Queen – News Of The World

You want riffs? You want anthems? You want drama, dirt, and defiance? Queen’s News of the World delivered all of that in 1977 and still punches harder than most records in your collection. This is the album that kicked the door down with “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions” — stadium-sized stompers that never got old, even if they got overplayed. But dig deeper and you’ll find way more than just the hits.

Freddie’s on fire here — snarling, crooning, commanding. Brian May’s riffs bite and his solos soar. “Sheer Heart Attack” (yes, that one) is proto-punk madness, while “It’s Late” and “Spread Your Wings” show the band could throw down emotionally and technically. Even the weird stuff hits — “Get Down, Make Love” is pure sleaze, and “Sleeping on the Sidewalk” is May doing gritty barroom blues.

This here is the original 1977 UK cassette release on EMI, with a 2- inlay printed both sides, housed in that beautiful off-white shell with black on-body print — a format that's all hiss, heart, and nostalgia. Condition is VG/VG+, which means it’s got some miles on it, but still rolls true.

This ain’t just a classic rock album — it’s Queen at their most raw, weird, and rocking. If you’ve only heard this one through Spotify playlists, do yourself a favor and hear it the way someone did in ’77: on tape, loud, and with the rewind button hot.

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Let’s be real. Beyond the great pressing this album is not great. The album art is fantastic. Nothing deep musically beyond the hits . That said RIP Freddie!

This is an excellent pressing. Good acoustics and mastering. Freddie sings loud and the band rocks hard! Clean and crisp, banging drums, thumping bass, and Brian May shreds hard! A very good listen, much more tame than their other albums, but still a massive, earth shaking rock and roll classic! They mean what they say, WE WILL ROCK YOU!

I´m looking for a High Res scan of the OBI, can anybody help me?

This is an amazing sounding CD, clean transfer from a good source (possibly the master tape or a great sounding copy used for cutting vinyl which was the standard when CDs first hit the market) and great dynamics. I haven't heard the SACD or anything else besides the 2011 remaster which also has a great transfer but is a bit compressed, but this is all I need.

Totally sick price here on discogs. This item has been sold in different copies for less than 1000 usd. Pure speculation.

Good songs, some songs are little over played, but still a great album

I suppose that's pretty impossible that 170 people own this lp with the green banner, it's difficult to find and the last sold here was 2 years ago.

I must have lucked out, because neither side has noticeable inner groove distortion. Had a fair number of clicks & pops, but a good cleaning fixed that.
This mastering unfortunately has digital glare, meaning at medium to high volumes, the massed vocal harmonies sound shrill.

This German press is really good .dynamic and full on its lows . Highs and mids still well balanced . recommended German version for news of the world .