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[[Image:Queen_notw.jpg|thumb|175px|right|News Of The World, 1977]]  
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| artist      = Queen
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| album      = News Of The World
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| image      = [[Image:Queen_notw.jpg|175px]]
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| header      = News Of The World, 1977
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| released    = 28 October 1977 (UK),<br> 1 November 1977 (US)
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| recorded    = July - September 1977 at Basing Street and Wessex Studios
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| length      = 39:16
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| label      = EMI
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| producer    = Queen, assisted by Mike Stone
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| previous_album = [[A Day At The Races]]
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| previous_album_year = 1976
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| album_year = 1977
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| next_album  = [[Jazz]]
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| next_album_year  =  1978
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After an exhaustive seven years together and several trips around the world – not only to the United Kingdom and the United States, but Europe, Japan, and Australia – the band were ushered back into the recording studios in the summer of 1977 to record a follow-up to [[A Day At The Races]]. Instead of recording a similar album, several clashing musical styles were beginning to overtake the airwaves and attention of musicians worldwide: punk, new wave, and disco. Smartly opting to explore the first two genres, the band started to write and record more stripped-back songs, foregoing the usual production gimmicks of multiple overdubs and studio trickery.
After an exhaustive seven years together and several trips around the world – not only to the United Kingdom and the United States, but Europe, Japan, and Australia – the band were ushered back into the recording studios in the summer of 1977 to record a follow-up to [[A Day At The Races]]. Instead of recording a similar album, several clashing musical styles were beginning to overtake the airwaves and attention of musicians worldwide: punk, new wave, and disco. Smartly opting to explore the first two genres, the band started to write and record more stripped-back songs, foregoing the usual production gimmicks of multiple overdubs and studio trickery.
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In 1991, the album would be re-released on compact disc for the North American market, with a rap remix of [[We Will Rock You]] (suitably titled "Ruined by [[Rick Rubin]]") appearing as a bonus track. Opinion has been divided over the merits of such a remix, and no other remix from [[Hollywood Records]]' CD re-release campaign has caused quite as much controversy as Rick Rubin's.
In 1991, the album would be re-released on compact disc for the North American market, with a rap remix of [[We Will Rock You]] (suitably titled "Ruined by [[Rick Rubin]]") appearing as a bonus track. Opinion has been divided over the merits of such a remix, and no other remix from [[Hollywood Records]]' CD re-release campaign has caused quite as much controversy as Rick Rubin's.
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==Tracklists==
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'''Vinyl version'''
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* '''Side 1:'''
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# [[We Will Rock You]]
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# [[We Are The Champions]]
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# [[Sheer Heart Attack (song) | Sheer Heart Attack]]
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# [[All Dead, All Dead]]
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# [[Spread Your Wings]]
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# [[Fight From The Inside]]
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* '''Side 2:'''
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# [[Get Down, Make Love]]
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# [[Sleeping On The Sidewalk]]
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# [[Who Needs You]]
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# [[It's Late]]
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# [[My Melancholy Blues]]
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'''1991 Hollywood Records CD'''
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# [[We Will Rock You]]
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# [[We Are The Champions]]
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# [[Sheer Heart Attack (song) | Sheer Heart Attack]]
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# [[All Dead, All Dead]]
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# [[Spread Your Wings]]
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# [[Fight From The Inside]]
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# [[Get Down, Make Love]]
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# [[Sleeping On The Sidewalk]]
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# [[Who Needs You]]
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# [[It's Late]]
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# [[My Melancholy Blues]]
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# [[We Will Rock You]] (remix)
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|}
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:{|
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|valign="top"|
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'''2011 Universal Records CD'''
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* '''Disc 1:'''
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# [[We Will Rock You]]
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# [[We Are The Champions]]
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# [[Sheer Heart Attack (song) | Sheer Heart Attack]]
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# [[All Dead, All Dead]]
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# [[Spread Your Wings]]
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# [[Fight From The Inside]]
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# [[Get Down, Make Love]]
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# [[Sleeping On The Sidewalk]]
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# [[Who Needs You]]
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# [[It's Late]]
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# [[My Melancholy Blues]]
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* '''Disc 2 – Bonus EP:'''
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# [[Feelings, Feelings]] (take 10, July 1977)
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# [[Spread Your Wings]] (BBC version, October 1977)
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# [[My Melancholy Blues]] (BBC version, October 1977)
