Queen's First E.P. is the first extended play by British rock band Queen. It was released on 20 May 1977 by EMI Records.[1] The album consists of four tracks, one from each of their four most recent albums up to that point, with "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" as the lead track.[2]
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| Released | 20 May 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1974–1976 | |||
| Studio | Various | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 14:10 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Queen | |||
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| Singles from Queen's First E.P. | ||||
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Music video
editIn 1977, Queen filmed a promotional video for "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" in the Top of the Pops studios. The music video featured a drastically different arrangement of the song.[3]
Commercial performance
editQueen's First E.P. entered the UK Singles Chart at number 36 in the week ending 4 June 1977, peaking at number 17 in early July.[4]
Release and reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
Jim Allen of AllMusic wrote that Queen's First E.P. "is a four-song affair featuring one song apiece from A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, Sheer Heart Attack, and Queen II. "Tenement Funster", sung by drummer Roger Taylor, is a slice of Bowie-ish glam rock. "White Queen" is a prog-tinged epic ballad. "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" taps into the lighter, music-hall side of Queen, and the scabrous hard rocker "Death on Two Legs" finds the band baring its fangs a bit."[5]
Queen's First E.P. was reissued on CD in 1988 on the CD Single box set through Parlophone Records. In November 2008, it was made available as part of the limited edition CD box set The Singles Collection Volume 1.[6]
On 18 April 2009, the EP was reissued on CD as a part of Record Store Day 2009.[7]
Track listing
editAll lead vocals by Freddie Mercury, except "Tenement Funster", sung by Roger Taylor.[8]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" | Freddie Mercury | 2:53 |
| 2. | "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" | Mercury | 3:43 |
| Total length: | 6:36 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tenement Funster" | Roger Taylor | 2:59 |
| 2. | "White Queen (As It Began)" | Brian May | 4:35 |
| Total length: | 7:34 | ||
Charts
edit| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] | 17 |
Release history
edit| Date | Region | Label | Format | Catalog number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 1977 | United Kingdom | EMI Records | 7" Vinyl | EMI 2623 |
| Holland | 7" Vinyl | 5C 016-99082 | ||
| 14 November 1988 | United Kingdom | Parlophone Records | CD | QUECD5 |
| January 1991 | Japan | EMI Records | CD | TODP-2255 |
| 17 November 2008 | United Kingdom | Parlophone Records | CD | 50999 243358 2 9 |
| 18 April 2009 | United States | Hollywood Records | CD | D000383302 |
References
edit- ^ "Queen's First E.P." Queen Vault. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ Sexton, Paul (9 June 2020). "'Queen's First EP': Introducing 'Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy'". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - Promotional Video - Queenpedia.com". Queenpedia. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Queen | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ a b Allen, Jim. Queen – Queen's First EP: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Queen "Singles Collection" Boxed Sets". Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Records Store Day Releases - 2009". Record Store Day. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Tenement Funster :: Queen Songs". www.queensongs.info. Retrieved 3 November 2020.