Sheer Heart Attack is the third studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 8 November 1974 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. Digressing from the progressive themes featured on their first…
Sheer Heart Attack is the third studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 8 November 1974 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. Digressing from the progressive themes featured on their first two albums, the album featured more pop-centric and conventional rock tracks and marked a step towards the "classic" Queen sound. It was produced by the band and Roy Thomas Baker, and launched Queen to mainstream popularity in the UK and throughout the world.
The album's first single "Killer Queen" reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and provided the band with their first top 20 hit in the US, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sheer Heart Attack was the first Queen album to hit the US top 20, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes Chart in 1975. It has been acknowledged for containing "a wealth of outstanding hard rock guitar tracks". Retrospectively, it has been listed by multiple publications as one of the band's best works and has been deemed an essential glam rock album.
Tracklist:
Part 1:
0:00 Brighton Rock (by Brian May)
5:20 Killer Queen (by Freddie Mercury)
8:23 Tenement Funster (by Roger Taylor)
11:19 Flick of the Wrist (by Freddie Mercury)
14:31 Lily of the Valley (by Freddie Mercury)
16:17 Now I’m Here (by Brian May)
Part 2:
20:42 In the Lap of the Gods (by Freddie Mercury)
24:08 Stone Cold Crazy (by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon)
26:26 Dear Friends (by Brian May)
27:35 Misfire (by John Deacon)
29:26 Bring Back that Leroy Brown (by Freddie Mercury)
31:43 She Makes Me (by Brian May)
35:54 In the Lap of the Gods… Revisited (by Freddie Mercury)
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