Sheer Heart Attack (track)
by Queen
Year: 1977
From the album News Of The World (track #3)
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Sheer Heart Attack appears on the following album(s) by Queen:
- News Of The World (track #3) (this album) (1977)
- Live Killers (track #19) (1979)
- Queen On Fire - Live At The Bowl (track #22) (2004)
- Queen Rocks (track #13) (compilation) (1997)
- Deep Cuts 2 (1977-1982) (track #2) (compilation) (2011)
- Queen Rock Montreal (track #25) (2007)
- Singles Collection 1 (track #24) (compilation) (2008)
- Live (track #10) (1985)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/15/2026 16:14 | Siromynian | 20,416 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 14:31 | phmusic | 73,585 | 100/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 15:52 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 19% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 17.1.
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Roger Taylor's furious track is a frantic punk rocker and one of the heaviest songs Queen ever did. It literally leaves the listener breathless and is a kick of adrenalin as far as the album is concerned. This is Queen out to out punk the punks.
Goliath 11/21/2018 11:31 | #225391
Great track, but could do without the squealing fingernails down the blackboard bit.
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/07/2010 01:55 | #16850
My favorite Queen song.
