Queen (Queen album)

Queen
Studio album by
Queen
Released13 July 1973 (1973-07-13)
4 September 1973 (1973-09-04) (US)[1]
RecordedDecember 1971 (demo sessions)[1]
April – 30 July 1972[1]
Studio
Genre
Length38:46
Label
Producer
Queen chronology
Queen
(1973) 		Queen II
(1974)
Singles from Queen
  1. "Keep Yourself Alive"
    Released: 6 July 1973
  2. "Liar"
    Released: 14 February 1974

Queen is the debut studio album by the British rock band Queen. Released on 13 July 1973 by EMI Records in the UK and by Elektra Records in the US, it was recorded at Trident Studios and De Lane Lea Music Centre, London, with production by Roy Thomas Baker, John Anthony and the band members themselves.[2]

The album combines heavy metal and progressive rock with a folk influence.[2][3] The lyrics are based on a variety of topics, including folklore ("My Fairy King") and religion ("Jesus"). Lead singer Freddie Mercury wrote five of the ten tracks, lead guitarist Brian May wrote four songs (including "Doing All Right", which he co-wrote with Tim Staffell while in the band Smile), and drummer Roger Taylor both wrote and sang "Modern Times Rock and Roll". The final song on the album is a short instrumental version of "Seven Seas of Rhye", the full version of which would appear on the band's second album, Queen II.

The album was rereleased as a remixed, remastered and expanded box set entitled Queen I Collector's Edition on 25 October 2024, which caused a bit of controversy because of pitch correction on Mercury’s voice.

  1. ^ a b c Queen Chronology. Patrick Lemieux, Adam Unger. 11 April 2018. ISBN 9781926462103. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b Furniss, Matters (2011). Queen: Uncensored on the Record. Coda Books. ISBN 978-1-9085-3884-0. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference UCR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).