Artist: QUEEN
Album: NEWS OF THE WORLD REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1977/ 2011
EAN/UPS: 0602527717470
Media type: CD

News of the World is the sixth studio album by English rock band Queen, released in 1977.

Containing hit songs "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" (which are both commonly heard at sporting events) and "Spread Your Wings", the album went four times platinum in the United States alone and is tied with 1980's The Game as Queen's best American selling album.

Despite being an abrupt departure from the band's progressive sound, the album is considered one of Queen's strongest albums. It received mixed reviews from both critics and fans upon its release, but today it is considered to be a milestone album in the development of arena rock.

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 and Wessex Studios, England and co-produced and engineered by Mike Stone.

TRACKLIST:

"We Will Rock You" (May) – 2:01
"We Are the Champions" (Mercury) – 2:59
"Sheer Heart Attack" (Taylor) – 3:24
"All Dead, All Dead" (May) – 3:09
"Spread Your Wings" (Deacon) – 4:32
"Fight From the Inside" (Taylor) – 3:03
"Get Down, Make Love" (Mercury) – 3:51
"Sleeping on the Sidewalk" (May) – 3:07
"Who Needs You" (Deacon) – 3:07
"It's Late" (May) – 6:27
"My Melancholy Blues" (Mercury) – 3:29

LINE-UP:

Freddie Mercury: Lead Vocals, Piano, Backing Vocals, Cowbell, Percussion
Brian May: Electric Guitars, Spanish Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Maracas, Percussion
Roger Taylor: Drums, Electric Guitar, Bass, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Percussion
John Deacon: Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Spanish Guitar, Percussion