Reviews (page 9 of 14)
A few greats, a few fillers.
surprising amount of variety from Queen that I wasn't expecting. There was some funk, some punk, some ballads (obviously), and just an overall fun and classic feel to this alubm.
insane electric guitar riffs. insane drumming. insane vocal range and vocal layering.
This album made me realize I don’t know Queen at all! Lots of unexpected sounds here, worth listening again to really appreciate it.
Vocals are layered quite interestingly- Flitting along the bass lines and rounding them off. The crooning is very characteristic and despite its age, the instrumentals offered unique ideas.
Really interesting. Especially the vocals that weren't Freddy
Great album goes quick short songs easy listening to and sets tone for better Queen albums.
I know Queen is celebrated for their epics and anthems, but my god could these guys rock! Also the variety of this puts most bands to shame.
good
Sometimes the theatrics really work and sometimes they really don’t, i dunno. Kinda hit or miss but still fun
Из этого альбома известная мне песня это Killer Queen - разъёб всех разъебов. Добавила себе lily of the vailey посмотрим приживется ли. Крутой альбом, его нужно переслушать, но не отвечаю за то, что он будет слушаться мною часто
Yeah, I’m accepting the fact that I just don’t like Queen that much. This album is fine to me, it’s just… too much going on. By reading reviews, this one seems pretty popular, but man, I just don’t get it. Their songs just sound like a fever dream. Idk. I enjoyed this album more when I was able to just kinda have it on in the big ground and tune out all the chaos a bit, but it still just isn’t my cup of tea. I kinda liked Lap of the Gods 1 and 2, and Now I’m Here was fine. I’m ready for a new album.
Never been much of a Queen-head, per se. Don't get me wrong, I've listened to some of their bigger hits and have enjoyed them, and I have tons of respect for the late Freddie Mercury who was undeniably a talented vocalist, but I've just never really had much of an urge to listen to a Queen album from start to finish as much as plenty of other artists. I figured that I would eventually get around to listening to one, just instead of out of any urges it'd just happen on a whim... seems like today is finally that day. My first impressions with Queen... is that I've been clearly missing out. Since this was their third album, it sounds like they're still trying to figure out their sound, but it's closer to the more "operatic" sound that can describe Queen's music: operatic with a rock twist. Freddie's great, as expected, but the other band members like drummer Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon show themselves to be talented in their own right. But of course, there's Brian May. Just the opening track alone is a showcase as to why he's one of the all-time guitarist greats, and even outside of that track, he shows himself to being capable of busting out some killer guitar solos like it's nothing. Quite the first impression, overall, and not a bad way to start off listening to these 1,001 albums. Favorite Track: "Killer Queen" Least Favorite Track: "Dear Friends"
CLASSIC ROCK ALBUM
Queen has always been a weird band to me. I really like a lot of their stuff, but there’s also some of their stuff that just seems silly and even stupid. But this album is mostly good stuff I would say.
It’s Queen. It’s a really good Queen album. No notes.
I am slightly biased because Queen were one of my childhood favourite bands, but this is still a fantastic record. It is brave to open an album with an instrumental, yet “Brighton Rock” is a masterpiece. Brian May’s guitar work is astonishing and it sets the tone perfectly. To follow that with “Killer Queen”, which could genuinely be their greatest song, is an incredibly strong one two punch. Overall, this is not their very best album, but it is a very good one. It works brilliantly as a complete piece and shows a different side of Queen beyond the overplayed greatest hits. There are real hidden gems here. “Flick of the Wrist” has bite and edge, and “Lily of the Valley” is delicate and beautiful. It proves just how versatile they were in the mid seventies. Favourite song: Killer Queen. One of the best songs of all time. Least favourite: Tenement Funster. Not for me at all. Album artwork: A superb and striking cover that perfectly captures the band’s theatrical style
Did not know any of those songs before
Very fun and heavy rock album. I hadn't listened to a full Queen album before but this was pretty good from front to back. Killer Queen and Stone Cold Crazy are the highlights for me.
I love how the album is structured. You can really tell when its the outro or that the intro was a intro! music wise are their some highs and the music is theatrical what is to me much the sound of queen. Wouldn't consider myself a fan of the queens but they are iconic and through the sound recognizable. (3.5/5.0)
Mid
Queen at their majestic best.
High quality production, as is to be expected from a Queen album, but nothing really groundbreaking on there. Solid listen. 3.5/5
Not a masterpiece, like one of their later releases, still a very decent early Queen album
pretty solid
shows the variety of a legendary crew. Fun incorporated!
a collection of songs that mostly sound nice but dont stick to me, the queen sound is still cool
I just listened to my first Queen album (Queen II) about 15 albums ago, and I was blown away and have been blown away again. This project might turn me into a massive Queen fan. What a group of incredible musicians. I can't get enough of their harmonies and layering. I want to highlight one song - Dear Friends. It's New Year's Eve, and what a perfect song for saying goodbye to the past year while looking toward the next one. I had to listen to it twice before moving on. Everything about this album is stunning.
I'm pretty medium on Queen after all. Once in a while I hear a Queen song that I really like (e.g. "Cool Cat"), but it's always a song that doesn't sound like my idea of Queen. This album does not fall into that category.
Brighton Rock followed by Killer Queen is such a strong opening - but from there it gets a little bit lost and downhill ("Now i'm here" aside) which is such a shame as Brighton Rock is absolute banger and great opener.
I like Queen but this album felt like a theatre kid group made some songs. Brighton Rock, killer queen, Stone Cold Crazy were the stand outs - the rest had me wanting to skip, which I did.
love it
I don't get all the adulation for Queen. I think the maximalist, theatrical delivery rubs me the wrong way -- I can't connect with it emotionally at all. I think the cliché that Queen is the quintessential Greatest Hits band is right, no Queen song that I haven't heard ambiently a million times sticks in my head.
Pretty good stuff.
NICE RIFF IN THE FIRST ONEEEE
Easy to see, despite this not yet being the Queen they would become, the Queen I love. Fun album, but also explains why I gravitate to their singles.
Is it sacrilege to not like Queen? I don’t need my music to sound like it’s part of some big stage epic event. I recognize their originality and maybe will bump the rating up a star for that, but honestly it feels like giving in to pressure. Look how big our sound is! Look at how different we are! You HAVE to love us! No I don’t.
Worse than a Night at the Opera, but still enjoyable.
Sorry Rhys. I like Killer Queen?
The album where Queen started to find their stride and sound. This one is fun and has a large variety of styles (much like the later Queen albums), but still has some of the proggy stylings of Queen and Queen II. No skippers, cool album.
