Vinyl L.P - EMI Records - EMC 3061.
1974 - U.K.
Back cover.
Inner sleeve.
Inner sleeve.
Labels.
Album lyrics:
Brighton Rock.
(May)
Happy little day, Jimmy went away
Met his little Jenny on a public holiday
A happy pair they made, so decorously laid
‘Neath the gay illuminations all along the promenade
“It’s so good to know there’s still a little magic in the air
I’ll weave my spell”
“Jenny will you stay – tarry with me pray
Nothing ‘ere need come between us tell me love, what
Do you say”
“Oh no I must away to my Mum in disarray
If my mother should discover how I spent my holiday
It would be of small avail to talk of magic in the air
I’ll say farewell”
O Rock of Ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still
O Lady Moon, shine down a little people magic if you will
Jenny pines away, writes a letter everyday
“We must ever be together, nothing can my love erase”
“Oh no I’m compromised, I must apologise
If my lady should discover how I spent my holidays…”
Killer Queen.
(Mercury)
She keeps Moet et Chandon
In her pretty cabinet
‘Let them eat cake’ she says
Just like Marie Antoinette
A built-in remedy
For Kruschev and Kennedy
At anytime an invitation
You can’t decline
Caviar and cigarettes
Well versed in etiquette
Extraordinarily nice
She’s a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
Wanna try?
To avoid complications
She never kept the same address
In conversation
She spoke just like a baroness
Met a man from China
Went down to Geisha Minah
Then again incidentally
If you’re that way inclined
Perfume came naturally from Paris
For cars she couldn’t care less
Fastidious and precise
Drop of a hat she’s as willing as
Playful as a pussy cat
Then momentarily out of action
Temporarily out of gas
To absolutely drive you wild, wild..
She’s all out to get you
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
Wanna try?
You wanna try…
Tenement Funster.
(Taylor)
My new purple shoes, bin’ amazin’ the people next door
And my rock ‘n roll 45’s, bin’ enragin’ the folks on the lower floor
I got a way with girls on my block
Try my best be a real individual
And when we go down to Smokies and rock
They line up like it’s some kinda ritual
Oh give me a good guitar, and you can say that my hair’s a disgrace
Or, just give me an open car, I’ll make the speed of light outta this place
I like the good things in life
But most of the best things ain’t free
And this same situation, just cuts like a knife
When you’re young, and you’re poor, and you’re crazy
But oh, give me a good guitar, and you can say that my hair’s a disgrace
Or, just give me an open car, I’ll make the speed of light outta this place.
Flick of the Wrist.
(Mercury)
Dislocate your spine if you don’t sign he says
I’ll have you seeing double
Mesmerize you when he’s tongue-tied
Simply with those eyes
Synchronize your minds and see
The beast within him rise
Don’t look back
Don’t look back
It’s a rip-off
Flick of the wrist and you’re dead baby
Blow him a kiss and you’re mad
Flick of the wrist – he’ll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He’s taken an arm and taken a leg
All this time honey
Baby you’ve been had.
Intoxicate your brain with what I’m saying
If not you’ll lie in knee-deep trouble
Prostitute yourself he says
Castrate your human pride
Sacrifice your leisure days
Let me squeeze you till you’ve dried
Don’t look back
Don’t look back
It’s a rip-off
Work my fingers to my bones
I scream with pain
I still make no impression
Seduce you with his money-make machine
Cross-collateralize, (big-time money, money)
Reduce you to a muzak-fake machine
Then the last goodbye
It’s a rip-off
Flick of the wrist and you’re dead baby
Blow him a kiss and you’re mad
Flick of the wrist – he’ll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He’s taken an arm, and taken a leg
All this time honey
Baby you’ve been had.
Lily of the Valley.
(Mercury)
I am forever searching high and low
But why does everybody tell me no
Neptune of the seas
Have you an answer for me please
And the lily of the valley doesn’t know
I lie in wait with open eyes
I carry on through stormy skies
I follow every course
My kingdom for a horse
But each time I grow old
Serpent of the Nile
Relieve me for a while
And cast me from your spell and let me go
Messenger from Seven Seas has flown
To tell the King of Rhye he’s lost his throne
Wars will never cease
Is there time enough for peace
But the lily of the valley doesn’t know.
Now I’m Here.
