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"Stone Cold Crazy" is a song written and performed by British rock band Queen for their 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack. [7] It is a rare, early example of all four members sharing a writing credit. (The band did not formally credit the whole band until 1986.)
The lyrics deal with gangsters and include a reference to Al Capone. The track has a fast tempo and heavy distortion, presaging speed metal. [32] Music magazine Q described "Stone Cold Crazy" as "thrash metal before the term was invented". [33] The song was played live at almost every Queen concert between 1974 and 1978. [34] [35] [36] [37]
The B-sides of the single are live versions of the songs "Stone Cold Crazy" and "My Melancholy Blues" originally from the albums Sheer Heart Attack and News Of The World respectively. Specifically, Stone Cold Crazy comes from one of the two Rainbow shows that took place in November 1974, and My Melancholy Blues comes from the Houston show that ...
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track is included on their 1980 album The Game , and also appears on the band's compilation album Greatest Hits in 1981.
In the wake of this unexpected turn, Mercury called on the other band members, to go into the studio and record a song together. Until this point, all but a handful of songs were written by the individual members (and occasional duo-songwriting credits): "Stone Cold Crazy", "Under Pressure" (with David Bowie) and "Soul Brother".
Queen Mercury [32] "Spread Your Wings" ‡ News of the World: 1977 Deacon Mercury [3] "Staying Power" ‡ Hot Space: 1982 Mercury Mercury [2] "Stealin'" B-side of "Breakthru" 1989 Queen Mercury [33] "Stone Cold Crazy" Sheer Heart Attack: 1974 Queen Mercury [10] "Sweet Lady" A Night at the Opera: 1975 May Mercury [1] "Tavaszi szél vizet áraszt"
The Washington Post commended the band's experimentation within a range of hard rock to soft rock, [8] while Rolling Stone magazine's Bart Testa noted, "Most of the songs on News of the World either challenge Queen's artistic enemies or endeavor to establish a vision of the new order." He further dismissed the album as "the salient fictions of ...
The Miracle is the thirteenth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 22 May 1989 by Parlophone Records and Capitol Records in both the United Kingdom and the U.S. respectively, where it was the band's third and final studio album to be released on latter label, and their first studio album on the former label.