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It's a classic! It's difficult to listen to Freddie Mercury and not be amazed. Brian May is a monster, and gets one of the coolest guitar tones of that era(related reading: The Red Special - as the legend goes, May and his dad built that guitar out of a fireplace mantle.) Roger Taylor's playing is just delightful. I've listened to Bring Back That Leroy Brown like twenty times over the weekend, IDK how you keep that tricky of a song SO tight. It's also a great showcase of their backing vocal prowess, which is one of my favorite parts of what this band does.
8/10, really quite good. Some new ones I hadn't heard before. Classic Queen sound
like it, 4 zvjezde
Can tell that they're heading towards A Night At The Opera with some of the multi layering, songs about cars & other ridiculousness. Stone Cold Crazy 🤘
Great
Love Queen. This is a transitional album for them -- they are moving away from their prog roots and becoming a bit more of a rock band. "Killer Queen" was huge, and "Tenement Funster" still rocks. There are several Queen albums I like more than this one, though.
A bit of a roller coaster - really quite liked it
I liked the guitar work.
Yeah, another album I am already very familiar with. Some of this stuff is the best Queen have ever done. But they do have better albums so I can't give a 5. Special shout out to Brian May here though.
good album ngl nice guitar parts forgot I liked queen music
Enjoyed absolutely. A magnificent listen, bumpy and bouncy. Solid guitar work. 4
Not a night at the opera... but it was great!
Yes.
Enjoyable, fast paced, no night at the opera but top three queen album
i don’t love queen but they are always a good time
Stone cold crazy!
i've gotten more into queen over the past few years via Rock Band, so I enjoyed this album overall. after two listens, the songs I already knew remained my favorites, but I'll revisit this one from time to time. favorites: killer queen, stone cold crazy, brighton rock
Queen in my eyes is a highly overrated band. They owe Wayne's World a debt of gratitude. I've always seen them as a band with hits that weren't even that good, just provocative (fat bottom girls, that bicycle song, under pressure.) But these album cuts are deep. Lots of ground covered.
Not their best but still musically genius, possibly only because their other heights are so high this doesn't get a 5
A Queen album showing an expansion of their 70s hard rock sound.
A band really hitting their straps. Its all over the place really, but it works. Ballads with hard rock and developing that Queen sound.
I liked mid-70s Queen and this is pretty good. Everything is in place - Brian May's distinctive guitar, the harmonies and the pomp, and still a predominantly hard rock sound. Now I'm Here is outstanding but I also like the underrated Tenement Funster. Side two tails off a bit.
I only knew 3 songs on this, but there were quite a few other winners. Apart from the obvious Killer Queen and Now I'm Here, I liked Brighton Rock and Misfire, which was really short, but good. A solid 4, maybe even a bit more.
begrudgingly, i like this album. it was fun. but i still dislike queen and i HATE bohemian rhapsody ok.
First part of the first track had me worried, but this turned out to be awesome! I liked how well some of the tracks blended into the next. Dude's vocals are insane when he gets going. Maybe only one or two tracks that didn't land. Rest was great
I'm not sure this is their best album but it certainly shows where they were going.
Nisam nikad slušao Queen po albumima pa me album ugodno iznenadio, baš je dobro ukomponiran. 3,85
Listened Before? N Great album, and my first beginning-to-end Queen album! I loved it. The guitars are incredible, and of course Freddie Mercury was an amazing singer. Lots of unique songwriting here as well. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Killer Queen, Stone Cold Crazy
First listen Not one of my favourite Queen albums but I feel like this one could grow on me eventually Favourite tracks: Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Lily of The Valley, Now I’m Here, Stone Cold Crazy
Some classics in this
Excellent.
YAYY we got a queen album amazing very good yes.
harder rock compared to most queen. Would listen again.
This is a good album, but it’s not Queen’s best. Best tracks: Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Tenement Funster, Flick of the Wrist, Lily of the Valley, Dear Friends Worst: In The Lap Of The Gods, In The Lap Of The Gods… Revisited, Bring Back That Leroy Brown
Queen rocks!
Tidlig Queen, men fortsatt veldig Queen. Kun en låt (Killer Queen) som var kjent for meg fra tidligere, uten at det var noe problem. Jeg foretrekker (og sparer derfor 5eren) senere album.
The diversity is crazy. Loud into silent, hard rock into soft rock. Brian May is great here. Bonus half point for great album cover. 4.5/5.