(May)
Here I stand
Look around around around
But you won’t see me
Now I’m here, Now I’m there, I’m just a…
Just a new man
Yes you made me live again
A baby I was when you took my hand
And the light of the night burned bright
And the people all stared didn’t understand
But you knew my name on sight
Whatever came of you and me
America’s new bride to be – don’t worry baby I’m safe and sound
Down in the dungeon just Peaches ‘n’ me
Don’t I love her so
A thin moon me in a smoke-screen sky
Where the beams of your lovelight chase
Don’t move, don’t speak, don’t feel no pain
With a rain running down my face
Your matches still light up the sky
And many a tear lives on in my eye
Down in the city just Hoople ‘n’ me
Don’t I love him so
Whatever comes of you and me
I love to leave my memory with you
Now I’m here
Think I’ll stay around around around
We’ll be down in the city justa you ‘n’ me
Don’t I love you so.
In the Lap of the Gods.
(Mercury)
I live my life for you
Think all my thoughts with you,
Anything you ask I do, for you
And only you
I touch your lips with mine
But in the end
I leave it to the lords
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
What more can I do
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
I leave it to you
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
I want you to
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
Lap of the Gods.
Stone Cold Crazy.
(Deacon/May/Mercury/Taylor)
Sleeping very soundly on a Saturday morning I was dreaming
I was Al Capone
There’s a rumour going round, gotta clear outa town
I’m smelling like a dry fish bone
Here come the Law, gonna break down the door, gonna carry me
Away once more
Never, never, never get it any more
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Rainy afternoon I gotta blow a typhoon and I’m playing on
My slide trombone
Anymore, anymore, cannot take it anymore
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Walking down the street, shooting people that I meet with
My rubber tommy water gun
Here come the deputy, he’s gonna come and getta me
I gotta get me get up and run
They got the sirens loose
I ran outa juice
They’re gonna put me in a cell, if I can’t go to heaven
Will they let me go to hell
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know.
Dear Friends.
(May)
So dear friends your love has gone
Only tears to dwell upon
I dare not say as the wind must blow
So a love is lost, a love is won
Go to sleep and dream again
Soon your hopes will rise and then
From all this gloom life can start anew
And there’ll be no crying soon.
Misfire.
(Deacon)
Don’t you misfire
Fill me up
With the desire
To carry on
Don’t you know honey, that love’s a game
It’s always hit or miss, so take your aim
Got to hold on tight, shoot me out of sight
Don’t you misfire…
Don’t you misfire…
Your gun is loaded, and pointing my way
There’s only one bullet, so don’t delay
Got to time it right, fire me through the night
Come on, take a shot
Fire me higher
Don’t you miss this time
Please don’t misfire, misfire.
Bring Back That Leroy Brown.
(Mercury)
Bring back, bring back
Bring back that Leroy Brown – yeah
Bring back, bring back
Gotta bring that Leroy Brown – back.
She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes).
(May)
I love
She makes me
She is my heart
She is my love
I know
I’m jealous of her
She makes me need
She is my love
Who knows who she’ll make me
As I lie in her cocoon
And the world will surely heal my ills
I’m warm and terrified
She makes me so
I know the day I leave her
I’ll love her still
She is my love
She is my love
She knows where my dreams will end
I’ll follow as they grow
But the world will know how long I’ll take
And if I’m very slow she makes me so
She is my love.
In the Lap of the Gods Revisited.
(Mercury)
It’s so easy, but I can’t do it
So risky – But I gotta chance it
It’s so funny, there’s nothing to laugh about
My money, that’s all you wanna talk about
I can see what you want me to be
But I’m no fool
It’s in the lap of the Gods
I can see what you want me to be
But I’m no fool
No beginning, there’s no ending
There’s no meaning in my pretending
Believe me, life goes on and on and on
Forgive me when I ask you where do I belong
You say I can’t set you free from me
But that’s not true
It’s in the lap of the Gods
I can see what you want me to be
But I’m no fool
It’s in the lap of the Gods
Wo wo la la la wo
Wo wo la la
Wah wah ooh
But that’s not true.
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Liner notes:
Produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen.
Invaluable engineering by Mike Stone.
Special thanks to Geoff Workman.
Recorded at Trident, Wessex, Rockfield and Air Studios.
Composed, arranged and performed exclusively by Queen.
Art direction, photography by Mick Rock.
Sleeve concept by Queen.
No synthesizers.
ROGER TAYLOR – Drums, vocals, percussion, screams
FREDDIE MERCURY – Vocals, piano, jangle piano, vocal extravaganzas
JOHN DEACON – Bass guitar, double bass, acoustic guitar, almost all guitars on ‘Misfire’
BRIAN MAY – Guitars, vocals, piano, genuine George Formby ukelele-banjo, guitar orchestrations
Equipment and crew supervision by John Harris.
