early metal song with Freddie Mercury on vocals and it’s great. Those little touches they thrown in to their compositions (like the cut out to the ‘stone cold crazy’ vocal harmonies) are so much fun. It’s a simple but effective rocker of a track. Dear Friends - A lovely little Freddie interlude and I’m always happy to hear him sing. It’s very pretty, but gone in an instant. Misfire - This is a proper pop-rock number. It’s reasonably catchy and incredibly chirpy. It’s got good pace and a toe-tapping drive to it, but it ultimately feels a bit of a chuck away pop song rather than anything with more substance. Bring Back That Leroy Brown - Do you remember that time when Queen got together with George Formby and wrote a song that sounds incredibly reminiscent of ‘Knees up mother Brown’? Well luckily they recorded it and put it on this album for the sake of posterity. Despite that, it’s brilliantly wacky, very catchy and so well put together. It feels very, very silly, but it’s executed so well that it’s still super enjoyable. She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettoes) - This is quite ponderous and boring. It just doesn’t go anywhere or do anything, and it’s got Brian May on lead vocals, so it doesn’t even have that sparkle of Freddie magic to free it from the drudgery. Big old bucket of meh. In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited - And we return to the themes of In The Lap Of The Gods from earlier. More foreshadowing of Bohemian Rhapsody, but this is a bit more coherent than the earlier take on the track. It’s very, very good actually. It soars and dives, it’s got great riffs, some quality gang vocals and closes that album out really well.
A rock and roll masterpiece with all the grandiosity Queen did at their best!
Kansas, but British
Too posh
FTQ
Bad band
Too all over the place for me, I’ll stick to the best of.
It was alright. The guitar absolutely ripped.
Hot take: Queen have like 3 good songs and none of them are on Sheer Heart Attack. Not absolutely awful but there's nothing on here that'll bring me back. Imagine devoting your life to this and rabbits like. NEXT!
Yas kween
'It would be of small avail / To talk of magic in the air'; 'Gunpowder, gelatine / Dynamite w/ a laser beam'; 'Synchronize your minds and see / The beast within him rise.' The once progers are now wannabe showstoppers, but the prog in them won't die, as those snatches of lyricism illustrate. It's a shame b/c Freddie Mercury has one of the great voices in rock history, and yet I can't claim to be moved by something this repetitively crescendoing and theatrical. At their rare tolerable ('Killer Queen'), they're a somewhat fresh amalgam of The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, w/ harmonies inspired by The Beach Boys. Mostly tho, they're lost not knowing what to do or where to go: technically proficient, the band however never dramatizes w/ a soul.
Very surprised. I never really liked Queen but this album has so many great tracks. Only getting a 4 as there are a few skips still and I’m not really the biggest fan of Freddy Mercury’s vocals. However, Brian May’s guitar work is amazing and the highlight of this album. Best songs: Stone Cold Crazy and Brighton Rock
Queen tiene muchos hits y siempre he pensado que muy dispersos en los discos. Este no tiene ningún super hit (solo Killer Queen), pero suena muy bien el disco completo.
Sorry, couldn’t get through this. Got as far as “In the lap of the gods” which I was particularly not enjoying. First track I thought was ok as was Killer Queen. But can’t do Queen anymore. Life’s too short.
Quietly quitting Queen qus quite qwrap
Killer Queen yeah but there are overall too many operatic/theatric touches in their Music for me to really get into Even back when they were my Favourite band I only owned Greatest Hits. OK, I had The Works too. But then right at the end, tbf. Stormtroopers in Stilettos strumming sounds like about 20 BJM songs so have to respect that...+1!
This was a real mixed bag. Killer Queen is classic Queen, In the lap of the gods was a strong outro, but then you also have misfire which is a strong contender for worst lyrics of any song on this list Don’t you know honey that love’s a game? It’s always hit or miss so take your aim, Gotta hold on tight Shoot me outta sight That is A-class awful stuff. Better than Queen II, with nice harmonies in places, but not something I’d ever feel the urge to listen to again. I’m so over the number of “progressive” 70s rock albums on this list. I’m done with meandering guitar solos. I can see why punk needed to happen.
Favorite Track: Killer Queen
Queen has always seemed more like a song band than an album band to me. Brian May shreds on the opener. Tenement Funster is 10 years ahead of it's time - that song is pure mid-80's arena rock. Overall it's just alright
Queen albums kinda disappoint, there’s a couple good songs but overall not my favorite
Great start to the album, especially the guitar riffs. Tenement Funster was new to me and excellent. Lost me a bit in the middle of the album. Misfire got me back on track. Songs are a bit hit or miss. Somewhere between a 3 and 4. I’ll give it 4 to bring up the group rating.
I'm sure these are musically difficult, but I can't work out what they are trying to do with these songs. I don't get anything out of this. It's all too polished and sterile with a few exceptions.
One of my all time favourite albums from my favourite band. I still have a track or two that I'm not fond of but I love the flow between some of the songs, the slightly concept album of it all and the still young ambition of the band. Brian May was coming back from serious illness and felt the need to prove himself again, coming up with the deceptively complex solo for Killer Queen and the bombast of Brighton Rock. It became a cornerstone of the live show, allowing him to show off his unique triple harmony delay with the Red Special and the wall of Vox amps that became his signature. This is a band still on the rise, pre Bohemian Rhapsody and it has all the swagger still of a more established band.