The beginning of that classic Queen sound. Classic Queen sound is great! I love the guitar solos and thumping drums. Flick of the Wrist. Still has some of those fantasy vibes in Lily of the Valley and In the Lap of the Gods, which I didn't really know about until the 1001 albums journey. Stone Cold Crazy is soooo good!
I can tell this is good, it just is not for me. It's not bad by any means. Just not for me.
So many great songs on this album. I appreciate how the whole thing flows continually as well. There's a some silliness here and there, but mostly its a solid theatrical classic rock album.
A bit overrated.
Heavier and thrashier than their more well known albums.
This album really feels unhateable. It's full of epic riffs and fantastic vocal performances, and of course is just so amazingly theatrical.
Den gode queen lyd, teatralsk, glammet
Heavy grabs you and doesn’t let go, good stuff
This was a good time!
The first Queen album I've heard in its entirety, this is a great album. I only know the hits but I really enjoyed this.
Quite a lot heavier than I was expecting! Feels a little overproduced at times. Still very enjoyable!
Reminds me of how much Brighton Rock stands out as a weird track on the otherwise seamless and varied soundtrack of Baby Driver. It's a good track, but just sounded so bizarre over the final sequence of that film. Queen really seem like such a unique band. They are massively popular and everyone knows of them but I really can't think of any bands that truly sound influenced by them. Anyway, it was an alright album. Didn't blow me away but maybe needed more concentrated listening, with some real bangers.
Good. Not earth shattering. Got tired of it by the end.
Pish
One of my favourite ever queen songs is Killer Queen; but I also have never really listed to queen outside of the hits. It was great to listen to how this album develops from the very first song. Freddie’s voice is incredible.
It's Queen
Grew up with this album! And Freddy Mercurys voice is better than ever on this one
I see Queen as mora of a singles band rather than an album band, even if there are albums of their I do enjoy. This one is alright. It's more a Hard Rock affair than most of their later, better known material. Knowing what came immediately after, it does feel somewhat transitional in nature. Key tracks: Killer Queen Now I'm Here
Finally a good Queen album. I mentioned it before, but I really feel like this band is seriously overplayed in mainstream nowadays. It's hard to escape, impossible to hide from them. But fortunately there are records like Sheer Heart Attack, that maybe with exception of Killer Queen didn't feature in the endless waves of commercials and movies with Queen music. It's a pretty good and very well-made album, great opening song and just a solid set of numbers later on. I'm not a fan of the band, but I guess I like Brian May's style, Brighton Rock really shows his genius. Freddy good as ever, very solid album.
Stone Cold Crazy is Queen’s best damn song
Meh. The vocals are great, and Killer Queen is a classic, but the overall sound on this album is not for me. 2.4
I had a long review that the system has taken off me. In brief: This is sheer bloody magic. My second favourite Queen album, and on some days it’s no 1. As great as Freddie Roger and Brian are, John Deacon is the one who makes the album and the band great. His bass in killer queen is - just listen to the fastidious and precise bass line at the appropriate moment. Or the high slides in ‘In the lap of the gods (revisited.). Not that the others are lumps. Freddie’s singing in Brighton rock, where he goes from falsetto to chest voice seamlessly. Brian also knocks a note or two together in one of the great guitar solos of the rock era. Roger shows that in any other band he’d be the lead singer but his fills in now I’m here show just how brilliant he is as a drummer. The band basically invent thrash metal in stone cold crazy. Then give us music hall in bring back that Leroy brown. Maybe the greatest ending track in in the lap of the gods. I could go on for hours. Just listen to this. It is a major part of my musical dna. 6666666600000000 stars.
A school friend made a cassette copy of Queen's Greatest Hits for me (with a couple of Black Sabbath tracks on the end to fill up the tape), which I played a lot during my teenage years. It is a terrific listen, but I couldn't afford to buy a lot of albums, so I didn't start collecting Queen albums until I started working in a record store and picking up second hand copies of their albums. I was introduced to Sheer Heart Attack by Andrew N. Andrew was a punk rock optometrist who was dating my friend Kate. He was pretty big on Husker Du and Fugazi and that kind of stuff, but wasn't dogmatic in his approach. He also had alive for some pretty cheesy 70s rock. The love of both 70s classic rock and punk rock became fashionable a few years later with grunge, and Andrew was fashion forward anticipating the aesthetic. He had a short-lived band that played a gig or two at the Sandringham Hotel in Newtown, and I remember him leading the whole bar in a singalong to Cheap Trick's Surrender. Awesome! And he loved Sheer Heart Attack. I only knew Killer Queen (from the aforementioned Greatest Hits), but Andrew extolled the virtues of this as Queen's most straight ahead hard rock album. The songs are shorter, heavier, less ornately arranged than most of their records, and it rocks hard. It still has the Queen features (lots of guitar and vocals overdubs), but the circumstances of its recording meant they didn't have time for prog-like suites with multiple sections. The lyrics are bit more straightforward and less fantasy based (even if still occasionally fantastical). And did I mention that it rocks hard? It has a bunch of their heaviest songs (Brighton Rock, Stone Cold Crazy, Flick of the Wrist, Tenement Funster). In fact, the novelty aberration of Leroy Brown aside, this is as close to a meat-and-potatos hard rock album that they would ever produce. Under Andrew's influence, I purchased a copy (second hand) and played it a tonne. It is still my favourite Queen album to play all the way through. Five stars, no notes. An aside re: Metallica's version of Stone Cold Crazy, which is almost a note-for-note copy, with a few "fucks" added for added spice. It doesn't surprise me that, of all the songs from the Elektra back catalogue, this is the song that Metallica would choose to cover for the label's 40th anniversary. People talk about James Hetfield's 'right hand of doom', his powerful and heavy rhythm playing. But you can hear how similar it is to Brian May's rhythm playing, which is not mentioned as much as his rightly praised fluid and harmonically rich lead playing. May has a strongly rhythmic metal rhythm style that you can hear across this whole record. Hetfield has plenty of other influences (cf. the whole New Wave of British Heavy Metal), but I'll bet anything that he was familiar with Queen as well.
4 great album
Still too theatrical and over the top for me, and the vocals are a weak point, but better than the other Queen stuff I've heard. Not as many shitty, too-long, annoying guitar solos, at least. A good amount of songs of decent length (under 3 minutes). Some catchy riffs here and there. Enough to push it to a 2.5/5, I guess.
Absolutely insane start for the album which lead to a killer single. As loved and good as they are they still dont get enough credit. This is their second best album in mu opinion whocj would be anyone elses best.
