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Queen - Book Three: The World-Dominating Era (1977-1980) This is the moment Queen stop competing - and start controlling. Between 1977 and 1980, Queen don't simply grow bigger. They change the rules of scale. Rock bands play scenes. Queen learn how to command rooms - arenas, radios, cultures, and collective memory - all at once. This book explores the era where confidence becomes infrastructure. Covering News of the World, Jazz, and The Game, this volume delivers a full, long-form track-by-track analysis alongside deep thematic chapters that explain how Queen engineered global dominance without diluting identity. From stomp-built anthems to funk minimalism, from pop velocity to monumental balladry, every move is shown as deliberate design rather than accident or compromise. You'll see how: Stadium rock becomes architecture, not loudness Punk backlash is absorbed, not feared Radio turns from gatekeeper into amplifier The audience learns its lines - participation becomes ritual Queen stop chasing trends and begin consuming them American success locks in worldwide inevitability The band evolves from act to institution This is not a story about ""selling out."" It's about scaling up - translating ambition so it survives distance, repetition, and mass attention. Written in a sharp, analytical, narrative-driven style, The World-Dominating Era treats Queen's music as a system: songs as tools, concerts as ceremonies, albums as blueprints for control. Each chapter builds toward a single conclusion - that by 1980, Queen are no longer a rock band trying to be bigger. The world now expects them to be bigger than rock. Perfect for: Queen fans who want more than surface-level history Readers fascinated by scale, power, and cultural dominance Music lovers interested in how songs are engineered to last Anyone who wants to understand why Queen still feel unavoidable This is the era where effort disappears, authority settles in, and retreat becomes impossible. Queen don't dominate a genre. They dominate the room. Book Three of the Queen Era Series.

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