Sheer Heart Attack

Sheer Heart Attack is the third album by English rock group Queen, released November 1974. It was produced by Queen and Roy Thomas Baker for EMI in the UK, and Elektra in the US. The album received a generally positive critical response and is widely regarded as one of Queen's finest albums. Brian May wrote "Brighton Rock" in 1973 but they couldn't finish recording it for the second album so they did it in the third. The title is something of a p... more

Sheer Heart Attack is the third album by English rock group Queen, released November 1974. It was produced by Queen and Roy Thomas Baker for EMI in the UK, and Elektra in the US. The album received a generally positive critical response and is widely regarded as one of Queen's finest albums. Brian May wrote "Brighton Rock" in 1973 but they couldn't finish recording it for the second album so they did it in the third. The title is something of a pun: Brighton rock is a long, cylindrical sugar candy traditional to that seaside resort. The term was also iconic in UK pop culture as the title of a dark Graham Greene thriller/noir novel later adapted into a successful film starring Richard Attenborough as a teenage sociopath. The song, the first track on the album tells the story of two young lovers meeting in Brighton on a public holiday. Jenny cannot linger because she is afraid her mother will find out "how I spent my holiday", but afterwards "writes a letter every day"; Jimmy, eager on... less