Highlights: She Makes Me, Misfire
Wasn't familiar with this album, but enjoyed it a lot. It's without the musical/opera stuff that Queen tended to do later and which I don't dig that much.
<3
u luk
Only two tracks on here didn’t get added to my library. Excellent album to just hit play and listen!
Not quite my tempo
First two tracks are absolute bangers, drops off a bit after that I think I prefer the harder tracks in this compared to the slower, softer ones Brian's guitar work is insanely good and the vocals are legendary - shocker, I know. They've definitely got better stuff but this is still a great album
Better than expected
Impressively varied, with some chunky riffs on places (for Queen)
Jäklar vad nice! Nån låt för långt kanske men annars ett kanonalbum. Älskar fan killer queen. Så jäkla coola ljud i den
Classic killer Queen. Insane guitar work from Brian May and of course stellar performances from Freddie Mercury. The whole band sounds great too of course, those are just the standouts. This one is always fun to revisit.
Really great rock album, and ahead of its time. I think later bands in the late 70's, early 80's bit this style. I can hear some Van Halen and a bit of Motley Crue in some of this, but then they slow it down with the ballad, Dear Friends. Then, out of the blue, they give you Bring Back That Leroy Brown. Great range here. Obviously, one of the best rock singers of all time. Based on the range and perfect execution, this album is an easy 5 for me.
I have every album by Queen. As a band of songwriter's, they are amongst the very best of all time. Freddy Mercury's voice moves me in way that even other favorite singers cannot, singing such sensitively intimate and personal lyrics with such unabashed bravado and commitment. And as a frontman? NONE better. Although Queen are amongst the top echelon of my favorite bands, they have some of the best best songs but also the very worst bad songs. Each member contributed to their songwriting output, and some seem to have fallen for the idea that hard rock and metal was supposed to be about dragons and monsters and other such fantasy. It can get a little cheesy, but this openness to explore ideas is ultimately what made their songwriting so amazing. As for the albums, it's hard to find one that perfect from beginning to end. "Hey guys, I just want to jam a bit by myself--like I do when I warm up--in the middle of 'Brighton Rock,' ok?" "Sure, Brian! As long as I can sing 'Now I'm Here, Now I'm There' and pan it all over the place to mess with people's heads on 'Now I'm Here'." "Brilliant!" "Killer Queen", "Stone Cold Crazy", and "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" encapsulate the styles and sophistication that will go on to become Queen's identity, though each song on Sheer Heart Attack has something memorable and unique about it. There seems to have been an effort to have a first side focused on hard rock while the second is more relaxed, trying different styles, arrangements, and some slower songs. "In the Lap of the Gods" is epic, and they deliver on it. Good album. "An invitation you can't decline."
Everything that makes Queen great is on full display here.
Never actually listened to this album before, it definitely still has that Queen studio production, with super overdubbed vocal harmonies and Brian May's classic harmonies. The production is a little rougher around the edges though which is interesting. Man Freddie's voice was so god damn good, he sounds insane on this album. Overall I like the album but it's definitely not their best, feels like a precursor for Night at the Opera.
This album is a little Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for me. Mr Hyde is a generic, boring rock album, and Dr Jekyll is a strange, mysterious glee club album. I just wish there was more of the latter than the former. This is my first Queen album and I'm excited for more of them - but I hope they lean into being weird just a little bit more.
queen. no fancy intros. everyone and their grandmother knows about how legendary this rock band is, and this painstakingly precise and theatrical rock album will blow your mind and speakers. there's just nobody on this planet that can write catchy melodies and riffs such as these.
Great! 4/5
Killer queen is great and there was a song that didnt even sound like queen but there just isn’t a lot here to make me want to come back.
I like Queen a lot, but this album is only mediocre.
Listening to this album in its entirety it is clear the stage is set for for everything to come. Every member of this group is at the top of their game. Freddie Mercury's talent is on display and Brian May shows off his versatility and virtuosity.
Många låtar jag inte hört. Bästa låt Killer Queen.
Can see the pieces of what makes them really great for later albums. Killer queen is always such a bop. Fav songs in the lap of thr gods and dear friends
very cool, most wonderful transitions. favs: killer queen, flick of the wrist, in the lap of the gods, misfire
I don't think this is Queens strongest album. As a Queen fan, this had some interesting ideas, but wasn't doing it for me.
Such a great album. Queen seems to be one of those bands that emerged at the same time as all the Rock and Roll greats but managed to stand out and be distinct. This album highlights their unique greatness perfectly.
Great musicianship. But I didn't enjoy it all that much.
It's fine
A touch less proggy and a little more mass-appealing hard/glammy (but still some proginess to it). Queen does their usual over-the-topness and theatrics. All of their music displays that they’re immensely talented songwriters and musicians. Plenty of fun to be hard here, but just a fine album overall.
Still love all the excess and fun they’re having genre wise
The more I listen to Queen's deeper cuts, i.e. every song on this album that isn't Killer Queen, the less I care for both the band as a whole, and the album I'm listening to. I'm beginning to think they are overrated. This album wasn't really it for me. It was okay, and listenable without anything particularly upsetting or offensive - but it was just bland. Killer Queen is obviously a standout, and a great track at that, but otherwise I cannot think of a single other memorable song on this thing. Extremely mid and forgettable album.
Queen has this habit of coming across either really catchy or really annoying. I don't even think it's entirely their fault, I think a lot of negativity towards the band comes from their overexposure. I wouldn't be surprised if every marketing and advertising firm on the planet had a copy of their greatest hits on standby. That being said this album was fairly front-loaded and hit or miss throughout. Killer Queen was the highlight for me, I'm sure some people would prefer something like Stone Cold Crazy or Brighton Rock but the latter of which is tainted by the stupidity of the final act of Baby Driver's plot for me (See? another instance where negativity comes from overexposure). The latter half of the album is also filled with some incredibly short segments that would almost feel more like interludes than their own tracks on a different album. I'm not sure about their inclusion as they sound more like the concepts for a song rather than one in their own right. On a more positive note, Bring Back That Leroy Brown reminded me of Norm Macdonalds 'Meaner than a concentration camp dog' bit. Highlights: Killer Queen, Stone Cold Crazy
Low band of 4. I absolutely love Queen but this one is absolutely not their best. Starts very strong with the albums two hits, Brighton Rock and the phenomenal Killer Queen. Tenement Funster then segueing into a bit of a medley until lap of the gods which I think is definitely one of the weaker tracks. Stone Cold Crazy brings it right back up to speed as a third hit from this one but the rest of the album from here is fairly well a non event. I will say that I really enjoyed Bring Back That Leroy Brown - bit of a silly one. The usual fantastic instrumentation and harmonies you’ll find on just about every Queen record, this just isn’t their best material for the most part, but hey who am I to talk, my favourite Queen album is the Flash Gordon soundtrack.
