News of the World by Queen

Pros: Great experimentation. Roger sings a little!
Cons: Side B is a little on the weak side; fizzles out.

It really did not matter what Queen did to follow up on A Night at the Opera-- the seceding record could have cured cancer with one listen and people still would have under-appreciated it. Is that a testament to hour strong their ...

Pros: Change in musical style, great musicians, maintained the Queen touch
Cons: None to speak of

News Of The World, released in 1977, aptly illustrates Queen's venture into newer, different types of music, even though they managed to retain much of their earlier style in doing so. The album demonstrates the immense musical talents of this band, with...

Pros: Well-constructed, genre-bending hard rock; Excellent vocals and guitar parts.
Cons: A few songs might warrant multiple listens to fully appreciate.

It's a wonderful paradox that, after building their career on experimental, opera-tinted hard rock with complex vocal layers, the next logical step in Queen's musical experimentation was to move to more stripped-down music.  But it makes ...

Pros: Some truly fantastic songs
Cons: Some truly bad songs

News of the World released in 1977 after the mega success of their previous two albums “A Night at t ...

Pros: Heavy rock feel, great songs, awesome cover
Cons: zero, only 11 songs

News Of The World is one of the best albums ever. I said that it was Queen's second best album, but it is a very close race with A Night At The Opera. If there was no Prophet's Song on ...

Pros: Two (alright, four) good songs. Decent album art (grasping at straws here)
Cons: Remaining seven songs lack focus and direction. Appalling bonus track

Of all the Queen albums I possess (all bar the live ones) this is possibly my least favourite. Often people ask me for my favourite Queen piece, and I'm immediately torn between Night at the Opera and Day at the Races, before recalling some of the better ...

Pros: A nice change of pace production and songwriting-wise.
Cons: More obvious, attention-losing filler than on other releases, but nothing's intentionally bad like on A Night at the Opera.

News of the World, Queen's 1977 release, contains two of the most well-known and long-lasting singles of all time, We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions. What else is there to this work? Quite a lot, but it's also a very different work than what...

Pros: Equal quality music and lyrics, full spectrum of moods, and as always, Fred.
Cons: Simply not enough Birdman.

Energetic, diverse, and moody while still managing to be true to Queen form. From the philosophical "All Dead, All Dead" to the clever and wickedly raunchy "Get Down, Make Love", the album is virtually flawless. The album is cohesive and flows in a logi ...