Audio CD review:
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack

Band: Queen Title: Sheer Heart Attack Rating: Release Date: 05 March, 1991 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Brighton Rock 2: Killer Queen 3: Tenement Funster 4: Flick Of The Wrist 5: Lily Of The Valley 6: Now I'm Here 7: In The Lap Of The Gods 8: Stone Cold Crazy 9: Dear Friends 10: Misfire 11: Bring Back That Leroy Brown 12: She Makes Me 13: In The Lap Of The Gods 14: Stone Cold Crazy

Editoral Review There's glam, progrock, guitar pyrotechnics to spare (check out Brian May's shape-shifting performances on "Brighton Rock" and "Flick of the Wrist"), proto-speed-metal ("Stone Cold Crazy"), and Queen's unique brand of campy humor ("America's new bride to be / Don't worry, baby, I'm safe and sound," Freddie Mercury declares on "Now I'm Here," a Queen concert staple). Sheer Heart Attack is a Queen album that has something for nearly everyone. The group takes a rocked-up turn at ragtime on "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" and downshifts memorably on the spare piano-and-voice interludes "Lily of the Valley" and "Dear Friends. " Best of all is the wicked rock-and-harmony showcase "Killer Queen," the group's first international smash. If you need a reminder of everything that was right about rock's old guard before punks stormed the gates, look no further. --Daniel Durchholz .. You can see a complete list of all Queen discography, or go back to the Queen tabs