This article is about the album by Queen. For their song of the same name, see Sheer Heart Attack (song).
1974 studio album by Queen
Sheer Heart Attack
Studio album by
Queen
Released
8 November 1974 (1974-11-08)
Recorded
7 July – 22 October 1974
Studio
Trident, London
Rockfield, Monmouthshire
AIR, Westminster
Wessex Sound, Highbury New Park
Genre
Hard rock
glam rock
Length
38:41
Label
EMI
Elektra
Producer
Roy Thomas Baker
Queen
Queen chronology
Queen II (1974)
Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
A Night at the Opera (1975)
Singles from Sheer Heart Attack
"Killer Queen" / "Flick of the Wrist" Released: 11 October 1974 (UK)[1]
"Now I'm Here" Released: 17 January 1975
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.[2] 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".[3] 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.[4]
SheerHeartAttack 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...
guitar orchestras throughout Queen's career. From the third album, SheerHeartAttack, onwards, he wrote at least one song per album, several of which became...
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territories. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the 1974 album SheerHeartAttack. Freddie Mercury explained that the unpleasant character in the song...
in August, before permanently returning in September. "The Hero", "SheerHeartAttack" and most of the fast version of "We Will Rock You" were dropped from...
and the setlist contained much of the material from the new album SheerHeartAttack. With more money to invest in a new stage show, the band wore new...
released as singles anywhere ("Put Out the Fire", "Tear It Up" and "SheerHeartAttack"). The album also contains a remake of "I Can't Live With You", with...
list for years, but was held back and reworked for the third album, SheerHeartAttack. Portions of "The Prophet's Song" were also rehearsed during the Queen...
written and performed by British rock band Queen for their 1974 album SheerHeartAttack. The song is the eighth track on the album. Although the song was...
made to the footage, such as most of Another One Bites the Dust, SheerHeartAttack, Jailhouse Rock, the rock section of Bohemian Rhapsody, and the first...
by lead singer Freddie Mercury and recorded for their third album SheerHeartAttack in 1974. It reached number two in the UK Singles Chart and became...
it was released as the A-side of the single "Spread Your Wings"/"SheerHeartAttack" in 1978. According to music writer Benoit Clerc, "Spread Your Wings"...
Yourself Alive" "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Tie Your Mother Down" Encore "SheerHeartAttack" Encore "We Will Rock You" "We Are The Champions" "God Save The Queen"...
SheerHeartAttack, and a time-looping "Tertiary Bomb" known as Bites the Dust. Yoshihiro Kira is the ghost of Kira's father whose Stand Atom Heart Father...
Carly Simon's No Secrets, and Queen's albums Queen, Queen II and SheerHeartAttack. Other artists recorded at Trident included the Bee Gees, Chris de...
working relationship that lasted for five albums (Queen, Queen II, SheerHeartAttack, A Night at the Opera and Jazz) and a number of awards – including...
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