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News of the World

by Queen

News of the World is a 1977 hard rock album by Queen. It runs 11 tracks across 39 minutes on EMI. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.3/5 from 11 ratings.

Hard Rock · Glam Rock · Pop Rock

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#8 in Best albums of 1977 · #26 in Best hard rock albums

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Tracks
39 min
Runtime
95 bpm
Tempo
A major
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News of the World album cover

News of the World album cover

The News of the World cover was designed by Cream and illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas.

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Cream
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Frank Kelly Freas

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11 tracks · 39 min

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  • News Of The World (2011 Remaster)Remaster · 2011 · 16 tracks
    1. 1We Will Rock You (Remastered 2011)
    2. 2We Are The Champions (Remastered 2011)
    3. 3Sheer Heart Attack (Remastered 2011)
    4. 4All Dead, All Dead (Remastered 2011)
    5. 5Spread Your Wings (Remastered 2011)
    6. 6Fight From The Inside (Remastered 2011)
    7. 7Get Down, Make Love (Remastered 2011)
    8. 8Sleeping On The Sidewalk (Remastered 2011)
    9. 9Who Needs You (Remastered 2011)
    10. 10It's Late (Remastered 2011)
    11. 11My Melancholy Blues (Remastered 2011)
    12. 12Feelings, Feelings (Take 10 / July 1977 / Remastered 2011)
    13. 13Spread Your Wings (Live BBC Session / October 1977 / Remastered 2011)
    14. 14My Melancholy Blues (Live BBC Session / October 1977 / Remastered 2011)
    15. 15Sheer Heart Attack (Live In Paris / February 1979 / Remastered 2011)
    16. 16We Will Rock You (Live In Tokyo / November 1982 / Remastered 2011)
  • News of the World (Deluxe Edition) [2011 Remaster]Deluxe edition · 1977 · 16 tracks
    1. 1Feelings, Feelings (Take 10, July 1977)
    2. 1We Will Rock You
    3. 2We Are the Champions
    4. 2Spread Your Wings (Live BBC Session, October 1977)
    5. 3Sheer Heart Attack
    6. 3My Melancholy Blues (Live BBC Session, October 1977)
    7. 4Sheer Heart Attack (Live in Paris, February 1979)
    8. 4All Dead, All Dead
    9. 5We Will Rock You (Live in Tokyo, November 1982)
    10. 5Spread Your Wings
    11. 6Fight from the Inside
    12. 7Get Down, Make Love
    13. 8Sleeping On the Sidewalk
    14. 9Who Needs You
    15. 10It's Late
    16. 11My Melancholy Blues

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News of the World is the sixth studio album by British rock group Queen, released in 1977. Containing hit songs "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions" and "Spread Your Wings", the album went 3 x platinum in the US, 2 x platinum in the UK, and achieved high certifications around the world. News of the World was the second album to be produced solely by the band (the first being A Day at the Races) and was recorded at Sarm West Studios and Wessex Studios, London and co-produced and engineered by Mike Stone. Having received some criticism that their first completely self-produced project, A Day at the Races, was a "boring" album, Queen decided to shift their musical focus towards the mainstream but remain as the producers of the next album.

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After completing the A Day at the Races Tour, the quartet re-entered the studio to begin work on their sixth studio offering in July 1977, enlisting Mike Stone as assistant producer at the Basing Street and Wessex Studios in London. They scaled down their complex arrangements and focused on a "rootsier" sound (as Brian May put it). However the staple of the Queen sound, multitracked harmonies and guitar orchestrations, still exist on this album, albeit a bit more subtly. News of the World shows Queen's songwriting less dominated by May and Freddie Mercury, with Roger Taylor and John Deacon composing two songs each. The group completed recording and production of the album two months later in September and released the album on 28 October 1977.

In brief

Is News of the World good?
Riffiter listeners rate News of the World 4.3/5 from 11 ratings.
When was News of the World released?
News of the World was released in 1977 on EMI.
How many tracks are on News of the World?
News of the World has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 39 minutes.
What genre is News of the World?
News of the World is catalogued under Hard Rock, Glam Rock, Pop Rock.
What BPM is News of the World?
News of the World runs at a median tempo of 95 BPM across its tracks, most often in A major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to News of the World?
Listeners of News of the World also rate The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars by David Bowie, Highway to Hell by AC/DC, Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin.

News of the World at a glance

Labels
EMI, Parlophone, EMI Records
Produced by
Queen

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