Bad News (Bad News album)

Bad News
Studio album by Bad News
Released October 1987
Recorded Sarm Studios
Genre Heavy metal
Length 23:43
Label EMI
Producer Brian May, Vim Fuego
Bad News chronology
— Bad News
(1987)		 Bootleg
(1988)
Singles from Bad News
  1. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
    Released: September 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
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allmusic [1]

Bad News is the self titled debut album from British heavy metal group Bad News released in October 1987 by EMI.[2] 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 a music video created for it, written and directed by Adrian Edmondson, 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

Track listing

Original release

Side 1

  1. "Hey Hey Bad News" 5:22 (Vim Fuego)
  2. "Warriors of Ghengis Khan" 3:27 (Fuego)
  3. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Freddie Mercury) 3:46

Side 2

  1. "Bad News" 3:11 (Fuego)
  2. "Masturbike" 2:20 (Dennis)
  3. "Drink Till I Die" 5:26 (Dennis)

1989 Rhino Records release

  1. "Bad Dreams Rehearsal" 5:13
  2. "A.G.M." 4:24
  3. "Introducing The Band" 2:19
  4. "Bad News" 3:11
  5. "Hey Mr. Bassman" 2:00
  6. "Hey Mr. Drummer" 2:15
  7. "Masturbike" 2:20
  8. "Trousers" 3:49
  9. "Drink Till I Die" 5:26
  10. "Vim Is Angry" 2:09
  11. "Hey Hey Bad News" 5:22
  12. "Warriors Of Ghengis Khan" 3:27
  13. "Excaliber" 6:21 †
  14. "Bohemian Rhapsody" 3:46
  15. "Double Entendre" 3:35 †
  16. "Casing In On Christmas" 4:09
  17. "Dividing Up The Spoils" 2:59

† indicates a track exclusive to the CD edition of the album.

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)(Part)"
  6. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
  7. "The Contract"
  8. "Introducing 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"

Personnel

Bad News

Production

Notes

  1. ^ allmusic review
  2. ^ "More Bad News . co . uk". MoreBadNews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-09-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20070922174350/http://www.morebadnews.co.uk/mbn/disc/. Retrieved 2007-09-26.