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# [[Sheer Heart Attack (song) | Sheer Heart Attack]] (live version, Paris, February 1979)
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# [[We Will Rock You]] (fast live version, Tokyo, November 1982)
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* '''iTunes-exclusive bonus videos:'''
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# [[My Melancholy Blues]] (live version, The Summit, December 1977)
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# [[Sheer Heart Attack (song) | Sheer Heart Attack]] (live version, Hammersmith Odeon, December 1979)
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# [[We Will Rock You]] (Queen Rocks version)
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==Credits==
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:: '''[[John Deacon]]''' - bass guitar, acoustic guitar on [[Spread Your Wings]] and [[Who Needs You]]
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==Vinyl==
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:: '''[[Brian May]]''' - guitars, vocals, piano on [[All Dead, All Dead]], lead vocals on [[All Dead, All Dead]] and [[Sleeping On The Sidewalk]], maracas and acoustic guitar on [[Who Needs You]]
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'''Side 1'''<br>
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:: '''[[Freddie Mercury]]''' - vocals, piano, harmony vocals on [[All Dead, All Dead]], cowbell on [[Who Needs You]]
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01. [[We Will Rock You]] (May) - 2:02
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:: '''[[Roger Taylor]]''' - drums, percussion, vocals, rhythm and bass guitars on [[Sheer Heart Attack (song) | Sheer Heart Attack]] and [[Fight From The Inside]], lead vocals on [[Fight From The Inside]]
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03. [[Sheer Heart Attack (song) | Sheer Heart Attack]] (Taylor) - 3:27
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:* Produced by: '''[[Queen]]''', assisted by '''[[Mike Stone]]'''.
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04. [[All Dead, All Dead]] (May) - 3:10
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:* Recorded: July - September 1977 at '''[[Basing Street Studios]]''' and '''[[Wessex Studios]]''', London.
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05. [[Spread Your Wings]] (Deacon) - 4:35
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==Charts==
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06. [[Fight From The Inside]] (Taylor) - 3:04
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| '''Country'''
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| '''Release date'''
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| UK
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| 12 November 1977
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| 28-'''4'''-5-6-7-8-9-9-13-13-10-17-15-18-33-26-43-50-0-44-0-48
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| 20
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| 8 weeks in Top 10
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| USA
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| 26 November 1977
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| 3
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| 59-28-16-14-12-12-9-8-7-5-4-4-'''3'''-3-4-5-6-8-9-12-15-35-69-
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72-72-76-77-77-107-125-131-139-146-146-142-182-194
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| 37
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| 13 weeks in Top 10
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| Japan
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| -
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| 3
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| 20
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| Italy
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| -
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| 16
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| 7
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| Netherlands
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| -
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| 1
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:[http://queenforum.parlophone.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=432677 Information supplied by Fedepeti, 24 August 2004]
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'''Side 2'''<br>
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==Singles==
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01. [[Get Down, Make Love]] (Mercury) - 3:51
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:{|
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|valign="top"|[[Image:Watcuk.jpg|50px|]]
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|valign="top"|[[We Are The Champions (single) | We Are The Champions]], 1977
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|valign="top"|[[Image:Watcusa.jpg|50px|]]  
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|valign="top"|[[We Are The Champions (single) | We Are The Champions / We Will Rock You]], 1977 (US double A-side)
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|valign="top"|[[Image:Sywuk.jpg|50px|]]
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|valign="top"|[[Spread Your Wings (single) | Spread Your Wings]], 1978
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|valign="top"|[[Image:Itslateusa7.jpg|50px|]]
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|valign="top"|[[It's Late (single) | It's Late]], 1978
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02. [[Sleeping On The Sidewalk]] (May) - 3:07
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==Queen talks==
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:* Notes
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03. [[Who Needs You]] (Deacon) - 3:06
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==Additional info==
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04. [[It's Late]] (May) - 6:26
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|valign="top"|[[Image:TheGulfBetween.jpg|90px|]]  
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|valign="top"|Science fiction artist, Frank Kelly Freas, illustrated the sleeve for ''News Of The World''. The design was a pastiche of his artwork for ''The Gulf Between'' by Tom Godwin, which appeared on the October 1953 cover of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' magazine.
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05. [[My Melancholy Blues]] (Mercury) - 3:26
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==1991 Hollywood Records CD==
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01. [[We Will Rock You]] (May) - 2:02
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02. [[We Are The Champions]] (Mercury) - 3:02
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03. [[Sheer Heart Attack (song) | Sheer Heart Attack]] (Taylor) - 3:27
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04. [[All Dead, All Dead]] (May) - 3:10
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05. [[Spread Your Wings]] (Deacon) - 4:35
