Sheer Heart Attack
by Queen

Album
Sheer Heart Attack by Queen
Year: 1974
Release date: 1974-11-08
Overall rank: 653rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 831 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1974 (10th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (144th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (653rd)

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Queen bestography

Sheer Heart Attack is ranked 2nd best out of 52 albums by Queen on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Queen is A Night At The Opera which is ranked number 108 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,412.

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A Night At The Opera This album (653rd)
Sheer Heart Attack Lower ranked (738th) »
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Sheer Heart Attack track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Brighton Rock
Average Rating: 84 (199 votes)Comments: View 3
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Killer Queen
Average Rating: 89 (413 votes)Comments: View 4
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Tenement Funster
Average Rating: 79 (161 votes)Comments: View 3
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Flick Of The Wrist
Average Rating: 81 (166 votes)Comments: View 1
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Lily Of The Valley
Average Rating: 80 (161 votes)Comments: View 2
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Now I'm Here
Average Rating: 85 (192 votes)Comments: View 1
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In The Lap Of The Gods
Average Rating: 78 (158 votes)Comments: View 1
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Stone Cold Crazy
Average Rating: 85 (194 votes)Comments: View 1
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Dear Friends
Average Rating: 74 (145 votes)Comments: View 1
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Misfire
Average Rating: 76 (145 votes)Comments: View 1
11.
Bring Back That Leroy Brown
Average Rating: 76 (153 votes)Comments: View 2
12.
She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettos)
Average Rating: 76 (148 votes)Comments: View 1
13.
In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
Average Rating: 82 (164 votes)Comments: View 3

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Sheer Heart Attack rankings

Sheer Heart Attack rankings summary
Overall rank: 653rd | 1970s rank: 144th | 1974 rank: 10th  Overall chart history
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Sheer Heart Attack ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 831 votes)
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 !		08/30/2026 14:19 xhitmanx  Ratings distribution  1,59876/100
 
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 !		07/12/2026 18:36 liquidbottle  Ratings distribution  77582/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.


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From BestEverAlbums 4 days ago in Chart of the day (#5426): By Keatownrodriguez
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45/100
From 05/06/2025 18:56 | #308847
Only tracks I'd rush to hear again are Now I'm Here and Misfire. Queen have never put together a consistently strong album in my opinion and this one is not one of their best. (Edited)
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80/100
From 01/17/2023 12:59 | #292995
Not Queen's greatest album with the music being scattered and confused for the majority of the record but we do also get some of their greatest ever songs on here. Their previous work (Queen II) was so much more focused and cohesive in comparison to this which can feel like a mess at times. The genres are all over the place and the group seem to want to diversify into different styles quite frequently which is what led to their huge success with their big singles. In terms of an album though it leads to a messy album which has quite a few B sides but also some phenomenal stand out tracks. A few examples of these elite level songs would be Brighton Rock, Lily Of The Valley, Now I'm Here and obviously Killer Queen. The performances are also very strong from May and Mercury again with the two of them properly establishing themselves as a powerhouse duo in rock on this album. Overall, this is an easy album to enjoy and have a great time listening to but for me they have made better records that demonstrate their quality better.
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From 09/06/2022 17:18 | #289398
Amazing. Personal favorite Queen album
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70/100
From 09/05/2022 15:37 | #289268
Some good moment, but overall far from the best queen album imo.
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From 09/02/2022 22:00 | #289221
Starts with a hiss and a roar. About half are really decent tracks. But I find half of this is also fluff that doesn't do anything for me.
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