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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]

Queen's First E.P.
EP by Queen
Released	20 May 1977
Recorded	1974–1976
Studio	Various
Genre	Rock
Length	14:10
Label	EMI
Producer	Queen
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.
"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" Released: 20 May 1977

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
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

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

Side one

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

Side two

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

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

External links

• Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy (Live on BBC Top of the Pops / 1977) on YouTube
• Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...) (A Night at the Opera, 30th Anniversary Version / 2005) on YouTube
• Tenement Funster (BBC Session / 1974) on YouTube
• White Queen (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon / 1975) on YouTube

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Queen's First E.P. es el primer EP de la banda británica Queen. Publicada el 20 de mayo de 1977 por EMI Records.[2] El álbum consiste de cuatro canciones, una de cada uno de sus cuatro más recientes álbumes en ese punto, con "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" como el sencillo principal.[3]

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