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News of the World (Queen) (Music)
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News of the World is the sixth studio album by Queen, released in 1977 through EMI in the UK and Elektra Records in the US. Following the release of A Day at the Races the previous year, the members of Queen decided to move away from the densely-layered Progressive Rock sound of that album and A Night at the Opera in favor of returning to the comparatively stripped-back Hard Rock style of their first three albums, with Freddie Mercury stating that what had become "the Queen style" had been "done to death."At the same time, the music world was undergoing a massive sea change with the rise of Punk Rock, which Queen were seen as the direct opposite of. While Brian May denied claims that News of the World was a deliberate response to punk, he did consider the timing of the band's change in sound fortuitous, and Roger Taylor's contributions to the album were written as retorts to punk rock. Fittingly, Queen would end up interacting with punk's biggest representatives, the Sex Pistols, while both bands were booked at Wessex Studios — Queen for this album, the Pistols for Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.Upon release, News of the World was a major commercial success for Queen, peaking at No. 4 on the UK Albums chart and No. 3 on the Billboard 200, also topping the charts in the Netherlands and France. The album would also go on to be certified quadruple-platinum in the United States, triple-platinum in Canada, Platinum in Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and gold in the UK, France, and Italy.News of the World was supported by three singles: the double-A-side "We Are the Champions"/"We Will Rock You", "Spread Your Wings", and "It's Late".If you were looking for the British tabloid, information is at British Newspapers. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_1f37a427 | type |
Face on the Cover | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_1f37a427 | comment |
Face on the Cover: The band members are shown on the album cover, but as victims in the hand of a giant robot. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_22093e9b | type |
New Sound Album | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_22093e9b | comment |
New Sound Album: While not outright ditching the Glam Rock base of Queen's sound, News of the World shifts their material into a more commercially-accessible direction, a response to the fading popularity of Progressive Rock and concurrent rise of Punk Rock. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_237404cc | type |
Ironic Echo | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_237404cc | comment |
Ironic Echo: In the first chorus of "Sleeping on the Sidewalk", the narrator, a homeless, trumpet-playing street performer, states that "I may get hungry but I sure don't wanna go home." After becoming a fabulously rich professional musician, he states that "I don't get hungry and I sure don't wanna go home." Finally, after walking out on his employers after a falling out over his fading popularity, he returns to his life of homeless street performing, but finds that he misses being rich and famous, grumbling that "I sure get hungry and I sure do wanna go home". | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_23b0d78 | type |
Title Track | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_23b0d78 | comment |
Title Track: "Sheer Heart Attack" is one for a completely different album, being an outtake from it that was repurposed here. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_26b2747 | type |
Alliterative Title | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_26b2747 | comment |
Alliterative Title: "Sleeping On The Sidewalk". | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_26cce216 | type |
Age-Progression Song | |
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Age-Progression Song: The three verses of "We Will Rock You" address, in order, a boy, a young man, and an old man. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_295087bf | type |
Non-Indicative Name | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_295087bf | comment |
Non-Indicative Name: "My Melancholy Blues" is in fact, a jazzy, piano-driven torch ballad. The one true blues song on the album is "Sleeping on the Sidewalk". | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_326fdb01 | type |
Lyric Video | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_326fdb01 | comment |
Lyric Video: In the Animated Music Video for "All Dead, All Dead", most of the song lyrics appear on various parts of the giant robot's innards while the cat wanders through them. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_34e15b76 | type |
Kindhearted Cat Lover | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_34e15b76 | comment |
Kindhearted Cat Lover: "All Dead, All Dead", about one of Brian May's dead cats. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_44cf7d2c | type |
Incredibly Long Note | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_44cf7d2c | comment |
Incredibly Long Note: The choruses of "Sheer Heart Attack" feature Roger Taylor holding every instance of "sheer" and "real" for six seconds each. The "of the wooooooooooooooooooooooooooorld" at the end of the first chorus of "We Are the Champions", and at the end of its live renditions. If one listens to any of the available Rock Band stems note basically, custom mixes made exclusively for the game that consist of the vocals, bass, drums, guitar, and keyboards separated of this particular song, Freddie holds the note for so long that it seeps into the recording studio's reverb and disappears. Technically, in the final mix, the note never ends. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_4b1ca7d2 | type |
Genre Roulette | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_4b1ca7d2 | comment |
