Sheer Heart Attack

Album by Queen

Released 1 November 1974

Tracklist

1
Brighton Rock
5:11
3.6 ★
2
Killer Queen
3:00
3.9 ★
3
Tenement Funster
2:47
3.9 ★
4
Flick of the Wrist
3:17
4.2 ★
5
Lily of the Valley
1:45
3.9 ★
6
Now I’m Here
4:15
3.6 ★
7
In the Lap of the Gods
3:22
4.0 ★
8
Stone Cold Crazy
2:16
4.6 ★
9
Dear Friends
1:08
3.4 ★
10
Misfire
1:50
2.8 ★
11
Bring Back That Leroy Brown
2:15
3.4 ★
12
She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos)
4:09
3.2 ★
13
In the Lap of the Gods… Revisited
3:45
4.1 ★

Recent reviews

JHSuth1843 13 Oct 2025

★★★★½

Possibly Queen’s greatest album in my opinion, Sheer Heart Attack still has snippets of the earlier Queen that I love on tracks such as “In the Lap of the Gods” and “Bring Back That Leroy Brown”, whilst also being the start of their huge collection of hits, with “Killer Queen” and “Now I’m Here”, I’d make a case for this being the quintessential Queen album

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Release credits

Brian May
acoustic guitar [12], background vocals [1-2, 4, 6, 9, 12-13], banjo-ukulele [11], electric guitar [1-8, 10-13], lead vocals [12], orchestrator, piano [6, 9], producer [2]
Freddie Mercury
background vocals [1-2, 4-11, 13], lead vocals [1-2, 4-11, 13], organ [6], piano [2-5, 7, 11, 13], tack piano [2, 11]
John Deacon
acoustic guitar [3, 7, 10, 12], bass guitar [1-8, 10-13], double bass [11], electric guitar [10], keyboard [2]
Justin Shirley‐Smith
engineer
Kris Fredriksson
engineer
Mike Stone
engineer
Queen
phonographic copyright [2, 6], producer
Roger Taylor
background vocals [1-4, 6-7, 9, 13], drums (drum set), lead vocals [3], percussion [2, 4], producer [2], tambourine [4], timpani [7], triangle [2], wind chime [2]
Roy Thomas Baker
producer