Queen (album)
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| Queen | ||
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| LP by Queen | ||
| Released | Friday 13th July 1973 | |
| Recorded | May 1973 at Trident and De Lane Lea Studios | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 38 min 36 sec | |
| Record label | EMI (UK), Hollywood Records (US) | |
| Producer | John Anthony, Roy Baker, and Queen | |
| Queen Chronology | ||
| — | Queen (1973) | Queen II (1974) |
Queen is the first rock album by British band Queen, originally released in 1973. The album was recorded at Trident Studios and De Lane Lea, United Kingdom. It was engineeed by Roy Thomas Baker (as Roy Baker), Mike Stone, Ted Sharpe, and Dave Hentschel.
This album consists of heavy metal music, influenced by Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, whilst lyrically it is about such diverse subjects as a mythical fairy king to Jesus. In this album Mercury came in as the dominant songwriter, composing five of the ten tracks, and showing his particularly complex style. May contributed four songs, and Taylor one, in which he sang.
The album was recorded over a long period of time, in contrast with many debut albums; this was due to the fact that the band used the recording studio during off-hours to save money.
Included as the last song on the album is a snippet of "Seven Seas of Rhye", the full version of which appeared on the next album by Queen, Queen II.
Bassist John Deacon is named "Deacon John" on the album. The other members of the group used to call him that, and he agreed to the switch on the album. After it was released he asked that he be referred to by his proper name.
Track listing
- Keep Yourself Alive - (May) - 3:47
- Doing All Right - (May) and (Staffell) - 4:09
- Great King Rat - (Mercury) - 5:42
- My Fairy King - (Mercury) - 4:07
- Liar - (Mercury) - 6:26
- The Night Comes Down - (May) - 4:23
- Modern Times Rock'n'Roll - (Taylor) - 1:28
- Son And Daughter - (May) - 3:20
- Jesus - (Mercury) - 3:44
- Seven Seas Of Rhye... [instrumental] - (Mercury) - 1:20
- "Mad the Swine" (Mercury) (Bonus Track on 1991 Hollywood Records reissue)
- "Keep Yourself Alive (Long Lost Re-take)" (May) (Bonus Track on 1991 Hollywood Records reissue)
- "Liar (1991 Remix)" (Mercury) (Bonus Track on 1991 Hollywood Records reissue)
- The "..." appended to the title of the last track ostensibly indicated that it was only the introduction to the song, not the song itself, but this is omitted from the cassette and CD track listings.
Personnel
- Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano
- Brian May - guitars, piano (Doin' All Right), backing vocals
- John Deacon (as Deacon John) - bass guitar
- Roger Taylor (as Roger Meddows Taylor) - percussion, vocals
John Anthony: Backing vocals (Modern Times RnR)
External link
- Queen Lyrics (http://www.free-song-lyric.com/Queen-Lyrics.html)it:Queen (album)