Bad News (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Bad News
Type = studio
Artist = Bad News


Released = October 1987
Recorded =
Genre = Comedy, parody, glam rock
Length =
Label = EMI
Producer = Brian May
Reviews =
Last album = —
This album = "Bad News"
(1987)
Next album = "Bootleg"
(1988)
Misc = Singles
Name = Bad News
Type = studio
Single 1 = Bohemian Rhapsody
Single 1 date = September 1987

"Bad News" is the self titled debut album from British parody-glam rock group Bad News released in October 1987 by EMI. [cite web|url=http://www.morebadnews.co.uk/mbn/disc/|publisher=MoreBadNews.co.uk|accessdate=2007-09-26|title=More Bad News . co . uk] 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".

Track listing

Original release

"Side 1"
# "Hey Hey Bad News"
# "Warriors of Ghengis Khan"
# "Bohemian Rhapsody"Side 2"
# "Bad News"
# "Masturbike"
# "Drink Till I Die"

2004 re-release

# "Hey Hey Bad News"
# "We Haven't Recorded Anything Yet"
# "Warriors of Ghengis Kahn"
# "Excalibur"
# "Bohemian Rhapsody"
# "The Contract"
# "Introducting the Band"
# "Bad News"
# "Masturbike"
# "What Are You Going to Wear for Top of the Pops?"
# "Drink Till I Die"
# "Maybe We Should Plug the Guitars In"
# "Pretty Woman"
# "Life with Brian"
# "Bad Dreams"
# "A.G.M"
# "O'Levels"
# "Double Entendre"
# "Cashing In On Christmas" (Dub)
# "Cashing In On Christmas"

Notes