Listening to this album made be feel like Vito in the gay club It's a good album, but it's also really fucking annoying Playboy Carti's self titled album is better anyway Front loaded as fuck 7/10 Fav tracks - Brighton rock, killer queen, tenement funster Least fav - none
The hits band to end all other hits band. One that is mostly remembered in the public consciousness for songs that are used in stadiums and car commercials. And also having obnoxious orchestral covers in trailers for dogshit movies, It's a shame too because Queen albums are fantastic and have a lot more going for them than just upbeat advertiser-friendly music that costs an arm and a leg to get licensed. Sheer Heart Attack is a reminder that their best work does not merely extend to the songs that you have heard a million times. Mercury's vocals are fantastic, May's guitar is always recognisable and is played to a tasteful amount. There are some filler songs in here that don't hold up that well on multiple listens but the album as a whole works very well. Highlights: Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Flick Of The Wrist, In The Lap Of The Gods (both versions), She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes)
I really liked this album. 5/5
Killer Queen is good. In The Lap of The Gods was weird. The revisited version at the end is much better, maybe the second best on here. Brian May's guitar work is what makes most of this album kind of interesting. Queen has many hits but I guess they're spread out amongst their lengthy discography. Back and forth between upbeat songs and ballads is a bit jarring. Half the album is pretty unremarkable. Overall pretty meh album; not a good cohesive unit.
typical queen album. pretty good but i feel like they have better albums
I’ve listened to my fair share of Queen’s music over the years (mostly ‘greatest hits’ type material), and this will be my second album of theirs to review, after A Night At The Opera (4 stars). I was a little underwhelmed by ANATO, so I’m curious as to how I’ll feel about this album. This album was pretty meh to me. There were some great vocals and some good guitar playing, but overall, this album felt pretty dull and uninspired. This blend of hard rock and glam rock doesn’t feel particularly novel to me, and while the arrangements might be interesting in small spurts, overall, I couldn’t find much on this album to latch on to. “Killer Queen” and “Flick of the Wrist” were the two best tracks to me on this album, but they’re not in the upper echelon of seventies rock in my opinion. This was a letdown, but maybe Queen II will be more my speed.
My 2 stars is for Killer Queen alone and bc I’d feel like a jerk giving a 1 when so many people seem to love this.
Like pretty much all Queen, it's solid.
eyup, that's queen.
Songs i knew: 1 Songs i liked: 2 and a bit Good start, ended badly. Got me through sweeping leaves at least. Better than S&g BOTW.
Not a fan. There are some great, straightforward rock tracks on it - Now I’m Here, Stone Cold Crazy, but a lot of the rest is filler and absurdities.
Couple of bangers overwhelmingly outnumbered by a lot of absolutely waffle. Brian May was wasted on them. High points: Brighton Rock Now I'm Here Brian May's Guitar tone Low points: Everything else Roger Taylor singing Whatever the fuck Bring Back That Leroy Brown is meant to be
My notes were lost. Enjoyed a lot
Master of Seventies Queen, heavy and energic: very representative of the Zeitgeist, remains one of the masterpieces of the decade.
Sheer Heart Attack I’ve always struggled with Queen, I periodically try but they just never click for me. I don’t mind them in small doses, and I like many of their big songs, myself drifting off when listening to them for any period of time, a bit like when you read a book that's hard going and realise you can’t recall the last 3 pages you’ve read. Maybe it’s the vaudevillian musical theatre aspect that I don’t like, but then there are other bands doing similar stuff that I do like, and generally I do appreciate a bit of kitchen sink over the topness. I think part of it is that I’m not that keen on Freddie’s voice, even though I know it’s technically very good, and that I find it hard to connect with their melodic style, but overall I get a sense of prissiness and fussiness from their music, particularly May’s guitar. Again I know it’s technically great but I really struggle to connect with it. Because of all that I didn’t find much of this particularly memorable or engaging. Killer Queen is obviously a very good song, and I quite liked Flick of the Wrist, Misfire and She Makes Me. Stone Cold Crazy and Bring back that Leroy Brown are not very good though. I can appreciate though that this must have sounded pretty different and exciting when it came out, but I think it and Queen are just not for me. Boring is perhaps too strong a word, I think it’s more that it’s just uninspiring and unengaging. 2 may be to harsh, but I can’t really imagine listening again. 👸👸 Playlist submission: Killer Queen
First Queen album I've listened to that wasn't a greatest hits. So many great tracks I didn't recognise. Campy and goofy in places in all the good ways. Great harmonies, loved the Roger Taylor led song. Brian May saucey boy
Good. So much guitar!
I lost patience listening to this. Early Queen - never my thing. My appreciation for them grew later.
I love this album. This is where the Queen formula — for lack of a better word — really comes into its own. All the elements... fantasy, careening guitars, exceptional vocals, vaudevillian escapes, pop sensibility, massive hooks, great tunes, the sheer grand scale of it all... come into play. Plus, the bonus tidbit of the title track showing up three albums later on News Of The World. I love it! Play it loud!
I had a bit of a chaotic day yesterday, so I wasn't able to digest this as thoroughly as I would have liked to. But there's so much here and what I was able to grok kind of blew me away, so I'm gonna go ahead and say this is at least a 4. Also, I had no idea the other members of the band ever sang lead. They're not bad. They're not Freddie, but they're not bad.
Duh
I love this album I love this album I love this album I love this album queen <3333 Killer Queen and in the lap of the gods revisited are my favorites from it
I mean it's queen! Great album, great songs
Rockin' and very art rock sound. It reminded me of Rocky Horror music.
I like Queen, but to my mind, this album has a mix of strong and weak tunes. I think I will add it to my Tidal library, but it's not quite a five-star winner for me.
It's one of the better albums of Queen.