Queen seldomly disappoints
The number of times I hear of how overrated Queen is, or by the number of diehard fans of who haven't heard anything beyond their hits. I was completely expecting this to be carried by "Killer Queen." This is an insanely fun album. It's so fast and eclectic, with a wild performance among both Mercury's vocals and the proggy rock instrumentals, million different styles in every song. It's not supposed to be coherent, although you have some awesome transitions (Tenement Funster to Flick of the Wrist to Lily of the Valley). But it's not a mess either. They all evoke the same mood, with a lot of classical and operatic influences interspersed. I wonder just how many Queen albums are actually this good.
Decent 7
Crazy good track to start with. Love the riffing from Brian May in this one. It's like he grabs your attention and finesses you around the room with this half lead / half rhythmic back and forth. It's very cool. His guitar tone here is really impressive too, as always. There's a little bit of this unrelenting energy in this album that hurts it a little for me. They have moments where it's less energetic and slowed down and stuff like that but I can't help but feel like they are just biding their time and going through the motions until the more high energy parts come. It's hard for me to articulate but I don't love that aspect. What a sweaty album cover. Love when a good album has a good amount of sweat on the cover. 4/5 for me. Very good. Very enjoyable.
I'm not huge on Queen, but this a pretty good. Probably the best I've heard from them so far.
I am living for these early Queen albums. I thought Queen II was good, but holy shit was this even better. I may have liked the theming of Queen II more, but all the songs here are at least good, if not all excellent, and I'm still a big fan of the non-hit maker Queen that we see here that isn't present on the later records. I'm starting to see why Dimery picked the Queen albums he did, for sure. Loved this one, just one left, the big one!
Wow!! Queen er åpenbart mye mye mer enn bare hits. Gjennomført progrock
Brighton rock 9/10 (solid opener) killer queen 10/10 (classic, peak queen) tenement funster 7/10 (sounds a bit dated, still fun) flick of the wrist 8/10 (Freddie sounds like he's doing a Halloween song, not a huge fan, good refrain and sick riffs save it) lily of the valley 8.5/10 (incredible melody, freddies voice rocks, shame it's so short) now I'm here 8/10 (doesn't get any more stereotypically queen than this) in the lap of the gods 6/10 (boring, simple melody, sounds like an interlude) stone cold crazy 9/10 (goes hard, ngl) dear friends 8/10 (somber freddie interlude, nice) misfire 7/10 (90s family sitcom melody, i can see the b rolls of a gated 97% white neighborhood while this plays, nice lyrics tho i like the message) bring back that leroy brown 5/10 (ooh boy, a song that sounds like something made in 1926, how innovative and provocative, amazing[not]) she makes me (stormtrooper in stilettos) 6/10 (inoffensive love song, "oh boo hoo i love her so much she's my love, im worried about the future but you make my brain shut up" who cares) in the lap of the gods... revisited 8.5/10 (this should've been in the lap of the gods, this is good, more of this please, shame it's the last song of the album) avg of 7.7/10 decent record, not the best queen record, at times brilliant and groundbreaking, and at times painfully boring. overall i did enjoy it, as a project in it's entirety I'd say 7.7 is a bit low, if i was to rate each song on their own 7.7 would be right. overall do recommend, try it if you like the shit your mom plays and soys over while on roadtrips
Underestimated Queen as an album band this album has got some great songs. And I am doing Killer Queen for GCSE 💀
Standouts: Lily of the Valley; In the Lap of the Gods…Revisited; Killer Queen. 4/5.
Continues to prove how underrated they are as an influence on metal. Great musicianship, vocals and songwriting. Moves a bit fast at times, but stands the test of time.
Enjoyable album that just falls a bit short because it is between styles. Bit opera rock and a bit progressive makes for a good album, however not as good as the the album before or after that are commited to one style only
Most of this album cooks. Brighton Rock and Stone Cold Crazy are pure bangers that totally rock. The medley of Tenement Funster, Flick of the Wrist and Lily of the Valley is outstanding! The final quarter is a bit of a let down but overall, this is a worthy listen. Not quite five stars but still really good.
Ken ik al brooo
Having only heard their biggest hits (although we are talking enough to fill two or three albums), it was nice listening to the original full length albums. Awesome experience.
Not the Queenest Queen album, but it's Queen enough.
Key songs: Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Stone Cold Crazy
Couple classic hits and the start of that great Queen sound!
