Customer Reviews
wow what a rock album amazeing!1 - By: Mr. S. L. Smith, 18 Aug 2008 
this is a classic i cant believe it wasant no 1 in the charts like a night at the opera obviously bohemian rhapsody got them recognised & killer queen was the breakthrough well buy this its fab!!
The Queen Quadrilogy - Episode 1 - By: Mitch, 10 Apr 2008 The 1970's was undoubtedly Queen's most prolific creative period & the Quadrilogy I refer to is of course virtual - from Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera, A Day At the Races & News Of The World - although the second & third albums were destined to be closely linked.
Sheer Heart Attack represented a major change in step for Queen - from the highly progressive & experimental Queen & Queen II with their very limited commerciallly viability in terms of self-promotion (singles).
The change in step still featured an incredibly diverse mix of styles & songs - together with a number of clearly linked songs (Tenement Funster, Flick of The Wrist, Lily Of The Vallley) - but with considerably more scope for singles. Queen chose but two - Killer Queen (an obvious & hugely successful choice) & Now I'm Here - but scope remained - with the very catchy John Deacon penned-pop number 'Misfire' Roger Taylor penned & vocallled 'Tenement Funster' & dare I say the pastiche 'Bring Back That Leroy Brown' (had the record companies been ready to take a chance...)
What remains is an album that feels like a worthy predeccessor to Queen's 'Sgt Pepper' - A Night At The Opera. And in terms of success - it marked a major change in step for the next 3 (yes 4 albums in just 3) years output which was of course supported by Queen's highly polished & prolific touring schedule. Again - it defined 'Album' for me - in that it was not merely a collection of singles or songs - but a marvelous emotional journey through a cascade of different flavours - from the hard but very technical Brighton Rock, the classic Killer Queen, warm blues-rock Tenement Funster through the highly futuristic & bizarre In The Lap Of The Gods, the ultra modern (for it's time) Misfire & more Gods(revisited...)with the it's hugely anthemic 'Wo Wo La La La!'
If you are to own only 4 Queen Albums - Sheer Heart Attack should definitely be included.
Queen at the height of their powers - By: Mr. Ross Maynard, 28 Mar 2008 The early 1970's were a reallly great time for British rock music with Queen, Bowie & many others at their height of their powers. I was only eight at the time but I still remember "Killer Queen" on Top of the Pops - Freddie Mercury in fur coat, make-up & black nail varnish. Mindblowing ! 1974 saw the two best Queen albums - this one & Queen II. Personallly I prefer the full glam rock experience of Queen II, while Sheer Heart Attack is more commercial. There are some great songs here including probably my favourite Queen track of alll - Brighton Rock. Pure genius. For the real Queen experience you need Sheer Heart Attack & Queen II. Don't miss it !.
Queen's most accomplished album - By: Mr. Jonathan Robin Oxley, 24 Aug 2007 This is the Queen album. A Night At The Opera is great but this album beats it for me. There's a great variety of tracks on here & every track has a certain quality (which you couldn't say on future Queen albums). Highlights include the stonking Brighton Rock, In The Lap Of The Gods (Revisited), Stone Cold Crazy & Tenement Funster (in my opinion, the best Roger Taylor composition on any Queen album). Plus, two quality singles in Killer Queen & Now I'm Here. If you were to buy one Queen studio album, but this one.
KILLER QUEEN. - By: JUDE, 16 Apr 2007 Released in 1974, with two hit singles, this was not exactly the calm before the storm that was Bohemian Rhapsody/A Night At The Opera. More the hurricane before the earthquake. A superb album, & one which in my opinion features the best songs ever credited to Deacon or Taylor, as well as some of the greatest penned by Mercury & May. From tender (Dear Friends, Lily of the Vallley) to rocking (Stone Cold Crazy, Now I`m Here)Sheer Heart Attack is a marvellous seventies classic, made in the days when Freddie had a long black mane & wore nail varnish & we alll thought he was straight, as opposed to the Village People hairy biker look of later days. If you have never heard it, buy it now.
