News of the World
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CRITIC REVIEWS
100
Includes some of rock’s most convincing expressions of mob mentality, ”We Will Rock You” and ”We Are the Champions.”
70
Despite the explosion of sounds and rhythms, this album doesn't add up to party thanks to that slightly distancing chilly vibe that hangs over the album. Nevertheless, many of these songs work well on their own as entities, so there is plenty to savor here, especially from Brian May.
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50
Most of the songs on News of the World either challenge Queen’s artistic enemies or endeavor to establish a vision of the new order.
This is a strange album, opening with the two big hits (which are quite ploddy and lumpen as big hits go) but then the remainder of the album jettisons Mercury's usual theatrical flamboyance for the most part...but what it replaces the trademark Queen sound for is cumbersome and simply boring 'meat and potatoes' genre experiments (blues rock, hard rock, flamenco flavoured ballad, etc).
Album is an awful trudge, truth be told.
After the slight disappointment that was A Day At The Races I was a bit worried about relistening to this, mostly because the singles were all in the first half so I expected a really frontloaded album...but truth be told I was shocked at how amazing this album ended up being. And even more shocking, my 2 fav songs here weren't even hits.
The record starts with 2 huge songs that practically everyone knows and either loves or hates, personally I don't see why they would be hated outside of em ... read more
First two tracks are nearly flawless. Spread your wings is great too. The rest? A few half decent tracks and a whole lot of meh. Like I don't even remember them.
The hits here are utterly phenomenal but the weak links seriously weigh this thing down, one of the most lopsided records I’ve ever heard
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Track List
| 1 | We Will Rock You 2:01 | 79 |
| 2 | We Are the Champions 2:59 | 93 |
| 3 | Sheer Heart Attack 3:27 | 74 |
| 4 | All Dead, All Dead 3:09 | 84 |
| 5 | Spread Your Wings 4:34 | 85 |
| 6 | Fight from the Inside 3:06 | 70 |
| 7 | Get Down, Make Love 3:50 | 58 |
| 8 | Sleeping On the Sidewalk 3:07 | 69 |
| 9 | Who Needs You 3:08 | 69 |
| 10 | It's Late 6:27 | 88 |
| 11 | My Melancholy Blues 3:29 | 82 |
Total Length: 39 minutes
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7mo
damn theirs a lot less family guy references then i thought there would be holy shit
Added on: June 9, 2013