{{Short description|1977 EP by Queen}} {{Infobox album | name = Queen's First E.P. | type = EP | artist = Queen | cover = Queen's First EP.jpg | alt = | released = 20 May 1977 | recorded = 1974–1976 | venue = | studio = Various | genre = Rock | length = 14:10 | label = EMI | producer = Queen | prev_title = A Day at the Races | prev_year = 1976 | next_title = News of the World | next_year = 1977 | misc = {{Singles | name = Queen's First E.P. | type = EP | single1 = Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy | single1date = 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Queen's First E.P.|url=http://www.queenvault.com/1stepsingle.html|website=Queen Vault|access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sexton|first=Paul|date=9 June 2020|title='Queen's First EP': Introducing 'Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy' |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/queens-first-ep-good-old-fashioned-lover-boy-song/|access-date=2 November 2020|website=uDiscover Music|language=en-US}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - Promotional Video - Queenpedia.com|url=http://www.queenpedia.com/index.php?title=Good_Old-Fashioned_Lover_Boy_-_Promotional_Video|access-date=3 November 2020|website=Queenpedia|language=en}}</ref>
== 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.<ref name=" :3">{{Cite web|title=Queen {{!}} full Official Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21275/queen/|access-date=3 November 2020 |website=Official Charts Company}}</ref>
==Release and reception== {{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="AM">{{allMusic|first=Jim |last=Allen|class=album |id=mw0000814624|title=Queen – ''Queen's First EP'': Review |access-date=25 October 2020}}</ref> }}
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."<ref name="AM" />
''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''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Queen "Singles Collection" Boxed Sets|url=http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/queen/discography/singles-collection-boxed-sets.htm|access-date=3 November 2020|website=Ultimate Queen}}</ref>
On 18 April 2009, the EP was reissued on CD as a part of Record Store Day 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Records Store Day Releases - 2009 |url=https://recordstoreday.com/CustomPage/642|access-date=25 October 2020|website=Record Store Day|language=en}}</ref>
==Track listing== All lead vocals by Freddie Mercury, except "Tenement Funster", sung by Roger Taylor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tenement Funster :: Queen Songs|url=https://www.queensongs.info/studio-info-page/tenement-funster|access-date=3 November 2020|website=www.queensongs.info}}</ref> {{tracklist | headline = Side one | title1 = Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy | writer1 = Freddie Mercury | length1 = 2:53 | title2 = Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...) | writer2 = Mercury | length2 = 3:43 | total_length = 6:36 }}
{{tracklist | headline = Side two | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = Tenement Funster | writer1 = Roger Taylor | length1 = 2:59 | title2 = White Queen (As It Began) | writer2 = Brian May | length2 = 4:35 | total_length = 7:34 }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- !Chart (1977) !Peak<br>position |- !scope="row" |UK Singles (Official Charts Company)<ref name=":3" /> | style="text-align:center;"| 17 |}
== Release history == {|class="wikitable" ! Date ! Region ! Label ! Format ! Catalog number |- | rowspan="2" | 20 May 1977 | United Kingdom | rowspan="2" | 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 == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{YouTube|PI3LAgGBxqU|Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy (Live on BBC Top of the Pops / 1977)}} * {{YouTube|nJL5xXdNfMQ|Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...) (A Night at the Opera, 30th Anniversary Version / 2005)}} * {{YouTube|hoXIsSLy3FA|Tenement Funster (BBC Session / 1974)}} * {{YouTube|f8usNj4x9NA|White Queen (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon / 1975)}}
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