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Sheer Heart Attack (CD)

By: Queen (Artist)

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Queen Artist Snapshot:

Queen embodied 1970s glam rock--mixing heavy riffs and intricate vocal harmonies with a gender-bending image. Freddie Mercury's operatic voice and Brian May's guitar were multi-tracked ad infinitum to create pomp-rock in the grandest sense. In the '80s, Queen tried on rockabilly, disco, and more, but always returned to their arena-rock roots. The group ended with Mercury's tragic AIDS-related death in 1991.

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DISC 1 for Sheer Heart Attack (CD) Album By Queen (Artist)
1   Brighton Rock
2   Killer Queen
3   Tenement Funster
4   Flick Of The Wrist
5   Lilly Of The Valley
6   Now I'm Here
7   In The Lap Of The Gods
8   Stone Cold Crazy
9   Dear Friends
10   Misfire
11   Bring Back Leroy Brown
12   She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stiletos)
13   In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
14   Stone Cold Crazy - (1991 remix)
 

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Review

Q (8/02, p.150) - Indispensable - "...Introduced the roaring chrome camp-rock of future Queen....This album was one of the great pop/rock admixtures of the '70s..."
Q (Magazine) (p.118) - "[This is] the Queen album most beloved of generations of hard rock bands....The driving rock of the previous record was there in the shape of 'Brighton Rock'..."

Title Note

Queen/Orchestra Regina: Freddie Mercury (vocals, piano); Brian May (guitar, ukulele, piano, background vocals); John Deacon (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass instrument, background vocals); Roger Taylor (drums, percussion, background vocals).

Recording information: Trident Studios, London, England; Wessex Studios, London, England; Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, England; Air Studios, London, England.

SHEER HEART ATTACK is widely considered Queen's best pre-"Bohemian Rhapsody" album. Containing their first global hit single, "Killer Queen," it certainly qualifies as one of Queen's best all-time releases. Just prior to the recording of the album, Queen was making very important inroads in America by opening a US tour for Mott the Hoople, but had to cut it short when guitarist Brian May became seriously ill. Instead of moping, the band immediately began writing and recording SHEER HEART ATTACK while May recovered. Upon its release, fans were pleasantly surprised to witness Queen's growth--although there were still plenty of hard rock numbers, other musical styles were tried and perfected, while the energy of their live show shined through in many of their new songs.

The album's other popular single, "Now I'm Here," would prove to be a concert staple for years to come, while the opening "Brighton Rock" is a superb showcase for the many talents of May. Perhaps most significantly, singer Freddie Mercury really came into his own on SHEER HEART ATTACK, having no problem handling ragtime tunes ("Bring Back That Leroy Brown"), sounds from the Caribbean ("Misfire"), unaccompanied piano ballads ("Dear Friends"), or raging heavy metal ("Stone Cold Crazy," "Flick Of The Wrist").

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