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Sheer Heart Attack
is the
third
studio album
by the
British Rock band
released on
November,8th 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.
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
one of the band's
best works
and has
been deemed
an essential
glam rock album.
After completing
their second album,
Queen
embarked on their
Queen II Tour
as a support act
for
Mott the Hoople.
After touring
extensively throughout
the UK,
the two groups
decided to tour together
in the US,
marking
Queen's first tour
in the country.
The bands would
remain on
friendly terms
for the rest
of their career,
with
Ian Hunter
performing
"All the Young Dudes"
at the
Freddie Mercury
Tribute Concert.
Queen
played their first
US show
on April,16th 1974
in Denver, Colorado,
as a support,
which
Freddie Mercury
reportedly disliked,
saying:
"Being support is one
of the most
traumatic experiences
of my life".
At the climax
of the tour in Boston,
Brian May
was discovered
to have hepatitis,
possibly from the use
of a contaminated needle
during vaccinations
the group received
before
travelling to Australia.
The remainder of the tour
was subsequently cancelled
and Queen
flew back home,
where May
was hospitalized.
In June,
the band
gathered together
at Trident Studios
to start
rehearsing material
for the album.
At the
beginning of July,
May joined
them for rehearsals.
The band were just
preparing to record,
and July,7th
they trekked three
and a half hours
to get to the
Rockfield Studios
in Wales,
where they would
record ten
backing tracks,
finishing on
July,28th
At the start of August,
work shifted to
Wessex Sound Studios.
Work there would
not last long,
however,
as May,
who was starting
to feel uneasy,
went to a
specialist clinic
on August 2nd
He collapsed at the clinic,
as a result of a
duodenal ulcer,
and would be operated on
the following day,
but discharged
from the hospital
soon after
so he could
recover at home.
While the band were
overdubbing at Wessex,
May booked
studio time at
AIR Studios,
where he recorded
"Dear Friends",
and
"She Makes Me".
TRACK LIST
Brighton Rock
Killer Queen
Tenement Funster
Flick Of The Wrist
Lily Of The Valley
Now I'm Here
In The Lap Of The Gods
Stone Cold Crazy
Dear Friends
Misfire
Bring Back That Leroy Brown
She Makes Me
In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
BONUS
Killer Queen
(Long Remix)
Now I'm Here
(Long Remix)
Stone Cold Crazy
(1991 Michael Wagener Remix)
Flick of the Wrist
(BBC Session)
Flick of the Wrist
(BBC Session)
Now I'm Here
(BBC Session)
Bring Back That Leroy Brown
(A Cappella Mix 2011)
In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
(Just Vocals) [*]
Killer Queen
(Just Vocals) [*]
Stone Cold Crazy
(Just Vocals) [*]
Dear Friends
(Just Vocals) [*]
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