Sheer Heart Attack

by Queen

Sheer Heart Attack cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 November 1974
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 54:38
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: ukulele banjo, John Deacon, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Bridging the gap between their progressive, metallic early work and their impending global pop domination, Queen's third album is an absolute powerhouse of theatrical rock. Driven by the smash hit 'Killer Queen', 'Sheer Heart Attack' is a wildly eclectic, fiercely energetic glam rock classic, bursting with wonderfully playful vocal harmonies, intensely passionate musicianship, and incredibly heavy, anthemic hooks.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, theatrical, bombastic, diverse, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Brighton Rock (5:10)
  2. Killer Queen (2:59)
  3. Tenement Funster (2:46)
  4. Flick Of The Wrist (3:17)
  5. Lily Of The Valley (1:44)
  6. Now I'm Here (4:12)
  7. In The Lap Of The Gods (3:22)
  8. Stone Cold Crazy (2:13)
  9. Dear Friends (1:07)
  10. Misfire (1:49)
  11. Bring Back That Leroy Brown (2:15)
  12. She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettos) (4:09)
  13. In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited (3:46)
  14. Now I’m Here - Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / December 1975 (4:25)
  15. Flick Of The Wrist - Live BBC Session / October 1974 (3:24)
  16. Tenement Funster - Live BBC Session / October 1974 (2:58)
  17. Bring Back That Leroy Brown - A Cappella Mix 2011 (2:17)
  18. In The Lap Of The Gods… Revisited - Live At Wembley Stadium / July 1986 (2:35)

Credits

  • Queen - primary artist, design concept [sleeve concept], composed by, arranged by, performer, producer, arranger, composer
  • Mick Rock - art direction, photography by, photography
  • John Deacon - bass guitar, double bass, acoustic guitar, written-by, written-by, guitar [almost all]
  • John Harris - crew [equipment and crew supervision]
  • Roger Taylor - drums, vocals, percussion, performer [screams], written-by, membranophone, vocal
  • Mike Stone - engineer
  • Brian May - guitar, vocals, piano, orchestrated by [guitars], ukulele banjo [genuine george formby ukelele-banjo], written-by, banjo-ukulele, vocal
  • Jack Nelson - management [for t.a.p.]
  • Roy Thomas Baker - producer
  • Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano, piano [jangle], performer [vocal extravaganzas], written-by, vocal

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