Naar mijn mening het beste Queen album. Brighton Rock is de ideale opener en ja, dat heeft het ook wel deels te danken aan de coole scène in Baby Driver. Maar daarnaast ook Killer Queen, Stone Cold Crazy en Now I'm Here. Allemaal knallers. Maar toch geen 5 sterren. Queen heeft veel 5-ster nummers, maar albums, meh. 4.4
- This album is just chock full of glam pop-isms that must have really shaken up the rock world of the time - Each song has a fairly distinct voice, it's difficult to trap this album in a box - Some songs certainly hit harder than others, and I wouldn't call this Queen's magnum opus but it definitely defines what makes Queen so special as movers and shakers"
I do enjoy Queen, the full-meal-deal-band with great vocals, killer guitars and a rocking rhythm section plus great song writing! I've listened to the entire album before but it's been awhile. The album gets out of the gates fast with "Brighton Rock" then rolls into one of my Top 5 Queen songs in "Killer Queen" which has such a strong visualization component as you can see her in your mind after such a vivid description. This isn't loaded with radio hits like other albums but it's all quality stuff with that Queen flair. "Tenement Funster" (great vocal by Roger, you gotta wonder why he didn't get more lead vocal duties), "Flick Of the Wrist", "Lily Of The Valley", "Misfire", are all solid rock songs! The only other hit was "Stone Cold Crazy" which Metallica covered years later and still gets a considerable amount of airplay. Overall a very solid record with hard rock, pop, mellow songs, an upbeat ditty ("Bring Back Leroy Brown"), crazy good guitar work and an uplifting vibe. I prefer "The Game" as far as favorite albums go, but there's no filler on Sheer Heart Attack. It's worthy of a Top 1001 spot.
Actually my favorite Queen album. I was not a huge fan of Queen. Too over the top for me. Didn’t have the rock like many other British contemporaries like Zeppelin. Didn't have the humor and interesting writing like the Kinks for instance. A bit to artsy for me.
Look, Queen is legendary, but Sheer Heart Attack feels like the weird fever dream where Freddie Mercury said, “Let’s throw every genre into a pot and see what happens.” It’s campy, chaotic, and utterly unapologetic, but also so all over the place it’s like Queen couldn’t decide whether they wanted to be rock gods or the soundtrack to a space-themed circus. It’s fun at times, but mostly feels like they’re assaulting you with guitar solos, operatic screams, and lyrics that sound like they were written during a costume change. Classic, yes, but classic like the bizarre sweater your grandma insists is “vintage.”
Brighton Rock is the most goofy track of all time at first, but pops off once you get to know it Killer Queen is the bomb!!!! Tenement Fuster I don't care for but it still pretty good Flick of the Wrist is really good, very notable Lap of the Gods is also goofy ahh at first but then it pops off, the revisited version is also pretty cool then a lot of the album isn't really notable but I still like it enough to give it a 4 overall
It's a solid album. I'm not particularly inclined towards many songs, but there also aren't any bad songs. I particularly like "Killer Queen," "Flick Of The Wrist," and "Lily Of The Valley" (does millia rage reference this?)
7.5/10 What a contrast with the last album - Led Zepelin IV - which was not for me and too self important. Here we have another album that is hard rock - albeit with a poppy edge - that is so much more enjoyable due to the band realising that music can be fun. Mercury’s vocals are of course amazing, but I really enjoyed May’s guitar work. The trademark layered harmonies are great, really raise this over some of the other rock music of this era This album’s influence is still being heard today Best: Now I’m Here
very solid album, memorable songs and a breath of fresh air after listening to back in black lol
killer queen is of course a banger. there were some other songs too, i think
Pretty decent album all round. They have such a fascinatingly unique sound. Short of a few songs but you can see where it's going.
Queen may be the best example of a band where you need to listen to greatest hits. Each album has a few 5/5 songs and then a ton of chaff. Now I'm here, Stone Cold Crazy, and Killer Queen are all great. Brighton Rock is strong.
Queen has such a unique sound. Killer Queen a standout track here. You can hear that they are on the path getting closer to the sound most identified with them. Freddie seems a bit subdued here and the production a little flat at times. Will revisit.
It’s always nice to hear Queen stuff that isn’t from their greatest hits, and definitely an album to listen to before you die just for the education. The singles did stand out for me, but while nothing was particularly bad, nothing was particularly great either. Just a solid good album. 4/5
Not that keen on Queen's first few albums. Killer queen is great, but the rest feels like it is still being worked on.
Classic choice but without much surprise.
3.5/5 Great ideas going on in the album, they just don't develop them great in some cases. Solid album
First Queen appearance on this list. Aural hints of what’s to come for one of the most original bands. RIP Freddy.
Cool, würde aber nicht nochmal hören
Two words: Brian May. I’ll be honest, I’ve always been a hits guy when it comes to Queen. Their more popular albums never really did it for me beyond the hits, so I never explored further. But I should have, because this is awesome. I’ve been missing out.
Coming into this album, I knew Killer Queen and Now I'm here. Both of those are fantastic, but I was equally impressed by the rest of the album. One thing queen does really well is showcase the talents of all of them. While Freddie is electric and shines the brightest, this album, and queen in general, do not work without Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacan being the quality of musicians that they are. In a Beatles-esque sense, the band works because everyone works together, and by all accounts they actually liked each other. While Freddie's time was cut short, it can't be denied that queen was a force in their day and albums like this are a big reason why. Even trying to be nit picky, I am struggling to find something in this album to criticize it for. I will be back for more.
Sheer Heart Attack is one of the Queen albums I've listened to the least and I don't know exactly why. I believe it was due to the lack of big hits like the subsequent albums, my teenage head didn't have the patience for the band's first 3 albums. Today I realize that it was a huge mistake. I was recently revisiting Queen's discography, which I hadn't listened to in a while. I felt I needed to do this because Queen was the first Rock band I ever heard when I was 10 years old, so I felt I needed this moment of nostalgia with myself. In fact, Sheer Heart Attack is the best of the first 3 albums. It counts Killer Queen and Brighton Rock as its main hits and I think the main characteristic that can be noted here is precisely the factor that makes Queen a different band from the others: Freddie Mercury, obviously. Without Freddie, Queen is an excellent hard rock band. With Freddie, Queen is one of the biggest and most spectacular bands of all time. That said, the main sound characteristic of this album is precisely this contrast between the heavy sound of an excellent Hard rock band, with the fierce and imposing subtlety of Freddie Mercury's voice. Anyway, Queen between 1974 and 1986 (with the exception of Flash Gordon and Hot Space) have my automatic 5 stars!
Im a bit of an outlier in that I’m lukewarm on Queen at the best of times, but I don’t think this was their best work. Rating: 2
I have never been a big Queen fan. I’ve always known and liked most of the hits but have found their albums to be a bit of a mixed bag. I bought a rock and roll album guys. I’m not looking to listen to banjo, barbershop, riverboat, the frog from the WB music. I guess Queen’s willingness to experiment is what makes them great but when those experiments miss, they miss pretty big and I end up wishing that I was just listening to their greatest hits.