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06. [[Fight From The Inside]] (Taylor) - 3:04
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07. [[Get Down, Make Love]] (Mercury) - 3:51
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08. [[Sleeping On The Sidewalk]] (May) - 3:07
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09. [[Who Needs You]] (Deacon) - 3:06
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10. [[It's Late]] (May) - 6:26
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11. [[My Melancholy Blues]] (Mercury) - 3:26
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12. [[We Will Rock You | We Will Rock You (remix)]] (May) - 5:01
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==Credits==
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==Reviews==
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* Musicians:
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:'''The Valley News, 1977'''
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: '''[[John Deacon]]''' - bass guitar, acoustic guitar on [[Spread Your Wings]] and [[Who Needs You]]
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: '''[[Brian May]]''' - guitars, vocals, piano on [[All Dead, All Dead]], lead vocals on [[All Dead, All Dead]] and [[Sleeping On The Sidewalk]], maracas and acoustic guitar on [[Who Needs You]]
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:It's been a pleasure to see Queen record four knockout LPs in a row: "Queen," "Queen II," "Sheer Heart Attack" and "A Night at the Opera," the last of which contained "Bohemian Rhapsody" the best single out of England since The Beatles' "A Day in the Life."
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: '''[[Freddie Mercury]]''' - vocals, piano, harmony vocals on [[All Dead, All Dead]], cowbell on [[Who Needs You]]
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:Last year's "A Day at the Races" was an engaging but decidedly less daring LP than "Opera," a superb album oozing with intricate experimental instrumentation.
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: '''[[Roger Taylor]]''' - drums, percussion, vocals, rhythm and bass guitars on [[Sheer Heart Attack (song) | Sheer Heart Attack]] and [[Fight From The Inside]], lead vocals on [[Fight From The Inside]]
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:Like "Races," the band's new record, "News of the World" (Elektra 6E-112) encompasses a wide range of styles — blues, rock, pop, Latin rhythms and even a tip of the hat to punk pacing in drummer Roger Taylor's frantic "Sheer Heart Attack." However, the emphasis is on pop and the songs written in this idiom are the LP"s most satisfying tracks.
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* Produced by: '''[[Queen]]''', assisted by '''[[Mike Stone]]'''.
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:Standout cuts are Brian May's "We Will Rock You," Freddie Mercury's "We Are the Champions," a melodic ode to the right for fame and fortune (in music circles?), "All Dead, All Dead," a poignant Beatles-ish piece, "Spread Your Wings," John Deacon's ballad about an underdog chap named Sammy, May's up-beat bluesy rocker "Sleeping on the Sidewalk", and —gasp— finally Mercury's (circa 1930) torch song "My Melancholy Blues", which sparkles with his evocative tenor warblings and skillful piano accompaniment.
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* Recorded: July - September 1977 at '''[[Basing Street Studios]]''', London, and '''[[Wessex Studios]]''', Highbury.
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:"We Will Rock You" is going to be a killer in concert due to Mercury's vocals, the band's hooky chorus and Taylor's heavy bock beat, made all the more hypnotic by the mass handclaps recorded behind it.
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==Charts==
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:Although "News" is a rockier disc than "Races," it appears that Queen wants to focus on accessible styles that have wide appeal. As a result, the two latest albums are tamer, less exciting works that the band's first four LPs. But Queen still pulls off top honors with its colorful vocals (Mercury reigns supreme here), rich harmonies, May's guitar virtuosity, and the band's sharp production work.
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* #4 (UK), #3 (US).  
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==Liner notes==
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:'''Additional Reviews'''
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* Notes
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:* [http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Queen_-_12-28-1977_-_News_of_the_World_-_Washington_Post Washington Post]
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:* [http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Queen_-_02-09-1978_-_News_of_the_World-_Rolling_Stone_%28Issue_258%29 Rolling Stone - Issue 258]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:Argentinianotw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Argentinia LP, 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:colonotw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Colombia LP, 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:colonotw2.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Colombia LP (back), 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:francenotw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|France LP (Green Vinyl), 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:japan2notw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Japan Promo LP, 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:colonotw.jpg|150px|thumb|none|Colombia LP, 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:colonotw2.jpg|150px|thumb|none|Colombia LP (back), 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:japannotw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Japan LP, 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:mexiconotw.jpg|150px|thumb|none|Mexico LP, 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:koreannotw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Korean LP, 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:Venezuelnotw.jpg|150px|thumb|none|Venezuela LP, 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:mexiconotw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Mexico LP, 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:usanotw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|USA Promo LP, 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:japannotw.jpg|150px|thumb|none|Japan LP, 1977]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:notwjpn1998.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Japan Remaster CD, 1998]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:notwjpn2001.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Japan Remaster CD, 2001]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:notwjpn2004.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Japan Remaster CD, 2004]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:NOTWusagold.jpg|150px|thumb|left|USA 24kt Gold CD, 1993]]
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Current revision as of 19:48, 31 July 2011