A lot of classics are from the album. Not a single dull moment
Good stuff
This is a fun album. Freddy Mercury is amazing of course. They all were good singers but I don’t know why you’d want to Brian May sing lead on any song with Freddy Mercury in the band. Brian May is a great guitarist I love his tones. Killer Queen is such a cool tune. Stone Cold Crazy is a cool riff it’s almost like proto thrash metal. I’d give maybe a 4.5 because I’d probably skip over a tune or two if I was listening again
This is hard to rate. Objectively this is a ten. The songwriting is incredible and I love how unique their sound is. The whole thing sounds like a musical. He’s probably the best rock vocalist of all time and all the vocal arranging is crazy. Brian may has such great tones (and really going for the Hendrix thing in Brighton rock) but the rhythm section is not really interesting or special in any way and when that’s the case I just have a hard time getting super excited. Idk how to rate it bc they are amazing but I probably won’t ever listen to this again.
I loved this album. They have so many albums and I have only heard a handful of them.
It's a proper rock album. Love it.
classic
An amazing album. I had never listed to all of it straight through.
Очень драйвово и вкусно. Я люблю многие песни отсюда, пусть это и не лучший альбом. Но все равно супер кайф
Queen - супер класс! Да, не самая популярная запись, но одна из первых. Интересно наблюдать за становлением гранда рок-сцены. Уже заметен фирменный стиль: например, в Killer Queen, есть фальцет Фреди, а также очень узнаваемый ритм и звук клавишных. Хорошая запись, добрая. Это, конечно, не апогей карьеры Queen, но альбом вероятно заслуживает нашего внимания в этом списке, потому что это был первый большой успех группы. Рекомендуется тем, кто не слушал Фредди и co. дальше топ-5 песен.
I like Queen and I like this. I think the first track is a little weak and lacks focus. But then the rest of the album is amazing.
I’m not a huge fan of the band, but they do have some really good songs, a few that are in this album. They do some really cool stuff with right and left channels that I’ve never heard done quite like that. Enjoyable listen.
Good album. Queen's varied comp is something I'm still learning to appreciate. Still haven't listened enough to fully hear the lyrics, but have enjoyed the music overall.
Rock? Punk? Prog? Opera? Dixie Jazz? This album is all over the place, from the poppy well-known Killer Queen, through the heavy-metal inspiring Stone Cold Crazy, Queen weaves a tapestry of eclectic music into a tight 39 minutes. 4/5.
Really liked "Misfire." I'm a fan of Queen, but have hardly listened to any full albums to be honest. There was one or two WTF tracks on here like Bring Back Leroy Brown, but they still somehow fit.
It's Queen, so you know it's good. It just isn't 5 star good to my ears.
The Killer Queen 45 was the first Queen music I bought and the album, Sheer Heart Attack remains one of my favourite albums (tied with Bohemian Rhapsody) of Queen. After their first two meandering albums, Queen pulled it together and released a great rock record, that straddled the genres of prog and metal and with songs like, Killer Queen, Flick Of The Wrist and Brighton Rock, proved the band can write radio-friendly music. I bailed on the band after, Day At The Races as they became much too mainstream and pop music hit machines. It's too bad.
Queen is always great, consistent album
Killer Queen and Flick of the Wrist highlight this album that gives us a hint of the Brian May guitar riffed, Freddie Mercury piano and vocals led, complex background harmonized treats we were all in for on future albums.
There is some spectacular songs on this. Bring Back That Leroy Brown. Wow. Stone Cold, Killer Queen. Classics. Great stuff, also some stuff that doesn't measure up to what I expect from Queen. Great album, not my favorite.
Great album
Classic Queen Good mix of Ballad Rock, Hard Rock and Classic Rock One of Queens best albums Great flow
Is a god one
Solid album I thought
This album had more range than I thought it would. Operatic ballads, funky guitar riffs, and hunky dory tracks make it very enjoyable to listen to. Instruments and vocals sound great and the lyrics are entertaining as well. There's nothing here to really complain about except that I personally just felt it was a tad lackluster and I can't even really tell where. I just have this feeling that they weren't quite enthusiastic about the songs they were creating, even if they did play their hearts out on them. 4/5
With a stronger ending this would be a five but the energy starts to fade in the last few songs
killer queen fire wtf carried by killer queen a bit but still chill
The best Queen album I'd never heard
Queen start to become more glam rock than prog, but there are still elements here. This is what I think Queen sound like when people discuss them - it's the epitome of their sound. I've got to say, I'm not the biggest Queen fan as I feel they were more a singles band, but this album is pretty, pretty, pretty good. Fair play lads. Best Tracks: Killer Queen; Now I'm Here; Stone Cold Crazy
Probably my favourite Queen album, so good
A banger!
