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)
Music reviews of News of the World
Music Review: So much more than "We Will Rock You" and "We are the Champions"
Rating: 4 Stars
Looking back at the 1970s, sometimes many forget how big the band Queen was. Even as Queen moved into the 1980s, while their popularity did slightly decline in the United States, it continued to be very high in Europe. Their performance at Live Aid is widely considered one of the greatest of all-time and their subsequent "Magic" tour is considered one of the all-time greatest concert tours. If it weren't for Freddie Mercury's death in 1992, we might still be talking about Queen being as big a band as the Beatles. When Queen released their 1973 self-titled debut album, it showed all of the signs of greatness to come. This album would show how the band embraced a "theatrical" feel to their music as well as embrace a sound that would evolve into what would become Heavy Metal. Queen's next four albums would move more toward the theatrical sound and to some extent move away from that Heavy Metal sound (although there would be some highlights through these albums). They would also expand their horizons such as incorporating such sounds like ragtime. Also during this time Queen would establish themselves as a major force in the music business, but it would be their sixth album "News of the World" that would cement their standing as a commercial and creative force in the music business. At the same time, Queen would continue to innovate and explore more new horizons. Much of the popularity of this album would be on the songs "We Will Rock You" and "We are the Champions", but this collection offers so much more.
Queen is an example of the sum of the parts actually being greater than the whole. However, if you take each of the four members of Queen, they easily stand on their own as a top musician in their profession. Freddie Mercury is easily known to be the emotional and flamboyant lead vocalist of Queen who indeed has a legendary voice. Brian May is the legendary lead guitarist and probably the second most popular member of the band. Roger Taylor and John Deacon go extremely underrated. Listen to Taylor's thundering drumming in the studio or live and one can easily understand why he was asked to participate in an All Star Drum Jam (The S.O.S. All-Stars) at the Live Earth concert. As for John Deacon, he might be one of music's all-time underrated bass players. Many of his bass lines have proven to be the foundation for Queen's musical sound. In addition to being top musicians, all four members play integral roles in the songwriting.
On "News of the World", Queen goes for more of a "stripped down" Rock sound. Here are the highlights from each of the tracks.
"We Will Rock You": This is a well-known and legendary track by Queen. This song sets the tone for the "stripped down" sound of this collection. Everyone knows about the background clapping behind Mercury's a cappella-like vocals. However May's guitar work toward the end of this song is often overlooked.
"We are the Champions": Obviously this is the other well-known song. There isn't much I can add to what many already know. I always saw this song as a cross of Arena Rock meeting Theatrical Rock - great stuff.
"Sheer Heart Attack": This song features Mercury and Taylor on lead vocals. This song has a raw feel to it. There are lots of guitars and a blistering tempo to the song that almost could put it into a punk category.
"All Dead, All Dead": For the most part, this is a piano ballad. May takes the lead vocals and Mercury takes the background vocals. There is a psychedelic sounding bridge midway through the track. To some extent there is a theatrical feel to this song - especially on the chorus.
"Spread Your Wings": This song is highlighted by great guitar and piano work. This song is sung as a narrative about someone named Sammy who works as a janitor at a Rock bar. Deacon is the songwriter on this one and does a great job at painting a visual in this narrative story. This is a rare Queen song without backing vocals or harmonies.
"Fight From the Inside": This song features Taylor on lead vocals. As always, Taylor doesn't disappoint on the lead vocals. Also stripped down, this song has more of a slant on the percussion and bass than most Queen tracks. Taylor's higher octaves (compared to Mercury) as perfect for this track.
"Get Down, Make Love": This might be one of Queen's more "risqué" songs. It has a psychedelic feel to it. This might be one of Queen's strongest tracks because each of the four members of Queen get to showcase their musical talents at one point or another in the song: Mercury (Vocals, Piano); May (Guitars); Deacon (Bass); Taylor (Drums). Deacon's bass especially shines. This song shows why each member of Queen is at the top of their profession.
"Sleeping on the Sidewalk": This song has a classic Blues feel. With May on lead vocals, he too proves how good a lead vocalist he is as he flawlessly pulls of the Blues sound.
"Who Needs You": Great Spanish sounding acoustic guitars are the highlight of this track. The maracas help add to the Spanish feel.
"It's Late": This song also has a stripped down Rock feel to it. This song to some extent also has a theatrical feel to it - especially on the chorus.
"Melancholy Blues": This song has a stripped down sound, but that is because there are no guitars on this song. Piano and bass are prominently featured on this one. This song has a "supper club" feel to it.
Like many Queen albums, this album did require a few listens by me in order to get into it. There definitely is more to offer than the well-known songs of "We Will Rock You" and "We are the Champions". Highly recommended
Description of News of the World
Japanese remastered (2001 digital remastering) reissue of 1977 album packaged in a miniature LP gatefold sleeve, features 11 tracks. Virgin. 2004.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 Durchholz
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