''Queen's First E.P.'' is the first extended play by British
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band
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. It was released on 20 May 1977 by
EMI Records
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. 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.
Music video
In 1977, Queen filmed a promotional video for "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" in the ''
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'' studios. The music video featured a drastically different arrangement of the song.
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.
Release and reception
Jim Allen of
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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."
''Queen's First E.P.'' was reissued on
CD in 1988 on the ''
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'' box set through
Parlophone Records
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. In November 2008, it was made available as part of the limited edition CD box set ''
The Singles Collection Volume 1''.
On 18 April 2009, the EP was reissued on CD as a part of Record Store Day 2009.
Track listing
All lead vocals by
Freddie Mercury
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, except "Tenement Funster", sung by
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Charts
Release history
References
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