Queen - News Of The World (1977) [FLAC] (Remastered 1993)


Artist: Queen
Album: News Of The World
Original release: 1977
Release date: 1993
Label: EMI 0777 7 89494 2 8
Remastered: 1993 by Queen Productions

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Tracklisting:

  1. We Will Rock You (May) 2:01
  2. We Are The Champions (Mercury) 3:00
  3. Sheer Heart Attack (Taylor) 3:24
  4. All Dead, All Dead (May) 3:10
  5. Spread Your Wings (Deacon) 4:36
  6. Fight From The Inside (Taylor) 3:02
  7. Get Down, Make Love (Mercury) 3:51
  8. Sleeping On The Sidewalk (May) 3:05
  9. Who Needs You (Deacon) 3:07
  10. It's Late (May) 6:26
  11. My Melancholy Blues (Mercury) 3:33

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John Deacon bass guitar
Brian May guitar, backing vocals
Freddie Mercury vocals, piano
Roger Taylor drums, backing vocals

Produced by Queen assisted by Mike Stone
Engineered by Mike Stone

Equipment supervision John Harris
Management John Reid
Coordination Peter Brown, Paul Prenter
Tour manager Gerry Stickells
Our thanks to our road crew
Brian Spencer Ritchie Anderson Chris Taylor Peter Hince

Original artwork by Frank Kelly Freas
Layout and sleeve coordination Cream

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Greg Prato from AMG wrote:
By 1977, Queen had perfected and succeeded at several different musical styles -- heavy metal, glam, progressive, pop, ballads, and forays into genres not usually associated with hard rock (opera and gospel). By its next release, the band had progressed toward arena rock, and News of the World contained two of rock's best and most renowned all-time anthems, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" (worldwide Top Ten hits). Punk rock was in full force by 1977, and Queen were among the elite bands being criticized by the punks. Instead of ignoring it, the band issued its answer to punk with the amphetamine-fueled "Sheer Heart Attack." News of the World bears some resemblance to 1974's Queen II due to its darkness -- the tracks "All Dead, All Dead," "Spread Your Wings," and "My Melancholy Blues" smack the listener with cold, hard reality. But not all of the tracks are so serious, such as the fun salsa sounds of "Who Needs You," the epic Zep rock of "It's Late," the groovy blues jam "Sleeping on the Sidewalk," the tasty funk of "Fight From the Inside," and the robotic, overtly sexual "Get Down, Make Love" (later covered by Nine Inch Nails). Their third blockbuster release in a row, News of the World solidified Queen's status as global stadium headliners.