For the bands 40th anniversary, Hollywood Records has reissued deluxe remasters of Queens second round of studio albums with bonus EP discs fortifying each release.
This batch of five begins with 1977s News of the World, which proceeds regally with the double A-side single We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions. Besides these two classics of Queens back catalogue, the album also features the punk-influenced Sheer Heart Attack and drummer Roger Taylors Fight from the Inside, fueled by a riff that Slash once cited as a personal favorite.
For News of the World, the bands contract with previous producer Roy Thomas Baker had expired, so arrangements were not as elaborate for this LP co-produced with longtime engineer Mike Stone. The production for the back-to-basics recording is relatively sparse. (Guitarist Brian Mays Sleeping on the Sidewalk was recorded in a single take, for example, which sharply contrasts with the sessions for A Night
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of. we are the champions video without-is a. first he was for think is then long, then it moved to dogs, cats. what s the next step? i was thinking cautions for convicts. prisoners on how we get to dress up trick-or-treat themselves. the only difference, they are happy when they get razor blades. [laughter] i came up with about one the fact we treat animals as humans, they are work because i. this is what america is about. economic indicator. we have too much income right now. we need socialist to correct our economy.
of. we are the champions video without-is a. first he was for think is then long, then it moved to dogs, cats. what s the next step? i was thinking cautions for convicts. prisoners on how we get to dress up trick-or-treat themselves. the only difference, they are happy when they get razor blades. [laughter] i came up with about one the fact we treat animals as humans, they are work because i. this is what america is about. economic indicator. we have too much income right now. we need socialist to correct our economy. [laughter]
of. we are the champions video without-is a. first he was for think is then long, then it moved to dogs, cats. what s the next step? i was thinking cautions for convicts. prisoners on how we get to dress up trick-or-treat themselves. the only difference, they are happy when they get razor blades. [laughter] i came up with about one the fact we treat animals as humans, they are work because i. this is what america is about. economic indicator. we have too much income right now. we need socialist to correct our economy.