“Sheer Heart Attack” by Queen - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1974 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1970s ● 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |
Queen delivered their second long-player of '74 in November, just 8 months after “Queen II”. The core quartet remain: Freddie Mercury (lead vocals), Brian May (electric guitar), John Deacon (bass guitar) and Roger Taylor (drums). All four contribute to the songwriting. Between them they conjure up some piano, organ, banjolele, triangle, wind chimes, tambourine, timpani and double bass into their own unique mix, which is emerging as a kind of hard theatre rock thing, framed by perfectly executed falsetto harmonies. A step forward.
The Jukebox Rebel
17–Mar–2016
Tracklist |
A1 | [05:08] Queen - Brighton Rock (Brian May) Rock |
A2 | [03:01] Queen - Killer Queen (Farrokh Bulsara) Pop |
A3 | [02:48] Queen - Tenement Funster (Roger Taylor) Rock |
A4 | [03:19] Queen - Flick Of The Wrist (Farrokh Bulsara) Rock |
A5 | [01:43] Queen - Lily Of The Valley (Farrokh Bulsara) Soft Rock / A.O.R. |
A6 | [04:10] Queen - Now I’m Here (Brian May) Rock |
B1 | [03:20] Queen - In The Lap Of The Gods (Farrokh Bulsara) Soft Rock / A.O.R. |
B2 | [02:12] Queen - Stone Cold Crazy (Brian May, Farrokh Bulsara, Roger Taylor, John Deacon) Rock |
B3 | [01:07] Queen - Dear Friends (Brian May) Songwriter |
B4 | [01:50] Queen - Misfire (John Deacon) Pop |
B5 | [02:13] Queen - Bring Back That Leroy Brown (Farrokh Bulsara) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
B6 | [04:08] Queen - She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettos) (Brian May) Cerebral Pop |
B7 | [03:42] Queen - In The Lap Of The Gods… Revisited (Farrokh Bulsara) Soft Rock / A.O.R. |