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
3.5
Great album. More of a 4.5.
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
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.
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.
A lot of songs that should have been much bigger classics. Pleasantly surprised.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Love queen!
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.
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.
4.3 Loved this album. Really entertaining throughout, with a bunch of Queen I wasn’t previously familiar with.
Lovely
probably the best Queen album I’ve heard
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.
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.
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.
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.
Before listening, favourite queen album
Certainly an iconic band and sound
Its ok.
haven’t listened to any of their albums before this, only their popular songs and i was not disappointed :)
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.
Not my favorite Queen album, but amazing nonetheless.
B+
Great album. You can tell they realized the direction of their sound early on.
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.
Early Queen, gott rokk.Killer Queen og Now I'm here það eina sem hefur lifað af
really liked it, some songs I knew, others I didn't. Very diverse
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.
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.
Legends even if I don’t know all these songs
Queen.
Love Queen. Only a couple hits but good music
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
Amazing
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.
Good album. Not all hits but all solid songs.
4/5
4.5
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!
Good stuff!
Algjör klassík með nokkrum gullmolum.
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
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
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
It’s queen. I mean c’mon now
Some good solid rock tracks.
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
Never listened to this one from start to finish. Forgot Stone Cold Crazy was a Queen song that Metallica then covered.
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.
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!
good album
"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.
listened to before an absolute classic
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
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
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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!
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
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.
Würde dem eig auch eine 3 geben im vakuum aber will die ratings bisschen mehr spreaden damit spannender ist fands ganz unterhaltsam
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
third queen album, killer queen, cool first song, great guitar by Brian may. their first glam rock sound album.
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.
6/10
Awesome! Short, but catchy and a few classic songs. More time to listen would probably mean I gave it 5, but even once through it's a high 4.
Without Brian May, this would just be a barbershop quartet at the opera. Wait, barbershop TRIO, and what sense does that make?! People talk about Freddie, but Brian May is the real reason this band is more than tolerable.
In a recurring theme with bands from the 60s and 70s, what I found out about Queen while looking into this album is how incredibly prolific they were. And I realized that I really have only heard their hits. "Killer Queen" is the only song on this album that I was familiar with, but most of the album is strong. (Aside from that weird Broadway number.) But "Sheer Heart Attack" seems no different from other Queen albums throughout the 70s. Between one and three hits on each album, with a new album almost every year. So why is it that modern rock bands don't put out albums as frequently? Lazy Gen Xers and Millenials? Record label interference? A quest for perfection leaving all those non-hit singles on the studio floor? Whatever the reason, it must have been cool in the 60s and 70s to constantly get new music from your favorite band. Fans of "Killer Queen" wouldn't have to wait long for "Bohemian Rhapsody."
Huh, turns out I enjoy Queen even when I only recognize one of the songs.
I really dig it
This was my first time listening to any Queen album start to finish, and it did not disappoint.
Much preferred to a night at the opera, gets an extra star for stone cold crazy - love that one
Ah (Killer) Queen 5/5. Stone Cold Crazy kans aika jees tykittelyä.
My first full queen album I listened to. It was pretty solid. Killer Queen I've of course heard before but I also really enjoyed Now I'm Here and In The Lap Of The Gods. There were some parts that weren't as great as these high points, but overall it was a good 4/5 in my opinion.
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4.5 fo sho
Pretty consistently good. Killer Queen is a hell of a song. Noticing for the first time how similar Ratatat's guitar sound is similar to some of Brian May's sounds.
Fun stuff. Love their theatricality.
Enjoyable
My acquaintance with Queen is mostly a mixed-up mish-mash of their incredible greatest hits, which can be an overload of over-the-top. I really enjoyed listening to this early breakthrough album to get a true sense of where they were and what they were doing and trying when they really made it big. I like all the personalities and styles represented in this. It's amazing to me that with such diversity, representing the complete gamut of mid-70s rock, that they all still sound like Queen songs.
Solid
great album
I was a fan. There were songs here that I had heard before that I didn't realize were sung by queen
Killer Queen is a classic and Stone Cold Crazy has had such an influence on thrash metal. An album that surprised me as I had not listened the whole way through.