Genre Roulette: "Who Needs You" has a Spanish guitar arrangement, complete with some Gratuitous Spanish by Freddie. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_51f90774 | type |
Step Up to the Microphone | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_51f90774 | comment |
Step Up to the Microphone: Brian May sings on "All Dead, All Dead", a Grief Song for his late cat, and "Sleeping on the Sidewalk". Roger Taylor sings the choruses of "Sheer Heart Attack" and lead vocals on "Fight from the Inside". | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_53c7c51b | type |
And Call Him "George" | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_53c7c51b | comment |
And Call Him "George": The wide-eyed giant robot on the album cover is unaware why its new playthings have stopped moving; this is highlighted by original, Queen-free version of the painting, which was captioned "Please... fix it, Daddy?" | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_5e835a41 | type |
Gratuitous Panning | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_5e835a41 | comment |
Gratuitous Panning: "Who Needs You" features Freddie Mercury's vocals panned entirely to the right channel, while the guitar is panned entirely to the left. Everything else is centered in the mix. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_5fe1360d | type |
Audience Participation Song | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_5fe1360d | comment |
Audience Participation Song: "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" were very popular during Queen's arena rock shows and Freddie often used the opportunity to have everybody sing along. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_6053dc28 | type |
Record Producer | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_6053dc28 | comment |
Record Producer: Like A Day at the Races before it, Queen are credited as the sole producers on this album. This time around, though, they were "assisted by" Mike Stone, who Wikipedia treats as a de-facto co-producer. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_6732af17 | type |
Pep-Talk Song | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_6732af17 | comment |
Pep-Talk Song: "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions", "Spread Your Wings", "Fight from the Inside" are all songs about beating people who bring you down and triumphing in the end. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_67784113 | type |
Non-Appearing Title | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_67784113 | comment |
Non-Appearing Title: The album title. Unusual for Queen, this is actually averted for every song on the album. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_6a696742 | type |
The Power of Love | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_6a696742 | comment |
The Power of Love: "Sheer Heart Attack" about love for somebody that is so powerful that it borders a heart attack. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_7bef792a | type |
BreakUpSong | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_7bef792a | comment |
Break Up Song: "It's Late", "Who Needs You", "My Melancholy Blues" are all about this topic. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_7d276626 | type |
Siamese Twin Songs | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_7d276626 | comment |
Siamese Twin Songs: "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" fade almost directly into each other, to the point where not only were they released as a double-A-side, but they're also always paired together on compilation albums. What's more, during concert shows, sport manifestations, and parties, the songs are usually played directly after one another (except during the 1986 "Magic" tour, which had "Friends Will Be Friends" played between them). | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: "We Are The Champions". | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_8ad0bc24 | type |
Something Blues | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_8ad0bc24 | comment |
Something Blues: "My Melancholy Blues". | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_99699561 | type |
Questioning Title? | |
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Questioning Title?: Played with regarding "Who Needs You", which is framed as a question in the context of the song but lacks a question mark in the actual title. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_ab2f3f27 | type |
Heavy Meta | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_ab2f3f27 | comment |
Heavy Meta: "Sheer Heart Attack", penned by Roger Taylor, is notably a Take That! at the emerging punk scene... in the form of a punk song! | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_ac4ac8e5 | type |
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_ac4ac8e5 | comment |
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: The liner notes label each verse in "It's Late" as a "scene," tying in with Brian May's intention for the song to act as the musical equivalent of a three-act play. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_b067ddfe | type |
Animated Music Video | |
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Animated Music Video: "All Dead, All Dead" received one in 2017, depicting a cat wandering through the ruins of the giant robot on the album cover. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_b53077b3 | comment |
"Fight from the Inside" and "Sheer Heart Attack" (both written by Roger) are Take Thats at the then-emerging punk scene. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_be6f7ae7 | type |
Brief Accent Imitation | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_be6f7ae7 | comment |
Brief Accent Imitation: Brian May sings "Sleeping on the Sidewalk" in an American accent, tying in with the song's blues sound. The song even uses American vernacular, with the narrator noting how he owes his label "a million bucks a year" as opposed to "a million quid." | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_c3ae004a | type |
