Bad News (album)

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Bad News
Studio album by Bad News
Released	October 1987
Genre	Comedy, parody, glam rock
Label	EMI
Producer	Brian May
Bad News chronology
— Bad News (1987) Bootleg (1988)
Singles from Bad News
"Bohemian Rhapsody" Released: September 1987

Bad News is the self titled debut album from British parody-glam rock group Bad News released in October 1987 by EMI.^[1] The album features a cover of the famous Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody" and was produced by Queen's guitarist Brian May. "Bohemian Rhapsody" was released as a single and had amusic video created for it, written and directed by Adrian Edmonson, who portrays Vim Fuego in the group. The video was released as a video single by Picture Music International. In 2004, EMI re-released the album with a re-ordered track listing and with additions of tracks derived from the group's followup album The Cash In Compilation.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Original release 1.2 2004 re-release 2 Notes

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original release

1. "Bad Dreams Rehearsal"
2. "A.G.M."
3. "Introducing the Band"
4. "Bad News"
5. "Hey Mr. Bassman"
6. "Hey Mr. Drummer"
7. "Masturbike"
8. "Trousers"
9. "Drink Till I Die"
10. "Vim is Angry"
11. "Hey Hey Bad News"
12. "Warriors of Ghengis Khan"
13. "Excalibur"
14. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
15. "Double Entendre"
16. "Cashing In On Christmas"
17. "Dividing Up the Spoils"

[edit] 2004 re-release

1. "Hey Hey Bad News"
2. "We Haven't Recorded Anything Yet"
3. "Warriors of Ghengis Kahn"
4. "Excalibur"
5. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Take 1)
6. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Take 2)
7. "The Contract"
8. "Introducting the Band"
9. "Bad News"
10. "Hey, Mr. Bassman"
11. "Masturbike"
12. "What Are You Going to Wear for Top of the Pops?"
13. "Drink Till I Die"
14. "Maybe We Should Plug the Guitars In"
15. "Pretty Woman"
16. "Life With Brian"
17. "Bad Dreams"
18. "A.G.M."
19. "O'Levels"
20. "Double Entendre"
21. "Cashing In On Christmas" (Dub)
22. "Cashing In On Christmas"

[edit] Notes