Pretty fun, pretty chill. I liked killer queen
Pretty damn good!
Killer queen Tenement Funster Stone cold crazy She makes me In the lap of gods 7/10
Awesome!
Great album!
Decent Queen album
i guess you had to be there
Brighton Rock Killer Queen Now I'm Here
Good Queen is really good. Not good Queen is really bad.
Some really great songs, and some not so great. Overall, I like Queen a lot.
3.5 Plenty to like. Always. Great to hear Queen. Nothing quite there to push into a floor.
Fuck. No. Some of the most overrated, tedious and moronic music ever created.
Rock, 1974 ->2
Great classic rock and I appreciated not having the usual Queen songs. Fresh album
Good
Queen is the best. This one is not as well known but still amazing.
I enjoyed this more than I thought. Still at this point consider Queen a singles act. However this did have a flow and songs segued into one another. Also was nice that most songs were on the short side so they didn’t over stay their welcome. First track I didn’t like, and Killer Queen is one of my least favourite singles. After that the album picked up for me Light 3/5
Well we all know Queen but I have never sat down to listen to an album. It's an alright album to me. Only know Killer Queen. Very Queen though.
Så mycket energi
Killer Queen and Stone Cold Crazy were favorites.
It's a Queen album that's for sure. Great hits. Fun. Every one of their albums is gonna be on this list, I feel it.
Great album.
01) Brighton Rock - 8,0 02) Killer Queen - 10,0 03) Tenement Funster - 7,5 04) Flick Of The Wrist - 7,5 05) Lily Of The Valley - 9,0 06) Now I'm Here - 9,5 07) In The Lap Of The Gods - 8,5 08) Stone Cold Crazy - 7,5 09) Dear Friends - 8,5 10) Misfire - 7,5 11) Bring Back That Leroy Brown - 7,5 12) She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes) - 8,5 13) In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited - 10,0 TOTAL: 8,42 (84/100)
It's quite varied. Killer Queen is great. I dig the three-part suite Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley. Now I'm Here with its disctinctive vocal harmony part is another standout. Gets quite hard rocking in songs like Stone Cold Crazy. As an album, I wanted to like this more but it's messy and I found myself wishing the production was clearer. The second half is also weaker. I know this isn't their best but still interesting.
Glam Rock > Prog Rock. I'm always tickled by the fact that the four members of Queen once held a Guinness World Record as the highest paid corporate executives in the world. I'm ok saying that this is a middling album, in the main because I know where (for me) it sits in the Queen catalogue.
It's a queen album. Flick of the wrist is a good song.
Was smiling the whole time listening to this. You can tell they had fun making this album.
I generally regarded Queen as a Greatest-Hits type band (excepting maybe A Night At The Opera and The Game), but I feel this may have begun to shift my opinion of that. Queen had so singular a sonic signature that the moment their acolytes (read: a band like The Struts) begin to approach, it sounds like shallow aping.
Powerful album from the Queen. Enjoyed it!
Really good album! It's pretty rockin' - not really a bad song on it. Killer Queen is the hit here and is probably the first song I ever heard from Queen. My favorites are (in album order): Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, Tenement Funster, Flick of the Wrist, Now I'm Here, Stone Cold Crazy, and Misfire. I am ambivalent about Lily Of the Valley, Dear Friends, Bring Back That Leroy Brown and The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited. In The Lap Of The Gods is strange and the song I liked least.
I actually really enjoyed this one. To me, Queen had kinda turned into trendy white girl music. Ever since that movie came out, I'd pretty much stopped listening to them. That's all to say it was great to kinda rediscover them. Other than Killer Queen, all these songs were new to me. It felt very British, very anti-industrial, and very explosive. Great listen, although it is not really my favorite kind of music. Found "Now I'm here", to probably be my favorite. Edit: there's something real special in how the album ends. Lap of the Gods revisited just feels 'great' don't know how to describe it
a phenomenal album. big fan of "killer queen" and "flick of the wrist" especially
Queen was never going to be lower than a four.
Very solid album. Big fan of Killer Queen especially.
Queen good
Tremendo
There are 2 types of people in this world. People who enjoy listening to Queen, and liars
Good
Great
the first queen album I bought when it came out still a great listen
Fun album from earlier in Queen's history. I didn't recognize any song on here except Killer Queen, yet you can hear their style coming through in full.
It was very good
IS THAT A JOJOS REFERENCE (banger album)
I love it. having a three song medley of Tenement Funster, Flick of the Wrist and Lily Of The Valley for me at least is unheard of so I got kinda excited at hearing it they understood the assignment by letting THE Brian May do a guitar solo in basically every song I have heard many people in the past talk about how Queen is more of a 'singles' band as opposed to an album band, but I don't believe this should be categorised in that. weakest song probably She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos) which seems to be reflected in the Spotify listens too but I still enjoyed it Freddie Mercury still imo the best voice of all time
I’m not the biggest Queen fan but this was pretty good, my favorite was “Killer Queen”. 3.5/5
Very engaging. Normally when I'm listening to an album, there's points when my mind wonders elsewhere for a bit, but it couldn't do so here. Nothing ever felt repetitive and there was always new and unexpected parts coming in later in the songs
D tier 4/10
By itself, an album that stands on the merits, of maybe 3-4 songs, most of which use the charm of the shoddier production quality to their advantage. The rest of the songs other than–'Killer Queen', 'Flick of the Wrist', 'In the Lap of the Gods', and 'Bring Back Leroy Brown'– leave much to be desired. For an album touted to be one amongst the 1001 albums to listen to before you die, it doesn't have much offer in terms of memorability, offering a few stand-outs, that wash over the rest.
Queen always sounds like a flamboyant chubby man putting on a puppet show to a crowd of three. Nevertheless, there are some classics on this album.
Oh my ... what was that? Other than Killer Queen this is totally forgettable - for me. I see it gets many 5s, but are they just giving 5s because it's Queen? I can see how this album is a stepping stone for their incredible sound, but I'm just glad they survived after putting this out!
Not as good as A Night at the Opera, but still enjoyable. Love “Stone Cold Crazy” and “In the Lap of the Gods… Revisited” are real highlights for me. Straight up heavy metal! I do wish they had made all of the shorter side 2 songs go together, Abbey Road-style. “She Makes Me” also would have been better with Freddie on lead vocals.
Awesome
A little frontloaded for me, and the baroque elements are a bit monotone.
Rock gods.