1991 Hollywood Records Remaster
Digitally Remastered by Kevin Metcalfe at The Town House, London.
1998 Remaster
1998 Digital Remaster by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios
Remastering Co-ordination by Justin Shirley-Smith
These Analogue Masters have been Digitally transfered at 24 bits Resolution
Processed using Sonic Solutions NO NOISE Technology
and Mastered to 16 bit using Prism SNS Noise Shaping
2001 Remaster
Remastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios 2001.
2011 Remaster
This 2011 version has been meticulously re-created using the finest modern analogue
and digital technology from the original first-generation master mixes.
Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME.
Audio supervised by Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson.
Additional audio restoration by Kris Fredriksson.
Special thanks: Joshua J Macrae, Greg Brooks, Gary Taylor.
Queen management: Jim Beach
Official International Queen Fan Club – http://www.queenworld.com
Bonus EP
Executive Producers: Brian May and Roger Taylor.
Bonus EP Mastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME. Audio restoration by Kris Fredriksson.
Now I’m Here (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 1975): Recorded by Adrian Revell, Martin ‘Tom’ Tranter, David Goatham & Chris Jenkins.
Mix Produced by Justin Shirley-Smith, Kris Fredriksson and Joshua J Macrae.
Flick Of The Wrist (BBC Session, October 1974): Produced by Jeff Griffin. Engineered by Chris Lycett.
Tenement Funster (BBC Session, October 1974): Produced by Jeff Griffin. Engineered by Chris Lycett.
Bring Back That Leroy Brown (A Cappella Mix 2011): Produced by Queen and Roy Thomas Baker. Recorded by Mike Stone.
Mixed by Joshua J Macrae and Justin Shirley-Smith.
In The Lap Of The Gods… revisited (Live at Wembley Stadium, July 1986): Recorded by Mack. Mixed by Brian Malouf, Assisted by Pat MacDougall.
Special Thanks: Greg Brooks, Gary Taylor, John K Chester and Jamie Howarth at Plangent Processes,
All at British Grove Studios, Astoria Studio and FX Copyroom.
Album lyrics:
Brighton Rock.
(May)
Happy little day, Jimmy went away
Met his little Jenny on a public holiday
A happy pair they made, so decorously laid
‘Neath the gay illuminations all along the promenade
“It’s so good to know there’s still a little magic in the air
I’ll weave my spell”
“Jenny will you stay – tarry with me pray
Nothing ‘ere need come between us tell me love, what
Do you say”
“Oh no I must away to my Mum in disarray
If my mother should discover how I spent my holiday
It would be of small avail to talk of magic in the air
I’ll say farewell”
O Rock of Ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still
O Lady Moon, shine down a little people magic if you will
Jenny pines away, writes a letter everyday
“We must ever be together, nothing can my love erase”
“Oh no I’m compromised, I must apologise
If my lady should discover how I spent my holidays…”
Killer Queen.
(Mercury)
She keeps Moet et Chandon
In her pretty cabinet
‘Let them eat cake’ she says
Just like Marie Antoinette
A built-in remedy
For Kruschev and Kennedy
At anytime an invitation
You can’t decline
Caviar and cigarettes
Well versed in etiquette
Extraordinarily nice
She’s a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
Wanna try?
To avoid complications
She never kept the same address
In conversation
She spoke just like a baroness
Met a man from China
Went down to Geisha Minah
Then again incidentally
If you’re that way inclined
Perfume came naturally from Paris
For cars she couldn’t care less
Fastidious and precise
Drop of a hat she’s as willing as
Playful as a pussy cat
Then momentarily out of action
Temporarily out of gas
To absolutely drive you wild, wild..
She’s all out to get you
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
Wanna try?
You wanna try…
Tenement Funster.
(Taylor)
My new purple shoes, bin’ amazin’ the people next door
And my rock ‘n roll 45’s, bin’ enragin’ the folks on the lower floor
I got a way with girls on my block
Try my best be a real individual
And when we go down to Smokies and rock
They line up like it’s some kinda ritual
Oh give me a good guitar, and you can say that my hair’s a disgrace
Or, just give me an open car, I’ll make the speed of light outta this place
I like the good things in life
But most of the best things ain’t free
And this same situation, just cuts like a knife
When you’re young, and you’re poor, and you’re crazy
But oh, give me a good guitar, and you can say that my hair’s a disgrace
Or, just give me an open car, I’ll make the speed of light outta this place.
