Queen
News Of The World
60s 70s 180 Gram Vinyl Mastered by Bob Ludwig Halfspeed lacquers cut at Abbey Road Studios 'News of the World' is the sixth studio album by Queen released in 1977 'News of the World' was the second album to be produced solely by the band the first being 'A Day at the Races' Famous for its anthemic opening salvo 'We Will Rock You We Are The Champions' at once an acknowledgement of and delight in their newfound stadium status it's possible to see 'News Of The World' as the last album of Queen's 'classic' period when their fusion of gaudy operatics tearful ballads and '70s guitarrock came together most congruently and well With 'Spread Your Wings' the band crafted another of their typically artful paeans to hedonistic freedom and 'My Melancholy Blues' is one of Freddie Mercury's most engaging displays of selfindulgence though they stepped up the pace appreciably on 'Sheer Heart Attack' which proved that they could match anyone for sheer muscle when the urge seized them The album's most successful cut however Brian May's 'It's Late' successfully married the guitarist's power chordfetish with Mercury's infatuated romantic melodrama the result overblown on both counts stands as a neardefinitive record of this band and their sound
Tracklist
Side 1
1. We Will Rock You
2. We Are The Champions
3. Sheer Heart Attack
4. All Dead, All Dead
5. Spread Your Wings
6. Fight From The InsideSide 2
1. Get Down, Make Love
2. Sleeping On The Sidewalk
3. Who Needs You
4. It’s Late
5. My Melancholy Blues