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* EarlyBirdCameo: The album ends with a shorter instrumental version of "Seven Seas Of Rye", which would appear in full on [[Music/QueenII the next album]].

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* EarlyBirdCameo: The album ends with a shorter instrumental version of "Seven Seas Of Rye", which would appear in full on [[Music/QueenII the next album]].
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* HeavyMithril: The album features a big fantasy angle, with song like "Great King Rat" and "Fairy King".

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* HeavyMithril: The album features a big fantasy angle, with song like "Great King Rat" and "Fairy "My Fairy King".

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''Queen'' is the debut album by the band Music/{{Queen}}, released on 13 July 1973 by Creator/{{EMI}} Records in Britain and Creator/ElektraRecords in the United States. There were influences of progressive rock and heavy metal that were budding, which would be taken further in [[Music/QueenII the followup album]].

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''Queen'' is the debut album by the British GlamRock band Music/{{Queen}}, Music/{{Queen|Band}}, released on 13 July 1973 by Creator/{{EMI}} Records in Britain and Creator/ElektraRecords in the United States. There were influences of progressive rock ProgressiveRock and heavy metal that were budding, which would be taken further in [[Music/QueenII the followup album]].


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* JesusWasWayCool: The aptly-titled "Jesus" is a driving HardRock sound about how UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} was a powerful and charismatic "leader of man" who drew adoration from the people around him.

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The debut of future mega-stars {{Music/Queen}}.

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->''"Keep yourself alive,\\
Keep yourself alive,\\
Take you all your time and your money,\\
Honey, you'll survive!"''
-->--"Keep Yourself Alive"

''Queen'' is the
debut album by the band Music/{{Queen}}, released on 13 July 1973 by Creator/{{EMI}} Records in Britain and Creator/ElektraRecords in the United States. There were influences of future mega-stars {{Music/Queen}}.

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progressive rock and heavy metal that were budding, which would be taken further in [[Music/QueenII the followup album]].

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!!Principal members:
* John Deacon - bass
* Music/BrianMay - guitars, piano, backing vocals
* Music/FreddieMercury - lead vocals (except "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll"), piano, Hammond Organ, backing vocals
* Roger Taylor - drums, percussion, lead vocals ("Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll"), backing vocals



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# "Son And Daughter" (3:19)

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* EpicRocking: "Liar" runs for 6:26.
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* UnreliableNarrator. "[[CaptainObvious Liar]]". Maybe.

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* UnreliableNarrator. "[[CaptainObvious Liar]]"."Liar". Maybe.
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* UnreliableNarrator. "[[CaptainObvious Liar]]". [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory Maybe]].

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* UnreliableNarrator. "[[CaptainObvious Liar]]". [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory Maybe]].Maybe.
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* CoverVersion: "Doin' All Right" is a song that was originally done by Music/BrianMay's previous band Smile, so past member Tim Staffell also demanded royalties.



* StepUpToTheMicrophone: In "Liar", John Deacon gladly joins Freddie in singing the "All day long" parts.

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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: In "Liar", John Deacon gladly joins Freddie Music/FreddieMercury in singing the "All day long" parts.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: A ''marked'' departure from their later sound. Bordering on ProgRock at times.

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* DirtyOldMan: The title character in "Great King Rat" is described as one in the lyrics.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: A ''marked'' departure from their later sound. Bordering The album sounds more like HardRock than the sound the band became well known for, at times bordering on ProgRock at times.ProgRock.
* HeavyMeta: "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll", which is essentially Roger Taylor's attempt to out-rock Music/LedZeppelin.



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* IronicNurseryRhyme: "Great King Rat", a surreal song describing the less than savoury life of the title character, has a chorus based on "Old King Cole": "Great King Rat was a dirty old man and a dirty old man was he."
* PrecisionFStrike: "Son and Daughter" features the line "The world expects a man to buckle down and shovel '''shit'''". The word was never uttered in live versions; they truncated the sentence at "shovel" or said "it" instead.
* SelfTitledAlbum: As seen above.above.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: In "Liar", John Deacon gladly joins Freddie in singing the "All day long" parts.
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* CallAndResponseSong: During "Keep Yourself Alive":
-->Do you think you're better every day?
-->No, I just think I'm two steps nearer to my grave.
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The debut of future mega-stars {{Music/Queen}}.

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# "Keep Yourself Alive" (3:46)
# "Doing All Right" (4:10)
# "Great King Rat" (5:41)
# "My Fairy King" (4:07)

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# "Liar" (6:26)
# "The Night Comes Down" (4:24)
# "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll" (1:48)
# "Son And Daughter" (3:19)
# "Jesus" (3:45)
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: A ''marked'' departure from their later sound. Bordering on ProgRock at times.
* HeavyMithril: The album features a big fantasy angle, with song like "Great King Rat" and "Fairy King".
* SelfTitledAlbum: As seen above.

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