I wish I could’ve given this album a more thoughtful listen, but there were a lot of enjoyable moments from what I passively remember. I usually wouldn’t consider myself a Queen fan - there’s songs that I really like but I get tired of the overplayed “Another One Bites The Dust”, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, etc. I was surprised to find only one recognizable song from this album (Killer Queen) which probably made my listening experience overall more enjoyable. Favorite song: Flick Of The Wrist Least favorite: Bring Back That Leroy Brown Knew before? No
Theatrical
At their best Queen can be incredible. I can also find them incredibly annoying. This hovers in the bottom half of that quadrant. I do like Killer Queen, though.
Well for some reason the review I wrote while I listened to this record didn't get saved. I think I said something along the lines of not ever hearing this album before and not really knowing very many songs on it. I like the proggy nature mixed with glam and also rock and roll. Overall it was a fun and interesting listen. The vocals are so over the top sometimes but I'm not mad about it. I remember there being some pretty sick riffs too.
You know I started this record thinking "I just think Queen's Greatest Hits is all you really need for Queen. They're not an album band." But then... I started listening to this and was totally reprimanded! It's so rad! It's the perfect mix of prog and glam. Really cool song writing, fun guitars, good grooves. Then I was like "why does anyone ever only listen to their Greatest Hits?!?!"
They are classic rock!
Man I used to love Queen. Dude can still sing though.
A really good album. Some new Queen songs I’ve not heard before. Definitely a top 3 album so far. But a little bit too all over the place and slightly disjointed for me to warrant giving it a 5 for me.
Classic group. Classic songs. A group that will last the ages. Songs today are as good as the day they were written.
what a „Killer Queen“! und auch sonst hört man in jedem stück was Queen ausmacht. mir gefällt es, aber da war noch luft nach oben was auf späteren alben auch genutzt wurde.
Queen, eine eigene Liga. Sicher nicht das beste Album, noch zuviel 70s und Disco aber ansatzweise doch hörbar was sie später ausmacht.
The talent is undeniable. But 99% of it is just not my style
Queen's legacy goes beyond the hits like Bohemian Rhapsody, You're My Best Friend, and We Are the Champions. In their 3rd album relase Sheer Heart Attack you can hear the differentiation of rock n'roll blitz with operatic and fantastical elements. This remains on top of my list of Queen albums. Unique, raw, unrefined blues based English rock. So fucking good.
I was sooo happy when I heard the first track. I thought maybe no theatrical stuff on this one, but I was wrong. Buut there was a nice balance between the harder rock and that stuff. This is the best I’ve heard from them so far.
Unpopular opinion: Queen is very hit or miss. The singles are fabulous, the rest is just blah.
short enough to not get annoying
This is where Queen really started showing off all their different sides. You’ve got the theatrical flair of Killer Queen, which is just pure fun every time, and then you’ve got Stone Cold Crazy—fast, loud, and way ahead of its time. It’s no surprise Metallica picked it up for their covers. That song rips. The album bounces all over the place, but in a good way. There’s glam, hard rock, even some proto-metal in the mix. Not every track is a banger, but when it hits, it hits hard. Great energy throughout, and a big step up from the first two albums.
Some great Queen songs, but together as an album very hit or miss.
I really like Killer Queen, but there’s not much else on the album that appeals to me. I think I’d like them more if Brian May didn’t have jerk off his guitar solos every time and Mercury didn’t insist on doing the same with his vocals, but being way over the top operatic is what makes them who they are I guess.
3.0 Well it was quite a bit more hard rock and proggy than I was expecting although I didn't really think the prog part of it went anywhere. Brian May sure noodles over everything. You cant argue the fact that Mercury's vocals arent iconic, but you certainly can say you are not a fan, which I am not.
Definitely enjoyed. Was surprised by the amount of instrumental.
One of their best, most creative and diverse albums, really rocks as well
Familiar with Killer Queen, but didn't know any other song. I liked it well enough to listen to it again.
Amazing. They sound like they were still figuring out their craft while showing us the future. Virtuosic playing by everyone in the band. What was to come from Queen is the only thing holding me back from 5 stars.
This is actually the first time I've listened to a full Queen album. I only recognized Killer Queen, which is a great track. The rest of the album left me kind of disappointed honestly. Still good, but I guess my expectations were high.
them boys sure can play
Great album, really enjoyed the deep cuts.
Maybe Queen are like Corriander, some people just can’t. The first track was awful and killer queen didn’t save it enough for me to get to the third. I just never liked them and have tried. It’s something about pantomime rock opera I think. It peppers all Brit bands from all generations and in small doses is ok but it’s the whole queen thing. I see why people like it though. Coriander.
One of Queen's more eclectic albums (pretty high bar, TBH). I was under the distinct impression that "Good Company" from A Night at the Opera was the only time Brian May ever broke out the ukelele.
Decent album. Of course I knew killer queen but I was surprised to hear songs that I actually enjoyed more than that single.
Not my thing but surprisingly interesting.
5/10… Glam Rock / Britischer Rock
Wow, some untouched gold! Albums like this are exactly why I signed up for the album generator. Awesome. Killer guitar solo's and rhythm playing. Singing off the charts, not just from Freddie. Great hearing things that aren't snapped to a grid on pro tools and zero pitch correction. So organic it's beautiful.
Not my cup of tea
Meh other than 1 song. 1/5
not my favorite Queen album
Interesting to hear them finding their way before their later stuff. I like Killer Queen
Freddie Mercury’s voice. Unmistakable. Didn’t know many of these songs but was an interesting first listen.
Really enjoyed this queen truly are amazing
It was okay, but not something I'd seek out again. Surprising for a Queen album. "Killer Queen" was the only track that I recognized.
On the whole, not my favorite Queen album.
I love Queen
Pretty solid record, slightly more engaging than Queen II which I got a few months back but still overall a 3 star effort.
Really impressed with this album, Queen seems to be a "victim" of their 2 biggest hits, 2 biggest overplayed songs in the history of recorded music. Definitely has encouraged me to look at their back catalog and see what else they have. Added 7 songs to the 1001 Experience Playlist
Fantastic - enough said
A couple of fillers on this (I'm looking at you "Bring Back That Leroy Brown"!), but overall it's still a great album.
I just couldn't get into this as much as I expected I would. A shame. 3/5
The album Sheer Heart Attack is a sonic tapestry of Queen's musical prowess, a masterpiece that transcends mere entertainment and elevates the listener to a higher plane of auditory consciousness.
Wanted to deduct a point for the track "Sheer Heart Attack" actually appearing on News of the World, but I couldn't.
Liked a couple songs but unfortunately not really my thing!