News Of The World
News Of The World, 1977
Released 28 October 1977 (UK),
1 November 1977 (US)
Recorded July - September 1977 at Basing Street and Wessex Studios
Length 39:16
Label EMI
Producer(s) Queen, assisted by Mike Stone
Queen chronology
A Day At The Races
1976		 News Of The World
1977		 Jazz
1978

Contents

After an exhaustive seven years together and several trips around the world – not only to the United Kingdom and the United States, but Europe, Japan, and Australia – the band were ushered back into the recording studios in the summer of 1977 to record a follow-up to A Day At The Races. Instead of recording a similar album, several clashing musical styles were beginning to overtake the airwaves and attention of musicians worldwide: punk, new wave, and disco. Smartly opting to explore the first two genres, the band started to write and record more stripped-back songs, foregoing the usual production gimmicks of multiple overdubs and studio trickery.

During this period, Roger started to write and record songs that he felt didn't suit Queen's sound. Four songs – Sheer Heart Attack, Fight From The Inside, Turn On The TV, and a deconstruction of Parliament / Funkadelic's I Wanna Testify – were written and demoed in the summer of 1977, with the explicit decision of issuing them as a solo release. While the first two titles would be ultimately used on Queen's new album, the latter two became the B-side and A-side, respectively, of Roger's first single release in August 1977, and the first time that a Queen band member would release a solo single. (It should be noted that I Can Hear Music and Goin' Back were released under the guise of Larry Lurex in 1973, though these two songs would later appear on Freddie solo compilations in later years.)