Flick of the Wrist.
(Mercury)
Dislocate your spine if you don’t sign he says
I’ll have you seeing double
Mesmerize you when he’s tongue-tied
Simply with those eyes
Synchronize your minds and see
The beast within him rise
Don’t look back
Don’t look back
It’s a rip-off
Flick of the wrist and you’re dead baby
Blow him a kiss and you’re mad
Flick of the wrist – he’ll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He’s taken an arm and taken a leg
All this time honey
Baby you’ve been had.
Intoxicate your brain with what I’m saying
If not you’ll lie in knee-deep trouble
Prostitute yourself he says
Castrate your human pride
Sacrifice your leisure days
Let me squeeze you till you’ve dried
Don’t look back
Don’t look back
It’s a rip-off
Work my fingers to my bones
I scream with pain
I still make no impression
Seduce you with his money-make machine
Cross-collateralize, (big-time money, money)
Reduce you to a muzak-fake machine
Then the last goodbye
It’s a rip-off
Flick of the wrist and you’re dead baby
Blow him a kiss and you’re mad
Flick of the wrist – he’ll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He’s taken an arm, and taken a leg
All this time honey
Baby you’ve been had.
Lily of the Valley.
(Mercury)
I am forever searching high and low
But why does everybody tell me no
Neptune of the seas
Have you an answer for me please
And the lily of the valley doesn’t know
I lie in wait with open eyes
I carry on through stormy skies
I follow every course
My kingdom for a horse
But each time I grow old
Serpent of the Nile
Relieve me for a while
And cast me from your spell and let me go
Messenger from Seven Seas has flown
To tell the King of Rhye he’s lost his throne
Wars will never cease
Is there time enough for peace
But the lily of the valley doesn’t know.
Now I’m Here.
(May)
Here I stand
Look around around around
But you won’t see me
Now I’m here, Now I’m there, I’m just a…
Just a new man
Yes you made me live again
A baby I was when you took my hand
And the light of the night burned bright
And the people all stared didn’t understand
But you knew my name on sight
Whatever came of you and me
America’s new bride to be – don’t worry baby I’m safe and sound
Down in the dungeon just Peaches ‘n’ me
Don’t I love her so
A thin moon me in a smoke-screen sky
Where the beams of your lovelight chase
Don’t move, don’t speak, don’t feel no pain
With a rain running down my face
Your matches still light up the sky
And many a tear lives on in my eye
Down in the city just Hoople ‘n’ me
Don’t I love him so
Whatever comes of you and me
I love to leave my memory with you
Now I’m here
Think I’ll stay around around around
We’ll be down in the city justa you ‘n’ me
Don’t I love you so.
In the Lap of the Gods.
(Mercury)
I live my life for you
Think all my thoughts with you,
Anything you ask I do, for you
And only you
I touch your lips with mine
But in the end
I leave it to the lords
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
What more can I do
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
I leave it to you
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
I want you to
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
Lap of the Gods.
Stone Cold Crazy.
(Deacon/May/Mercury/Taylor)
Sleeping very soundly on a Saturday morning I was dreaming
I was Al Capone
There’s a rumour going round, gotta clear outa town
I’m smelling like a dry fish bone
Here come the Law, gonna break down the door, gonna carry me
Away once more
Never, never, never get it any more
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Rainy afternoon I gotta blow a typhoon and I’m playing on
My slide trombone
Anymore, anymore, cannot take it anymore
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Walking down the street, shooting people that I meet with
My rubber tommy water gun
Here come the deputy, he’s gonna come and getta me
I gotta get me get up and run
They got the sirens loose
I ran outa juice
They’re gonna put me in a cell, if I can’t go to heaven
Will they let me go to hell
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know.
Dear Friends.
(May)
So dear friends your love has gone
Only tears to dwell upon
I dare not say as the wind must blow
So a love is lost, a love is won
Go to sleep and dream again
Soon your hopes will rise and then
From all this gloom life can start anew
And there’ll be no crying soon.
Misfire.
(Deacon)
Don’t you misfire
Fill me up
With the desire
To carry on
Don’t you know honey, that love’s a game
It’s always hit or miss, so take your aim
Got to hold on tight, shoot me out of sight
Don’t you misfire…
Don’t you misfire…
Your gun is loaded, and pointing my way
There’s only one bullet, so don’t delay
Got to time it right, fire me through the night
Come on, take a shot
Fire me higher
Don’t you miss this time
Please don’t misfire, misfire.
