Queen is the first rock album by British band Queen, originally released in 1973. The album was recorded at Trident Studios and De Lane Lea, United Kingdom. It was engineeed by Roy Thomas Baker (as Roy Baker), Mike Stone, Ted Sharpe, and Dave Hentschel.

This album consists of heavy metal music, influenced by Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, whilst lyrically it is about such diverse subjects as a mythical fairy king to Jesus.

Included as the last song on the album is a snippet of "Seven Seas of Rhye", the full version of which appeared on the next album by Queen, Queen II.

Track listing

1. Keep Yourself Alive - (May) - 3:47
2. Doing All Right - (May) and (Staffell) - 4:09
3. Great King Rat - (Mercury) - 5:42
4. My Fairy King - (Mercury) - 4:07
5. Liar - (Mercury) - 6:26
6. The Night Comes Down - (May) - 4:23
7. Modern Times Rock'n'Roll - (Taylor) - 1:28
8. Son And Daughter - (May) - 3:20
9. Jesus - (Mercury) - 3:44
10. Seven Seas Of Rhye... [instrumental] - (Mercury) - 1:20

The "..." appended to the title of the last track ostensibly indicated that it was only the introduction to the song, not the song itself, but this is omitted from the cassette and CD track listings.

Personnel

• Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano
• Brian May - guitars, piano, vocals
• John Deacon (as Deacon John) - bass guitar
• Roger Taylor (as Roger Meddows Taylor) - percussion, vocals

External link

• Queen Lyrics