Re-Cut | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_c3ae004a | comment |
Re-Cut: 8-track releases of the album move "Spread Your Wings" from track 5 to track 3 in order to accommodate the format's four-program layout. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_c6b75b76 | type |
A cappella | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_c6b75b76 | comment |
A Cappella: "We Will Rock You". The song is generally set in a cappella form, using only stomping and clapping as a rhythmic beat, except at the very end, which has a guitar solo. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_c9597a03 | type |
Self-Deprecation | |
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Self-Deprecation: The remix of "We Will Rock You" included as a bonus track on the 1991 remaster proudly proclaims in its subtitle that it was "ruined by Rick Rubin." | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_ca14fa2b | type |
Music Is Politics | |
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Music Is Politics: In "Sleeping on the Sidewalk", the narrator gets scouted by a rich record executive and becomes a massively famous trumpet player. However, after a while, his popularity wanes and he finds himself deeply in debt to his record label, motivating him to quit in favor of returning to his former life as a homeless street performer. | |
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Sudden Musical Ending | |
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Sudden Musical Ending: "Sheer Heart Attack" ends with the audio abruptly cutting out, followed by a few seconds of silence. | |
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| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_d9761a10 | type |
Performance Video | |
| News of the World (Queen) (Music) / int_d9761a10 | comment |
Performance Video: The videos for both "We Will Rock You" and "Spread Your Wings", shot during the same session, feature the band miming on a stage in Roger Taylor's backyard. | |
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Lyrical Dissonance | |
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Lyrical Dissonance: "Who Needs You", a cosy, relaxing Spanish guitar track about Freddie claiming he doesn't need a former lover anymore. Even more dissonance stems from the fact that the song was written by John Deacon, who also penned such break-up songs as "Another One Bites the Dust" and "I Want to Break Free", while being the only one in the group to have had a singular, long, happy marriage (1975 - present). | |
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Intercourse with You | |
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Intercourse with You: "Get Down, Make Love". | |
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Everything Is an Instrument | |
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Everything Is an Instrument: The rhythm of "We Will Rock You" was achieved by the band members clapping their hands and stomping on wood planks with heavy boots, multi-tracked and processed with tape delay. | |
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Design Student's Orgasm | |
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Design Student's Orgasm: The album cover is based on a painting by Frank Kelly Freas, an artist best known for painting scenes of science fiction stories. The image, originally featured on the cover of the October 1953 issue◊ of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, showed a giant intelligent robot holding a human corpse. The members of Queen asked Freas if he could paint the exact same image, only with them in place of the corpse. At the bottom of the image is an arena with its roof torn down, with the implication the robot plucked them mid-concert - and the inner sleeve is the robot continuing his rampage going for the panicking crowd◊. | |
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Giant Robot Hands Save Lives | |
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Giant Robot Hands Save Lives: Subverted on the album cover. | |
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Grief Song | |
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Grief Song: "All Dead, All Dead", about Brian May's cat. "My Melancholy Blues", a sad song about feeling blue. | |
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Self-Backing Vocalist | |
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Self-Backing Vocalist: Freddie on "Get Down, Make Love", Roger on "Fight from the Inside", Brian on "Sleeping on the Sidewalk". | |
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No Ending | |
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No Ending: "Sheer Heart Attack" kind of just...stops. Not to the effect of the band just abruptly stopping, but...imagine if you were listening to the song and someone came over and turned off the device that was playing it immediately after the chorus. The abruptness of the ending is highlighted by the few seconds between it and the start of "All Dead, All Dead". | |
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Alternate Album Cover | |
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Alternate Album Cover: The original South Korean release used the upper half of the gatefold interior illustration as its cover art due to the government considering the UK cover too violent. A 1992 LP reissue would restore the original artwork. For Comic Con London 2017, the album was reissued with a remake of the original cover by Mike del Mundo, depicting Sentinel, Old Man Logan, Kitty Pride, and Colossus from the X-Men series in place of the giant robot and band members. Of note is that both Marvel Comics and Hollywood Records (Queen's US label since 1990) are owned by Disney. | |
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