Some rather screechy tracks, some rocker tracks, some almost lullaby tracks.
You know what you’re getting with Queen don’t you
This album is great
Much better than the first couple Queen albums. More rocking songs and more familiar Queen sounds. I’m not sure why this album isn’t talked about as much as Day at the Races or Night at the Opera.
undisputable
This a pretty damn good prog/hard rock album. Significantly ahead of its time.
While the whole thing gives theater kid, it kinda bangs. May's skills on guitar are insanely unique and add so much character to the band. Mercury is obviously iconic, though it can't save him from being a little too weird on a few tracks. Favorites are Stone Cold Crazy, Misfire, and Brighton Rock
I maintain my belief that Queen is not really an albums band. They have great hits, but some of the deeper cuts in here are a little forgettable. I would call this a good album, but it doesn’t do enough to push it over the edge. Favorite songs are Brighton Rock, Killer Queen, In The Lap Of The Gods, and Stone Cold Crazy.
one of the most iconic albums of all time
Great, just not Queen's best. I loved the continuity in the album, and yes, Killer Queen is that good
Very good album throughout with only 1 real hit song
It's Queen but they're just not there yet.
Absolutely fantastic, by far some of Queen's best work (and they have some good work). There were no songs that I disliked on this album, and many that I loved.
Always a Queen fan. Great rock. A lot of energy
5/5
I find the campy Queen songs to be the most interesting. So another up and down record.
I'm a fan of Queen, but if this album didn't have Killer Queen on it, there would be no reason to listen to it.
Classic Queen - unmistakable despite only including one song I already knew. I am sure there will be more.
Creative, diverse and well-executed. Not boring at all! 4.5
3-4 st
Killer Queen. What a track. Lily of the Valley is also great - Freddie's voice is just so exceptional. I love Freddie - what a bright star he was. Have never been a huge Queen fan. But I appreciate them - and this really is the essence of what they are all about. How OTT. How brave. How cool.
Just magnificent! Heavy, glam, incredibly varied, OTT, full of riffs, fun, complex, multilayered. They threw everything at this, I can hear Sabbath, Led Zep, Bowie, T Rex, even Motorhead and Muse before they existed! Really it's all just them, no other band could do this. The riffs are amazing, Freddie sounds incredible (voice and piano) and wonderfully OTT. Countless brilliant tracks that only work because of them. The track sequence is staggering, so much variety but somehow it flows. Their best album for me. Play loud!
I steady began to enjoy this one more as it went on. The Resistance by Muse had it’s foundations set in 1974 by a band called Queen! This is glam rock 101. Not too many standout moments but I really loved the big dramatic finale.
Besides the first few songs this was quite forgettable. It’s Queen so it’s still good but not many of their best songs were on here.
One of my earliest memories of owning my own cassette tape was the Encino Man soundtrack. I listened so much that I wore it out. One of the songs was Queen’s Stone Cold Crazy. I love Queen. But for that memory alone, it’s a 4.5.
Freddie is my favorite vocalist of all time. News of the World is a better album than Sheer Heart Attack, but I still really like this album.
This is definitely not a new favourite queen album for me but I quite enjoyed it as an exercise in spotting the earlier versions of things that they ran with in later hits as I’m not familiar with most of the tracks on this album. The piano-vocal relationship in parts of in the lap of the gods for example is so very bohemian rhapsody that I found it weirdly comforting to hear in a song that I hadn’t heard before. Yes I am making the astute observation that queen sounds like queen For a split second I thought the Spotify algorithm had done something funky and was playing I want it that way by the backstreet boys but alas that was just the start of tenement funster. My slight disappointment at it not in fact being I want it that way speaks to the fact that this album was not entirely for me (although tenement funster did win me over in the end) but was a net positive listening experience nonetheless, hence the solid 3 star.
Soft spot for queens theatrical/rock queen sound, especially with the harder rock influences of early queen albums. Still a lot of that classic queen loveably cheesy sound they found on the later records. Nonsense solo on Brighton rock, loved the use of delay to self harmonise. Absolutely loved the super fuzzy guitar compliment to the vocals, and the overall harmonic narrative. Compositionally just beautiful. Flick of the wrist was uncharacteristically classic metal (obviously with that queen tilt). Loved Freddie’s interpretation of that grandiose classic metal snarly vocals in the verses.
Never actually listened to a queen album in full but was exactly as I’d hoped, fun and theatrical Fave tracks: Killer Queen Tenement Funster>Flick Of The Wrist>Lily of the Valley - absolutely love when songs seamlessly transition to the next on an album so this 3 song run is amazing In the lap of the gods (+ revisited)
I haven’t gone through Queens discography so this one might be cooler if I understood how this fits into their development. Besides Killer Queen I didn’t like any of the songs enough to come back to. But the songs do flow incredibly well. It just seems like a worse version of their next album Rating: 3.2
Only one recognizable song - others were blah
Killer Queen goes crazy, but really it's surprising that we don't hear more songs off this album on the radio.
geweldig plaatje van een groep die later zou verliezen in bombast
Fun- classic queen
Only familiar song is Killer Queen which is an all time great. Album can get a little theatrical at times, which is somewhat expected, but it did detract to my listening pleasure. This is probably a 4.25 to 4.5.
You can hear the Glam Rock style associated with Queen, but overall this was kind of a snooze of an album. Killer Queen is obviously the highlight of the whole album and beyond that most of the songs are just there. I’d listen again, but I think other albums from other bands are more deserving of attention at this point.
Ah, Queen! One of my all-time favorite bands thanks to watching Wayne's World too many times in the 90s. I love Killer Queen, and Sheer Heart Attack goes hard. The rest is solid Queen.
It is across the board perfect. So creative and the attention to detail is insane. The harmonies are just first to none and also Brian May is in my Mount rushmore
Fiiiire. Bus ride home from NYC. Could be my new fave Queen album. Just so consistent.
Classic Queen 4/5
My dad once said that Queen were a singles band and didn't hold up well over a full album. Hate to admit he was kinda right. This album isn't bad, but it's not as great as their greatest can be.
I like killer queen
It was fine but not really the reason I’m seeking out Queen
Killer Queen is one of my long time favorite songs so loved that representation. The rest was pleasant and fun
props to this project for showing me how good Queen's non-Greatest Hits catalog is.
Enjoyed it! Songs kind of blur together (except Brighton Rock and Killer Queen) but the album as a whole flows really well. Love the cohesive style. 4.5
I've never listened to this album before. It was interesting to get away from the greatest hits and hear the deep cuts.