Sheer Heart Attack
QueenNo way the first one is one of my favourite albums of all time?? That's so funny oml. Brighton Rock - Remains one of my favourite songs ever and definitely my favourite Queen song. LOVE the instrumental in between the lyrics. This song is mostly instrumental and oh my Lord I love it so much - 10/10. Killer Queen - What an iconic song. Freddie perfectly pains a picture of this woman and her habits. Almost to the point that we know her. I remember listening to this song so much in 2019 (2018?) when I was in Lanzarote. The opening finger snapping makes me excited every time I hear it, as I know what iconic song is about to come - 10/10 Tenement Funster - The only Roger song from this album, sadly. I’ve always loved Roger’s songs. From this song to ‘Fun It’ to songs about fucking cars.. his songs are brilliant - 9/10 Flick of the Wrist - What a beautiful transition from the last song. I love this one too. I can’t pretend I know what they’re on about but it’s a great song. Like that’s a lot of big words, Freddie - 9/10 Lily of the Valley - Another beautiful transition. The soft ‘Baby you’ve been had’ is amazing, as the phrase was used already in the previous song, signalling a tonal shift. The harmonies are beautiful and I appreciate the reference to ‘Seven Seas of Rhye’ - 10/10 Now I’m Here - The tonal shift quickly changes back to the rock epics that came before. ‘Now I’m Here’ is one of the most Rock-n-roll songs of this album (‘Flick of the Wrist’ and ‘Stone Cold Crazy’ being another two). The song was written about Mott the Hoople, who Queen toured with early in their career. An altogether great song! - 9/10 In The Lap of the Gods - Roger’s falsetto cuts like a goddamn knife oh my God. The first ‘Lap of the Gods’ song on the album and.. it’s not my favourite of the two, but I still love it to pieces. The start is very all over the place but I can’t pretend like that’s a bad thing at all. The revisited version is even better but this one is really fucking good too. You know what? - 10/10 Stone Cold Crazy - Here comes some more Rock-n-roll! This is an amazing song too. It’s high and beautiful and I think it really shows what kind of an album this is. I love Freddie’s fast-paced vocals, they really add to the beauty of this song. The chorus is brilliant, basically just being the title said twice with the ‘y’know?’ at the end of the second one. Simple. Amazing - 10/10 Dear Friends - That more sombre mood is brough back again. ‘Dear Friends’ is a strange transition from the previous song. It’s never been my favourite song on the album. In fact, it may be my least favourite. It’s still an elegant song though - 9/10 Misfire - John wasn’t really hiding what this song is about, was he? I’m not even gonna talk about the lyrics too much because… I know what it’s about John I see you. Wonderful song anyway - 10/10 Bring Back That Leroy Brown - Oh my God I used to listen to this RELIGIOUSLY back in the day.. like 2 years ago. I love this song. Who’s Leroy Brown? The baddest man in the whole damn town? Some sort of President? I don’t know but he has at least 2 great songs about it - 10/10 She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos) - What a Freddie title! Although this is a Brian song. A nice little track with wonderful vocals - 9/10 In The Lap Of The Gods (Revisited) - Oh what a beautiful song to end the album on. I don’t have much to say about the revisited track, but it’s one of my favourites from the album. You can practically hear the stadiums full of adoring fans singing along - 10/10 Coming in at 9.6153844, Sheer Heart Attack is an easy 10/10. The band really came together to make a classic for the decades. Their next album is often regarded as their magnum opus, but I think this one might be even better…