Sheer Heart Attack (studio album) by Queen
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Sheer Heart Attack is ranked 2nd best out of 51 albums by Queen on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Queen is A Night At The Opera which is ranked number 114 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,999.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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70/100  | 05/12/2025 12:36 | CharonBri | | 75/100 |
45/100 | 05/06/2025 18:55 | wizardalien | | 47/100 |
80/100 | 05/04/2025 16:24 | MaxStorm98 | | 91/100 |
70/100 | 04/14/2025 20:07 | thepardunk | | 70/100 |
80/100 | 03/21/2025 12:31 | dukeboxkool | | 73/100 |
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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 79.2/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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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.
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.
Amazing. Personal favorite Queen album
Some good moment, but overall far from the best queen album imo.
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.
Great album with amazing vocals and guitar work, highly underrated on this site I think. Beginning tracks are the best and it kinda lose it by the end, but overall it still stands strong.
The first side of this album is an absolute gem. All tracks score between 75-90 and very reminiscent of The Who's Quadrophenia. The opening three tracks Brighton Rock, Killer Queen and Tenement Funster is an incredible kick start to the album and my favourite tracks. If rating side A then 85 but the flip side disappoints and scores 60, yet still a big improvement over Queen II.
the genius theatrical dramatic sublime effervescent sexy and Killer Queen
pjohnsongolf 12/04/2020 18:36
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Their diversity is still there, but this is more balanced, consistent and accessible than "Queen II", so I view this as a marginally better album(still very close though). Overall, 70/100.
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