The recording sessions for News Of The World were held at Basing Street Studios and Wessex Studios, and spanned a mere six weeks (late July until mid-September); the band were notorious for generally using vast amounts of time in the studio. This severe cutback in time could be because the band had a commitment to a North American tour that November, or that they wanted to get the songs recorded as quickly as possible to retain a spontaneous and fresh feel.

Musical roles were also switched: while Roger had debuted as a guitarist on his 1976 song Drowse, making his six-string contributions to his two compositions all the less surprising, he also performed bass guitar on those two songs, providing lead vocals on Fight From The Inside and co-lead vocals on Sheer Heart Attack, which had been written during sessions for the titular album in 1974. Brian played piano on All Dead, All Dead and sang lead vocals on that song (harmonizing with Freddie at times) and the bluesy Sleeping On The Sidewalk, knocked off in a one-take session with none of the present musicians (Brian, Roger, and John; Freddie is nowhere to be found) realizing the tape was running. John's musical contributions, apart from (abridged) bass duties, included acoustic guitar on his two songs, though it is still debated who played the acoustic guitar solo on Who Needs You: Brian or John. As of writing, neither guitarist nor bassist have revealed the truth.

The album was preceded a fortnight by the single We Are The Champions in October 1977, with a video filmed at the New London Theatre on October 6th, implementing a specially-invited audience of members of the fan club, the first (but not last) time the band would reach out to their fans in this way. The single was a huge smash, reaching #2 in the UK and #4 in the US, ensuring that their North American tour that winter would be a sell out. Further singles – Spread Your Wings, released in the UK in February 1978, and It's Late, released in the US in April 1978 – were not as successful, reaching only #34 and #74, respectively. The album itself charted at a respectable #4 in the UK (which could have been seen as a minor mis-step, considering their previous two albums had topped the British charts), while it peaked one position higher in the US, becoming the first and only time that a US LP release would chart better than in the UK.

In 1991, the album would be re-released on compact disc for the North American market, with a rap remix of We Will Rock You (suitably titled "Ruined by Rick Rubin") appearing as a bonus track. Opinion has been divided over the merits of such a remix, and no other remix from Hollywood Records' CD re-release campaign has caused quite as much controversy as Rick Rubin's.

Tracklists

Vinyl version

  • 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 Inside
  • Side 2:
  1. Get Down, Make Love
  2. Sleeping On The Sidewalk
  3. Who Needs You
  4. It's Late
  5. My Melancholy Blues

1991 Hollywood Records CD

  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 Inside
  7. Get Down, Make Love
  8. Sleeping On The Sidewalk
  9. Who Needs You
  10. It's Late
  11. My Melancholy Blues
  12. We Will Rock You (remix)

2011 Universal Records CD

  • Disc 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 Inside
  7. Get Down, Make Love
  8. Sleeping On The Sidewalk
  9. Who Needs You
  10. It's Late
  11. My Melancholy Blues
  • Disc 2 – Bonus EP:
  1. Feelings, Feelings (take 10, July 1977)
  2. Spread Your Wings (BBC version, October 1977)
  3. My Melancholy Blues (BBC version, October 1977)
  4. Sheer Heart Attack (live version, Paris, February 1979)
  5. We Will Rock You (fast live version, Tokyo, November 1982)
  • iTunes-exclusive bonus videos:
  1. My Melancholy Blues (live version, The Summit, December 1977)
  2. Sheer Heart Attack (live version, Hammersmith Odeon, December 1979)
  3. We Will Rock You (Queen Rocks version)

Credits

  • Musicians:
John Deacon - bass guitar, acoustic guitar on Spread Your Wings and Who Needs You
Brian May - guitars, vocals, piano on All Dead, All Dead, lead vocals on All Dead, All Dead and Sleeping On The Sidewalk, maracas and acoustic guitar on Who Needs You
Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano, harmony vocals on All Dead, All Dead, cowbell on Who Needs You
Roger Taylor - drums, percussion, vocals, rhythm and bass guitars on Sheer Heart Attack and Fight From The Inside, lead vocals on Fight From The Inside

