Artist: QUEEN
Album: QUEEN REMASTERED VINYL (LP)

Year: 1973/ 2015
Media type: LP

Queen is the self-titled debut album from the English rock band Queen, released in 1973. It was recorded at Trident Studios and De Lane Lea Music Centre, London, England, with production by Roy Thomas Baker (as Roy Baker), John Anthony, and Queen.

The album was influenced by the seaside rock, hard rock, and heavy metal of the day and covers subjects such as folklore ("My Fairy King") and religion ("Jesus"). Lead singer Freddie Mercury composed five of the ten tracks. Lead guitarist Brian May contributed four songs, including "Doing All Right" which was co-written by Smile bandmate Tim Staffell. Drummer Roger Taylor composed 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, including vocals, appeared on the band's next album, Queen II. The band included the comment 'No synthesizers' on the album sleeve, as some listeners had mistaken their elaborate multi-tracking and effects processed by guitar and vocal sounds as synthesizers. Bassist John Deacon was credited on the sleeve notes of the original vinyl release as "Deacon John", as Mercury and Taylor thought this may make him sound more interesting. Shortly after the release, Deacon decided that he would prefer to use his own name in the future.

TRACKLIST:

SIDE A
"Keep Yourself Alive" (May) – 3:48
"Doing All Right" (May/Staffell) – 4:09
"Great King Rat" (Mercury) – 5:41
"My Fairy King" (Mercury) – 4:08

SIDE B
"Liar" (Mercury) – 6:26
"The Night Comes Down" (May) – 4:23
"Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll" (Taylor) – 1:48
"Son and Daughter" (May) – 3:21
"Jesus" (Mercury) – 3:44
"Seven Seas of Rhye..." (Mercury) – 1:15

LINE-UP:

Freddie Mercury - lead & backing vocals, piano, electronic organ, tambourine
Brian May - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, piano on "Doing All Right"
John Deacon - bass guitar
Roger Taylor - percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll"

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John Anthony - producer, backing vocals on "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll"
Roy Thomas Baker - producer, sound engineer