Queen - News of the World
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Artist: QueenEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1991-02-12
Music Label: Hollywood Records
Soundtracks:
- We Will Rock You
- We Are The Champions
- Sheer Heart Attack
- All Dead, All Dead
- Spread Your Wings
- Fight From The Inside
- Get Down, Make Love
- Sleeping On The Sidewalk
- Who Needs You
- It's Late
- My Melancholy Blues
- We Will Rock You (Remix)
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Free Music Review: Queen's response to punk
Hit: 4 Stars
In many ways, this seems to be Queen's 1977 answer to punk rock, and it holds up remarkably well after 30-plus years. The opening pairing of "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" may seem overplayed today, but at the time they were also a statement of purpose. "Sheer Heart Attack" is another blistering rocker. "Get Down, Make Love" is blatant sexuality set to music, making nice use the of pauses between the notes, as well as a mid-section that sounds a bit like a game of pinball gone haywire. There are many different bases covered here musically, just in a more stripped-down fashion than usual (not as many layered vocals, overdubs, etc). "It's Late" is a slow-building guitar track, "Who Needs You" has a laid-back Spanish feel, and "My Melancholy Blues" is a perfect album closer, as if Freddie Mercury were singing this piano ballad in some smoky after-hours jazz club. Somehow it all manages to hold together -- and to still sound very much like Queen.
News of the World Poster
When it was released in 1977, News of the World seemed at loggerheads with a music world that had moved beyond Queen's operatic pomprock and on to punk. In fact, the album was more in step with the punk scene than the output of most superstar acts of the time, as it contains Roger Taylor's furious "Sheer Heart Attack" and Freddie Mercury's lean, brutal "Get Down, Make Love." Of course, News is famous for its opening medley, "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions." Attend any sports event in the Western world, and you'll hear the former. If it's a championship match and the home team wins, you'll hear the latter. That's a tribute to the staying power of the music, but News of the World offers proof that, even as Queen maintained their position as rock & roll royalty, they continued to evolve and react to the times. --Daniel DurchholzWhen it was released in 1977, News of the World seemed at loggerheads with a music world that had moved beyond Queen's operatic pomprock and on to punk. In fact, the album was more in step with the punk scene than the output of most superstar acts of the time, as it contains Roger Taylor's furious "Sheer Heart Attack" and Freddie Mercury's lean, brutal "Get Down, Make Love." Of course, News is famous for its opening medley, "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions." Attend any sports event in the Western world, and you'll hear the former. If it's a championship match and the home team wins, you'll hear the latter. That's a tribute to the staying power of the music, but News of the World offers proof that, even as Queen maintained their position as rock & roll royalty, they continued to evolve and react to the times. --Daniel Durchholz
Japanese remastered (2001 digital remastering) reissue of 1977 album packaged in a miniature LP gatefold sleeve, features 11 tracks. Virgin. 2004.
Japanese Version featuring a Limited Edition LP Style Slipcase for Initial Pressing Only.
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