Charts

Country Release date First appearance in charts Peak position Chart run Weeks in chart Additional comments
UK - 12 November 1977 4 28-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-13-13-10-17-15-18-33-26-43-50-0-44-0-48 20 8 weeks in Top 10
USA - 26 November 1977 3 59-28-16-14-12-12-9-8-7-5-4-4-3-3-4-5-6-8-9-12-15-35-69-

72-72-76-77-77-107-125-131-139-146-146-142-182-194

37 13 weeks in Top 10
Japan - - 3 - 20 -
Italy - - 16 - 7 -
Netherlands - - 1 - - -
Information supplied by Fedepeti, 24 August 2004

Singles

We Are The Champions, 1977
We Are The Champions / We Will Rock You, 1977 (US double A-side)
Spread Your Wings, 1978
It's Late, 1978

Queen talks

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Additional info

Science fiction artist, Frank Kelly Freas, illustrated the sleeve for News Of The World. The design was a pastiche of his artwork for The Gulf Between by Tom Godwin, which appeared on the October 1953 cover of Astounding Science Fiction magazine.

Reviews

The Valley News, 1977
It's been a pleasure to see Queen record four knockout LPs in a row: "Queen," "Queen II," "Sheer Heart Attack" and "A Night at the Opera," the last of which contained "Bohemian Rhapsody" the best single out of England since The Beatles' "A Day in the Life."
Last year's "A Day at the Races" was an engaging but decidedly less daring LP than "Opera," a superb album oozing with intricate experimental instrumentation.
Like "Races," the band's new record, "News of the World" (Elektra 6E-112) encompasses a wide range of styles — blues, rock, pop, Latin rhythms and even a tip of the hat to punk pacing in drummer Roger Taylor's frantic "Sheer Heart Attack." However, the emphasis is on pop and the songs written in this idiom are the LP"s most satisfying tracks.
Standout cuts are Brian May's "We Will Rock You," Freddie Mercury's "We Are the Champions," a melodic ode to the right for fame and fortune (in music circles?), "All Dead, All Dead," a poignant Beatles-ish piece, "Spread Your Wings," John Deacon's ballad about an underdog chap named Sammy, May's up-beat bluesy rocker "Sleeping on the Sidewalk", and —gasp— finally Mercury's (circa 1930) torch song "My Melancholy Blues", which sparkles with his evocative tenor warblings and skillful piano accompaniment.
"We Will Rock You" is going to be a killer in concert due to Mercury's vocals, the band's hooky chorus and Taylor's heavy bock beat, made all the more hypnotic by the mass handclaps recorded behind it.
Although "News" is a rockier disc than "Races," it appears that Queen wants to focus on accessible styles that have wide appeal. As a result, the two latest albums are tamer, less exciting works that the band's first four LPs. But Queen still pulls off top honors with its colorful vocals (Mercury reigns supreme here), rich harmonies, May's guitar virtuosity, and the band's sharp production work.
Additional Reviews

Sleeves

Argentinia LP, 1977
Colombia LP, 1977
Colombia LP (back), 1977
France LP (Green Vinyl), 1977
Japan Promo LP, 1977
Japan LP, 1977
Korean LP, 1977
Mexico LP, 1977
USA Promo LP, 1977
Venezuela LP, 1977
Japan CD, 1988
Japan Remaster CD, 1998
Japan Remaster CD, 2001
Japan Remaster CD, 2004
Taiwan CD, 19xx
USA CD Longbox, 1991
USA 24kt Gold CD, 1993

Promotional Material

Badge
USA belt buckle
USA puzzle
USA mirror
USA store display
UK clock
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