In The Lap Of The Gods

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Editorial perspective

In The Lap Of The Gods occupies position 7 in the identified Sheer Heart Attack programme. It follows Now I'm Here. The next work is Stone Cold Crazy. Read that placement alongside the album perspective: Recorded across studios in England and Wales, the third album was produced by Queen and Roy Thomas Baker. It also contains Misfire, identified in John Deacon's official biography as his first composition for Queen. A useful editorial approach is to keep the distinction between the album Sheer Heart Attack and the later song with that title. Read the shorter tracks alongside their neighbours: their place in the sequence gives this page a different perspective from a compilation of singles.

The timing belongs to In The Lap Of The Gods - Remastered 2011, not to every performance of this work.

Sources and provenance

• Sheer Heart Attack (Deluxe Edition 2011 Remaster) · catalog track listChecked: 2026-10-08