Bring Back That Leroy Brown.
(Mercury)
Bring back, bring back
Bring back that Leroy Brown – yeah
Bring back, bring back
Gotta bring that Leroy Brown – back.
She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes).
(May)
I love
She makes me
She is my heart
She is my love
I know
I’m jealous of her
She makes me need
She is my love
Who knows who she’ll make me
As I lie in her cocoon
And the world will surely heal my ills
I’m warm and terrified
She makes me so
I know the day I leave her
I’ll love her still
She is my love
She is my love
She knows where my dreams will end
I’ll follow as they grow
But the world will know how long I’ll take
And if I’m very slow she makes me so
She is my love.
In the Lap of the Gods Revisited.
(Mercury)
It’s so easy, but I can’t do it
So risky – But I gotta chance it
It’s so funny, there’s nothing to laugh about
My money, that’s all you wanna talk about
I can see what you want me to be
But I’m no fool
It’s in the lap of the Gods
I can see what you want me to be
But I’m no fool
No beginning, there’s no ending
There’s no meaning in my pretending
Believe me, life goes on and on and on
Forgive me when I ask you where do I belong
You say I can’t set you free from me
But that’s not true
It’s in the lap of the Gods
I can see what you want me to be
But I’m no fool
It’s in the lap of the Gods
Wo wo la la la wo
Wo wo la la
Wah wah ooh
But that’s not true.
.jpg)
Liner notes:
Produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen.
Invaluable engineering by Mike Stone.
Special thanks to Geoff Workman.
Recorded at Trident, Wessex, Rockfield and Air Studios.
Composed, arranged and performed exclusively by Queen.
Art direction, photography by Mick Rock.
Sleeve concept by Queen.
No synthesizers.
ROGER TAYLOR – Drums, vocals, percussion, screams
FREDDIE MERCURY – Vocals, piano, jangle piano, vocal extravaganzas
JOHN DEACON – Bass guitar, double bass, acoustic guitar, almost all guitars on ‘Misfire’
BRIAN MAY – Guitars, vocals, piano, genuine George Formby ukelele-banjo, guitar orchestrations
Equipment and crew supervision by John Harris.
1991 Hollywood Records Remaster
Digitally Remastered by Kevin Metcalfe at The Town House, London.
1998 Remaster
1998 Digital Remaster by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios
Remastering Co-ordination by Justin Shirley-Smith
These Analogue Masters have been Digitally transfered at 24 bits Resolution
Processed using Sonic Solutions NO NOISE Technology
and Mastered to 16 bit using Prism SNS Noise Shaping
2001 Remaster
Remastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios 2001.
2011 Remaster
This 2011 version has been meticulously re-created using the finest modern analogue
and digital technology from the original first-generation master mixes.
Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME.
Audio supervised by Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson.
Additional audio restoration by Kris Fredriksson.
Special thanks: Joshua J Macrae, Greg Brooks, Gary Taylor.
Queen management: Jim Beach
Official International Queen Fan Club – http://www.queenworld.com
Bonus EP
Executive Producers: Brian May and Roger Taylor.
Bonus EP Mastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME. Audio restoration by Kris Fredriksson.
Now I’m Here (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 1975): Recorded by Adrian Revell, Martin ‘Tom’ Tranter, David Goatham & Chris Jenkins.
Mix Produced by Justin Shirley-Smith, Kris Fredriksson and Joshua J Macrae.
Flick Of The Wrist (BBC Session, October 1974): Produced by Jeff Griffin. Engineered by Chris Lycett.
Tenement Funster (BBC Session, October 1974): Produced by Jeff Griffin. Engineered by Chris Lycett.
Bring Back That Leroy Brown (A Cappella Mix 2011): Produced by Queen and Roy Thomas Baker. Recorded by Mike Stone.
Mixed by Joshua J Macrae and Justin Shirley-Smith.
In The Lap Of The Gods… revisited (Live at Wembley Stadium, July 1986): Recorded by Mack. Mixed by Brian Malouf, Assisted by Pat MacDougall.
Special Thanks: Greg Brooks, Gary Taylor, John K Chester and Jamie Howarth at Plangent Processes,
All at British Grove Studios, Astoria Studio and FX Copyroom.
Other editions included in this site:
Vinyl:
Compact Disc:
ReplyDeleteSheer 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.
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".
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.