Queen ‎– Sheer Heart Attack

Rock

Hard Rock, Pop Rock

1974

"Sheer Heart Attack" is the third album by Queen, originally released in November 1974.

The album launched the band to mainstream popularity both in the UK and internationally: the first single, "Killer Queen" reached #2 in the British charts and provided Queen with their first US Top 20 hit, peaking at #12 on the Billboard singles chart. "Sheer Heart Attack" was also the first Queen album to hit the US Top 20, peaking at #12 in 1975.

This grouping gathers together all versions of the "Sheer Heart Attack" album, originally released on vinyl and tape, as well as subsequent repressings.

Officially, the entire back catalogue was re-issued for the first time on CD in 1986, and again on CD/tape in remastered form in 1991 for the US market (via Hollywood Records and adding a few non-album tracks or remixes not included on the original versions).
Parlophone also re-issued the remastered versions in 1993/1994, and subsequently several additional re-remastered versions (some in 5.1 DTS) have appeared.

In 2009 the entire back catalogue of studio albums (newly remastered) was re-released again, this time on heavyweight vinyl while "40th Anniversary" CD versions appeared in 2011 in standard and "Deluxe Edition" (the latter including a 2nd disc with sparse bonus tracks).