A good one
Brighton Rock is my favorite Queen song. That alone boosts this album, but the whole thing is a joy.
8/10 enjoyable hard rock w a couple classics
Yuss. 9
7/10. Good, but Killer Queen is the only thing that really stood out to me, and largely because it is the only song on here I was already familiar with.
Pretty enjoyable. 8/10
3.5
I love queen, great talent. Mercury & May had great song writing abilities.
Big fan…. Love their music
Hard to believe we haven’t had any Queen on the list until now. A few years ago I listened to all of their albums, so I do know this one. It’s one of their earlier projects, and you can hear the rock and roll fire that would one day give way for the more refined, artsy style of the later stuff. I still don’t know which Queen album is/was my favorite, but I love this one. It’s got plenty of hits, even in the deeper cuts. I welcome Queen albums on this list. Favorite tracks: Now I’m Here, Killer Queen, Stone Cold Crazy, Brighton Rock, She Makes Me, Misfire. Album art: A band photo in which they look horrifying. Why are they so sweaty? These guys barely look like Queen at all. I love the bold, red font but the picture is just unsettling. 4.5/5
Als Album besser als gedacht, aber trotzdem kein 5 Sterne Material…
fairly intense start. Fun! 3.5
3.75
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Brighton Rock, Flick Of The Wrist, Lily Of The Valley, Now I'm Here, Stone Cold Crazy, Misfire, Bring Back That Leroy Brown, In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited Cutting Edge: Tenement Funster Overall Notes: Good stuff. Diverse, extra, fun rock. Wish I could've seen this era of Queen live, must've been absolutely electric. I will say that Killer Queen wasn't that good?
Like it ...some aint so good tho
4.1 - OK, I officially eat crow. I'd unfairly written off Queen as poncy cock-rock twats. To be sure, there's some of that in full effect here. But, this album comes well before they descended into the realm of "Bicycle Ride" and "Fat Bottomed Girls" (shudder). These songs are undeniably fun, risk-taking and energetic - it's really hard to deny what they're putting out. As an album, it's an incredibly coherent piece, each song interweaving with the next, with reprises at different points. It's also got "Killer Queen", which is a favorite.
Exceeded my expectations. Not many standouts other than killer queen, but tied together nicely
A briskly paced album of varied songs in Queen's own style, thoroughly enjoyable.
A symphony of sound very cool to listen to. 4.25/5
A lot of great songs but interesting to hear the album as a whole with many songs that were not as strong.
Creo que nunca había escuchado este disco completo y me encontré con un Queen que sube y baja de velocidad como se le pega la gana, haciendo temas con elementos que después predominarán en los siguientes discos en diferentes momentos. Pareciera que es el medley de introducción que anuncia lo que pasará en toda su carrera. Songs: Stone Cold Crazy, She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos), Killer Queen
Very inventive stuff but bigger songs coming from them soon
Es Queen. Creo que la primer mitad del disco es muy buena, la segunda sentí que se cayó.
15th September 2021 Listened on my phone spread through the day. Funny that this came up the day after I watched baby driver and this album and it's opening track are mentioned. It's classic queen, arch, camp, big sounds, excellent.
Great. 4/5. Second listen. Next time it might be 5/5.
'A coked up mountain hare hopping over a disgruntled badger' is the best way to describe this glam rock masterpiece. The year was 1974 and hares were doing loads of drugs and running wild. The hare revolution was on the cusp of global domination and this album smacked the world in the chops and said "hey, here come the fuckin' hares, man. You fuckin' watch yourself, boy." Hares were all but extinct within 8 months.
Killer Queen is a top track of all time! The rest of the tracks on the album aren't as memorable but good
Classic!!
I am a huge Queen fan, but this is one of those albums I know the least, so this was a great opportunity to listen to it thoroughly. When the movie Baby Driver came out I remember listening to Brighton Rock over and over again. That was a great movie and I became a fan of the song too. The rest of the album is still growing on me. Standouts: Killer Queen Brighton Rock Lily of the Valley & Dear Friends
Solid Queen album. Killer Queen itself is a stone cold classic, the rest of the album is decent enough.
Queen is always good
Inconsistent but the high points are very well done
great album, love queen
I love Queen and this is one of my favorites from them. It flows well, it’s catchy, it rocks in a classic timeless way.
