Queen's First E.P.

Queen's First E.P.
EP by
Queen
Released20 May 1977
Recorded1974–1976
StudioVarious
GenreRock
Length14:10
LabelEMI
ProducerQueen
Queen chronology
A Day at the Races
(1976) 		Queen's First E.P.
(1977) 		News of the World
(1977)
Singles from Queen's First E.P.
  1. "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"
    Released: 20 May 1977

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]

Music video

In 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

Queen'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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

All lead vocals by Freddie Mercury, except "Tenement Funster", sung by Roger Taylor.[8]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"Freddie Mercury2:53
2."Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)"Mercury3:43
Total length:6:36
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tenement Funster"Roger Taylor2:59
2."White Queen (As It Began)"Brian May4:35
Total length:7:34

Charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 17

Release history

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

  1. ^ "Queen's First E.P." Queen Vault. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. ^ Sexton, Paul (9 June 2020). "'Queen's First EP': Introducing 'Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy'". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - Promotional Video - Queenpedia.com". Queenpedia. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Queen | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b Allen, Jim. Queen – Queen's First EP: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Queen "Singles Collection" Boxed Sets". Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Records Store Day Releases - 2009". Record Store Day. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Tenement Funster :: Queen Songs". www.queensongs.info. Retrieved 3 November 2020.