It turns out I’d never listened to a Queen album before, having assumed they were nothing but a greatest hits band with some great hits, but this really thrilled me. Freddie’s voice is always a charm. It’s just as mental and hops hither and yon like a greatest hits album, but it’s also tighter, less polished and frankly more fun. Big digs.
very solid album, Killer Queen is awesome!
Queen, what a classic album. Love Freddie's voice and this rock album have the signature queen sound throughout. There are very inspiring elements that sounds like they were made today and not in 1974.
AWEFUCKINGSOME
Queen playing some thrash metal before thrash metal even existed (Stone Cold Crazy). As with most Queen album it's a mad mish-mash of various genres with some hits and some duds. Fortunately the hits outweigh the duds on this one. Best track: Stone Cold Crazy
The album that saw Queen really hit their stride. Excellent songs (Flick of the Wrist especially being an underrated Queen song), but the production can make the project feel a little dated. The foreshadowing of ideas that would be explored later in their catalogue is always fun though!
We Will Rock You We are the champions Get down make love It's late
4
Un descubrimiento de esos años
I haven’t listened to this album before. I’ve always thought of Queen as a “best of” band. But this album proves me wrong. They are really good at guitar effects/layering and Freddie Mercury operatic/hair metal singing range/layering and it really shines in spacey, ethereal songs like “in the lap of the gods.” What really stood out to me on this album though was the harder rocking bangers like “Brighton Rock” and “Stone Cold Crazy” I didn’t know they had that arrow on their quiver, these songs blew me away. It’s cool that they added the layer of near seamless transitions between songs. I hear opera, hair metal, classic rock, even a little punk. I found myself a little less excited about a few of their songs that sounded like classic rock standards, almost southern rock, they were still solid songs but weren’t as strong and killed the vibe, I would’ve removed them completely. At the end of the album I was blown away by “she Makes me” it sounded like proto New Wave or proto Brit Pop, in fact I feel like there’s a song that straight rips it off. I feel like this albums deserves a 5, much of the album does, but there were a couple filler songs dragging it down that could’ve been cut. A-
Nice!
Good album
I'm not a huge Queen fan, and I've never listened to one of their albums end to end. This was a real treat for me, as I actually found that the tracks that didn't make it to the radio resonated with me more than the singles that did. I'm definitely going to be exploring more of their catalog.
Listened to it 3 times - very enjoyable 😉
My brother and I are debating who bought this album, but nevertheless, I remember playing the first song, Brighton Rock, over and over, because of the heavy, echo-y guitar solo. I had forgotten the rest of the album, but it sounds pretty good now, especially the sequence of tracks after the radio hit. Well-crafted songs & Brian May really rocks.
Kirā Kuīn
7.5
Great album, Queen always has a very "storytelling" sound that I appreciate particularly in this album
Línea Queen. Siempre espectaculares
The beginning disappointed me a bit, but from some point on I loved it
Killer Queen is tattooed on my brain from Guitar Hero. Enjoyed this one
Pretty good
Hard rock. Muy bueno.
It's Queen, what more do you want? Classic hard rock
Love it. Print it. Done. Good.
Amazing album, not Queens best work but definitely the cornerstone of what they’re known for musically 4.4
Great album
Pretty good album, some great guitar parts
Enjoyed this album. I've heard a couple of the songs, but was not aware of or have listened to the entire album. Love Queen's harmonies. It did occur to me listening to it, that a lot of their stuff is reminiscent of show tunes, don't know if that was in their roots, but it feels like it.
Classic. Good shit right here
Fun album - Queen has a wider range than I realized.
Incredible. Loved the weirdness of "Lap of the Gods"!
fuck yeah Queen
High rating because it’s Queen. Really good at points. Maybe it’s a 3 star and I’m just biased.
So fun. Queen is wonderful, and it's interesting hearing some of their earlier sounds.
I've never been a massive fan of Queen apart from the hits but this was pretty good and I can't deny their musical importance so it's a thumbs up from Cress.
👌
This was good but there's better Queen albums IMO
A classic, and rightly so.
I enjoyed the album. It’s an album of theirs that I don’t think I ever listened to all the way through.
Queen sendo foda, como sempre. Não é meu álbum favorito, mas é muito bom.
Is it sacrilegious to say this is better than "Night at the Opera"? Probably. But it is.
Very strong start to the album and a good variety of sounds. Unfortunately I think the back half of the album is a little more boring. I keep going back and forth between 3 and 4, but i think i can mark it as 4